Ambassador Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, President for ANATEL, confirms his presence at Futurecom 2007.

He will participate at Grand Opening Ceremony at October 1st, and will pronounce a Speech as Honor Guest at October, 02nd.

During a travel to Colombia, President for Provisuale, Mr. Laudálio Veiga Filho, had the opportunity to visit the national Mobile Telephony Operator Colombia Móvil – TIGO, in Bogotá. He was welcomed by President for the Company, Mr. José Manuel Astigarraga, who argued about the Latin American Telecommunication Market, besides regarding the participation of TIGO in Futurecom 2007.

Federal Deputy Paulo Bornhausen confirms his important participation in one more edition of Futurecom.

He will be present at Grand Opening Ceremony and also will participate in a Political Strategic Panel.

With more than 25 years of experience in the communications industry, Pierson drives the development of global strategy in the LG-Nortel Joint Venture, with a focus on Small Medium Business, Enterprise Telephony, SIP Voice and Multimedia  Clients and Enterprise Mobility.

Since joining Nortel in 1980, Mr. Pierson focused on International Communication Strategies and Product Management for the Enterprise Large System and Small System solutions businesses.   Pierson has received several awards for outstanding leadership, including the Northern Telecom President's award and the Nortel Meridian Systems Award of Excellence for Leadership.

The current President for ANATEL, Ambassador Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg received in audience Mr. Laudálio Veiga Filho, President for Provisuale in his cabinet office in Brasília.

On that occasion, Mr. Veiga Filho formalized his invitation to  the President for Anatel  and to some counselors to attend Futurecom 2007.

Engineer Paulo Nordeste, the current President for PT Inovação, obtained large experience along his professional path. He led the Traffic Engineering Division, and was General Director of infrastructure at Portugal Telecom. He also acted as Science Officer at DGXIII-F of CCE,  the RACE program in Brussels, and afterwards, as National Delegate of the RACE and ACTS programs of the European Union.

A graduate  in Technical Electronic Engineering from the University of Coimbra; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the  Essex University, England; he has post-graduation in Enterprise Management from the Solvay Trade School (CEPAC) of the Free University of Brussels.

The presence of Deputy Júlio Semeghine is confirmed in the Grand Opening Ceremony and in a Political and Strategic Panel of Futurecom 2007.

He will participate in the Panel “Tax Reduction: Daring Proposals to Increase Added Value and Customer’s Basis”, which will be coordinated by Journalist Carlos Sardenberg.

His Excellency, the Minister of Communications Hélio Costa, received in audience the President for Provisuale, Laudálio Veiga Filho.

At this meeting  the Minister confirmed his participation in the Grand Opening Ceremony of Futurecom 2007 and also expressed his enthusiasm for the accomplishment of Futurecom 10th Edition, to be held in São Paulo, in 2008.

The audience also counted on the participation of Dr. Ludgero Pattaro, Counselor of Futurecom 2007 Thematic Commission.

André Veiga, Business Director of Provisuale, participates in the celebration of ABERIMEST’s 25th Anniversary, taking part in the Ceremony together with the Association President, Kleber Rezende Castilho, the Mayor of the city of São Paulo, Gilberto Kassab and the President for Telefonica , Antonio Carlos Valente.

André Veiga, representing the President of Provisuale, Mr. Laudálio Veiga Filho, received, in his name, the title of Honorary Associate of ABERIMEST.

Mr Marcos Vinícius Ferreira Mazoni, President for SERPRO – Federal Data Processing Services, confirmed his participation in Futurecom 2007.

He will participate in the Political and Strategic Panel “Innovation in the Electronic Control Services with Bigger Development, Lower Costs, Bigger Revenue and Lower Percentage”, which will be coordinated by Mr. Roberto Meir, Publisher of the specialized magazines B2B Magazine and Consumidor Moderno.

The Chairman for ABINEE, Mr. Humberto Barbato Neto, will participate at Futurecom2007 Grand Opening Ceremony and at the Political Strategic Pannel “Daring Proposals to Increase Added Value and Customer’s Basis”, which will be coordinated by the Journalist Carlos Alberto Sardenberg.

ABINEE, the Brazilian Association of Electro and Electronic Industries, confirmed its Institutional Support for Futurecom 2007. The Association works since 1963 representing the Electro and Electronic sectors in the Brazilian economy context.

Click beside to view the Preliminary Program of Futurecom 2007 International Seminar and check the Highlights and Keynote Speeches confirmed!

