Building on the huge success of the IMS World Series, IMS 2.0 World Forum, now in it’s 7th year,  is a must attend event for mobile, fixed, cable and hybrid operators, Internet providers, application developers, IT/software players, network equipment and handset vendors from across the globe

Demonstrating the need to focus on real-life deployments, the objectives and challenges, and the winning solutions, discover at IMS 2.0 World Forum, what is really happening today – there is not one IMS service that will change the game, but IMS will create a whole ecosystem providing a control for the telco and defining IMS is the key enabler for business transformation.

Here is what some of the participants from IMS World Forum 2009 had to say:

“Informa managed to create a very good meeting place to discuss IMS and evaluate IMS applications potentials” (RC, Ericsson)
“There was a serious air about the conference. People were keen to learn and share experiences, in a positive fashion. This made the event more productive than if it had been dominated by hype.”(GR, Redmill)
"Very good event to feel the heartbeat of the industry." (MJ, Alcatel-Lucent)
“The hype on IMS is far behind us today. It was a very fruitful IMS conference on how to re-think the telco business Thanks to the team for this great event !” (FT, ZTE)
“I gained a perspective on the IMS progress, with a sense of getting nearer to full roll out.” (RC, Huawei)
“Fruitful conference & networking opportunities” (RS, Deutsche Telekom)
“Useful focused and informative. Good opportunity to communicate ideas.” (HJ, BH Telecom)
“It was very helpful to get in one place and in the same moment, service providers, vendors, app developers and standarization groups`points of view” (CF, Telecom Argentina)
“Great mix of Carriers and Suppliers. Nice size of audience, lots of relevant topics, yet intimate enough to get to know people.” (KF, BT)

Announcing Speakers confirmed to date for 2010:

Cristina Alvarez, Technology and Service Development General Director, Telefonica, Spain
Roland Schott, Project Manager, Technology Engineering Centre, Deutsche Telekom, Germany
Muhammad Ali Khan, General Manager, Commercial Planning and Support, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd, Pakistan
Paulo J Sobral Simoes, Service Research and Innovation, Content and Data, TMN, Portugal
Giulio Carmelo Maggiore, Chairman TC INT, IMS Network Testing, ETSI & Telecom Italia
Antonella Napolitano, Architecture & Services Platforms Director, Telecom Italia Mobile
Luis Angel, Galindo, Senior Manager, Strategy & Innovation, Mobile Services, Telefonica, Spain
Shaun Ledgerwood, Director International Sales Support, Sprint
Mila Milenkovic, Head of B2B Partnerships and Business Models Development, Telekom Srbija
Franklin Selgert, Senior Innovation Manager, KPN, The Netherlands
Nuno Silva, Engineer, PT Inovacao, Portugal
Teppo Hyvonen, Director, New Applications and Technologies, Nokia
Diane Myers, Directing Analyst, Service Provider VoIP and IMS, Infonetics, USA
Guy Redmill, Managing Director, Redmill Communications Ltd, UK
Nick Hunn, Vice Chair, Mobile Data Association
Dr Karim Taga, Managing Director, Arthur D Little
Moe Tanabain, Partner, Intuigence Consulting Group
Dean Bubley, Managing Director, Disruptive Analysis
Prof Thomas Magedanz, Head of NGN Division, Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Germany
Steve Shaw, member of the VoLGA Forum and VP Marketing Kineto Wireless, USA