Pulvermedia's 11th annual Spring VON Conference & Expo will take place on March 19-22, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. This year, Pulvermedia's flagship event will feature a record number of attendees, exhibitors, and speakers, while also playing host to the Video on the Net event -- which runs parallel to VON, in the adjacent Marriott Hotel at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.

Prominent themes for this year's VON event include: Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC); IMS; IPTV; Wi-Fi & WiMAX; and rich media for mobile environments. More than 250 of the industry's foremost thought-leaders are scheduled to address the VON community.

Featured speakers include:

• Niklas Zennstrom, Founder & CEO, Skype, who, in his first US- appearance in several years, will discuss the impact that Skype's revolutionary pricing model will have on the industry
• Jeffrey Citron, Chairman and Chief Strategist, Vonage, will provide an update on upcoming Vonage initiatives
• Mike Volpi, Senior VP & GM of Cisco System's Routing and Service Provider Technology Group, will discuss deploying unified, intelligent, IP-based platforms that support voice, video and data over fixed and mobile networks
• Mark Spencer, President of Digium, will provide numerous Asterisk and Digium updates
• And Jeff Pulver, Founder and Chairman of Pulvermedia, will share his thoughts and perceptions regarding the emerging trends in the IP video space.
• Other speakers include Chris Fine, Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Company, Andy Ory, President and CEO, Acme Packet, Jeff Ganek, Chairman and CEO, NeuStar, and Peter Barrett, CTO for the Microsoft TV Group. For a complete list of VON speakers, please visit http://www.von.com/speakers.html.

The VON Expo, which opens Tuesday, March 20 at 10:00 AM, will provide attendees with the opportunity to compare and evaluate solutions from more than 300 exhibitors. The event is sponsored by NeuStar, Inc., Dialogic, Aculab, Brix Networks, Broadwing Corporation, NexTone, Personeta, Polycom, Inc., VoEX, Acme Packet, Inc., InterTalk, Lumenare Networks, Microsoft, Network2, and TARGUSinfo. For a complete listing of VON exhibitors, please visit: http://www.von.com/exhibitors.html.

This year's Video on the Net conference runs concurrently with VON, in the adjoining Marriott hotel. The event features four full days of conference sessions: http://pulver.com/videoonthenet/schedule.html , as well as a showcase of companies http://pulver.com/videoonthenet/sponsors.html presenting their latest IP video technologies. Attending members of the media will have access to both VON and Video on the Net, which will be served by a common press room.

"2007 is the year of Internet-driven TV, film and broadcasting, and we're excited to bring the newly expanded Video on the Net event along side of VON," said Glenn Gaudet, Chief Marketing Officer for Pulvermedia. "This year's events offer the opportunity to meet the people that are defining the new communications landscape, and shaping the future of media, Internet, communications and entertainment."

To learn more about Spring 2007 VON, and Video on the Net, including conference program content, exhibitor information, and show-specific programs, please visit http://www.von.com and http://www.videoonthenet.com or email Christopher Erb at cerb@pulvermedia.com. Members of the media can obtain media credentials by contacting todd@pulvermedia.com or ally.forbes@pulvermedia.com.