8:00 – 9:00am

Breakfast and Registration

9:00 – 9:10am

Opening Remarks

9:10 – 9:15am

Introducing Dan Schulman
Steven Shaw
President & CEO
Volt Information Sciences

9:15 – 9:45am

Dan Schulman
CEO
Virgin Mobile USA

Session Description:

Dan Schulman joined Virgin Mobile as chief executive officer in October 2001, bringing almost two decades of experience in the telecommunications industry. He has led the company from its national launch in 2002 to its current position. Virgin Mobile USA provides wireless communications services, offering prepaid services to the youth market in the United States. Topics of his talk may include but are not limited to

• The implications of emerging trends in the market
• What they mean in terms of consolidation.
  

9:50 – 9:55am

Introducing Keynote Roundtable
Rich Berliner
CEO
Berliner Communications, Inc.

9:55 – 10:35am

Keynote Roundtable

Moderator:
Steve Lipin
Senior Partner
Brunswick Group

Keynotes:
Michael J. Price
Senior Managing Director
Evercore Partners

Joshua Steiner
Managing Principal
Quandrangle Group

Session Description:

Josh Steiner, Founder and Managing Partner, Quadrangle and Michael Price, Senior Managing Director, Evercore Partners will join each other for a “crossfire discussion.” Quadrangle Group is a private investment firm with over $6 billion in assets under management. Quadrangle Group is organized into three separately managed investment areas: private equity, public equity and distressed debt. Evercore Partners is a leading investment banking boutique providing advisory services to prominent multinational corporations on significant mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and other strategic corporate transactions. The topic of their talk may include but is not limited to

• What’s hot right now in the telecom sector.

10:35 – 11:05am

Coffee Break

11:05 – 11:45am

Panel Discussion presented by BCS Global

"The New Paradigm of IP Communications"

Moderator:
Stuart Gold
VP Global Marketing
BCS Global

Panelists:
Graeme Booth
Partner, Technology Advisory Services
KPMG

Peter Hase
Vice President, Business Development
Telstra Europe

Laurence Liss
Chief Technology Officer
Blank Rome LLP

Dan Tanel
Chief Technology Officer
BCS Global

Session Description:

This panel will discuss the New Paradigm of IP-based communications, which is driven by the underlying importance of Global Connectivity, Mobility, Always-On Access, High Quality, Content and supporting an environmentally "Green" approach to business. The panel will also illustrate and discuss how this new paradigm of IP-connectivity is a critical, "enabling" element for businesses who want to continue to compete in the global marketplace. The panel will most likely delve into the concepts of Services Over IP (SOIP), the importance of a Global Communications Exchange, the value of industry specific Applications, the value of Managed Services, as well as the role of IP Video Communications as a premium medium that enables businesses by delivering services, applications and content that can help grow their companies today... and ultimately drive them to greater success tomorrow.

11:50am – 12:20pm

Julie Richardson
Managing Director
Providence Equity Partners, Inc.

Interviewed by:
Alexis Glick
Anchor and Vice President of Business News
FOX Business Network

Session Description:

Julie Richardson is a Managing Director of Providence and leads their New York office. Providence is the world's leading private equity firm focused on media, entertainment, communications and information investments. Julie will be sitting down for a fireside chat and the topics of her talk may include but are not limited to

• A general Private Equity perspective on the telecom market
• What Julie’s long and short on
• What to expect from the upcoming year.

12:25 – 1:05pm

Panel Discussion presented by Bingham McCutchen

"Overview of Telecom Regulations"

Moderator:
Andy Lipman
Partner
Bingham McCutchen

Panelists:
Richard P. Nespola
Chairman & CEO
TMNG Global

James Prenetta
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
One Communications Corp.

John Ryan
Assistant Chief Legal Officer
Level 3 Communications, LLC

Session Description:

The Panel will discuss the complex and evolving inter-relationship of legal, policy and regulatory issues impacting telecom deal making before multiple antitrust and regulatory decision makers. The panelists will consider the various factors influencing telecom mergers and deal making in the Bush Administration, including before the FCC, DOJ, the states and Congress. In addition, the panelists will discuss how those factors and the overall merger decision process may change under a new Administration, either Republican or Democratic. Among other issues, the panel will discuss whether recent telecom deals, including Verizon-MCI, SBC-AT&T and AT&T-Bell South have been subject to insufficient or unenforceable standards and whether regulatory ambiguity has actually served as an impediment to both entering into and succeeding in telecom deals The Panel will also discuss key telecom policies before the FCC, including the impact of long pending items such as intercarrier compensation and USF, on the health of the telecom sector and, what many consider, the move to increasing regulation of the sector.

1:05 – 2:05pm

Lunch sponsored by Hogan & Hartson LLP

2:05 – 2:45pm

Panel Discussion presented by Paul Hastings

“Structuring Investments in Telecom”

Moderator:
Tara Giunta
Partner
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Panelists:
Andreas Georghiou
CEO
Spacenet

John Scanlon
CEO
Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc.

F. Davis Terry, Jr.
Managing Director, Global Co-Chairman of Telecom
UBS Investment Bank

2:50 – 3:20pm

John Baker
Chairman
Baker Capital Corp.

Session Description:

Baker Capital is a private equity firm formed to capitalize on the dynamic opportunity in the communications industry created by deregulation, new technology, and growth of the internet. The firm has approximately $1.5B in total funds under management. John Baker founded Baker Capital in 1995 and has more than 30 years of experience in the private equity industry, leading investments in the technology, telecom and financial service industries. Topics of his talk may include but are not limited to

• An overview of the investment strategy and philosophy of Baker Capital
• Commentary on “lessons learned” from the telecom debacle of 2006

*This session is closed to the press

3:20 – 3:50pm

Coffee Break

3:50 – 4:20pm

Sean Dalton
Managing General Partner
Highland Capital Partners

Session Description:

Sean Dalton is a Managing General Partner investing in communications infrastructure and semiconductors. Highland Capital Partners takes a sector focused and stage diversified approach to investing in companies. They invest in seed, early and growth stage companies in the communications, consumer, digital media, healthcare and information technology markets. The topic of his talk may include but is not limited to

• Mobile Wireless Data, talking about the convergence of the three screens: the TV screen, the computer screen and the screen from your mobile phone.

4:25 – 4:55pm

James Atwood
Managing Director
The Carlyle Group

Interviewed by:
Dennis K. Berman
Global Deals Editor
Wall Street Journal

4:55 – 5:05pm

Closing Remarks

5:05 – 6:05pm

Cocktail Reception sponsored by BCS Global

*Agenda is subject to change