TM Forum today confirmed its flagship annual conference, Management World 2010, is on course for continued success, with attendance having grown some 23% ahead of 2009 with more than 3,000 attendees planning to attend. Over 55% of attendees represent C-level executives and decision-making senior managers.

“With more than 500 companies already signed up to attend from 70 countries around the world, the Forum’s flagship conference has once again proven itself as the must-attend event of the year,” said Nik Willetts, Chief Marketing Officer, TM Forum. “In these uncertain times, TM Forum is bringing together the industry to address collective concerns and map out the road ahead.”

Now in its 11thsuccessful year, Management World 2010 is the world’s leading service management conference, offering a unique blend of thought-leadership, real-world case-studies and interactive debate to help companies focus on growing revenue through new business models, increasing operational efficiency and cutting costs, whilst addressing the challenges of revenue assurance, customer experience and retention.

This year’s conference agenda features the world’s top service providers, including representatives from the media and entertainment, MSO, defense and enterprise IT industry verticals. A carefully selected agenda of more than 200 speakers will deliver practical case studies and insight into the most successful strategies and tactics for the next 5 years.

Key Facts:
• Management World 2010 will be held at the Acropolis Convention Centre, Nice, France, May 18-20, 2010. For further details on the conference visit Management World 2010 at www.tmforum.org/mw2010
• The 2010 conference features more than 200 influential speakers through a range of interactive presentations, panel debates and case studies, across six conference summits: New Content & Innovative Services; Cloud Services; Successful Business Transformation; Driving Operational Excellence; Revenue Management & Profitability and Excellent Customer Experience;
• Complementing the conference are more than 10 TM Forum training courses to help companies adopt TM Forum best practices and standards;

Enabling the Digital Services Revolution
With more than 700 corporate members in 195 countries, TM Forum is the world’s leading industry association focused on enabling best-in-class IT for service providers in the communications, media and cloud service markets. The Forum provides business-critical industry standards and expertise to enable the creation, delivery and monetization of digital services.

TM Forum brings together the world’s largest communications, technology and media companies, providing an innovative, industry-leading approach to collaborative R&D, along with wide range of support services including benchmarking, training and certification. The Forum produces the renowned international Management World conference series, as well as thought-leading industry research and publications.