Keynote Speaker -- José María Álvarez-Pallete, Telefónica Internacional
March 23, 2010, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center

José María Álvarez-Pallete,
Chief Executive Officer
Telefónica Internacional

José María Álvarez-Pallete López was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica Internacional in 24 July 2002, and member of the Board of Telefónica, S.A. in July 2006. He began his career at Arthur Young Auditors in 1987 and joined Benito & Monjardin/Kidder, Peabody & Co. in 1988, where he held positions in the research and corporate finance departments. In 1995 he joined Valenciana de Cementos Portland (Cemex) as head of the Investor Relations and Studies department. He was appointed Financial Manager for CEMEX in Spain in 1996 and General Manager for Administration and Financial Affairs for CEMEX Group's interests in Indonesia in 1998, headquartered in Jakarta. He joined Telefónica in February 1999 as CFO of Telefónica Internacional. In September of the same year, he became CFO of Telefónica, S.A. Mr. Álvarez-Pallete holds a graduate degree in Economics from the Complutense University of Madrid. He also studied Economics at the Université Libre de Belgique. In 2000 he was awarded CFO of the Year in the M&A chapter by CFO Europe Magazine (The Economist Group). He holds a post graduate course, the International Management Program by the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa (IPADE). He also obtained the Advanced Research Certificate from the Accounting, Financial Administration and Economy Department of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

He is also, a member of the following Boards of Directors: Telefónica Datacorp, Telefónica Internacional, Telefónica Móviles España, Telefónica de Argentina, Telecomunicaçoes de Sao Paulo(Telesp), Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile, Telefónica Internacional Chile, Telefónica Móviles Chile, Telefónica Móviles México, Telefónica del Perú, Colombia Telecom, Telefónica Móviles Colombia, Telefónica Larga Distancia de Puerto Rico, Portugal Telecom, Telefónica USA y Chairman of Brasilcel, N.V. Supervisory Board.

He has been Chairman of Antares, Fonditel, Telfisa and Telefónica North América; Vicechairman of T.Perú; a Member of the Board of Directors of Cemex Singapur, Admira Media, Inmobiliaria Telefónica, TPI, Telefónica Móviles, Telefónica de España, Telefónica Holding Argentina, , Telefónica O2 Europe, China Netcom, and member of the Supervisory Board of Cesky Telecom.

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Keynote Speaker -- Ralph de la Vega, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, AT&T, Inc.
March 23, 2010, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center

Ralph de la Vega,
President and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets
AT&T, Inc.

Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO-AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, was named to his current role in October 2008. Today, he leads all consumer marketing, sales, content and converged services, customer care and operations for wireless and wired.

Previously, he served as President and CEO-AT&T Mobility where he was responsible for all of AT&T’s wireless business since October 2007.

Prior to that, he served as group president-Regional Telecommunications and Entertainment, with responsibility for overall leadership in regional wired, including consumer, regional business sales and network. He was appointed to that post in January 2007, after the close of the AT&T-BellSouth merger, which consolidated ownership of Cingular.

From 2004-2006, de la Vega served as chief operating officer of Cingular Wireless, with responsibility for technology planning, network operations, marketing, sales and customer care.

Before joining Cingular in January 2004, he served as president-BellSouth Latin America, with overall responsibility for BellSouth's operations in 11 countries: Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Nicaragua, Brazil and Guatemala.

He also has served as BellSouth's president of Broadband and Internet Services. In this position, he had overall responsibility for the deployment, marketing and operations of broadband services. In addition, he had responsibility for BellSouth Internet Services and BellSouth's rapidly growing data support groups.

Mr. de la Vega started his career in 1974 with BellSouth (then Southern Bell) as a management assistant. He has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in Network Planning, Consumer Services, Engineering and Operations — including a rotational assignment at Telcordia (Bellcore) — and was responsible for all BellSouth Telecommunications Network Operations in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Mr. de la Vega's involvement with the community is extensive. He is the chairman of Junior Achievement Worldwide and the chairman of Hispanic initiatives for the Boy Scouts of America. He also serves on the board of the Georgia Research Alliance. He recently was inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s prestigious Alumni Hall of Fame which honors select Hispanics for their personal achievements, contributions and service to America.

A native of Cuba, he holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Florida Atlantic University and a master’s degree in business administration from Northern Illinois University, and he has completed the Executive Program at the University of Virginia.

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Keynote Speaker -- Julius Genachowski, FCC
March 23, 2010, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center

Julius Genachowski,
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
Invited.

Julius Genachowski was nominated by President Barack Obama as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on March 3, 2009, and sworn into office on June 29, 2009.

