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WCA 2007 Speakers |
Industry & Educator Keynoters |
Wednesday • June 13 |
Benjamin G. Wolff, CEO, Clearwire Corp.* (Opening Keynote) |
Allen B. Salmasi, Chairman, President & CEO, NextWave Wireless* |
Daniel J. Coombes, Senior Vice President, Wireless Broadband Networks & CTO, Motorola* |
Thursday • June 14 |
Barry West, Chief Technology Officer & President, 4G Networks, Sprint Nextel*
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Dr. H. O’Neal Smitherman, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Ball State University |
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U.S. Government View From the Top |
John M.R. Kneuer, NTIA Administrator & Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce For Communications & Information |
Jonathan S. Adelstein, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission |
Robert McDowell, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission |
Robert LeGrande, II, Deputy CTO, Government of the District of Columbia & Founder, Spectrum Coalition for Public Safety |
Ambassador Richard M. Russell, US Representative to the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference and Associate Director, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President |
Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator, International Communications & Information Policy, U.S. Department of State |
Dean G. Popps, Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics and Technology |
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Global Policymakers & Thought Leaders |
Former NTIA Administrator & Assistant Secretary of Commerce Gregory Rohde, President, e-Copernicus & Executive Director, E9-1-1 Institute |
Susan P. Ness, President, Greenstone Media & Former FCC Commissioner |
Daniel C. Hurley, Jr., Critical Infrastructure Protection, NTIA |
Clovis Baptista, Executive Secretary, CITEL (Organization of American States, Inter-American Telecommunications Commission) |
Dr. Robert McCaughern, Director General of Spectrum Engineering, Spectrum Information Technologies & Telecommunications, Industry Canada |
Former U.S. Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman Conrad Burns (R-MT) |
Dr. Robert F. Brammer, Vice President & CTO, Northrop Grumman Information Technology* |
David J. Bishop, Ph.D., COO & CTO, LGS Innovations |
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Host |
Andrew Kreig, President & CEO, WCA |
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Pioneering Broadband CEOs & Presidents |
Martin Cooper, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, ArrayComm & WCA Director |
P. Kelley Dunne, CEO, Digital Bridge Communications* |
Dr. Arno J. Kosko, President & CEO, Cintech-US (The Citadel Group), Former Senior Consultant, Iraqi Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO), United States Embassy (Iraq) & Chair, WCA Broadband Public Safety & Homeland Defense |
Dean Douglas, President & CEO, LCC International* |
Timothy J. Dunne, President, Nextlink Communications |
Robert Riordan, Executive Vice President, Nsight Telservices (Wisconsin) & Former President, OPASTCO |
Mark Pagon, CEO, Xanadoo,* WCA Executive Committee Member & Co-Chair, WCA 700 MHz Committee |
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Featured Service Provider Speakers |
Chris Lewis, Senior Director, Wireless Technologies, Atlantic Tele-Network |
Chris Hill, Vice President, Mobility, AT&T Government Solutions* |
R. Gerard Salemme, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Policy and External Affairs, Clearwire* & WCA Executive Committee Member |
Joseph M. Sandri, Jr., Senior Vice President, Regulatory & Government Affairs, FiberTower* & WCA Director |
Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel, Google Inc. |
Ron Olexa, Director, Engineering, Telecom Ventures & Consultant, Horizon WiCom |
Jason Lazar, Vice President, Corporate Development, Key-On Communications |
José Luiz Navarro Frauendorf, Executive Director, NEOTEC (Brazil), Consultant, TVA & Co-Chair, WCA Global Development Committee |
Vijay Venkateswaran, Vice President, Services Development, Mobile Satellite Ventures |
Scott Good, Director, Product Management, Nextlink Communications |
Graham Currier, Business Development Director, Pipex Wireless (United Kingdom) |
Joel Brick, Director of Telecommunications, Sioux Valley Wireless & WCA BRS Operators Committee Chairman |
Maria L. Cattafesta, Director, Government Affairs, Sprint Nextel* |
Harry W. Perlow, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Sprint Nextel & Chair, WCA Engineering Committee* |
Robert Finch, Vice President, Spectrum Development, Sprint Nextel* |
Dr. Durga P. Satapathy, Manager, Technology Development, Sprint Nextel* |
Bin Shen, Vice President, Mobile Broadband, Sprint Nextel* |
Manuel E. Bonilla, President & CEO, Wind Telecom, S.A.(Dominican Republic) |
Tajit Mehta, Broadband Spectrum Negotiator, Sprint Nextel*, & GDC Co-Chairman |
Eric Hamilton, CTO, Unwired Australia (Australia) |
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Global Standards Leaders |
