VON: Evolution Events Inc
SPRING '26 vCon
Voice and Conversations on the Net
The AI Communication Conference
MARCH 23rd - 26th
Dallas, Texas
Hilton Garden Inn
7550 Gaylord Parkway
Dallas, Texas
Spring ’26 vCon is curated and hosted by Jeff Pulver
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TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH
​SCHEDULE (as of 3-12-26)
​8:30 AM Registration & Networking
9:00 AM Welcome - Jeff Pulver - Chief Evangelist Officer, The vCon Foundation
9:10 AM Fireside Chat: Evolution of AI Communication Industry: When Conversations Become Assets - Chris Fine - CEO, Integrative Technologies and Jeff Pulver
9:30 AM Fireside Chat: Using vCons for the Public Good - Jill Blankenship - CEO, Frontline Group and Jeff Pulver
9:45 AM Regulatory Panel - Glenn Richards - Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Tyler Bridegan - Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLC
10:15 AM AI Powered Voice - Oscar Rodriguez - Senior Director Global Partner Solutions, Vonage
10:35 AM BREAK
10:45 AM Leveraging Conversational Intelligence in the Enterprise (CIO Perspective) - Kevin Scott - CTO/CIO, PGA, Sean Barrett - CIO, CallRevu, Joe Mazzeo - Partner, Crossfire Consulting
11:15 AM Fireside Chat: Inside the Communications Platform Business - Jeff Korn - CEO, Crexendo and Jeff Pulver
11:30 AM The Power of Conversation - Dag Peak - CPTO, Alianza
11:50 AM How Can vCons Fit Into Telco AI Voice Strategies - Dean Bubley - Director, Disruptive Analysis, Dag Peak - CPTO, Alianza, Tony Nuzzo - VP Product, Approved Contact, Jill Blankenship - CEO, Frontline Group, Oscar Rodriguez - Senior Director Global Partner Solutions, Vonage
12:20 PM Breakout Session Intros
12:45 PM LUNCH BREAK (everyone on their own - many choices in the area)
2:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS
ROOM A
The Evolution of Voice - Dean Bubley - Director, Disruptive Analysis
ROOM B
Who Owns the Network? Reclaiming Agency in a World of Centralized Infrastructure - Deborah Simpier -Co-Founder, Althea
ROOM C
Using AI to Achieve Deeper Learning and Accelerated Productivity - Joe Mazzeo - Partner, Crossfire Consulting
2:45 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS
ROOM A
ROOM B
ROOM C
Redefining Unified Communications - Chris Fine - CEO, Integrative Technologies, Jon Arnold - Principal, J Arnold & Associates
vCon Applications - Rachel Saunders - Executive Director of Sales, Grandstream Networks, Nilay N. Patel - CEO, 888VoIP, Jill Blankenship - CEO, Frontline Group, Audrey Hayn - Co-Founder & COO, MindMaking
Deep Dive on Vonage Voice APIs - Dwane Hemmings - JavaScript Developer Advocate, Vonage
3:30 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS
ROOM A
IETF vCon Update - Thomas McCarthy-Howe - CTO, Vconic,
Dan Petrie - President, SIPez
ROOM B
Building Trust in Communications - Eddie DeCurtis - CEO & Co-Founder, shush, Ian Bell - CIO/CTO, Pulver Innovations, EugeneTcipnjatov - Co-Founder & CTO, Phound
ROOM C
Agentic AI - Shai Berger - CMO, Consig.ai
4:15 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS
ROOM A
Anatomy of a High Value vCon & Tight Integration - Dan Petrie - President, SIPez
ROOM B
Human in the Loop - Charlene Ignasio- CEO FORNIX, Audrey Hayn - Co-Founder & COO Mind Making
ROOM C
The Evolution of Conversational CRM - Mitch Lieberman- VP Product (Fuel CX), at Fuel ix, TELUS Digital Company
5:30 PM WELCOME NETWORKING RECEPTION
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