Chairman Genachowski has two decades of experience in public service and the private sector. Prior to his appointment, he spent more than 10 years working in the technology industry as an executive and entrepreneur. He co-founded LaunchBox Digital and Rock Creek Ventures, where he served as Managing Director, and he was a Special Advisor at General Atlantic. In these capacities, he worked to start, accelerate, and invest in early- and mid-stage technology and other companies. From 1997-2005, he was a senior executive at IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Fortune 500 company, where his positions included Chief of Business Operations and General Counsel.

Genachowski’s public service spanned broadly across government. His confirmation as FCC Chairman returns him to the agency where, from 1994 until 1997, he served as Chief Counsel to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, and, before that, as Special Counsel to then-FCC General Counsel (later Chairman) William Kennard. Previously, he was a law clerk at the U.S. Supreme Court for Justice David Souter and Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (ret.), and at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for Chief Judge Abner Mikva. Genachowski also worked in Congress for then-U.S. Representative (now Senator) Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), and on the staff of the House select committee investigating the Iran-Contra Affair.

Genachowski has been active at the intersection of social responsibility and the marketplace. He was part of the founding group of New Resource Bank, which specializes in serving the needs of green entrepreneurs and sustainable businesses, and has served on the Advisory Board of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). He also served as a board member of Common Sense Media, a leading non-partisan, non-profit organization seeking to improve the media lives of children and families.

Genachowski received a J.D from Harvard Law School (magna cum laude), where he was co-Notes Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received a B.A. from Columbia College (magna cum laude), where he was Editor of Columbia Spectator’s Broadway Magazine, re-established Columbia’s oldest newspaper (Acta Columbiana), and was a writer and researcher for Fred Friendly. He was also a certified Emergency Medical Technician who served on the Columbia Area Volunteer Ambulance, and taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Genachowski, a son of immigrants, is married to Rachel Goslins and has three children, Jacob, Lilah and Aaron.

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Keynote Speaker -- Randall L. Stephenson, AT&T Inc.
March 23, 2010, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center

Randall L. Stephenson,
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
AT&T Inc.

Randall L. Stephenson is chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of AT&T Inc. He was appointed to the position in 2007.

Since becoming chairman, Mr. Stephenson has strengthened AT&T's position as the world's largest telecommunications company by focusing on mobility and broadband access to the Internet. Today, AT&T has established leading positions in wireless smartphones, wireless data, global business solutions, broadband, voice and local search advertising, and is continuing to gain momentum in video entertainment.

Mr. Stephenson previously served as the company's chief operating officer, from April 2004 to June 2007, where he was responsible for all wireless and wired operations, and as senior executive vice president and chief financial officer for SBC Communications (today AT&T), from August 2001 to May 2004.

Mr. Stephenson was appointed to AT&T's board of directors in 2005.

Born in Oklahoma City, Mr. Stephenson began his career with Southwestern Bell Telephone in 1982 in the information technology organization in Oklahoma. He then progressed through a series of leadership positions including an assignment in Mexico City as SBC International's director of finance, overseeing SBC's ownership interest in Teléfonos de México. In 1996 he was named controller for SBC Communications. Additionally, Mr. Stephenson served as senior vice president-Consumer Marketing.

Under Mr. Stephenson’s leadership, AT&T announced the largest education initiative in company history — AT&T Aspire — a $100 million philanthropic program to help strengthen student success and workforce readiness.

He is a member of the board of directors of Emerson Electric Co., a national board member of the Boy Scouts of America and is chairman of the 2009-2010 corporate campaign of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Mr. Stephenson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma and a Master of Accountancy degree from the University of Oklahoma.

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Keynote Speaker -- René Obermann, Deutsche Telekom
March 24, 2010, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center

René Obermann,
Chief Executive Officer
Deutsche Telekom AG

René Obermann, born in March 1963 in Düsseldorf, Germany, has been Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Telekom since November 2006.

He joined the Group in 1998 as the Managing Director Sales for T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH. In April 2000, he became Chief Executive Officer of T-Mobile Deutschland. Internationally, he assumed responsibility for the European business of T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG one year later as the Board Member for European Operations and Group Synergies.

From the end of 2002 to December 2006, he was CEO of T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG and the Deutsche Telekom Board Member for Mobile Communications. In this period, T-Mobile continued its growth course as one of the leading mobile operators in the world with more than 100 million customers, successfully introducing the T-Mobile brand in eleven countries.

René Obermann’s career began with a business traineeship at BMW in Munich. Following that, he set up his own business ABC Telekom in Münster in 1986. He became Managing Partner of Hutchison Mobilfunk GmbH, the successor of ABC Telekom, in 1991. From 1994 to 1998, Obermann was Chairman of the company’s Management Board.

René Obermann has been a presidium member of the German industry association BITKOM since March 2007. In the 1990’s, he was Chairman of the former German Association of Mobile Communication Service Providers for two years.

