The first Killer App Expo and Conference was held in fiber-wired Fort Wayne, Indiana, the only Verizon FiOS community in the Midwest. Verizon's demonstrations of FiOS TV and gaming apps drew crowds throughout the show, especially on Community Night.

All photos by Ken Lasley unless otherwise noted.

The John & John show: John Wells and John Hughes from Global Online Solutions Network (GOSN) talk about their fiber-based video surveillance application, which they market to real estate developers.



Salesforce.com VP Dan Dal Degan explains the AppExchange, which allows application developers to build and sell on-demand software on the Salesforce.com platform.



Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard, who was instrumental in bringing FiOS to his city, gives a keynote address at the conference.



Tim Scott, sales and marketing director for PacketFront, discusses the open-access fiber system in Vasteras, Sweden, where as many as 80 service providers offer broadband services to consumers and businesses.

Photo by Steve Ross.

Scott Lomond, president of SightSpeed, receives an innovation award from Mayor Richard and conference chairman Scott DeGarmo. SightSpeed's main product is a desktop videoconferencing solution, but it also offers a number of other video-based applications.



George Chamoun, Senior Vice President of Synacor, explains Synacor's Web-based portal for broadband providers.

Photo by Steve Ross.