Dr. Veena Rawat, President, Communications Research Center Canada & ITU 2003 World Radiocommunication Conference Chairman |
Dr. Roger B. Marks, Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group On Broadband Wireless Access, Co-Author, "WirelessMAN: Inside the IEEE 802.16 Standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks" & Senior Vice President, Industry Relations, NextWave Wireless* |
Ed Knapp, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Flarion Technologies Qualcomm |
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Featured Solutions Providers |
Vince D'Onofrio, Optimization Solutions Director, Actix, Ltd. |
Sudeep Gupta, Business Development Director, Broadband Wireless, Alcatel-Lucent* |
Michael Seymour, Vice President, Broadband Wireless, North America, Alcatel-Lucent* & WCA Director |
Rudy Leser, Vice President, Marketing, Alvarion* |
Dr. Mohammad S. Shakouri, Corporate Vice President, Strategy, Alvarion*, WiMAX Forum Deputy Chairman & WCA Director |
J.S. (Jake) MacLeod, Principal Vice President & CTO, Bechtel Communications |
Paul Obert, President, Ceragon Networks |
Joel Vincent, Senior Manager, Outdoor Wireless Solutions, Cisco Systems |
Erik Boch, CTO, Vice President, Engineering & Co-Founder, DragonWave |
Doug Lockie, President, CTO and Co-Founder, GigaBeam* |
Louis Slaughter, CEO & Founder, GigaBeam* |
Paul Kennard, CTO, Harris Stratex Networks* |
Stuart Little, Director Product Marketing, Harris-Stratex Networks* |
Michael Lohman, AVP, Hughes Networks Systems |
Rayson Lim, Senior Manager, Mobility Group, Intel Corp. |
Andy McKinnon, Principal EMEA, WiMAX, MOTOwi4, Motorola Enterprise & Networks & Chair, WCA Global Development Committee Vendor Subcommittee* |
David Horne, Communications Policy, Intel Corp.* |
Roger P. Quayle, CTO and Co-Founder, NextWave IPWireless |
Brian Thompson, Director of Fixed Network Engineering, LCC International* |
Paul Thurneysen, Vice President Strategy, LCC International, Inc.* |
Doug Bartman, Director of Product Solutions, Government and Public Safety Team, Motorola |
Stuart Overby, Senior Director, Global Spectrum Strategy, Networks and Enterprise Business, Motorola* |
Stephen Sweet, Senior Marketing Manager, Motorola*
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Bruce D. Blain, Vice President, Sales, NEC America |
Paul Sergeant, Director of Strategic Marketing, Navini Networks, Moderator* |
Mark Slater, Vice President, Nokia Siemens Networks, North America |
Kevin Suitor, Vice President, Business Development, Redline Communications* |
Tracy Trent, President, Proximetry, Inc. |
Thomas Jasny, Vice President for Wireless Broadband Networks, Samsung Telecommunications America & WCA Board Member* |
Thomas Flak, Senior Vice President, Product Strategy & Marketing, SOMA Networks |
Jerry G. Wilkins, President, Security Products Marketing (Representing Sony Security Products) |
Chad Pralle, Vice President, Business Development, SR Telecom & WCA Director* |
Scott McClure, Product Business Unit Manager, Wireless Broadband & Networking, TESSCO Technologies & WCA Director |
Rob Burke, COO, NetForce Solutions, TESSCO Technologies* |
Hans Tan, Director of Product Marketing, WiMAX & 4G, ZyXEL Communications, Inc. |
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Regulatory Leaders |
Fred Campbell, FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief |
Barry Ohlson, FCC Senior Legal Advisor, Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein |
Julius Knapp, Deputy Chief, Office of Engineering & Technology, Federal Communications Commission  |
Nicholas W. Allard, Co-Chair, Public Policy Department, Patton Boggs & Former Chief Minority Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee |
James W. Olson, Consultant, Former FCC Competition Division Chief and Former Vice President, Law & General Counsel, USTelecom |
Robert D. Primosch, WCA Counsel & Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer |
Paul J. Sinderbrand, WCA Counsel & Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP |
Bryan Tramont, Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer & Former FCC Chief of Staff |
Kathryn A. Zachem, Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer |
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Media & Analyst Opinion Leaders |
Philip Solis, Primary Analyst, Mobile Wireless, ABI Research |
Stefan Bewley, Senior Consultant, Altman Vilandrie & Co. |
John M. Williams, Author, Founder & Senior Writer, Assistive Technology News and Former Columnist, Business Week |
William Ho, Senior Analyst, Wireless Services, Current Analysis |
John Mansell, President, John Mansell Associates |
Adlane Fellah, CEO and Founder, Maravedis Research |
Jeffrey Silva, Washington Bureau Chief, RCR Wireless Magazine |
Paul Kirby, Senior Editor, Telecommunications Reports |
Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategist, The Yankee Group |
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Educators, Scholars & Advanced Technology Consultants |
José Barletta, President, BarNews Research Group & WCA Ibero-American Director |
Dr. Thomas W. Hazlett, Professor of Law & Economics George Mason University, Director, George Mason University Information Economy Project & Former FCC Chief Economist |