Embratel, one of major Latin American Telecommunications Carriers, is the newest Platinum Sponsor of Futurecom 2007.

Te area occupied by Embratel, will be the Business Suite Joaquina 1, at Centro Sul Convention Center.

The current Director of New Business for Guerreiro Consult, Marcelo Duarte Minutti, has great knowledge in development of technical solutions and business to internet, IT digital entertainment and banking areas.

Minutti is graduated in Enterprises Administration with specializations in Software Engineering by USP. He also has Master’s Certificate in Project Management by George Washington University, and Executive MBA by ESPM Business School.

The President and the Business Director for Provisuale, Mrs.  Laudálio Veiga Filho, and André Veiga, visited Mr. Antonio Carlos Valente, President for Telefonica.

The meeting took place at Telefonica head office, in São Paulo, where they argued some subjects regarding the participation of Mr. Valente at Futurecom 2007 and about the preparation and accomplishment of Futurecom10th Edition, to be held in São Paulo, in 2008.

A graduate in Administration, with MBA and Masters Degree in Administration and Finance, besides having pursued some specialization fields at Harvard, Fábio Moser has acted as Vice-President of Corporate Business for Brasil Telecom since 2005. He currently leads the Council of Sistel Social Insurance Foundation and the Deliberative Council of the BrTPREV and F14 Foundations.

The professional path of Fábio Moser also includes activities at Fiago Participations, Banco do Brasil and Kepler Weber. He had relevant participation in the re-arrangement of the Brazilian Siderurgy Sector and was a member of several Investment Committees, Corporate and Government Technical /Investment Funds.

Sérgio Borges Chaia is President and CEO for Nextel Brazil. . He led previously Sodexho Pass  Brazil, where he started in 1996 as Marketing Director. Along his professional path, he assumed leadership positions in major companies such as Pfizer, Makro, Pepsi-Cola and KFC in the Marketing and Sales areas in Brazil and Latin America.

Chaia had relevant participation in the INSEAD General Management Program in France. He is a graduate in Company Administration from  Getulio Vargas Foundation and also has post-graduation  in Marketing and Finance from FGV.

Mr Sérgio Quiroga, President for Ericsson Latin America North Unit., confirmed his presence at 2007 Futurecom. He will participate in the Political and Strategic Panel treating “An Overview of Telecommunications in Latin America”, which will be coordinated by Journalist Valéria Monteiro.

Laudálio Veiga Filho, President for Provisuale, and Business Director, André Veiga, visited the President for ABERT, Mr. Daniel Pimentel Slaviero, on July 25th. On that occasion Mr. Slaviero  was invited to make part of the Board of Authorities and Personalities at 2007 Futurecom Grand Opening Ceremony.

Mr.  Slaviero will also participate in following Political and Strategic Panel: “Mass Communication and Telecom:  Innovating Businesses and Overcoming Barriers Concerning New Convergence Solutions  that will be coordinated by Journalist” Fabiana Scaranzi.

Andrew Coward is responsible for Service Provider Sales at Juniper Networks.  Prior to Juniper, Andrew co-launched the Asia Pacific operation of Unisphere Networks in 1999. He led a team of system engineers to provide dedicated pre-sales and architectural design services, and support engineering services to customers through out the region. 

Andrew lived Asia for ten years, working with Service Providers, Enterprises and Governments across the region on IP technologies, first with Bay Networks and later with Nortel, where he designed and planned some of the largest IP networks in Asia Pacific.

Andrew started his career in government as a network engineer and progressed to role of Network Manager responsible for building one of the first United Kingdom nationwide government backbone IP networks.

The Engineer Gilson Rondinelli Filho has wide experience and a history of  relevant contributions to the Brazilian Telecommunications Sector. He is the current President for GRF Telecom, and he acted previously as Executive Vice-President for Vivo, besides having directed Telesp Celular.

Vice President, Marketing and Alliances, Oracle Communications, is responsible for Oracle Communications’ go to market strategy for its OSS/BSS software application suite enabling next-generation mobile, broadband and IP services.  In this capacity, David leads a knowledgeable worldwide team responsible for global marketing, product marketing and alliance and channel partners. 

Before joining Oracle, David was the Executive Vice-President of Marketing & Product Management for MetaSolv Software, Inc., where he led the company’s strategic product direction and was responsible for establishing the company’s leadership positions in OSS and was the firm’s leading market-facing executive.  Prior to MetaSolv, David led the product and engineering units of Nortel Network's OSS and Clarify CRM business units serving telecommunications operators worldwide.   He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Carleton University, and an International MBA from the University of Ottawa.

