Only a few years ago, the idea of being able to see and hear imaginings of the creators of Star Trek?
people in other parts of the world as though they were all in
the same room was one firmly fixed in the annals of science It’s true that an effective telepresence strategy should put
fiction. Today, telepresence is a reality, and more and more human interaction first, focusing on visual collaboration that
companies are using it as a means of organising effective closely replicate the brain’s innate preferences for face-to-face
conference meetings without the bother of having to jet across conversation. These include life-size participants, fluid, real-
the world to get to them. time movements, accurate flesh tones and the appearance of
true eye contact.
Naturally, this saves money and has a beneficial effect on the
environment. It sounds like a win-win situation, and there are In this exclusive round table for Eco Executive, representatives
many positives - not least for the executive who feels like he’s from some of the world’s leading technological companies
spending half his life on the road, in departure lounges and discuss the implications for teleconferencing and how we
sleeping in faceless hotels. But what’s the reality of this brave might all be using it in the none-too-distant future.
new world, where distance collapses in the face of technology,
and how far has that technology advanced since the fevered
THE PANEL
Torben Andersen Steve Leyland
Senior Director for Unified Communications Managing Director, EMEA
Microsoft Polycom
Torben Andersen is a Senior Director for Unified Communications Steve Leyland is the Polycom Managing Director for (EMEA).
at Microsoft. Since 2004 he has built the Microsoft Unified He has more than 25 years experience in computing and
Communications business in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and telecommunications spanning both Europe and the United
today he is responsible for UC business development in EMEA. States. He has held senior management positions in engineering,
Previously he has been General Manager of Microsoft in the Baltic marketing and sales as well as running his own professional
region and held different positions in Microsoft Denmark. Mr. Andersen services company in the United Kingdom. As Polycom’s EMEA MD
has also been CEO of the Danish E-learning software vendor Danish for more than five years, Steve is responsible for sales, marketing
Probe, and worked for IBM in Denmark. and operations for the region.
Anna Carless Robert deMontluzin
Marketing Director of EMEA EMEA services leader for network solutions
Tandberg Nortel
Anna Carless is marketing director, EMEA Tandberg. The company Robert deMontluzin is EMEA Services leader for network Solutions,
is a leading global provider of telepresence, high-definition Nortel. It does business in more than 150 countries around the world.
videoconferencing and mobile video products and services, with dual Nortel’s technologies are designed to help eliminate today’s barriers
headquarters in New York and Norway. to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks ‘and
connecting people to the information they need, when they need it’.
Mike Landers Boaz Raviv
GM of EMEA CEO
BT Conferencing Radvision
Mike Landers was appointed the GM of Europe, the Middle East Boaz Raviv is the CEO of Radvision. Prior to becoming CEO
and Africa (EMEA) for BT Conferencing in 2007 and has executive Mr. Raviv served as the General Manager of the Radvision
responsibility for BT’s Conferencing and Collaboration businesses Technology and Networking Business Units. In this role as CEO,
within the EMEA region with a turnover of £100+m and 360 people. he provides focused leadership, vision and direction for Radvision
He has worked in the telecommunications business for 19 years in a as it becomes a leading force in the unified communications and
number of areas. developer market.
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