16 Speakers to Share Experiences With Collaboration in Government, Education, and Business

DUXBURY, MA - (July 8, 2008) - With topics ranging from Telepresence & Telepsychiatry to Telework to Enhancing Distance Learning with Multimedia to keynote speaker Andrew Lippman's tips on Surviving in a Digital Life World, the eighth annual Wainhouse Research Collaboration Summit will provide an updated view of how conferencing and collaboration applications are leading to business transformation. The three-day event, which will be held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, MA from July 16 - 18, kicks off with a free-to-the-public technology showcase featuring a dozen rapid-fire demos from industry innovators. The two-day conference that follows will highlight innovative customer applications of videoconferencing, web conferencing, and unified communications in government, education, and the corporate enterprise. Advance registration is required at http://www.wainhouse.com/boston08.

In its eighth year, the Wainhouse Research Collaboration Summit has become known as the conference that brings together top enterprise collaboration and conferencing managers with industry innovators and experts. This year's event is certain to live up to its reputation with vendors such as AGT, Avistar, BT, Compunetix, Dialcom, Emblaze - VCON, Global Crossing, IBM, Juniper, Masergy, Netbriefings, Radvision, Siemens, Smart Technologies, Vidyo and York Telecom all participating.

Wainhouse Research analysts and other leading experts in the fields of video technology, visual communications, telework programs, social networking, and distance education and e-learning will present their views and share their experiences deploying collaboration technologies. The information and interactive discussions and networking opportunities are certain to bring new perspectives to even the most seasoned line-of-business manager or collaboration professional.

For more information including a detailed agenda, speaker bios and presentation topics, please visit the website at http://www.wainhouse.com/boston08. Individuals may also register for the free Technology Showcase and/or the conference by visiting the website as well.

Wainhouse Research (www.wainhouse.com) provides strategic guidance and insight on products and services for Real-Time Unified Communications. The global client base includes established and new technology suppliers and service providers as well as enterprise users of voice, video, streaming, distance education and web collaboration solutions.