Sebastiano Tevarotto is the current Vice-President and General Manager of Communications, Media & Entertainment of HP. He was previously General Manager for Global Marketing and for  Organization in Southern Europe, having acted more expressively in the Telecommunications Sector in Italy.

Sebastiano started his professional path at the Microwave Technology Research Center of HP in Santa Rosa, CA, USA. He graduated in Electronic Engineering from the University of Padua in Italy.

Valéria Monteiro graduated in Social Sciences from Unicamp and in Journalism from PUCC.

Along her professional path she presented the main TV newscasts of Globo Channel and was elected the most reliable female journalist of Brazilian TV, in a survey made for the VEJA Magazine by Gallup Consulting Institute. In the nineties she worked in New York City for major TV Channels, such as the  Discovery Channel, National Geoghaphic, NBC and Bloomberg.

Since 2002 Valéria has worked for the consolidation of Toda América, her own Content Production Company.

Luiz Del Fiorentino acts currently as Commercial Vice- President for CPqD – Center of Telecommunications Research and Development.

Fiorentino is the author of several issues in Brazil and abroad in the Technical, Operational and Marketing areas. He has acted in many technical and management positions in the Telecommunications Sector, besides being a Member and President of the Administration and Control Councils of Companies that belong to this Sector.

A graduate in Electronic Engineering from the Institute of Aeronautical Technology (ITA), he has expertise in Electronic and Advanced Mathematics focused on Digital Engineering, having attended the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute - Washington, USA.

Eduardo Giannetti graduated in Economy  and Social Sciences from USP (University of São Paulo) and is a PhD in Economy from the University of Cambridge, England. He was elected the “Economist of the Year 2004” by the Order of Economists in São Paulo.

Author of several specialized periodicals and books, Giannetti is currently Professor at IBMEC, São Paulo.

Roberto Meir is an International Expert  in Consumption Relations, CRM, Relationship Marketing and Loyalty, Business Strategy and Digital Economy. He is a graduate in Chemical Engineering with post-graduation in Marketing, Financial Administration, Capital Markets and  MBA in Finance. Meir  is the Publisher of the magazines Consumidor Moderno and B2B Magazine. He is also the author of the book “O Brasil que Encanta o Cliente” –  (Brazil that fascinates the Customer) .

The Engineer is currently the President for ABRAREC - Brazilian Association for Corporate and Customer Relations and for over 10 years he has been a member of SOCAP (The Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business).

The reputed Engineer Foad Shaikhzadeh started his professional path at Furukawa Industrial S/A in 1979, and currently acts as President for this company.

Foad is graduated in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic School of USP (São Paulo University), and specialized in Enterprise Administration from  Getulio Vargas Foundation.

Tellfree, an IP Operator and one of the most recent Futurecom Sponsors, was represented by its Marketing Manager, Shirley Hilgert, who visited Provisuale head office in Curitiba.

Shirley had the opportunity to know Provisuale better, and discuss some details regarding Tellfree participation in the Event.

After 36 year-career, the Journalist Wilson Moherdaui is now Publishing Manager and Partner Founder of  Plano Editorial. He has led Plano Editorial for 22 years, publishing the magazines Informática Hoje and Telecom, the yearbooks Informática Hoje, Anuário Telecom and TI & Governo, as well as the weekly newsletters Telecom Urgente and TI & Governo. The Journalist also promotes events such as  the Telecom Seminar, Telecom Users Forum, besides the  IT & Government and IT & Utilities Forums.

Wilson is a graduated lawyer from the Law School of  USP and a graduated journalist from the Casper Líbero Foundaiton. He worked for the main Brazilian communication channels, as the periodicals O Estado de S. Paulo, Jornal da Tarde and Abril Publisher. He was also head of ABI (Brazilian Press Association),  the Union of Professional Journalists of São Paulo and President of the Journalists Association for IT and Telecommunications.

Adrian Slywotzky is Director for Mercer Management Consulting, a global Company of strategy consulting and corporative operations. Since 1979 he has rendered consulting services in new businesses development and in the creation of new value areas  for major companies.

A graduate from Harvard College, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, Adrian is the author of several books based on strategic risk, having "The Profit Zone" been considered by the Business Week Magazine as one of Top 10 in 1998. As an usual Panelist, Adrian participated in the World Economy Forum, in Davos, Switzerland and has often acted as Keynote Speaker in conferences.

