  We propose the modulation of dispersion to prevent collapse of planar pulsed
beams which propagate in Kerr-type self-focusing optical media. As a result, we
find a new type of two-dimensional spatio-temporal solitons stabilized by
dispersion management. We have studied the existence and properties of these
solitary waves both analytically and numerically. We show that the adequate
choice of the modulation parameters optimizes the stabilization of the pulse.
