VON: Evolution
Fall '23 VON: Evolution
October 31 - November 2 | New York City
Join the Leading Disruptors in Telecom and Communications today
At VON: Evolution you have the unique opportunity to meet the change makers in the communications industry. The people responsible for driving changes and launching next-generation solutions. We are bringing together a global community of communication industry disruptors. You not only get to hear from them in person but also network with them during the conference.
Dan Thygesen
SVP & GM Wholesale, Innovation & Partnerships, T-Mobile
Fireside Chat Topic:
Innovation in Communications
Dan Jenkins
Founder, Commcon/Everycast Labs
VON: Builder:
Controlling Physical Devices with WebRTC
Fireside Chat Topic:
State of WebRTC
Suzanne Hellwig
AVP, 5G Ecosystem & Alliances, AT&T
Fireside Chat Topic:
Future of Connectivity
Suruchi Gupta
CEO, GIANT Protocol
Fireside Chat Topic:
Bandwidth as an Asset Class
Shamit Bhat
Director Product Management, GSMA
Fireside Chat Topic:
GSMA Blockchain Vision for Telecom Industry
Dean Bubley
Director, Disruptive Analysis Ltd.
Fireside Chat Topic:
2024 Outlook
Adam Macgill
Distinguished Engineer, BT Group
Fireside Chat Topic:
Bringing Back Trust in Communications Industry
Fred Caicedo
Global Head of Unified Communications, Content & Collaboration, PNC Bank
Fireside Chat Topic:
Transforming the Digital Workspace
Dean Tribble
CEO, Agoric
Fireside Chat Topic:
Telecom | Blockchain Opportunities
Abbi Minessale
Community Developer, SignalWire
VON: Builder:
FreeSwitch Community Update
Fireside Chat Topic:
FreeSwitch Community Update
Glen Richards
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
VON: Builder:
VON Coalition Update
Fireside Chat Topic:
Regulatory Conversation
Diana Bikbaeva
Attorney, Marashlian & Donahue PLLC
Fireside Chat Topic:
Startup Pre-Funding Cleanup - What to do Before Your First Funding Round
Larry Irving
Chairman Board of Directors, PBS
Fireside Chat Topic:
Evolution of PBS in the Internet Age
Jeff Pulver
Founder, Pulver.com
Drew Clark
CEO, Breakfast Media
Fireside Chat Topic:
Broadband Breakfast Panel
Chris Fine
Technologist
Fireside Chat Topic:
Watch This Space (WTS) Podcast Live!
Transforming the Digital Workspace
Jon Arnold
Founder, J Arnold Associates
Fireside Chat Topic:
Watch This Space (WTS) Podcast Live!
Jeremy Toeman
Founder, Aug X Labs
Fireside Chat Topic:
AI Voice & Storytelling
Andy Zetlan
President, Zetlan Consulting Services
Fireside Chat Topic:
Lessons From the Energy Industry
Iqram Magdon-Ismall
Founder, Smalltalk Co-Founder, VENMO
Fireside Chat Topic:
VoIP Innovations
Lior Cole
CEO, Novaverse
Fireside Chat Topic:
VoIP Innovations
Mahesh Ramakrishnan
Co-Founder, Escape Velocity (EV3)
Fireside Chat Topic:
DePIN Revolution
Paul Levitz
Former CEO, DC Comics
Fireside Chat Topic:
Connecting the Generation Gap with Graphic Novels
Pedro Sanders
Fonoster
VON: Builder:
Programmable Voice & AI
Andy Abramson
CEO, Comunicano
Fireside Chat: Co - Moderator
Diego Gosmar
Open Voice Network (Linux Foundation) Ambassador, Chief Evangelist, XCALLY
VON: Builder:
Ethic and Sustainable Converstional AI
Tessa Brown
Co-Founder & CEO, Germ Network
Fireside Chat Topic:
Cryptography for Our Everyday Lives
Syed Bari
CEO, BDATA Solutions
Fireside Chat Topic:
5G / IOT Solutions
Diego Lizarazo
Director of Developer Relations, Agoric
VON: Builder:
Programmable Smart Contracts with JavaScripts
Ian Fichtenbaum
Founder & CEO, SpaceRig
Fireside Chat Topic:
Space-based Networks: Current & Future
Henning Westerholt
Senior IT Operations & Software Development Manager, GILAWA Ltd
VON: Builder
Kamailio as Building Block for Voice & AI Platforms
Kelly Green
Chief Strategy Officer, TelcoDR
Fireside Chat Topic:
Future of Connectivity
Dhananjay Deshpande
Director of Engineering, Bloomberg Real Time Communication (RTC)
VON: Builder:
Building RTC Applications in Finance
Ron Thornton
Consulting Engineer, Unified Office
Fireside Chat Topic:
The Caller ID Mess
Thomas Howe
CTO, Strolid
VON: Builder:
Ed Guy
CTO, FWD
VON: Builder:
DevOps Stories: Looking Back at FWD
Dennis Specht
Founder & CEO, Redevi Inc
Fireside Chat Topic:
Enterprise Wireless Connectivity & 5G
Alon Cohen
Co-Founder, VocalTec & EVP/CTO, Phone.com
VON: Builder:
How We All Got Started in Real-Time Communications
Fireside Chat Topic:
Genesis of the Real-Time Web
Alan Duric
Co-Founder/COO/CTO, Wire
Fireside Chat Topic:
Age of Secure Messaging
