Leading Executives to Deliver Keynotes at Verizon Technology Forum

Verizon and OSP® Magazine today announced a stellar speaker lineup that will participate at the second annual exclusive Technology Forum to be held April 10-11, 2008, at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Speakers include: Day One Keynote by Claire Beth Nogay, SVP & Chief Network Officer, Verizon Telecom; Day Two Keynote ‘Our Industry Ten Years and Beyond,’ by David Carnevale, VP, Multimedia Content and Distribution, iSuppli Corporation and ‘The Battle of the HD,’ by George Ou, CISSP, ZDNet Editor at Large (CNET Networks). Verizon shines the light on its executive network teams with other speakers including: Mark A. Wegleitner, Senior Vice President – Technology Verizon; Lee Hicks, Vice President-Video Network Services Verizon Communications, and a Verizon VP Panel including: Bill Judge, Vice President, Network Engineering & Planning – North Atlantic, Verizon Communications, Michael P. Daigle, Vice President - Network Planning Verizon, Michelle Dutton, Vice President, Network Engineering & Planning – Coast to Coast, and Cynthia Ott, Executive Director, Video Network Services Planning and FNS Engineering Systems Support. The Verizon Technology Forum will bring together 700 managers from Verizon’s Network Services Group, 120+ exhibiting vendors, 20+ sponsoring companies, best practice sessions, and 10 educational seminars offering attendees the opportunity to receive continuing education credits. The network teams will be immersed in 2 days of fast paced educational and networking events. "Partnering with the OSP® team for a second year ensures Verizon a successful event: we’ll get the very best in content, event expertise, and participation from the vendor community,” said Claire Beth Nogay, SVP & Chief Network Officer, Verizon Telecom. "We’re very pleased with this collaborative partnership.” Sharon Vollman, VP/Editorial Director, OSP® concurred, "We’re so pleased to work with Verizon again this year. Our close working relationship creates a rich collaborative educational and networking experience for Verizon’s Network Services Group. We’ve had an overwhelming response from the Verizon attendees and vendor community to participate in the Technology Forum again this year resulting in waiting lists for both groups.” Sponsors of the Verizon Technology Forum include: ADC, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, ESRI, Emerson Network Power, Seachange International, TelSource Corporation, Tekelec, Quanta Services, Inc., Tellabs, Cisco/Scientific Atlanta, OFS, Ciena, Telecordia, Corning Cable Systems, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., Canoga Perkins, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, and Tyco Electronics. About Verizon Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), a Dow 30 company, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 57 million customers nationwide. Verizon Business operates one of the most expansive wholly-owned global IP networks. Verizon Telecom is deploying the nation’s most advanced fiber-optic network to deliver the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services to customers. About OSP® Magazine OSP® Magazine is owned by Practical Communications Incorporated (PCI), a world class publisher of technology information resources, dedicated to advancing technology businesses with niched magazines and trade shows. Professionals who solve infrastructure problems read OSP®. OSP® is the ONE resource 25,000 readers use to find realistic infrastructure solutions, products, and technologies that help them deploy the broadband networks of today and tomorrow. Now in its 25th year of publication, OSP® reaches the telecommunications directors, managers, engineers, designers, and planners in the LEC, CLEC, and IOC markets. These powerful readers make the investment and purchasing decisions for the broadband networks of the future. For more information, visit: www.ospmag.com.