Once broadband service providers assert themselves as a complete digital service provider, broadband subscribers will become increasingly familiar with benefits of the digital home. It is at the customer premises where access network complexities meet complications of the residential gateway, home network, and multiple end devices and/or home networks connected to it. At the residence, technology must adapt to the home environment rather than the reverse. Consumers will look for access to information, entertainment, and communications. Critical to achieving these goals is the broadband service providers' ability to integrate their access networks and future services into home networks and the growing list of end devices attached to them. This session will provide insight on the evolution of the digital home from both broadband service provider and equipment provider experiences.

John Yin Vice President Texas Instruments Asia

Mr. Yin is responsible for developing the technology and engineering strategy in Asia, especially China. He has been working in TI for more than 25 years with various functions in engineering, manufacturing and marketing, such as digital audio business manager, mixed signal worldwide marketing manager, mixed signal worldwide multimedia marketing manager, TI Taiwan A/T manager, and system design engineer.

Paolo Pastorino Chief Technology Officer Home Gateway Initiative

Mr. Pastorino relies on his experience ranging from the design of optoelectronic devices to the design of broadband access network architectures and advanced residential/SOHO broadband networking and service solutions. He has managed several national and international projects in the broadband home networking domain, written papers about the broadband home, and spoken at several international conferences.

Haining Yan Chief Engineer Shanghai Telecommunication Technological Research Institute of China Telecom Corporation

Dr. Yan is responsible for developing new telecom services and establishing the technical standard. He is in charge of IPTV technology standardization at China Telecom. In addition, Dr. Yan participated in ITU-T's IPTV FG and the IPTV standard establishment task force, organized by CCSA of MII. He has led two large-scale IPTV end-to-end system tests in the real network of China Telecom and Shanghai Telecom. Dr. Yan effectively drove the maturity and commercialization process of IPTV system technology.

James Yang Chief Engineer, AV Communication Product Business Unit Leadtek Research

Mr. Yang has 11 years of experience in video telephony product development and service deployment, working with H.324, H.320, and H.323 videophone development, SIP, SIP/RTSP IP NETCAM, and triple-play STB development. He has 25 years of experience in telecom digital transmission and digital switching, including PCM D2-D4 transmission terminals, fiber-optic transmission terminals, and central-switch billing systems.

Jason Yin Managing Director In-Stat China

Mr. Yin is responsible for managing and expanding the high-tech market research firm's business on mainland China, including managing an in-region analyst staff. He came to In-Stat from Microsoft China, where he was most recently a licensing manager in the enterprise and partner group. Prior to this, Mr. Yin was an ERP consultant for Price Waterhouse China and a stock analyst and investment banker for China Securities Company.