Location: Wheaton, IL

Organizer: Illinois Institute of Technology

Facility: Illinois Institute of Technology's Rice Campus

Cost: $145/$125 for SIP Forum members

The Illinois Institute of Technology’s Third Annual VoIP Conference and Expo will bring together professionals and executives from the telecommunications industry, standards bodies and government agencies, as well as students and members of the business community. Last year's conference was a huge success, resulting in many new partnerships and projects. This year's conference promises even more opportunities as the industry expands and evolves.

The agenda for the VoIP Conference and Expo includes more than 38 sessions from industry experts, 2 full days of VoIP, and a wine and cheese networking event.

Registration includes admission to both days of the conference and expo, breakfast and lunch on both days, a wine and cheese reception on Thursday evening, presenter materials and conference tote bag. The general admission fee is $145, groups of five or more are $125, and students with valid student ID can attend for $50.

Participating organizations include: Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Acme Packet, Azaire Networks, BIT, Booz-Allen-Hamilton, Cbeyond, Cimco, Columbia University, Digium-Asterisk, Enabling Technologies, GeckoTech, Informity Networks, IEEE ComSoc, IIT, International Engineering Consortium, Intrado, M5, Morgan Franklin, Motorola, Neustar, Occam, Penn State University, Performance Technologies, Reef Point Systems, SIP Forum, Spirent, Telchemy, Telcordia, Teleprime, YS-41 Communications, Westell and many others.