October 21, 2009
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO
Supercomm Tradeshow and Exhibition 2009
Script
Video
Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg discusses the communications industry's record of capital investment and network innovation and how public policy can speed -- or slow -- the deployment of the high-I.Q. networks on which the 21st century economy depends.
October 1, 2009
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO
IBM SmarterCities New York
In his keynote address and panel appearance at an IBM "Smarter Cities" conference, Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg talks about the power of broadband networks to make cities greener, healthier and more efficient. He also argues that fulfilling that promise will require smarter processes, particularly when it comes to partnerships between the public and private sectors.
Keynote Video
Panelists
Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO – Verizon
Melody Barnes, Director -- White House Domestic Policy Council
Sam Palmisano, Chairman & CEO – IBM
Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO – Partnership for New York
Moderator
Laura Tyson, Professor of Global Management – Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley & Member of President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Panel Video
September 29, 2009
Dick Lynch, EVP & Chief Technology Officer
FTTH Conference & Expo 2009
Script
Video
Verizon CTO Dick Lynch spoke to the Fiber-to-the-Home conference audience, telling them that Verizon's advanced all-fiber-optic network and the powerful in-home networks built for each Verizon FiOS customer are setting the stage for a wave of dramatic future service innovations delivered over converged home, fiber-optic, advanced LTE wireless, backbone and global IP networks.
April 21, 2009
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Customer Partnership Conference
Script
Video
Information is America’s greatest strategic weapon – critical to ensuring that the U.S. armed forces have the supplies, data and real-time intelligence to do their jobs. Speaking at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Partner Conference, Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg discusses how next-generation communications technologies are changing the game for global enterprises and how DISA can leverage these networks to fulfill its strategic mission.
April 7, 2009
John Stratton, EVP & Chief Marketing Officer
Ad Age Digital Conference 2009
Video & Slides
Reinventing Television in the Digital Age
The growth of new media has created new advertising alternatives, so marketers must modify their strategy to create a dialogue with consumers and keep their brands relevant. This means that television must evolve away from its old time-slot mentality, find new ways to engage viewers and provide performance-driven results. In this keynote presentation, John Stratton, Chief Marketing Officer for Verizon, will discuss how his company has developed an innovative marketing strategy and give his vision for how Verizon is reinventing TV.
April 1, 2009
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO
International CTIA Wireless 2009
Script
Video
In his keynote speech to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) annual conference, Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg describes a new business model that will make the next 25 years of wireless industry growth and innovation every bit as dynamic as the first 25 years – an outcome that will be hugely beneficial to the U.S. economy – and challenges CTIA companies to address the technical, regulatory and service issues that will create value for customers and growth opportunities for the industry.
February 18, 2009
Dick Lynch, EVP & Chief Technology Officer
GSMA Mobile World Congress
Script
In a move that will jump-start deployment of 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks globally, Dick Lynch, Verizon executive vice president and chief technology officer, detailed plans to build America's first next-generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) network during his keynote remarks at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
February 16, 2009
Tom Tauke, EVP -- Public Affairs, Policy and Communications
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commission’s Winter Meeting
Script
The economic stimulus package seeks to connect underserved and unserved communities and citizens to broadband networks, with public-private partnership ensuring the funds are spent wisely. But as Tom Tauke tells the NARUC winter meeting, government funding alone won’t be enough. To ensure America’s broadband future, we need a sound, national policy framework for broadband that encourages ongoing private investment and innovation.
February 6, 2009
Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO
14th Annual National Education Association Foundation Gala
Acceptance Remarks
The National Education Association (NEA) Foundation presented Verizon with its inaugural Philanthropy in Public Education Award in recognition of our support of public education and literacy. Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg accepted the award on Verizon’s behalf at the NEA Foundation’s 14th Annual “Salute to Excellence in Education” Gala in Washington, D.C.
January 7, 2009
Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS)
60th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards
Acceptance Remarks
Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg accepts a lifetime achievement award on behalf of Verizon’s employees during the Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards ceremony conducted by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences -- only the third such award given in the 60-year history of the event. The award honors companies for breakthroughs in technology that have a significant effect on television engineering.
October 2, 2008
Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO
National Association of Manufacturers
Script
Investment in information technology and broadband has driven the productivity revolution in American manufacturing and is key to the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector in global markets, Ivan Seidenberg tells the National Association of Manufacturers board of directors.
September 18, 2008
Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO
America’s Health Care at Risk: Finding a Cure
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Video
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As head of the Business Roundtable’s consumer health and retirement initiative, Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg lays out a plan for a new business model for health care – one that puts customers in charge and uses the power of the market to lower costs, improve quality and create more consumer choice.
August 19, 2008
Dick Lynch, EVP & Chief Technology Officer
Progress and Freedom Foundation Aspen Conference
Script
The information and communications sectors are experiencing one of the greatest periods of innovation in their history, as entrepreneurs compete to provide consumers with increased speed, mobility and content over broadband networks. But, as Verizon’s Chief Technology Officer Dick Lynch tells the Progress and Freedom Foundation’s Aspen Summit, future breakthroughs will also depend upon appropriate public policy, as well as cooperative industry efforts to set standards.
