Telcordia Hosts IEEE "Engineering Your Future" Industry Day on February 5

PISCATAWAY, NJ, Jan 12 (MARKET WIRE) --
Telcordia (www.telcordia.com), a leading global provider of
telecommunications network software and services for IP, wireline,
wireless and cable, today announced that it is hosting a day-long
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) industry day on
February 5, 2009. The theme of the event is "Engineering Your Future," and
will focus on how communications and green technologies are changing the
way companies conduct their business. This event is being sponsored by
IEEE Region 1.

Hosting the event is a natural fit for Telcordia given the company's core
mission to identify the critical issues of today and anticipate the
challenges of tomorrow in information and communications technologies.
Attendees will have the opportunity to network with each other and enjoy
technical tutorials on topics such as wireless trends in manufacturing,
next-generation networks, green technologies, unified communications
technology and digital television. Featured speakers will include senior
executives from the nation's leading communications companies as well as
high-profile university educators from Columbia University and Rutgers
University.

"In light of rapidly advancing technologies and globalization, industry
professionals must remain at the forefront of communications thought
leadership, and this event is designed to cover all the 'need-to-know'
issues," said Dr. Adam Drobot, chief technology officer and president,
Advanced Technology Solutions, Telcordia.

Dr. Drobot will be one of the featured speakers and will discuss how
Telcordia brings together applied research, consulting and engineering
capabilities to help communications service providers, commercial
enterprises and government agencies envision, create, deploy and profit
from the future of communications. Drobot will discuss Telcordia's process
for indentifying technology gaps and inventing new technologies for real
world business challenges.

In addition to Dr. Drobot, other featured speakers include: Peter Sobel,
Director, Corporate and Foundation Partnerships, IEEE national
headquarters; Ibrahim Gedeon, chief technology officer, Telus; Prof.
Henning Schulzrinne, chair, Computer Science Department, Columbia
University; Dr. John A. Kosinski, principal deputy for technology, CERDEC
I2WD; Harvey Waxman, vice president, Architecture, Avaya, CTO
Organization; Rich Chernock, chief technology officer, Triveni Digital;
Dr. Tilak Agerwala, vice president, Systems, IBM; Prof. Dipankar
Raychaudhuri, director, WINLAB, Rutgers University; and Assemblyman
Upendra Chivukula, who currently serves as the deputy speaker of the NJ
assembly will also address the attendees.

"As IEEE celebrates its 125th anniversary, the organization continues to
demonstrate value to its members through events like this that prepare
attendees to 'engineer their future' through networking and high-quality
educational programming," said Dr. T. K. Srinivas, program chair of the
event; chair of the IEEE Jersey Coast Section; and director, Avaya CTO
Organization. "Telcordia continues to be a terrific partner in supporting
IEEE's initiatives to advance its members' learning and professional
development."

"The IEEE and the industry can benefit from each other's resources and
this first-of-its-kind industry day will further strengthen the
collaboration between the IEEE and industry partners and will continue
throughout IEEE Region 1, which spans the Northeast US," said Ashutosh
Dutta, Senior Scientist, Advanced Technology Solutions, Telcordia, who
currently serves as the IEEE Region 1 Industry Relation Chair, and Chair
of IEEE Princeton/Central Jersey Section.

The "Engineering Your Future" event will be held at Telcordia's
headquarters, 1 Telcordia Drive, Piscataway, NJ, and is free for IEEE
members to attend. (Non-members pay a nominal fee that can be applied
toward membership.) There will be members from IEEE's Membership
Geographic Activities during the event to answer questions related to
IEEE and other membership benefits. The event will begin at 8:00am and
conclude with a networking session from 5:00-6:00pm. Details of the
program and registration can be found at:
http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/princeton-centraljersey/ieee_industry_day.htm.

For more information about Telcordia, visit www.telcordia.com.

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