Call for Catalyst Demonstrations for TM Forum Americas 2013
Participate in TM Forum’s Rapid Technology Innovation Program – Deadline May 28th

What: TM Forum's Catalyst Projects are multi-company demonstrations that leverage and create best practices to demonstrate how innovative and technologically advanced solutions can be rapidly brought to market and scaled for wide deployment.

Catalyst teams consist of end users who provide requirements, use cases, guidance and inspiration, and suppliers who work collaboratively to develop solutions that address their needs. The results are presented at TM Forum Americas 2013 (October 28-31, 2013, San Jose, CA).

When: Submit your application by May 28^th and bring together your team for a kick off meeting at Action Week Baltimore starting June 24^th

Why Participate: The intimate working relationships developed on Catalyst project teams creates a unique experience for TM Forum members and will rapidly advance your company’s thinking and visibility in leading edge areas.  Plus, your company gets exposure to exclusive marketing opportunities.  Hundreds of member companies, large and small, have participated in Catalysts since the program began, with many of their innovations evolving in to major industry best practices. Here is just a snapshot of some of the companies that have participated in past Catalyst projects:

Project Details: The focus for our October 2013 Catalyst program is managing the lifecycle of digital services. We're looking for innovative projects that demonstrate multiple partners working together in a value chain to deliver any kind of digital service, or solve the challenges of delivering those services.   Key topic areas are:

• Customer Experience Management: using or extending TM Forum Best Practices to transform customer management to reduce customer churn rates;
• Security/Privacy: demonstrating  TM Forum’s standards or addressing new standards in the areas of cyber security, value-chain security, information privacy or identity management
• Big Data Analytics:  using best practices to transform data into meaningful analytical information to help service providers of all kinds to run their businesses
• Revenue Management: managing the flow of revenue across partners in the value chain and operational practices to maximize profitability

We're also looking for innovative projects that are exploring new areas and challenges. Ideas might include M2M management or managing software defined networks/management implications of network function virtualization (NFV).

How: To be considered for inclusion in the October 2013 program, this document must be returned to Megan Lunde, Catalyst Program Project Manager at mlunde@tmforum.org no later than May 28, 2013. If you have any questions before submitting, please feel free to contact Megan directly.

• Call for Catalysts is open.
• Catalyst Submissions due May 28, 2013.
• Decision on Catalyst Submissions by June 7, 2013.
• TM Forum Action Week in Baltimore is June 24-28, 2013
• Open Call for Additional Participants ends February 1, 2013
• TM Forum Americas 2013 in San Jose is October 28-31, 2013

If you would like additional information or have any questions, please contact Megan Lunde, Catalyst Program Manager at mlunde@tmforum.org.