The format of the day provides parallel tracks with access to either technical presentations or panels on development strategies. Thus, the agenda sparks interest and attendance from an audience that surrounds telecommunications innovation from all angles - engineers, business development managers, analysts and academics...each necessary for success.

8:00	Continental Breakfast and Registration, Onley 150
8:30	Welcome Remarks Paul Severino, Chairman, MTC William Hogan, Chancellor, UMass Lowell
8:45	Conference Overview --- Maximizing the Day Aura Ganz, Associate Professor, UMass Amherst Don Steinbrecher, President, MiNT Collaborative
9:00	International R&D Partnerships Discussion Panel
10:00	Governor's Address Introduction---President William Bulger, UMass Argeo Paul Cellucci, Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
10:30	Panel Sessions TECHNICAL TRACK SESSIONS NON-TECHNICAL TRACK SESSIONS
12:00	Lunch, Cumnock Hall
12:45	Keynote Lunch Speaker Frank Ingari, Chairman, Shiva Corporation "Implications for the R&D Community of the Internet Infrastructure Buildout"
1:30	Panel Sessions TECHNICAL TRACK SESSIONS NON-TECHNICAL TRACK SESSIONS
2:45	Panel Sessions TECHNICAL TRACK SESSIONS NON-TECHNICAL TRACK SESSIONS
4:00	Poster Session and Reception, Alumni Library Presentation of current Research by MIT, WPI, UMass, BU and Northeastern's leading engineering students.
6:00	Conference Reception, Alumni Library