Joe Plotkin
Director of Business Development, Stealth Communications
Panel Discussion:
Building Beyond BEAD
David Gilford
Head of Policy & Strategic Partnerships, Sidewalk Infrastucture Partners
Panel Discussion:
Building Beyond BEAD
Simon Bradbrook
Sales Engineer, Snom Americas
VON: Builder:
Fall '23 VON: Evolution
SCHEDULE (as of 10-15-23)
VON: Builder
OCTOBER 31ST at:
NYC Office of
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC
31 West 52nd Street, NYC
9:00 AM - Registration - Main Lobby with Security & Name Badges on 28th Floor
10:00 AM
Welcome - Jeff Pulver & Dan Jenkins - Founder, Commcon | Everycast Labs | Nimble Ape
-Fireside Chat with Jeff: How We All Got Started in Real-Time Communications - Alon Cohen - Co-Founder, VocalTec & EVP/CTO, Phone.com
- FreeSwitch Community Update - Abbi Minessale - Community Developer, SignalWire
- Programmable Voice & AI - Pedro Sanders - Fonoster Project
11:10 AM
- Ethic & Sustainable Conversational AI- Diego Gosmar - Open Voice Network (Linux Foundation) Ambassador, Chief Evangelist, XCALLY
- Building RTC Applications in Finance - Dhananjay Deshpande - Director of Engineering, Bloomberg Real Time Communication (RTC)
- Controlling Physical Devices with WebRTC - Dan Jenkins - Founder, Commcon | Everycast Labs | Nimble Ape
12:10 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break
1:50 PM
- VON Coalition Update - Glenn Richards - Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- TBA- Simon Bradbrook - Sales Engineer, Snom Americas
- Kamailio as Building Block for Voice & AI Platforms - Henning Westerholt - Senior IT Operations & Software Development Manager, GILAWA Ltd
- Programmable Smart Contracts with JavaScripts - Diego Lizarazo - Director of Developer Relations, Agoric
- TBA- Thomas Howe - CTO, Strolid
- DevOps Stories: Looking Back at FWD - Ed Guy - CTO, FWD
3:30 PM - Ending Remarks
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
VON: Evolution Day 1
City Winery
2nd Floor
25 11th Avenue, NYC
8:00 AM - Registration Opens
9:00 AM - Welcome - Jeff Pulver
- Genesis of the Real-Time Web - Alon Cohen - Co-Founder, VocalTec & EVP/CTO, Phone.com
- State of WebRTC - Dan Jenkins- Founder, Commcon | Everycast Labs | Nimble Ape
- Enterprise Wireless Connectivity & 5G - Dennis Specht - Founder & CEO, Redevi
10:00 AM
- GSMA Blockchain Vision for Telecom Industry - Shamit Bhat - Director of Product Management, GSMA
- VoIP Innovations - Iqram Magdon-Ismail - Founder, Smalltalk & Co-Founder, VENMO & Lior Cole - CEO, Novaverse
- Transforming the Digital Workspace - Fred Caicedo - Global Head of Unified Communications, Content and Collaboration, PNC Bank & Chris Fine - Technologist
- Regulatory Conversation - Glenn Richards - Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
11:00 AM
- Bandwidth as an Asset Class - Suruchi Gupta - CEO, GIANT Protocol
- Evolution of PBS in the Internet Age - Larry Irving - Chairman, Board of Directors, PBS
- Innovation in Communications - Dan Thygesen - SVP & GM Wholesale, Innovation & Partnerships, T-Mobile
11:50 AM - 12:30 Lunch / Networking
12:30 PM - Fireside Chats Continue
- Age of Secure Messaging - Alan Duric - Co-founder & COO/CTO, Wire
- Connecting the Geneneration Gap with Graphic Novels - Paul Levitz - Former CEO, DC Comics
- Watch This Space (WTS) Podcast Live! -Jon Arnold - Founder, J Arnold Associates & Chris Fine - Technologist
- 5G | IOT Solutions - Syed Bari - CEO, BDATA Solutions
1:30 PM
- DePin Revolution - Mahesh Ramakrishnan - Co-founder, Escape Velocity (EV3)
- Telecom / Blockchain Opportunities - Dean Tribble - CEO, Agoric
- Future of Connectivity - Suzanne Helllwig - AVP, 5G Ecosystem & Alliances, AT&T & Kelly Green - Chief Strategy Officer, TelcoDR
2:30 PM - Recap of Day 1 - Jeff Pulver
4:30 PM - VIP Speaker Dinner
Vista LIC Hotel Best Western * 27-05 39th Ave * Long Island City
7:30 PM - Fall '23 VON: Evolution RECEPTION
Vista LIC Hotel Best Western * 27-05 39th Ave * Long Island City
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
VON: Evolution Day 2
City Winery
2nd Floor
25 11th Avenue, NYC
8:30 AM - REGISTRATION
9:00 AM - Welcome Back - Jeff Pulver
- FreeSwitch Community Update - Abbi Minessale - Community Developer, SignalWire
- Startup Pre-Funding Cleanup - What to do Before Your First Funding Round - Diana Bikbaeva - Attorney, Marashlian & Donahue PLLC
- 2024 Outlook - Dean Bubley - Director, Disruptive Analysis Ltd.
