SIPNOC 2026 Conference Schedule

“The Gathering Place for the Call Authentication Community”

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(Final Agenda as of August 31, 2026)

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

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7:30am-8:30am: BREAKFAST

8:45am: SIPNOC 2026 General Session Day One Begins

8:45am-9:00am: SIPNOC 2026 Welcome and Introduction. Presented by Marc Robins, SIP Forum President and Managing Director, and SIPNOC 2026 Program Chair.

9:00am–9:45am: Special SIPNOC 2026 FCC Super Keynote Kickoff Session. Featured speakers include Chris Laughlin, Deputy Division Chief of the Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau; Alex Hobbs, Deputy Division Chief of the Telecommunications Consumers Division, Enforcement Bureau; and Zac Champ, Deputy Chief of the Consumer Policy Division, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau.

9:45am–10:30am: Panel Discussion – From Anonymous to Authenticated: Enabling a Trusted Omnichannel Communication. Panelists include Perry Claunch, Senior Director of Product Management, First Orion; Julie Sara Fowler, Vice President, Sales Engineering and Strategic Initiatives, First Orion; and Josh Whitehurst, Head of Product, at First Orion.

10:30am-11:00am: Real-World Insights from an AI Honeypot: Evolving the Future of Call Protection. Presented by Jonathan Nelson, Director of Product Management, at Hiya.

11:00am-11:30am:  Refreshment and Networking Break

11:30am-12:15pm: Panel Discussion – Trust is on the Line: Evolving KYC for Branded Calling. Panelists include John Marinho, VP Technology and Cybersecurity, CTIA; Douglas Ranalli, CEO, Gated Networks; Sara Hutchinson, CEO, NumHub; and Melissa Blassingame, Regional Vice President of Partner Alliances, Twilio.

12:15pm-12:45pm: Branded Calling in 2026: Lessons, Metrics and What’s Next. Presented by Mick Moss, Senior Director of Product Management, at TransUnion.

12:45pm-2:15pm: LUNCH – Sponsored by BCID^TM

2:15pm-2:45pm: AI is the Problem. AI is the Solution. Presented by Dr. Eric Burger, CTO of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, at Virginia Tech, and SIP Forum Chairman Emeritus.

2:45pm-3:15pm: America Under Scam Attack: Why We Need Stronger Defenses. Presented by Ken Westbrook, Founder and CEO, at Stop Scams Alliance.

3:15pm-3:45pm: A Centralized Data-Driven Approach to Stop Voice Scam. Presented by Mark Collier, Chief Technology Officer, at SecureLogix.

3:45pm-4:15pm:  Refreshment and Networking Break

4:15pm-5:15pm: Panel Discussion – SIPNOC 2026 Legal Eagles Super-Session: Current Legislative and Regulatory Actions and Their Requirements and Ramifications. Moderated by Kevin Rupy, Partner, Wiley Rein, LLP. Panelists include Glenn Richards, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC.; Michael Nemcik, Senior Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP; and Raul Rojo, Attorney, Steptoe LLP.

7:00pm-10:00pm: SIPNOC 2026 Attendee Welcome Reception and Dinner

7:30pm-8:30pm: BoF Time

8:30pm-9:30pm: BoF Time

9:30pm-10:30pm: BoF Time

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

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7:30am-8:45am: BREAKFAST

9:00am: SIPNOC 2026 General Session Day Two Begins

9:00am-9:45am: Panel Discussion – Modernizing the Network: A Policy and Legal Roadmap to Universal IP Voice Interconnection. Moderated by Trent Harkrader, Founder, Wyanoke Strategies, and former Wireline Bureau Chief, FCC. Panelists include Tim Boucher, Assistant General Counsel at Lumen; Christopher Heimann, Assistant VP, Senior Legal Counsel, AT&T; and Randy Clarke, Associate General Counsel, at Verizon.

9:45am-10:30am: Panel Discussion – Introduction to a New IP Interconnection Standard: An Approach for Allies. Panelists include Martin Dolly, AT&T Lead Member of Technical Staff – Government & Services Standards, Co-Chair of the SIP Forum/ATIS IP-NNI Task Force, and a SIP Forum Director; Philip Linse, Director of Public Policy at Lumen, and a SIP Forum Director; and Matt Nickols, Associate Fellow, at Verizon.

10:30am-11:15am: Panel Discussion – In an All-IP World How Do You Translate a TN to an FQDN to Find the Point of Interconnection. Moderated by Richard Shockey, Chairman of the SIP Forum, and Principal, Shockey Consulting. Panelists include Teresa Patton, Principal, Industry Solutions, iconectiv; Jim Tyrrell, Vice President, Product Management, TNS; and Chris Wendt, Vice President, Systems Engineering at Somos, Co-Chair of the IP-NNI Task Force, and Director, SIP Forum.