Sir Terence Matthews is Chairman of Wesley Clover and Mitel and March Networks, which develop IP systems for enterprise applications. He was CEO and Chairman of Newbridge Networks Corp. which he helped become a leader in the worldwide data networking industry. He holds an honours degree in electronics(Univ. of Wales, Swansea), is a Fellow of the Inst. of Electrical Engineers and of the Royal Academy of Engineering, has honorary doctorates(Univ. of Wales , Glamorgan and Swansea , and Carleton Univ. in Ottawa). Officer of the Order and Knight of the British Empire. Chairman and board member of several high tech companies (DragonWave, Bridgewater Systems, Solace Systems and NewHeights Software)

Mr. Antônio Hélio Alves Nunes, Director President for LAB Telecom, has visited Provisuale head-office in Curitiba.

With over 20 years of experience in telecommunication industry, Mr. Shen has worked in a variety of areas in wireless field that include research and development, industry standards development, product development and product management, as well as technical marketing. He has acquired an in-depth understanding of the wireless business, technology, market and industry, specializing in technology and market research, wireless product planning and telecommunication strategy development.

In addition, Mr. Shen has extensive experience in dealing with government agencies and private companies, having worked with the United Nations, the Government of China, the Government of Canada, telecom equipment vendors and service operators in North America, Europe and China.

Hughes, the worldwide leader in broadband communication through satellite, celebrated past June its fortieth year of activities in Brazil. Provisuale Business Director, André Veiga, was present at the celebration in São Paulo. Hughes is among the most traditional Futurecom Sponsors.

Délio Morais from Hughes with André Veiga

The 3rd Meeting of 2007 Futurecom Thematic Commission was held on July 2nd, Monday, at IBM headquarters in São Paulo. The Meeting counted on the presence of more than 40 attendees and the program included a speech on 2007 Futurecom novelties, the presentation and consolidation of the Political and Strategic Panels of the Event, besides the lecture: "Development and Economic Growth: BRIC or RIC ?" which was held by the Journalist Denise Campos Toledo.

Provisuale thanks IBM for having  kindly hosted the Meeting and for the presence of its President, Rogério Oliveira.

Luiz Eduardo Falco Pires Corrêa graduated in Aeronautical Engineering from the ITA and post-graduated in Marketing and Finances from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. Between 1992 and 2001, he was Commercial and Marketing Vice-President for the air company TAM, where he started in 1986 as Production Manager and later, as Technical Director. Luiz Eduardo Falco is currently the President for OI. He has occupied this position since 2001.

Janaína Azevedo is a composer, singer and actress. She graduated in Scenic Arts and Music Therapy.
Her talent and peculiar style led her to work with great names in Brazilian Theater and  Pop Music, such as Miguel Falabella, Paulo Betti, Marilia Pera, Ney Matogrosso, among other highlights.
She has recently launched the first record of her career "Luz Sem Fim” (Endless Light), which has been sold in Europe, USA and Japan. Janaína also teaches pop singing and interpretation to singers.

Eric Cooney graduated in Nuclear Engineering from the Sea College of the United States, in Sciences for the University of Rochester and completed his MBA from the University of Southern California. The Engineer has worked as President for Tandberg Television since June 2003. He has acted  for the past 10 years for this company which was recently acquired by Ericsson Multinational Company. Along his career path, he obtained large experience in the multimedia industry, mainly for having worked for many years as support for Telecom Operators in the development of video platforms and digital services.

Graduated Journalist from the University of Brasilia, Leilane Neubarth started her career at the early Rede Manchete (a tv channel) and her fame was built afterwards at Rede Globo as presenter and reporter of the periodicals Bom Dia Brasil, Jornal Nacional, Fantástico, Jornal da Globo and Globo Repórter. In 2000 she coordinated the discussions between the candidates to the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro.
Currently Neubarth is the presenter of the RJTV, a newscast of Rede Globo and "Arquivo N", of Globonews.

Throughout his 37-year career, the Journalist Carlos Alberto Sardenberg was Journalism Manager at Rede Bandeirantes,  Newscast Presenter of Gazeta Mercantil and Roda Viva at Rede Cultura, News Editor and Publisher of Jornal do Brasil and Folha de São Paulo, besides the magazines Veja and IstoÉ. In the eighties Sardenberg also worked in the Brazilian political environment as Coordinator  of Social Communication at the Ministry of Planning.

