October 09, 2006
Get the Full IP Communications Experience

By Rich Tehrani
President and Editor-in-Chief

Originally posted on Rich Tehrani’s VoIP blog
 
I can't help but feel like a proud parent as we get ready for this week's Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO). The team members I’m working with on the show have absolutely outdone themselves, and the scope of this event is beyond my imagination.
 
And to think that this show started in 1999 at the Hotel Del Coronado, a stone’s throw from the San Diego Convention Center, its current home!
 
As you get ready to come to ITEXPO this week there is one request I would like to make, because this event has more content than any previous show in TMC history and it certainly has as much education as any event I have ever been to.
 
My request is that you plan to have enough time to absorb everything: the exhibits (more at this show than ever before) and all the sessions. For example the keynotes at this show should be spectacular—you won't want to miss them.
 
There are a few places on the show schedule you may want to you study carefully before coming to the event, and I also suggest you make sure to bring colleagues along because there is too much content for a single person to ingest. Some companies are sending more than a dozen representatives and, while I admit that is probably overkill, it also allows an organization to absorb everything of importance. Nothing is left to chance.
 
Please spend some time studying the IT EXPO Web site, especially the schedule overview, and PDFs of the show brochure and agenda. Two other items of interest are the dates & times and resource center.

Also check out the special attractions:
 
Also keep an eye out on the expo blog and pay special attention to entries like Quintuple Play, IPTV Conference, Asterisk Training, ITEXPO Special Attractions, Enterprise VoIP Peering Comes of Age, SIP Trunking Session at ITEXPO, UTStarcom FMC, Maximizing Service Provider Revenue and more.

Consider this entry your pre-show welcome. I look forward to greeting you more formally—and sharing the full IP communications experience with you this week in San Diego!
 
Rich Tehrani is President and Group Editor in Chief at TMC. In addition he is the Chairman of the world’s best attended VoIP event, Internet Telephony Conference & Expo.