Michael Sicoli, CEO of Sidera Networks will participate in a panel discussion at Monday’s  2012 Global Technology, Internet, Media & Telecom Conference,   organized by Jeffries, “the global investment banking firm.”

The four-day event will feature discussions and presentations by over 250 thought leaders from leading telecom, internet, media and other technology providers. An international crowd of over 1000 institutional investors, private equity and venture capital firms will be in attendance to gauge trends and developments and evaluate investment opportunities in these technology areas.

Mike Sicoli will be part of an hour-long panel titled “Growth in Fiber Networks”. Offering his experiences on this subject matter is timely: Sidera has been rapidly expanding its robust fiberoptic network on the East Coast and overseas. An integral part of the company’s current focus has been to develop extensive high-performance, low-latency networks for financial services firms and major exchanges as well as building networks to data centers for back-up and recovery and Cloud Services.

Mike Sicoli’s discussion partners on the panel will be: Kevin O’Hara, CEO of Integra Telecom, Glenn Russo, EVP of Corporate Strategy of the Zayo Group, Larry Schwartz, CEO of Seaborn Networks, Rob Shanahan, CEO of Lightower Fiber Networks and Ed Vilandrie, Co-Founder of Altman Vilandrie.

The conference will also feature keynote addresses, breakout sessions and investor meetings.

The “Growth in Fiber Networks” panel will take place on Monday, May 7th, at 9am, at the Westin, in New York.  For a copy of Mike Sicoli’s presentation, please email sidera@imillerpr.com. For additional information about the conference, please visit the Jeffries conference event page.