2005 International Technology Forum (ITF) To Discuss Emerging Technologies

Two-day Conference Attracts Leading Technology Experts and Global Enterprises To Discuss Emerging Technologies and Diversity Leadership

Monday - 8/15/2005 06:00

Menlo Park, Calif., August 15, 2005 Teksia, the premier organization devoted to high-technology information exchange within international communities, has confirmed sponsors and speakers for the International Technology Forum (ITF) 2005: Emerging Technologies And Diversity Leadership, to be held on October 20-21, 2005 at the Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club. The two-day conference will explore the international opportunities and trends with new XoIP technologies and applications, and feature a comprehensive workshop on Diversity Leadership on the second day. Sponsors for ITF include every major technology community organization including TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Asia America Multitechnology Association, The Japan Society of Northern California, KIN (The Korean IT Network), SiliconIran, Hispanic-Net, SiliconFrench, and the Vietnamese Silicon Valley Network. Also sponsoring the event are important financial, legal and marketing firms that serve global technology companies including Squires Sanders & Dempsey, The Galleon Group, e21 Corp, SunMan Engineering, 3i, iLoop Mobile, Mahoney Printing and VoIP Magazine. ITF has confirmed over thirty speakers to participate in the two-day event. Keynote speaker for the first day will be Charles H. Giancarlo, Chief Development Officer & Senior VP, Cisco Systems Inc, and President, Cisco-Linksys, LLC. Cisco Systems Inc is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Panel discussions will be held on Internet security, Quality of Service, next generation networks, IP Multi-media (ETSI/TISPAN), IPTV (Multi-channel IP video), wireless IP, E911/Callea VoIP, and sensor technologies. A highlight of the conference will be a panel discussion of executives from leading venture capital firms who will share their ideas on the leading investment opportunities in high technology today. A workshop entitled, Leadership Across Cultures will be held on the second day and be led by Professor John Dienhard, Director of Albers School of Graduate Business and Economics, Seattle University and Dr. Mansour Javidan, Director of International Management the Galvin Center at Thunderbird University. For a complete list of speakers visit the ITF web site at www.teksia.com.