The SIP Forum announced its conference agenda and detailed session descriptions for the first SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC), to be held April 25-27 at the Hyatt Dulles Hotel in Herndon, VA. The two-day event, a first-of-its-kind international conference aimed at service provider operations personnel, will feature presentations, speeches and panels from  communications network professionals in a cooperative environment aimed at sharing information and best practices regarding SIP-based services in carrier networks.

"We initiated this event with the goal of providing a meeting place for the international community of communications engineers and network operations professionals that deal with the real-world intricacies of SIP on a day-to-day basis," said Eric Burger, SIP Forum Chairman Emeritus and Chairman of the SIPNOC Program Committee. "We expect SIPNOC presentations to not only be intriguing and informational; we expect them to foster the free exchange of ideas that will have a positive, tangible effect on SIP deployments and related applications."

As previously announced, Federal Communications Commission Chief Technologist Dr. Douglas C. Sicker will provide the keynote address at SIPNOC. A recognized leader in the industry, Dr. Sicker has chaired and served on the program committees of numerous technical conferences, including IEEE, DySPAN, ISART and TPRC.

SIPNOC conferees will explore a variety of SIP-related subjects in a variety of sessions, including panel discussions, general session talks, and Bird of a Feather (BoF) ad-hoc meetings.  The conference agenda includes key topics by network operators and engineering professionals related to SIP-based services and infrastructure, including security, troubleshooting and monitoring, FoIP, performance metrics, large-scale SIP interoperability challenges, HD voice, SIP Trunking, application development,  call routing and peering, and more.

For the full agenda of the SIPNOC event, including speakers and session descriptions, please visit: http://www.sipforum.org/content/view/378/279/

Registration for SIPNOC remains opens by visiting http://www.regonline.com/sipnoc_2011.
 
The SIP Forum has gained an international reputation for developing important and educational events surrounding SIP. The organization's SIPit series of interoperability testing events (http://www.sipit.net/) regularly provides a test bed for SIP-based applications and equipment that has been heralded as critical for the development of new products and services in the industry. The SIP Forum also has a number of committees and task groups made up of well-known industry experts examining a myriad of SIP-related topics, including SIP trunking (SIPconnect), the opportunity for SIP in smart grid deployments, FoIP, and user-agent configuration.

SIPNOC Registration Information
The regular individual registration fee for SIPNOC attendance is $795 for two days of conference activities. This fee will cover admittance to all conference sessions, presentations, keynotes, meals and breaks, as well as a welcome reception on the evening before the event begins and a special evening networking reception on the first day of the event.

There is Still Time to Register and Take Advantage of Special Savings

If you missed the special early bird offer, don't despair! If you act before April 14, 2011, you can take advantage of a special discounted rate of $695, a savings of $100 off the regular rate. Please note that seating is extremely limited, so act fast to ensure your place at the event!

To register for SIPNOC, please visit http://www.regonline.com/sipnoc_2011 and use the discount code "sipnoctmc100" to obtain this special discount.

SIP Forum Full Members Save Even More! For individuals of companies that are active Full Members of the SIP Forum, a discount of 50% off the regular conference rate will be provided for two or more registrations, and exclusive Full Member-only discounts will be offered for a variety of special SIPNOC sponsorship packages. Please contact Marc Robins directly at [email protected] or call +1-718-548-7245 to take advantage of these special offers.

SIPNOC Sponsorship Opportunities
If you are interested in a corporate sponsorship of the event, please contact Marc Robins, SIP Forum President and Managing Director, for detailed information about available sponsorship opportunities. Marc can be reached at +1-718-548-7245 or [email protected].