Seminar Overview Forecasting & Planning Technology™ Technology Forecasting Mini Seminar™ Telecom Trends: Markets & Technologies™ Broadband Futures Seminar Managing & Implementing Technology™ Technology Futures Asset Valuation Conference Technology Market Forecasting for Telecommunications:    Quantitative Methods & Forecasts™ Early 2009 8:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. Location to be announced Downtown Austin , Texas * TFI's one-day Technology Forecasting Mini Seminar™, Broadband Futures Seminar, and Technology Futures Asset Valuation Conference will be held consecutively in early 2009. Register for two or all three and receive a discount! To be updated on seminar dates, please click here. Table of Contents Conference Overview Who Should Attend Conference Schedule and Topics The Company We Keep What Past Participants Say Conference Director and Presenters Conference Tuition and Registration Hotel Information back to the top Conference Overview The necessity to provide very-high-speed broadband will cause the obsolescence and ultimate replacement of much of the existing communications equipment in the traditional telephone, wireless, and cable television networks. This conference focuses on how to quantify the impact of technology change on the value of communications assets. It also addresses important current issues in three featured sessions with guest panelists. back to the top Who Should Attend Professionals and managers involved in: Financial Reporting Price Regulation Property Taxes Legal Asset Valuation back to the top Conference Schedule and Topic — BASIC SESSION: Overview of TFI Forecasts and Life Estimates for Network Technology: Cable, Circuit and Switching; Wireless and Wireline; Broadband and Narrowband — NEW TFI RESEARCH: Obsolescence in the Local Transport Network — NEW TFI RESEARCH: New TFI Recommendations for ILEC Fiber Optic Lives — METHODS SESSION: Issues in Using Technology Forecasting for Depreciation/Valuation — FEATURED SESSION: Impacts of Convergence on Asset Valuation: Finding Common Ground Panelist Speakers: Larry Vanston, President, Technology Futures, Inc. Jim Dombrowski, Verizon Mark Schichtel, Time Warner Cable Christopher Zamora, Director, Thomson Property Tax Services — FEATURED SESSION: Impacts of Technology Change on Wireless and Wireless Broadband Assets Panelist Speakers: Ray Hodges, Senior Consultant, Technology Futures, Inc. Jeffery Binkley, Managing Director, Thomson Property Tax Services Carl Hoemke, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps — FEATURED SESSION: Obsolescence in Long-Distance and Local Transport Networks Panelist Speakers: Larry Vanston, President, Technology Futures, Inc. Carl Hoemke, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps Mark Semerad, Manager, Property Tax, Level 3 Communications Jerry Weinert, AUS Consultants — Closing Remarks back to the top The Company We Keep These are some of the companies whose managers and professionals have benefited from attending Technology Futures, Inc. public and in-house workshops: Alcatel AMD AT&T Wireless Bell Canada Bell Northern Research BellSouth Chevron Deere & Co. Deloitte & Touche Deautsche Telekom Dow Eastman Chemical Eastman Kodak Ernst & Young Fisher-Rosemount General Electric General Motors Hughes IBM MCI Mobil Motorola Nokia Nortel Quest Raytheon Rockwell Rosemount SBC Siecor Sprint 3M Telcordia Telefonica Teleglobe Canada Telstra TELUS Verizon VTEL back to the top What Past Participants Say These are some of the comments of managers and professionals who have attended Technology Futures, Inc. public and in-house workshops: "This course is excellent in showing the complexities of the industry in simple terms. It is critical that more people are exposed to such analyses in order to better understand the increasingly competative telecom industry. I especially appreciated the speakers' ability to make comparisons in technology development in other industries." Senior Advisor, Business Analysis Industry Canada "Valuable workshop! High potential value! Directly applicable to analyses for understanding the relationship between technology and potential opportunities for our company." Information Associate-Emerging Technology Eastman Chemical Co. "The seminar packs a lot of data into a straightforward presentation." Member, Technical Staff U S WEST Advanced Technologies "The information received has allowed me to look at new directions our area may go in the future. New services and products will be coming at such a pace that the challenge will be to come up with a short/long-term forecast that will allow us to make correct decisions in the way our company wants to evolve." Network Forecast Analyst TELUS Communications "Very good! Covered the essential technology forecasting techniques and approaches in a logical sequence. Provided me with a strong technical validation that I could present to management." Business Research Manager Rohm & Haas "Depth and breadth of presenters' experience is evident and significantly enhances the value of the seminar. Both process and content work well." Manager Department of Defense back to the top Conference Director and Presenters Lawrence K. Vanston, Ph.D., Conference Director and President, Technology Futures, Inc. Ray L. Hodges, Senior Consultant, Technology Futures, Inc. Guest Panelists: Jeffery Binkley, Managing Director, Thomson Property Tax Services Jim Dombrowski, Verizon Carl Hoemke, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps Mark Schichtel, Time Warner Cable Mark Semerad, Manager, Property Tax, Level 3 Communications Jerry Weinert, AUS Consultants Christopher Zamora, Director, Thomson Property Tax Services back to the top Conference Tuition and Registration We recommend that attendees to "Technology Futures Asset Valuation Conference" attend all three days, particularly day 2, "Broadband Futures Seminar." Technology Forecasting Mini Seminar $495.00   Broadband Futures Seminar $495.00   Technology Futures Asset Valuation Conference $495.00   Register for two $945.00   (a $45 savings) Register for all three $1250.00   (a $235 savings)   To receive updated seminar details, dates, and registration information for early 2009 sessions, please click here. [Substitution/Cancellation Policy] back to the top Hotel Information To be announced. For more information about Austin, please visit http://www.austin360.com/ and/or http://www.austin-chamber.org. Please contact Helen Mary Marek at info@tfi.com or call us at (800) 835-3887 or (512) 258-8898 with any questions regarding the seminar. Copyright © Technology Futures, Inc. All rights reserved. 13740 Research Blvd., Bldg. C Austin, TX 78750-1859 Toll Free: (800) TEK-FUTR - Local & Outside USA: (512) 258-8898 FAX: (512) 258-0087 - e-mail: info@tfi.com - http://www.tfi.com