Mike LaJoie
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Time Warner Cable

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Mike LaJoie was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Time Warner Cable in January of 2004.  He has been responsible for the development and implementation of technology strategy for video, data and voice products, technology support, network operations and furthering industry standards and policy.

Before becoming CTO, Mr. LaJoie served as Executive Vice President of Advanced Technology and Vice President of Corporate Development, overseeing the deployment of Video on Demand systems launches other new services and products.  He has been involved in many development projects over his years with Time Warner Cable including Multi Media, Full Service Network, Road Runner, Pegasus and Telephony. Prior to joining Time Warner Cable, Mr. LaJoie was engaged in software development and network systems design.

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Robin Bienfait is the CIO of Research In Motion. Robin oversees BlackBerry Operations and Corporate IT.Prior to joining RIM, Robin held senior leadership positions within AT&T Labs and Global Network Services.

A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a master’s degree in Management of Technology, Robin also holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Central Missouri State University and an associate in business degree from Maryland University – European Division.

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Kevin Salvadori leads TELUS' capital management and Information Technology (IT) teams with a mandate to successfully deliver major transformational projects for TELUS. As chief information officer, Kevin is responsible for all aspects of TELUS' wireless and wireline IT systems architecture, application development and maintenance, technology operations, as well as physical and technology security.
Kevin has been with TELUS for six years joining TELUS Mobility upon its acquisition of Clearnet in 2000.  Since making the transition from TELUS Mobility to TELUS Communications in September 2003, Kevin has led the transformation of TELUS' IT organization. At TELUS Mobility, Kevin led the highly successful process and systems integration of TELUS Mobility and Clearnet.  His team's achievements were recognized as recipients of successive, prestigious Canadian Information Productivity Award (CIPA) honours.         

Who will end up where in the race to provide content and information services? Will carriers be reduced to bit transporters with players like Google and Apple driving the agenda? What are the implications for software to create and deliver new services? Attend the keynote session to find out.

Under pressure from every side, what will fixed and mobile providers morph into over the next few years? Will they be reduced to the status of humble bit shifters or will they evolve into key players in the whole web 2.0 converged space? Will they provide the underpinning technologies behind interactive content and information services? Will they be the place where countless billions of devices get managed? Will regulation get out of the way or will investment in ultra fast broadband be held back?

Join our outstanding commentators in this live forum at Management World discussing these and other key issues on the future of the telco: Mike Hill, President of IBM’s telecom group; Bhaskar Gorti, President of Oracle’s telecom group; Phil Dance Managing Director, Technology Exploitation, BT and Simon Torrance CEO, STL Partners and Founder, Telco 2.0™ Initiative. In the chair will be Telecom TV’s chief correspondent, Martyn Warwick.