Statements made at the Opening ceremony

• Opening statement by Y. UTSUMI, ITU Secretary-General

• Opening remarks by the Chairman

• Opening presentation by Mr. Bjorn ROSENGREN, Minister of Industry, Employment and Communications (Sweden)
• Opening presentation by Mr. Leonid REYMAN, Minister for Communications and Informatization (Federation of Russia)
• Opening presentation by Ms. Fatimetou Mint MOHAMED SALECK, Secrétaire d'Etat auprès du Premier Ministre chargée des Technologies Nouvelles (Mauritania)
• Opening presentation by Ms Virginia K. SHEFFIELD, Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Genuity Inc. (USA)

Presentations made at the Information Session

Visions of IP Telephony: Technical Aspects
Moderator: Gary Fishman , Tech. Standards Director, Lucent Technologies
Panelists: H. Schink (Vice-President, Networking Technology and Strategy, Siemens AG), B. Pettitt (Advisor, Performance and QoS Standards, Nortel Networks), J. Bjorkner (Vice-President, Concept Development, Hotsip), A. Zahir-Emami (Marketing Strategy Manager, Alcatel)

Economic Issues and Market Dynamics
Panelists: G. Medina (Vice-President, International Division, Net2phone), I. Elliott (Senior Vice-President, Global Softswitch Marketing, Level 3 Communications), J. Neidhart de Ortiz (Research Analyst, International VoIP Project, Telegeography), W. So (Managing Director, HK and International Operations, China NetCom) 

Policy issues for IP Telephony
Panelists: N. Argyris (Director for Communications Services, Policy and Regulation. European Commission), 
S. Ness (Commissioner, FCC, United States), R. Guerreiro (President, ANATEL, Brazil), S. Szilagyi (Director, Communication Regulation, HIF, Hungary) 

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