SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26, 2006 VoiceConŽ, produced by CMP Media, today announced the lineup of enterprise executives who will be featured speakers at VoiceCon Spring 2006, and who will share their experiences as pioneers and early adopters of IP Telephony and converged networks. No other event features as many network, telecom and call center executives on the stage describing their experiences, which provides attendees with unique insight and perspective on what to expect as they migrate their networks into the IP future. VoiceCon Spring 2006 (www.voiceconspring.com) will be held March 6-9 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Orlando. Registration for the event is now open at www.voicecon.com/spring/registration.

VoiceCon Spring 2006 will also present analysts and consultants, as well as top executives from leading equipment and services suppliers, to discuss market and technology trends, and the impact of new technology on staffing, skill sets and how telecom/IT organizations will function. Keynote speakers include John Chambers, Cisco's President and CEO, and Don Peterson, Chairman and CEO of Avaya.

"Year after year, no other event presents as many senior IS/telecom enterprise executives who share their migration strategies, decision criteria, and the lessons learned from installing state-of-the-art IP Telephony and converged networking systems as VoiceCon," said Fred Knight, VoiceCon General Manager.

Here are just some of the enterprise executives who'll be speaking at VoiceCon Spring 2006, along with their presentation topics:

--Enterprise Executive Keynotes: Patrick Morin, Managing Director, Enterprise Technology Services, American Airlines; Jeff Lemmer, Manager, Global Telecom, Ford Motor Company

--VoiceCon User Forum: Peter Tseronis, Director, Converged Communications Div., U.S. Dept. of Education; Jamie Libow, Director Voice Operations, St. Paul Travelers

--Disaster Preparedness and Recovery: Marvin Simpson, Network Support Manager, Southern Company

--IP Phone Applications Panel: Jimmy Hautopp, Group IT Architecture and Infrastructure, A.P. Moller Maersk; Gary Bixby, Director, Facilities/Support Services, Cheltenham Township School District

--Organizing For Convergence: Scott Kincaid, CIO, Butler University; Dave Stever, Manager Communications Technology, PPL Corp.; Debra Naderhoff, Director, Communications Technologies, Sentara Healthcare

--Role of Open Source: Arnold Solomon, Senior IT Architect, Southern Company

In addition to its strong conference program, the VoiceCon Spring exhibition floor is the only venue to feature all of the leading vendors and suppliers in enterprise IP Telephony and converged communications, providing attendees with an unmatched opportunity to see and experience a wide range of IP Telephony solutions. Over 115 companies will be represented at the exhibition, including 3COM, Aastra Intecom, Alcatel, AT&T, Avaya, AVST, Blackberry, Cisco Systems, Citrix, Ericsson, Inc., Extreme Networks, Foundry Networks, Getronics, IPcelerate, MCI, Microsoft, Mitel, Motorola, NEC Unified Solutions, Nokia, Nortel, SecureLogix Corporation, Shoretel, Siemens Communications, Inc., Spanlink Communications, SpectraLink and Tandberg.

VoiceCon Spring 2006 will continue the VoiceCon heritage of delivering in-depth technical sessions, prominent speakers and strategy discussions, which attracts high level enterprise decision makers to review the latest products, and to meet and network with potential partners, consultants and analysts. For 16 years, VoiceCon has delivered practical, forward-thinking, objective information and education focused on enterprise voice, IP telephony and converged technologies, products and services. VoiceCon was also recently named a recipient of Tradeshow Week's Fastest 50 award, which is presented to the fifty fastest-growing events in the North America trade show industry.

About VoiceConŽ
VoiceConŽ, now in its 16th year, is the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise voice, IP Telephony and convergence in North America. VoiceConŽ brings decision makers together with the industry's pioneering end users, vendors, and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise voice networks and the migration to IP telephony and convergence. As the momentum toward IP telephony and convergence has grown, VoiceCon has expanded to include two yearly shows: VoiceCon Spring 2006, taking place March 6-9 in Orlando, and VoiceCon Fall 2006, which will take place Aug. 21-24 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The VoiceCon Implementation Tour, which was launched in summer 2004, took place in New York on Oct. 26 and Chicago on Nov. 1. VoiceCon is also supported by VoIP Loop (www.voiploop.com), a news, information and opinion site that features thought leaders in VoIP and enterprise IP Telephony and convergence; VoiceCon eNews, a weekly email newsletter that is distributed to approximately 23,000 subscribers; and the VoiceCon Webinar Series. For more information, visit www.voicecon.com.