The Windy City, Chi-Town, the Second City, the City of Big Shoulders, and the City That Works are just some of Chicago's many nicknames... *On August 4th, 2014 it will be the the "OpenSIPS" city!* If you've ever wondered how OpenSIPS can help you with your Freeswitch deployments, now's your chance. For all of you attending ClueCon, we'll be holding an OpenSIPS summit on Aug 4 running most of the day before ClueCon officially kicks off. *All ClueCon attendees receive a 25% discount by using the code "**cluecon2014".* Last year's summit was a tremendous success. Everyone that attended enjoyed interesting topics and discussions. Along with this announcement, we would like to announce next the two speakers for this years summit: *Steve Lorusso - Grasshopper - */"OpenSIPS in Production//"/ Engineers at Grasshopper recently deployed OpenSIPS as a production SBC for peering with multiple carriers. This session will cover what was done to setup, network, monitor, and operate OpenSIPS in an virtual HA configuration. Steve is VP of Engineering and Operations at Grasshopper, and oversees the technical direction, architecture, and implementation of software and services. He's got a track record of developing products from a 'startup' environment and guiding them to a mature business while building expert teams and processes. Before joining Grasshopper, Steve held technical management positions in Systems Engineering and Software Development. He was a day-1 core team member at Unisphere Networks, built SIP-based communications products for the Carrier marketplace, and then guided development through an acquisition (Siemens/Juniper) and subsequent global expansion into many countries. Steve is a seasoned engineering veteran with tier-1 Carrier and large Enterprise experience. He combines technical, business, and management experience with a passion for building innovative products. Steve has a number of patent applications relating to IP communications and redundant systems design. He holds a BSEE from Northeastern University and an MSEE degree from Boston University. *James Pearson - ViciDial - "*/Creating a routing and billing platform: How hard could it be?"/ Design and implementation of OpenSIPS into a billing and routing platform for a multi-tenanted high-capacity hosted call center. Topics include looking at what was required, design challenges and compromises, what wasn't known to be unknown, and other random craziness found along the way. James Pearson is a founder of The ViciDial Group in 2008 as well as the Director of Hosting for ViciHost.com. Currently maintains the OpenSIPS package on the OpenSuSE Build Service as well as contributing to other OBS projects. Experience with VoIP began in 2005 with Asterisk v.1.2 implementing customized PBXs for small business' as well as general network environment monitoring and design. Other areas of interest include networking, system automation, and new challenges You can get more information about the summit at: http://www.opensips.org/Community/Summit-2014Chicago Registration: http://www.opensips.org/Community/Summit-Registration Last year's summit highlights: http://www.opensips.org/Community/Summit-2013Chicago We look forward to seeing you! The OpenSIPS Team!