Schedule as of 12-03-25

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 & 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