- The Caller ID Mess - Ron Thornton - Consulting Engineer, Unified Office
10:10 AM- Bringing Back Trust in Communications Industry - Adam Macgill - Distinguished Engineer, BT Group
- Lessons from the Energy Industry - Andy Zetlan - President, Zetlan Consulting Services
- Cryptography for Our Everyday Lives - Tessa Brown - Co-Founder & CEO, Germ Network
11:10 AM- AI Voice & Storytelling - Jeremy Toeman - Founder & CEO, Aug X Labs
11:30 AM - Networking
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM LUNCH with Special Musical Guest
12:30 PM - Fireside Chats Continue
- The State of Now - Jeff Pulver - Founder, pulver.com
- Space-based Networks: Current & Future - Ian Fichtenbaum - Founder & CEO, SpaceRig
- Building Beyond BEAD - Drew Clark - CEO, Breakfast Media & Joe Plotkin - Director of Business Development, Stealth Communications & David Gilford - Head of Policy & Strategic Partnerships, Sidewalk Infrastucture Partners
1:35 PM - NETWORKING
2:10 PM - VON: Evolution Wrap Up - Jeff Pulver - Founder, pulver.com
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TOPICS Include:
2024 Outlook - Dean Bubley
5G / IOT Solutions - Syed Bari
Telecom / Blockchain Opportunities - Dean Tribble
Enterprise Wireless Connectivity & 5G - Dennis Specht
State of WebRTC - Dan Jenkins
Controlling Physical Devices with WebRTC - Dan Jenkins
The Age of Secure Messaging - Alan Duric
AI Voice Conversation - Jeremy Toeman
Bandwidth as an Asset Class - Suruchi Gupta
Bringing Back Trust in Commmunications Industry - Adam Macgill
Building Beyond BEAD - Drew Clark, David Gilford & Joe Plotkin
Connecting the Generation Gap with Graphic Novels - Paul Levitz
Building RTC Applications in Finance - Dhananjay Deshpande
Creativity & Innovation in Communications - Jeff Pulver
DePin Revolution - Mahesh Ramakrishnan
Distruptive 5G Communication Communities - JP Ziegler
GSMA Blockchain Vision for Telecom Industry - Shamit Bhat
DevOps Stories: Looking Back at TWP - Ed Guy
Ethic & Sustainable Conversational AI - Diego Gosmar
Cryptography for Our Everyday Lives - Tessa Brown
The Caller ID Mess - Ron Thornton
Evolution of PBS in the Internet Age - Larry Irving
VoIP Innovations - Lior Cole & Iqram Magdon-Ismail
FreeSwitch Community Update - Abbi Minessale
Future of Connectivity - Suzanne Hellwig & Kelly Green
Genesis of the Real-Time Web - Alon Cohen
How We All Got Started in Real-Time Communications - Alon Cohen
Innovation in Communication - Dan Thygesen
Lessons from the Energy Industry - Andy Zetlan
Space-based Networks: Current & Future - Ian Fichtenbaum
Programmable Voice & AI - Pedro Sanders
Regulatory Conversation - Glenn Richards
Startup Pre-Funding Cleanup - What to do Before Your First Funding Round - Diana Bikbaeva
Programmable Smart Contracts with JavaScripts - Diego Lizarazo
Transforming the Digital Workspace - Fred Caicedo
Watch This Space Podcast (WTS) LIVE - Chris Fine & Jon Arnold
Kamailio as Building Block for Voice & AI Platforms - Henning Westerholt
Why Attend
Hear From Industry Leaders
We’ve gathered industry insiders with a working knowledge of not only what’s happening now, but what will happen next. Our speakers are subject matter experts in Telecom, AI, 6G and Blockchain. They are on the cutting edge of their fields.
Learn About Industry Trends
This is your chance to hear about new industry trends live and in person. Not just from the stage, but in one-on-one and group conversations with our speakers. Want to get ahead of the lastest trends in your industry and get future perspectives? We’ve got you covered!
Network With Industry
Disruptors
Ever been to an event where you see a speaker, love their presentation, then never have the opportunity to talk to them directly? Not at VON: Evolution! We designed our gathering so you have the opportunity to meet with them in person and have meaningful, thought-provoking conversations.
