VON: Evolution Events Inc
Fall '25 vCon
The AI Communications Conference
December 2nd - 4th
Washington, DC
Schedule (as of 12-03-25)
Tuesday, December 2nd - VIP Speaker Dinner - Great Event!
6:30 PM -8:30 PM
Founding Farmers DC: Foggy Bottom
1924 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Wednesday, December 3rd - Fall '25 vCon
The Square - 1875 I Street NW, Washington, DC
9:00 AM - Welcome
9:10 AM - Telecom Policy Update Panel (Federal & State)
Angie Kronenberg - CEO, Sligo Solutions
Glenn Richards - Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Jonathan Mark - Associate Corporate Counsel, Google
Michael ORielly - President, MPORielly Consulting
Paula Boyd - Senior Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs, Microsoft
9:50 AM - AI Policy Update Panel (Federal & State)
Greg Ewing - Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mason Clutter - Partner & Privacy Lead, Frost Brown Todd LLP
Simonne Brousseau - Associate, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Tom Phelan - CTO, Unified Office
10:25 AM - Managing Telecom Fraud Panel
Josh Bercu - Senior VP, Policy and Executive Director, Industry Traceback Group, USTelecom
Kevin Rupy - Attorney, Wiley Rein LLP
Joel Bernstein - Vice President & Head of US Public Policy & Government Relations, SOMOS
Rebekah Johnson - Founder & CEO, Numeracle
11:00 AM - Networking Break
11:30 AM - Managing Consent - Permission Based Marketing
Ayshe Alp - Director of Product, The Campaign Registry
David Carter - President & CEO, Ecommerce Innovation Alliance
Jason Goecke - CTO, Creo Solutions
Michael Stonis - Approved Contact
12:00 PM - State of vCon​
Eric Burger - Research Director, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
Dan Petrie - President, SIPez​
Thomas McCarthy Howe - CTO, Vconic
Moderator: Doug Green - Publisher, Technology Reseller News
12:30 PM - Lunch Break (everyone will be on their own for lunch)
1:45 PM - Afternoon Sessions Begin
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1:45 PM - 2026 The Year of the vCon
Jeff Pulver - Founder, The vCon Foundation
2:00 PM - Building the vCon Ecosystem
Perry Evans - CEO, Vconic
Thomas McCarthy-Howe -CTO, Vconic
Moderator: Jon Arnold - Principal, J Arnold & Associates
2:15 PM - Fireside Chat: How AI Communications Will Change Business
Jeff Pulver - Founder, vCon Foundation & Chris Fine - CEO, Integrative Technologies
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2:35 PM - Deep Integration, Deeper Value: vCon in the NetSapiens Contact Center​
​Dan Petrie - President, SIPez
2:55 PM - Conversational CRM​​
Mitch Lieberman - VP Product (Fuel CX) at Fuel ix, Telus Digital Company
3:10 PM - Legal Promises & Challenges of vCon​
Diana James - Attorney, Marashlian & Donahue PLLC
3:25 PM - Lessons Learned: Building & Deploying vCon Apps & Services​
Eugene Tcipnjatov - Co-Founder & CTO, Phound
Mike Onslow - CTO, Clarity Voice​
Thomas McCarthy Howe - CTO, Vconic
Moderator: Andy Abramson - CEO & Founder, Comunicano
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3:55 PM - Fireside Chat: Securing Data in vCons - Eliminating Fear
Thomas McCarthy Howe - CTO, Vconic
Dean Landsman - Founder & CEO, Landsman Communications Group and Strategy/Business Development Consultant, JLINC Labs
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4:10 PM - The Conversational Code Review: Fostering Empathy in a Virtual World
Mike Onslow - CTO, Clarity Voice
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​4:25 PM - Beyond Compliance Theater: Building HITL Systems That Preserve Human Expertise through vCons
Audrey Hayn - Co-Founder & COO, MindMaking
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4:40 PM - AI, vCons & Platform Liability: Navigating the New Risk Frontier
Susan Duarte - Partner, Marashlian & Donahue PLLC
Jonathan Marashlian - Partner, Marashlian & Donahue PLLC
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4:55 PM - Closing Remarks
Jeff Pulver - Founder, vCon Foundation
Thursday, December 4th -10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
vCon Foundation Meeting
Hampton Inn Downtown DC Convention Center
901 6th Street NW, Washington DC 20001
AI is Speeding up Business​
vCons are how your conversations catch up. Most communication systems weren’t built for memory, trust or automation. vCons fix that. Fall ’25 vCon is for builders, developers, product teams, policymakers and customers ready to move. If you’re rethinking how your business talks, listens, remembers or acts - this is your space.
What’s a vCon?
A vCon (Virtualized Conversation) is the first interoperable standard file format for conversations, in the history of the internet.
A vCon captures voice, video, messages and email in one structured, portable, machine-readable file. Built at the IETF, vCons support automation, compliance and better customer experience. vCons work without changing how people talk.
“vCons are the robot food for AI.”
— Thomas Howe, CTO, Vconic and co-author of the vCon Specification
Why Now?
This isn’t five years out. It’s live. Companies are using vCons today. Call centers. Regulated industries. Enterprise messaging. AI pipelines. This isn’t just innovation. It’s infrastructure.
Who’s Coming?
People building the tech. People buying it. This is also a place to build partnerships, explore proof-of-concepts and grow your business.
Fall ’25 vCon is the flagship event for the vCon ecosystem. If you haven’t subscribed to The Pulver vCon Report, now’s the time. Join us in Washington, DC. Help shape what comes next.
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