Delegate Statements about the Event

(in the order of their arrival)

Sergey Mikhanov, Kapsch CarrierCom AG, Austria:

“Last week I visited the Fraunhofer FOKUS institute in Berlin, as they were holding annual IMS workshop. This is the biggest IMS event in the industry — this year it has attracted around 300 participants and speakers, including decision makers from the top tier companies like BT or Deutsche Telekom. It was great to witness the event run by an organization so well recognized, and participate in discussions led by people so well informed.” Read more ...

Peter Möckel, Director of Deutsche Telekom AG, Laboratories, Germany:

Dr. Günther Pospischil, mobilkom austria AG, Austria:

“As every year, the event was attended by an impressive number of participants from allover the world, having very different backgrounds, thereby stimulating interesting discussions. The IMS conference together with the workshops gives a good status overview about IMS technology and related business aspects. This year's main topics were opening telco networks, SOA and Web 2.0 integration”.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Eberspächer, Technische Universität München, Germany:

“What impressed was the high quality of the presentations, but also the well-organized demonstrations and very open atmosphere. I learned a lot and got to know new friends!”

Frank Hartwig, Swisscom AG, Switzerland:

“The 4th International Fokus IMS Workshop has given me the opportunity to exchange views on how to evolve our IMS from its current voice only focus to a convergence platform. Especially the presentations and opinions exchanged around the RCS topic has given me valuable input that will help to define our future converged architecture for converged voice and messaging services.”

Frank Henschke, Head of IMS Program Northern Europe, Ericsson AG, Switzerland:

“For me this is one of the best “value for money” events in the area of IMS. FOKUS once again succeeded in gathering industry experts from universities, operators and vendors to discuss the current status and vision of IMS. It is an excellent opportunity for competence build up and networking.”

Georgios Tselentis, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium:

“This was my first IMS workshop and I was really impressed! Excellent topics and attendance and one of the best organizations I've ever seen. Looking forward for the next one!”

David Waiting, Telkom SA, South Africa:

“Once again the FOKUS IMS Workshop has proved itself to be the premier IMS event globally. We were delighted that FOKUS successfully incorporated a wide array of tutorials, workshops, distinguished speakers, spectacular demos and a thoroughly enjoyable social event into just two days.”

Sebastian Krems, Managing Partner, Detecon GmbH, Germany:

“This is one of the few industry events where you can get an excellent update on the topic of IMS and NGN related service creation, covering nearly all continents and players with top industry experts. You don't need to fly elsewhere.”

David Boswarthick, ETSI:

“The FOKUS IMS Workshop event has become an industry reference and an event not to be missed. It is simply the most efficient way to obtain an update of all IMS and NGN related issues, as well as networking with the main industry players”.