11:15am-11:45am: Refreshment and Networking Break

11:45am-12:30pm: Panel Discussion – IP Transitions in the Rural Space. Moderated by Brian Ford, Vice President – Federal Regulatory, at NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association. Panelists include Jody Kalt, Voice Engineer, SDN Communications; and Nick Degani, Principal at Reticulated Strategies, SIP Forum Director, and Former Senior Counsel to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

12:30pm-1:00pm: Advancing IP Routing with Confidence: Using the LERG to Support the Transition from TDM to IP. Presented by Jim Tyrrell, Vice President, Product Management, at Transaction Network Services (TNS).

1:00pm-2:15pm: LUNCH – Sponsored by Wiley Rein LLP

2:15pm-3:00pm: A Product Manager’s Guide to ALIII and All-IP Interconnect. Presented by Mark Lindsey, Staff Voice Engineer, at Bandwidth.

3:00pm-3:45pm: Panel Discussion – Establishing Trust at Call Origination: Strengthening Identity, Authentication, and Accountability. Panelists include Heather Hendrickson, Sr. Director, Numbering Administration Strategy, Somos; Joel Bernstein, VP & Head of US Public Policy and Government Relations, Somos; Jeremy Marcus, Member, at Lerman Senter PLLC; and Philip J. Macres, Principal, Klein Law Group PLLC.

3:45pm-4:00pm: Refreshment and Networking Break

4:00pm-4:30pm: The State of Industry Traceback in 2026. Presented by Josh Bercu, Executive Director, Industry Traceback Group.

4:30pm-5:00pm: Closing the Accountability Loop: IPES, the Reseller Reporting Gap, and the Operational Reality of Number Fraud in an All-IP World. Presented by Lisa Marie Maxson, CEO, at 10x People, and a SIP Forum Director.

7:00pm-10:00pm: SIPNOC 2026 Beer and Gear Networking Reception and Attendee Dinner.

7:30pm-8:30pm: BoF Time

8:30pm-9:30pm: BoF Time

9:30pm-10:30pm: BoF Time

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

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7:30am-8:45am: BREAKFAST

9:00am: SIPNOC 2026 General Session Day Three Begins

9:00am-9:45am: Panel Discussion – Cross-border SHAKEN: When Trusted Networks Connect. Panelists include Carolyn Knight, Senior Account Executive, iconectiv; Brent Struthers, STI-GA Director, ATIS/STI-GA; and Linda Vandeloop, Principal – International Communications and Policy, at ATIS.

9:45am-10:15am: Trust as a Product: How to Launch Solutions when the Problem isn’t Fully Solved. Presented by Sarah Delphey, Director, Global Trusted Solutions, at Bandwidth.

10:15am-11:00am: Spam Calls: Data, Data and More Data! Presented by Alex Quilici, CEO, YouMail.

11:00am-11:30am: Refreshment and Networking Break

11:30am-12:00pm: How Lack of Call Authentication Impacts Emergency Services. Presented by Orlando Guitian, CEO, Smart Carrier.

12:00pm-12:30pm: The Programmable Network: Navigating Fragmentation in the Network API Era. Presented by Dr. Marco Lafrentz, Vice President of Business and Market Development, at NetNumber.

12:30pm-1:00pm: VESPER and DNO+: A Standards Update on RTU, Domain Identity, and Authorization-First Trust. Presented by Chris Wendt, Vice President, Systems Engineering, at Somos, Co-Chair of the IP-NNI Task Force, and Director, SIP Forum.

1:00pm-2:30pm: LUNCH

2:30pm-3:15pm: Panel Discussion – Where Have All the Robocalls Gone? – Countering Evolving Telecom Fraud. Moderated by Ashley Lynn, Associate Director – Product Engineering, at Verizon. Panelists include Kate Kutchko, Principal Engineer – Data Science, Verizon; Jonathan Hurley, Senior Engineer, Verizon; and Christopher Oatway, Associate General Counsel, Verizon, and a SIP Forum Director.

3:15pm-4:00pm: Research Session – STIR/SHAKEN in Deployment: Measuring the Telephone Network PKI. Presented by Bradley Reaves, Associate Professor, North Carolina State University; and Hamim Hamid, PhD Student Researcher, NCSU.

4:00pm-4:30pm: SIPNOC 2026 Capstone and Conclusion.

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