Monsignor Michael Dempsey, Ph.D., Brooklyn Archdiocese & President, Catholic Television Network |
William Kelly, Senior Partner, Latham & Watkins & Director, Ashoka Foundation |
Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Ph.D., Chairman, Criterion Economics |
James Patterson, National Program Director, Wireless Facilities, Inc.* |
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Financial Leaders |
Kenneth Kuchno, Broadband Division Director, Rural Development, Telecom Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Todd McDonald, SVP, Comercia Bank |
Erik Zamkoff, Analyst, Empire Capital |
Douglas Burke, Managing Director, Morgan Joseph & Co., Inc. & Chairman, WCA Broadband Financial Committee |
Kevin Reidy, Director, RBC Daniels |
Harry Hopper, Partner, & Co-Founder Columbia Capital |
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BWA Municipal, Enterprise & Public Safety Leaders |
Charles L. Werner, EFO/CFO, Fire Chief, Charlottesville, VA Fire Department & Communications Committee Member, International Association of Fire Chiefs |
Leonhard Korowajczuk, President, CelPlan Wireless Global Technologies & Chair, WCA Public Sector Applications Committee |
Don La Faso, Client Delivery Executive, EDS |
Stagg Newman, Ph.D., CTO, Frontline Wireless & Former FCC Chief Technologist |
John Melcher, Executive Vice President, Cyren Call Communications |
Charles Riggle, Director, Strategy & Business Development, Expedience, Motorola |
Mark S. Adams, Chief Architect, Networks & Communications, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, WCA Director * & Co-Chair, WCA 700 MHz Committee |
Michael "Mac" MacDonald, Senior Director, Business Development, Qualcomm Government Technologies |
Michael Scullin, VP, Spectrum Solutions Development & Sales WFI Government Services, Inc.& WCA Director* |
Jeff Nichols, Director, Networks & Telecommunications, Sempra Energy Utilities |
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Partner Organization Leaders |
José Luiz Navarro Frauendorf, Executive Director, NEOTEC (Brazil) |
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*WCA Board Member Company
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MONDAY • JUNE 11
Golf Tournament & DigitalBridge Communications Site Visit |
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In celebration of its twentieth anniversary, WCA has partnered with the Alexander Graham Bell Association (AG Bell) for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Blue Ridge Speech and Hearing to host a charity golf tournament in conjunction with the annual convention WCA 2007 with proceeds to benefit children with hearing loss. The tournament supports the AG Bell Hear from the Start; Talk for a Lifetime public education campaign to raise awareness of childhood hearing loss among health care professionals and parents of infants and toddlers. The tournament will be June 11 at the Golf Club at Lansdowne on the Robert Trent Jones, Jr. golf course, with a tee-off scheduled for 1:00 pm. The tournament will be followed by a reception for all players, interested WCA 2007 attendees and wireless broadband industry representatives. Registration is $150 for early registrants and WCA members before June 5; after June 5 registration will be $175. Sponsors include:
Please contact Regina Whitley at 202-338-7961 or at regina@wcai.com for sponsorship details. Register for the golf tournament at www.agbell-wcagolf.org. |
| 10:00-11:15 |
Digital Bridge Communications Network Operations Center Site Visit
DigitalBridge Communications HQ, Ashburn, VA
Kelley Dunne, CEO, Digital Bridge Communications, WCA Board Member & Chairman, Rural Broadband Committee*
Former U.S. Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman Conrad Burns (R-MT) |
| Noon-17:30 |
WCA AG Bell Golf Tournament
Lansdowne Golf Course
12 noon is registration. 1pm is shot-gun start. Tournament ends at 5:30 pm with an estimated 4.5 hours of play time. |
| 17:30-19:30 |
Reception and Awards Ceremony
Program to include announcement of Silent Auction winners and tournament winners. A digital hearing device will be presented to a hearing impaired child with financial need. Dignitary has been invited to speak: Vint Cerf has not confirmed his participation. |
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TUESDAY • JUNE 12
Best Practices Workshop, WCA Internal Meetings and Financial Forum |
| 8:15-8:45 |
Engineering Breakfast
Forum
Hosted by: LCC International and TESSCO |
| 8:45-11:30 |
WCA Best Practices For Optimization & Integration
(Open to all WCA 2007 Registrants)
Forum
Introductions and Agenda
Paul Thurneysen, Vice President Strategy, LCC International, Inc.*
Rob Burke, COO, NetForce Solutions, TESSCO Technologies*
RF Design Best Practices
Leonhard Korowajczuk, President, CelPlan Wireless Global Technologies & Chair, WCA Public Sector Applications Committee
Deployment Best Practices
James Patterson, National Program Director, Wireless Facilities, Inc.*
Performance and Optimization Best Practices
Vince D'Onofrio, Optimization Solutions Director, Actix, Ltd.
