The ConTEL 2013 Conference is pleased to confirm Ms. Gordana Kovačević, the President and managing director of Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia, and Dr. Henning Schulzrinne, Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University and CTO of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as Keynote Speakers at this year’s conference in Zagreb.

Ms. Gordana Kovačević will present a talk entitled “Research, Development and Innovation in ICT: View from the Industry“. The success of Ericsson Nikola Tesla company through difficult times, based on research and development with continuous innovation, has made her one of the most successful and most prominent ICT business female leaders in South East Europe, and brought her, among other honors, the “European Leader SHE Award” in 2010.

Dr. Henning Schulzrinne will present a talk entitled “Transitioning the Public Switched Telephone Network into the 21st Century“. An IEEE Fellow and a former member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), he has played a pivotal role in the standards process and advancement of IP multimedia communications and VoIP, including his contribution to the design of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).