The Journalist is presently one of the most active professionals of the Brazilian Press. Economy commentator and Anchor of CBN Brazil radio program, the Periodic News Jornal das Dez at Globonews TV and  Jornal da Globo at Rede Globo. Sardenberg also writes a weekly column for the newspapers Estado de São Paulo and O Globo. Furthermore he keeps the site www.sardenberg.com.br where he publishes economy analysis and comments.

Graça Sermoud, Journalist with post-graduation in Marketing, currently occupies the position of Publishing Director for Conteúdo Editorial, a company specialized in publishing products and services in the IT and Communication areas, among them, the magazines Decision Report and Risk Report.efore establishing Conteúdo Editorial in 2003, the Journalist had been Publishing Director for IDG Brazil for eleven years, being responsible for printed and on-line publications of the magazines Computerworld, World Telecom, Standard Business, Enterprise Management among others.

The 3rd Meeting of 2007 Futurecom Thematic Commission will take place at IBM headquarters in São Paulo on July 2nd, Monday.

The program includes speeches on 2007 Futurecom novelties, the presentation and consolidation of the Political and Strategic Panels of the Event, besides the lecture: "Development and Economic Growth: BRIC or RIC " that will be held by the journalist Denise Campos Toledo.

Orga Systems, leader of billing systems for the Telecom Industry, was awarded a prize at the 2007 Billing Systems International Event in London, for the category of "Best Overall Contribution to Billing". Orga was awarded this prize  because of the great impact the Company had on the BBS scenery in 2006.

2007 Futurecom will count on the distinguished participation of Antonio Carlos Valente, President for Grupo Telefonica do Brasil. It is a great honor for the Event Organization to count on Valente’s contribution as Keynote Speaker.

Fabiana Scaranzi graduated from the Classical Ballet School, Publicity, Advertising and Journalism Faculties, was a model for five years, during which she lived in Germany, Japan and Spain. Her talent and adaptation ability allowed her to work as actress in a Roberto Talma´s Soap Opera of Rede Globo, which was the start of her career on TV.

Along her career path, she worked for Bandeirantes TV, Globonews and again for Rede Globo. She presented TV Shows, Jornal Nacional, Globo Rural, Jornal Hoje and SPTV. She currently acts as a reporter for all TV Journals at the channel for which she works and is the official columnist of Jornal Hoje.

The 2nd Meeting of 2007 Futurecom Thematic Commission was held on May 10th at the head-office of Accenture in São Paulo, and counted on the participation of important executives from the Brazilian Telecommunications and IT sectors. The Meeting had as main objective the consolidation of 2007 Futurecom Theme Cores and the proposal of subjects and titles for the Political and Strategic Panels. The guest speaker was José Márcio Almeida Mendonça, a worthy Political Commentator of the Eldorado Radio Station.

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Tam Airlines and Provisuale sign once again a contract for Futurecom. The current major Air Company of Latin America is now the official air transport company of the Event.

Renata Fan is presently recognized as one of the most versatile presenters of the Brazilian Television. She is a Lawyer and Journalist and was also very successful as a model. She lived in some European and Asian countries along her career path and in 1999 she conquered the 1st place at the Miss Brazil Competition.

Her media career started in 1995 as a speaker at the Transamérica Radio Station. In 2003 she presented the sports programs Terceiro Tempo and Debate Bola at Rede Record, where she achieved success and the recognition of the media. Now she presents the sports program called Jogo Aberto at Rede Bandeirantes.

Graduated in History, Right and Journalism, Heródoto Barbeiro represents today one of the most respected opinions of the Brazilian Press. He published in 2005 his first book on the Buddhist doctrine, which brought him fame as a writer. The Journalist currently commands the program called Culture Night at Rede Cultura. Furthermore he acts as a Journalism Manager at CBN.

Nominated member of the Managing Council of the National Telecommunications Agency, the Lawyer Antonio Domingos Teixeira Bedran assumed his five-year mandate on May 09th, with basis on a Decree signed by the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bedran graduated from the Law School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, has a Masters Degree in Administrative Right and Post-graduation in Company Right from Fundação Dom Cabral.

Along his career path the Lawyer was an Advisor to the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais and headed the Administration Councils of Embratel and Telemig. For the Federal Government he acted as Juridical Consultant of the Ministry of Communications. Since August 1988 Antonio Bedran has been the General Procurator of Anatel.