Backhaul Planning Best Practices
Brian Thompson, Director of Fixed Network Engineering, LCC International*
Backhaul Integration Best Practices
Stuart Little, Director Product Marketing, Harris-Stratex Networks*
Michael Lohman, AVP, Hughes Networks Systems
Quality of Experience KPI Best Practices
Paul Thurneysen, Vice President Strategy, LCC International, Inc.* |
| 9:00-10:00 |
WCA 10.5 GHz Task Force Organizational Meeting
WCA Committee Meetings
Senate |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Physically Diverse Network Initiative
WCA Committee Meetings
(Attendance restricted to WCA PDN members only and by invitation)
Senate
Charles B. Mathias, Manager, Government Programs & Affairs, Federal Telecoms, Bechtel National
Joseph M. Sandri, Jr., Senior Vice President, Regulatory & Government Affairs, FiberTower & WCA Director*
Bryan Tramont, Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer & Former FCC Chief of Staff, Moderator |
| 11:30-12:00 |
WCA Counsel Member Regulatory Workshop
WCA Committee Meetings
(Attendance restricted to WCA Members who are also Full- Conference WCA 2007 delegates)
Forum
Paul J. Sinderbrand, Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer & WCA Counsel |
| 12:00-13:30 |
WCA Broadband Financial Committee Organizational Meeting
Robert's Restaurant
(Attendance restricted to WCA PDN members only and by invitation)
Hosted by Morgan Joseph & Co. |
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| 13:00-17:00 |
Press/Speaker Ready Room Opens
Director's Room
Hosted by SOMA Networks |
| 13:30-14:15 |
Making Dreams Come True: Pioneers Who Set The Stage For Mobile Broadband
Palladian
Andrew Kreig, WCA President & CEO, WCA, Welcome & Introduction*
Robert Finch, Vice President, Spectrum Development, Sprint Nextel*, Moderator
Martin Cooper, Cellphone Inventor, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, ArrayComm & WCA Director* |
| 14:15:-15:15 |
Senior Financing Forecast
Palladian
Douglas Burke, Managing Director, Morgan Joseph & Co., Inc. & Chairman, WCA Broadband Financial Committee, Moderator
Harry Hopper, Partner, & Co-Founder Columbia Capital
Todd McDonald, SVP, Comercia Bank
Erik Zamkoff, Analyst, Empire Capital
Kevin Reidy, Director, RBC Daniels |
| 15:15-15:30 |
Networking Coffee Break
Palladian Foyer
Hosted by Fujitsu
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| 15:30-16:15 |
U.S.-Mexico BRS/EBS/MMDS Interference Working Group Meeting
(Invitation only for full-time employees of operators with border markets)
Forum
Paul J. Sinderbrand, Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer & WCA Counsel |
| 15:30-16:00 |
The U.S. WiMAX Market: Results From An Exclusive Report
Palladian
Adlane Fellah, CEO and Founder, Maravedis Research |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Developing World Broadband Needs & Solutions
Palladian
Uzo Udemba, Chairman & CEO, TRENDCorp Africa Ltd. & Africa Coordinator, WCA Global Development Committee
Thomas Flak, Chief Marketing Officer and SVP, Operations, SOMA Networks |
| 16:15-17:00 |
BRS Operators Committee Meeting
(Private Meeting. Admission: WCA Member BRS Operators only)
WCA Committee Meetings
(Attendance restricted to WCA Member Broadband Radio Service Operators, except by invitation)
Forum
Joel Brick, Director of Telecommunications, Sioux Valley Wireless & WCA BRS Operators Committee Chairman
Leigh Ann Spellman, CEO, Gryphon Wireless LLC & Deputy BRS Operators Committee Chair |
| 17:00-17:45 |
CEO Newsmakers
Palladian
Berge Avazian, Chief Strategist, The Yankee Group, Moderator
Majed Sifri, President & CEO, Redline Communications & WCA Director
