Subject: MPLS 2003 International Conference

From: Dave McDysan <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:00:27 -0400

MPLS 2003 International Conference
     Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington D.C.
     October 26-28, 2003
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    http://www.mpls2003.com
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You are cordially invited to attend the MPLS 2003 International Conference
to be held in Washington D.C. October 26-28, 2003 hosted by ISOCORE. The
3-day event consists of highly technical sessions, tutorials, panel
discussions, and exhibits.

Registration for the conference is now open. Early registration discounts
are extremely lucrative and are valid for a limited time only. To register,
go to:
 http://www.mpls2003.com/registration.htm

Important Dates:
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- Early Registration Rates Cut-Off Date: July 30
- Tutorials: October 26, 9:00am - 5:30 pm
- Conference sessions: October 27-28, 8:45am-6:30pm
- Exhibits: October 27-28, 8:45am-6:30pm

Program:
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(visit http://mpls2003.com/sessions.htm for details)

Sunday October 26
 Tutorial 1
 Tutorial 2: VPNs
 Tutorial 3: Layer 2 VPNs/VPLS
 Tutorial 4: MPLS Security

Monday, October 27
 Opening remarks - Peter Hill (BellSouth Telecommunications) & Dr. Hamid
Ahmadi (AT&T Labs)
 Introduction - Luca Martini (Level3 Communications)
 Keynote

 Session: Convergence (Service Provider's Perspective)
  - What is the Role of MPLS in Network Convergence?
  - MPLS: The Catalyst of Convergence?

 Session: OAM
  - New Developments in MPLS and IP OAM
  - Network Management of MPLS-based VPNs
  - MPLS Convergence, Control and OAM Implications
  - Service OA&M for MPLS VPNs

 Session: Reliability
  - High Availability for MPLS LSRs
  - Next Generation Core Routers: Defining IP Reliability and Resiliency
  - High Resiliency MPLS Network Design
  - Hardening MPLS-based Networks

 Session: L2/L3 VPNs
  - BGP-VPN Services: Lessons Learned
  - Design and Deploy Scalable Inter-AS MPLS VPNs
  - L2-MPLS Networks
  - MPLS in Multi-AS Networks

 Panel: MPLS as a Fusing Technology
  - Chair: P. Hill, VP Technology Planning & Deployment, BellSouth
Telecommunications

  - Members: D. McDysan (MCI), C. Kalmanek (ATT), P. Delavenne (LambdaNet),
R. Wilder (Masergy), R. Doukov (Flag Telecom), McManus (Verizon), C.
Liljenstolpe
(Cable & Wireless), Y. Sato (NTT)

Tuesday, October 28
 Keynote
 Lessons Learned - Yakov Rekhter
 Critical Considerations for Network Consolidation - Daniel Awduche (MCI)

 Session: Layer 2 Transport & Interworking over MPLS
  - VPLS - Remember LANE?
  - Transitioning a Profitable Service Portfolio to an MPLS Core Network
  - VPLS Provisioning, Performance and Scalability: Problems and Solutions

 Session: IP Optical Integration
  - Optical Market Forces on GMPLS
  - Multiservice Metro Networks in Sweden and Their Plans to Go GMPLS
  - Photonic Internet Laboratory: New Challenges for Future Photonic Network
  - Generalized VPNs (GVPNs)

 Session: New MPLS Features
  - Scalable Multicast MPLS Technology for Next Generation Broadband
Services
Network
  - Multicast Traffic Engineering with MPLS
  - LDP Fast Convergence
  - How to secure an MPLS/VPN network
  - Integration of IPv6 and IPv6 VPN Services over MPLS

 Session: Traffic Engineering
  - Inter-area and Inter-AS MPLS Traffic Engineering
  - Traffic Engineering in Hierarchical Multiprovider Networks
  - Multi-Region (multiarea/multiAS) Traffic Engineering
  - Advanced MPLS Application Testing

 Session: Service & Provisioning Issues
  - MPLS Network Management: Enterprise Deployment Management
  - Attracting New Enterprise Customers with MPLS VPN Services
  - MPLS Beyond Service Provider Cores
  - Critical Quality of Service Issues in MPLS Networks
  - Practical Implementation of Tools Allied to the Network Management of
IP/MPLS-based Networks

We look forward to seeing you at the Conference.

Regards,

Dave McDysan, Luca Martini, Bijan Jabbari