Light Reading Launches Green Telecom Conference: Solutions for Energy-Efficient Communications...

Light Reading Launches Green Telecom Conference: Solutions for
Energy-Efficient Communications Infrastructure
First Telecom Industry Conference Focused on 'Green' Issues Facing Network
Operators: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Resources, and Greenhouse Gas
Management

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TechWeb's Light Reading, the
world's leading online publication for the telecom industry, announced today
it is launching an industry conference focused on timely "green" issues facing
telecom network operators and their equipment suppliers. Green Telecom:
Solutions for Energy-Efficient Communications Infrastructure is scheduled to
take place October 27, 2008, at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas.
Network operators and equipment manufacturers alike are in the spotlight
for designing and utilizing equipment - broadband, video, data-center,
network, and even customer premises equipment - that uses reduced power
consumption and heat dissipation.
Green Telecom features thought leaders from the telecom community with
knowledge and experience in solving energy-related challenges for network
operators. Confirmed speakers include Stanley Hubbard, Senior Analyst for
Heavy Reading; Keith Hayes, Vice President of Network Operations, Charter
Cable; Jake MacLeod, Chief Technology Officer, Bechtel Telecom; Kathy
Loshbaugh, Vice President Network Engineering, Sprint; and more.
"This is the first stand-alone industry conference focused on what the
communications industry can expect in three-, five-, or ten-year time
horizons, with regard to next-generation communications network topology,
components, energy management, and more," said Conference Chair Timothy Downs.
"We expect an audience of network operators and suppliers to learn more about
evolving environmental and regulatory climate, and the likely impacts to
telecom network owners."
Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For more information email
events@lightreading.com.
About Light Reading
Founded in 2000, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is the ultimate
source for technology and financial analysis of the communications industry,
leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. It
reaches an extensive audience of executives and technologists within the
telecom and enterprise networking communities, as well as the
financial/industry analysts and investors who track these sectors. Light
Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and operates as a
member of its TechWeb division.
About TechWeb
TechWeb (http://techweb.com/aboutus), the global leader in business
technology media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of
technology decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most
respected and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today,
more than 13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage in
our communities created around our global face-to-face events, Interop, Web
2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network,
Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and
The Financial Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning
InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, and Wall Street & Technology
magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services including next-generation
performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services.
TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news
distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization
of more than $2.5 billion.
*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on number of monthly
connections

Contact:
Amy Averbook
Director of Corporate Marketing
Light Reading
212 925-0020 x112
averbook@lightreading.com

SOURCE Light Reading

Amy Averbook, Director of Corporate Marketing of Light Reading,
+1-212-925-0020 x112, averbook@lightreading.com