We have an exciting Event planned for May! The morning portion will consist of 3 workshops focusing on IP Telephony and will also include a continental breakfast. The afternoon portion will have a presentation with keynote speaker Geoff Works from Shoretel on the topic of IP Telephony trends and analysis of the current landscape.

Keynote speaker bio:

Geoff Works is the Sr. Sales Engineer for ShoreTel - a leading manufacturer of Brilliantly Simple Unified Communications solutions.  Geoff began his career in technology over 13 years ago when he co-founded a "billable" Instant Messaging company.  Geoff then moved into the Telecom industry as a Regional Sales Engineer nearly 8 years ago.  He has a passion for IP Telephony & Unified Communications-related technologies and loves to help organizations of all sizes implement the productivity enhancing applications that are helping drive the growth of the Unified Comunications industry.  Some of Geoff's current customers include: Bank of Hawaii, The Grammy's, Wedbush Morgan, Endemol USA, Reveille Productions, The Motion Picture Academy, LA Lakers, Pioneer Electronics, Kenwood Audio, and numerous Municipalities.

The agenda will be as follows:

  8:15 -  8:30      Workshop Check In
  8:30 -  9:00      Introduction
  9:00 -  9:50      IP Telephony/VoIP Introduction and Benefits
10:00 -10:50     Types of IP Telephony offerings (Hosted, Centralized, Distributed) -                                                             Pros & Cons of each
11:00 -11:50     Unified Communications - Overview of End-user applications                                                                            (Presence, IM, Video, Unified Messaging, Mobility, etc.)
12:00 - 1:00      Lunch Buffet w/ Keynote - Looking forward:  UC trends and analysis                                                              of the current landscape

Due to interest, we will add discussion of IP Trunking to the keynote.
 

Date: Thursday, May 12, 2011
Time: 8:30am to 1:00pm
Location: Dave and Busters, 1030 Auahi Street - 2nd Floor
Workshop/Lunch w/Keynote Cost: $40 flat rate, which includes both the continental breakfast and lunch buffet with registration
Lunch w/Keynote Cost: $25 Members, $30 Non-Members, $10 Students/retirees/unemployed.

We now also accept credit cards on PayPal online. On-site registration check/cash only.

Refund/Cancellation Policy:  Sorry no refunds or cancellations.  If you are unable to attend, please send a replacement attendee to the event-any member discounts/pricing will be honored for the replacement if you are member.  Please e-mail us at rsvp@aitphawaii.org