The SIP Forum Names FCC Chief Technologist Dr. Douglas Sicker as Keynote Speaker for Inaugural SIPNOC Event

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01-28-2011
The SIP Forum Names FCC Chief Technologist Dr. Douglas Sicker as Keynote Speaker for Inaugural SIPNOC Event
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The SIP Forum announced Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chief Technologist Dr. Douglas Sicker as the keynote speaker for the first annual SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC), being held at the Hyatt Dulles Hotel in Herndon, Virginia from April 25-27.

Aimed at an international audience focused on the operational and technical aspects of service provider networks, SIPNOC will focus on issues critical to the deployment and operation of SIP-based services in carrier networks. The agenda will feature special presentations, panel discussions and workshops covering key topics by network operators related to SIP-based services and infrastructure, including testing, application development, SIP trunking, FoIP, call routing and peering, troubleshooting and monitoring, emergency services and more.
As Chief Technologist for the FCC, Dr. Sicker is responsible for advising the agency on communications technology issues, a position that resides in the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis. Dr. Sicker is also an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder with a joint appointment in the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program. He previously served on the Omnibus Broadband Initiative working on research and development issues. His other leadership roles include director of global architecture at Level 3 Communications, and chief of the network technology division at FCC.

Dr. Sicker has chaired and served on the program committees of numerous technical conferences, including IEEE, DySPAN, ISART and TPRC. He has also had research funded through the NSF, DARPA, the Internet Society and the Federal Aviation Administration.

The SIP Forum is an IP communications industry association that engages in numerous activities that promote and advance SIP-based technology, such as the development of industry recommendations, the SIPit interoperability and testing events, special interoperability workshops, educational seminars, and general promotion of SIP in the industry.

Event Information:

http://www.sipnoc.org

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