Membership Meeting


TIA members and their guests are invited to attend the:


TIA 2012 Annual Membership Meeting
Succeeding in the Next Decade of Network Evolution


SPONSOR:
Alcatel-Lucent


Tuesday, June 5, 2012
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Keynote Room, Longhorn D
Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas


Featuring:
Tim Harden, President, Supply Chain and Fleet Operations, AT&T
Jose Juan Haro Seijas, Director, Regulatory Affairs & Wholesale Business,Telefonica Latin America
Guillermo Iglesias Paz,, Area Manager of International Business Development, Antel
Stacy Higginbotham, Senior Writer, GigaOm


Members, plan to attend TIA’s first Annual Membership Meeting, which will include many special guests and industry luminaries. Meeting highlights include a Latin American Carrier Roundtable and an Interview with Tim Harden, AT&T President of Supply Chain and Fleet Operations; and the opportunity to speak with TIA Board Members and President Grant Seiffert as they provide updates on the State of the Industry, including Policy and Standards landscapes.


Register soon! The first 100 registrants will receive a free copy of Identity Shift: Where Identity Meets Technology in the Networked-Community Age, by Allison Cerra, CMO and VP of Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs at Alcatel-Lucent North America. Additional giveaways and surprises will be announced at the meeting.


This meeting is free to members and their guests. For admission,
please RSVP via email to membership@tiaonline.org. Alternatively, members may RSVP when registering for TIA 2012 via www.tia2012.org (during registration, enter code MEM12).


Not a member yet? Contact membership@tiaonline.org to be
invited as a guest and to learn more about what TIA can do for you and your firm.


AGENDA


3:00 - 3:10 pm
   Call to Order
   Grant Seiffert, President, TIA


   2011 and 2012 Association Overview
   Dan Pigott, Chairman, TIA; Henkels & McCoy


   Financial Report
   Fred McDuffee, Treasurer, TIA; Sumitomo Electric Lightwave


3:10 - 3:15 pm
   Introductions and Acknowledgments
   Grant Seiffert, President, TIA


3:15 - 3:45 pm
   Discussion with Tim Harden, President, Supply Chain, AT&T
   Grant Seiffert, President, TIA


3:45 - 4:15 pm
   Latin America Carrier Roundtable: The Changing Dynamics of the Global Information Network


Moderator:  Stacy Higginbotham, Senior Writer, GigaOm
Panelists:
Jose Juan Haro Seijas, Director, Regulatory Affairs & Wholesale Business, Telefonica Latin America
Guillermo Iglesias Paz, Area Manager of International Business Development, Antel


4:15 - 4:45 pm
   TIA Member Benefits Report



  • R&D Tax Credits - The Alliant Group

  • STEP Program - Herb Congdon, Associate VP, Standards & Technology, TIA

  • State of Government Affairs - Danielle Coffey, VP, Government Affairs, TIA

  • State of Standards - Cheryl Blum, VP, Standards & Technology, TIA

  • Market Trends - John Jacobs, SVP, Membership & Business Development

4:45 - 5:00 pm
   Member Networking and Raffle


5:00 pm
   Meeting adjourns and visit the AT&T Opening Reception on the Exhibit Hall Floor