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Keynote Speaker -- Padmasree Warrior, Cisco Systems
March 24, 2010, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center

Padmasree Warrior,
Chief Technology Officer
Cisco Systems

Padmasree Warrior is Cisco Systems' Chief Technology Officer. As CTO, she is responsible for helping drive the company's technological innovations and strategy, and works closely with its senior executive team and board of directors to align these efforts with Cisco's corporate goals. As an evangelist for what's possible, she pushes the organization to stretch beyond its current capabilities – not just in technology, but also in its strategic partnerships and new business models.

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Keynote Speaker -- William Morrow, Clearwire Corporation
March 24, 2010, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center

William Morrow,
Chief Executive Officer
Clearwire Corporation

Mr. Morrow is a seasoned telecom industry executive with a diversified background leading wireline and wireless communications companies in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

Prior to joining Clearwire on March 9, 2009, he served as President and CEO of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E, where he oversaw a business with over $13 billion in annual revenue and more than 20,000 employees. During his tenure, he oversaw operations and successfully directed an overhaul aimed at improving the company’s efficiency, supply chain and customer focus, generating operational efficiencies and improved customer satisfaction.

Before joining PG&E, Mr. Morrow held several leadership positions at Vodafone, the number two wireless provider in the world with more than 133 million subscribers. At Vodafone, he served as CEO for Europe overseeing global marketing, global technology and the largest operating businesses in the company portfolio. Before being named CEO, he held market level responsibility as president of Vodafone K.K. in Tokyo, CEO of Vodafone Ltd in the UK, and was President of Japan Telecom, the third largest telecom company in Japan. Earlier in his career, he held several strategy and operations positions with Vodafone in the U.S. and Europe and several international leadership positions with AirTouch.

He began his career at Pacific Bell, where he held several technology and engineering positions, including responsibility for company-wide operations of packet data products.

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Keynote Speaker -- Dan Hesse, Sprint Nextel Corporation
March 24, 2010, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center

Dan Hesse,
Chief Executive Officer
Sprint Nextel Corporation

Dan Hesse, 55, was named chief executive officer of Sprint Nextel on Dec. 18, 2007.

Prior to his appointment as Sprint CEO, Hesse was the Chairman and CEO of Embarq Corporation, a $6 billion company which provided voice, data, wireless and entertainment services in eighteen states.

From 2000 – 2004, he served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Terabeam Corporation, a wireless telecommunications service provider and technology company.

Hesse spent 23 years at AT&T. From 1997 – 2000, he served as the President and CEO of AT&T Wireless Services, at the time the United States’ largest wireless carrier.

Previously, Hesse launched AT&T’s global online initiatives, which included the AT&T Worldnet family of internet services, as the leader of the Online Services Group. From 1991-1995, he served as the President and CEO of AT&T Network Systems International, a joint-venture telecommunications technology company with revenues of $2 billion. He also held prior AT&T management assignments in Network Operations, Network Engineering, International Services, Human Resources, Strategic Planning, Product Management and Sales.

Hesse received a Master of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master's degree in business administration, with distinction, from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, from the University of Notre Dame. He was awarded the Brooks Thesis Prize for writing the outstanding master's thesis from all master's programs at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

Hesse has been named Wireless Industry “Person of the Year” by RCR magazine, “Executive of the Year” by Wireless Business and Technology magazine, “Most Influential Person in Mobile Technology” by LAPTOP Magazine, and he received Wireless Week magazine’s Leadership Award. He is a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and he also serves on the board of directors of Clearwire Corporation, where Sprint is the largest shareholder, and on the National Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

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Keynote Speaker -- Biz Stone, Twitter
March 25, 2010, 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center

Biz Stone,
Co-founder
Twitter, Inc.

Biz Stone is co-founder of Twitter, one of the fastest growing social networking sites today. The service provides a real-time, one-to-many network that is changing the way people communicate.

Prior to founding Twitter, Stone helped build other popular social media services Xanga, Blogger, and Odeo. After launching Xanga in 2000, he published two books about the origins and social significance of blogging: Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content and Who Let the Blogs Out?: A Hyperconnected Peek at the World of Weblogs.

In 2003, Google invited Stone to join a recently acquired Blogger.com team at its Silicon Valley headquarters in a fulltime, senior role. While there, he helped re-launch the service and grow Blogger significantly worldwide.

Since leaving Google in 2005 to rejoin the startup world, Stone has served as an advisor to such startups as answer community Fluther.com, travel service Trazzler.com (which he co-founded), content encouragement service Plinky.com, and the non-profit organization Justgive.org, among others.

A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Stone teaches an annual masters class at Oxford's Saïd Business School. In the fall of 2008, he debated and won – along with esteemed teammates including Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn – at Oxford Union against the proposition, "The Problems of Tomorrow Are Bigger than the Entrepreneurs of Today."

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