The Connected Home 2008

Graham is responsible for BT's Digital Home Research Programme and, as such, his interests span all aspects of the connected home, from Video on Demand and VoIP to managed home infrastructures and energy management.

Ms. Lo is known for her ability to capitalize on emerging trends, create new markets and innovate new technology.

Previously Ms. Lo was the former vice president within Nortel Networks' Content Business Unit, which acquired Alteon WebSystems, a public networking equipment supplier, in 2000 for $7.8 billion. At Alteon, Ms. Lo served as vice president of Marketing from its inception through IPO and the Nortel acquisition.

Robin is Director, Xbox Live for Europe in Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division. He is responsible for the subscription (Gold), on-demand services (games, movies and music videos) and advertising business of Xbox LIVE across the 15 European countries where it operates.

Helmut Leopold has been with Telekom Austria since 1999, where he currently holds the position of Director of Platform and Technology Management.

Juan A. Latasa is the Head of Strategic Projects at Vodafone Spain since January 2008. Previously, he had been with Telefonica /O2 for more than 10 years. His last position was Head of Broadband Convergence at O2 Ireland, where he was responsible for the definition and implementation of the Broadband strategy.

As Manager of Set Top Box and Middleware Development for TELUS, Ann Slevinsky leads a team in the development of middleware and IP set top box applications for TELUS TV.  This team supports TELUS’ legacy and next generation IPTV technologies.

Currently, Mr. Afonso is responsible for the analysis and implementation of connected home (or digital home) projects at Portugal Telecom. Mainly, those projects concern the deployment on the large-scale real state market of digital home solutions. He also identifies future trends of the digital home and coordinates the development of new products together with the main manufacturers for home automation and home security.

Les joined Technetix as Group Sales Director in October 2006. With over 27 years of experience in the communication industry, Les has held positions in International Sales Management, Business Development, Product Management, Marketing and Engineering.

Robert Wilkins is the Connected Home Solutions Product Group Director, and he responsible for strategy, development and implementation of technologies enabling the connection of multiple devices within the home.

Elena Branet is Senior Marketing Manager, EMEA, for the Microsoft TV Division at Microsoft Corporation. In this role Branet is responsible for developing and implementing all marketing programs for the Microsoft TV Group across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Mr. Collingwood joined Sling Media in June, 2006 and has responsibility for all of the company’s European operations including partnerships, country and territory expansion and strategic planning.

Sabine Bulteel is Product Marketing Manager IP Premises Systems within the Premises Systems Division of Thomson. She has over 10 years experience in the IT and telecommunications industry.

He joined CSELT, Centro Studi e Laboratori di Telecomunicazioni, former Telecom Italia R&D division in 1991. He was member of Multimedia Group where he participated to the development of the first MPEG-1 decoder.

Roberto Pellegrini is responsible for the strategic marketing and innovation of Pirelli’s broadband access portfolio, including residential and business access gateways, set-top boxes, home-networking technologies, dual-mode terminals, remote management systems, and vertically integrated solutions. He represents Pirelli in a number of industry associations such as the Global Certification Forum and the Femtoforum.

Paolo Pastorino holds a degree in Physics (M.S.) from the University of Torino, ITALY, and a Master in Telecommunications and Information Technology from COREP/SSGRR, Italy.

With over 15 years of experience in Marketing and Marketing Communications, Mr. Callisch has focused his efforts on the networking hardware industry. He has extensive experience helping early stage (Series A) networking startups identify the market opportunities, establish defensible differentiation, and create a unique brand.

Simon has over ten years’ experience in developing IP and networking technologies for the consumer electronics industry.  Simon has been responsible for a number of pioneering projects, from internet facsimile transceivers and network computer terminals to internet-enabled televisions and advanced IPTV set-top boxes.

Darren is a Chartered Engineer with over 16 years in the electronics industry spanning both the telecommunications and broadcast markets.

Huw has been a pioneer and evangelist for IPTV for over 12 years, and today draws on this experience in promoting Amino’s thought and product leadership.

Director of consumer & digital home business for Intel UK, Steve Shakespeare is accountable for Intel sales through the various retail channels in both the UK and Ireland. He is also responsible for working with retailers to create demand for digital home solutions and services in these markets, which includes enabling content services and associated connected devices for the home.

Craig Garen is senior vice president and general manager of the Conexant’s Broadband Access business. He is responsible for bringing to market complex signal processing and embedded networking ICs and software for ADSL2+, VDSL, and PON applications that support the deployment of IPTV from CO to CPE.