Call for Papers

The FierceMarkets IMS Executive Summit will focus on key topics surrounding IMS including. If you are interested in making a formal presentation during the event, you must submit an abstract on your proposed topic.

We are particularly interested in the following subjects/topics:

• Building an IMS Architecture
• Business Case for IMS
• Market Overview
• The IMS Roadmap
• IMS Deployment Strategies
• Cost Savings achieved with IMS
• Delivering Killer Apps
• Service Provisioning and Assurance
• OSS/BSS for IMS
• IMS, Triple-play, Quadruple, FMC: Are they relatives?
• IMS: Bringing in Fixed Mobile Convergence
• QoS and Network Monitoring in IMS
• Securing an IMS Network
• Deployment Issues and Workarounds
• Potential Development Opportunities for New Services
• Regulatory Issues
• SCIM
• ENUM
• E911
• Lessons Learnt: From IMS Deployments Worldwide (US, Europe, Japan, etc.)
• Future of IMS: Will it become a Reality
• Business Case for IMS
• Challenges and Drivers - The need for IMS
• Market Analysis - Current market status
• Strategy and Implementation
• Competitive Positioning
• Benefiting the consumer, service provider, vendor
• OPEX/CAPEX Savings
• Financial Analysis

Please note, we will not accept sales pitches as potential presentations.

Requirements:

• To be considered for the call for papers, you must submit an abstract by March 17, 2006.



• A completed application form [link], including a biography and an authorized release waiver, must accompany all submissions. Incomplete submissions will not be considered and will be returned to the presenter. Submissions must be formatted in either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat. Any materials submitted will not be returned.



• If your abstract is selected, you will also be required to submit a copy of your PowerPoint
  
  
• If your paper is selected, you are required to attend the conference during your presentation time. If, for some reason, you are unavailable to attend, you must notify FierceMarkets by August 1 and provide a replacement speaker.

All materials must be submitted electronically by March 17, 2006 to imsevent@fiercemarkets.com.

A team of FierceMarkets’ editors will review each submission. Entries will be judged on the quality and merit of their content, the clarity of their composition, and their industry relevance. Special attention will be given to abstracts that focus on lessons learned, rather than those that simply highlight a project’s success.

Selected speakers will be notified by April 7.

If you have any questions, please contact Leena Deshpande, Editor of FierceVoIP, at leena@fiercemarkets.com or 202-628-8778 x 38.

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