Dean Douglas, President & CEO, LCC International* |
| 17:45-19:15 |
WCA Board of Director's & VIP Reception
Empire Terrace
(Admission by invitation only)
Hosted by Redline Communications |
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WEDNESDAY • JUNE 13
Exhibits Open: 16:30-19:00 |
| 7:15-8:30 |
Organizing LMDS Operators For Critical Mass In Buying Power
WCA Committee Meeting & Sponsored Breakfast
Executive
Hosted by Nsight Telservices & Hughes
Robert Riordan, Executive Vice President, Nsight Telservices (Wisconsin) & Former Chairman, OPASTCO
Timothy Dunne, President, Nextlink Communications
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| 7:30-8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
Palladian Foyer
Hosted by Alvarion |
| 8:00-17:00 |
Press/Speaker Ready Room
Director's Room
Hosted by SOMA Networks |
| 8:00-9:00 |
WCA's Global Development Committee (GDC)
Breakfast and Private Meeting
(Attendance restricted to licensed carriers)
Cabinet
Hosted by Proximetry
Tajit Mehta, Broadband Spectrum Negotiator, Sprint Nextel, & GDC Co-Chairman
José Luiz Navarro Frauendorf, Executive Director, NEOTEC (Brazil) & WCA & GDC Co-Chairman |
| OPENING KEYNOTE & GENERAL SESSIONS |
| 8:30-9:00 |
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote
Palladian
Andrew Kreig, President & CEO, WCA, Welcome
You Can Take It With You
Daniel J. Coombes, Senior Vice President, Wireless Broadband Networks & CTO, Motorola, Introduction* |
| 9:00-9:45 |
Keynote Address Delivering Personal Broadband and the Mobile Internet
Palladian
Benjamin G. Wolff, CEO, Clearwire Corp.* |
| 9:50-10:15 |
Broadband Wireless Comes of Age in Secure Mobile Government Services
Palladian
Dr. Robert F. Brammer, Vice President & CTO, Northrop Grumman Information Technology* |
| 10:15-10:30 |
Networking Coffee Break
Palladian Foyer
Hosted by Navini |
| 10:30-10:50 |
National Priorities For Broadband Wireless
Palladian
FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein |
| 10:50-11:25 |
Rural Broadband: It's Here, It's Now, It's Real
Palladian
Kelley Dunne, CEO, Digital Bridge Communications & Chairman, WCA Rural Broadband Committee
Tzvika Friedman, President and CEO, Alvarion* |
| 11:30-12:30 |
Broadband Wireless To Enable Critical Public Sector Applications: Real World Wireless
Palladian
David J. Bishop, Ph.D., COO & CTO, LGS Innovations (the U.S. Government dedicated subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent), Introduction and Moderator
For First Responders & Public Safety
Robert LeGrande, II, Deputy CTO, Government of the District of Columbia & Founder, Spectrum Coalition for Public Safety
For Mobile Network-Centric Warfare
Dean G. Popps, Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics and Technology
For Diverse Communications & Economic Security
Daniel C. Hurley, Jr., Director, Critical Infrastructure Protection, NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce |
| KEYNOTE LUNCHEON |
| 12:30-13:30 |
Keynote Luncheon
Empire Ballroom
Hosted by Motorola
Allen B. Salmasi, Chairman, President & CEO, NextWave Wireless*
Andrew Kreig, President, WCA, Introduction |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
| 13:45-14:30 |
Progress & Opportunities In Start-Up Wi-Fi, 4G & ATS Converged Networks
GovMAX: Government Applications In Muni, State, Public Safety & ITS
Congressional A&B
Stephen Sweet, Senior Marketing Manager, Motorola*, Moderator
Joel Vincent, Senior Manager, Outdoor Wireless Solutions, Cisco Systems
Vijay Venkateswaran, Vice President, Services Development, Mobile Satellite Ventures |
| 13:45-14:30 |
Turning Your Spectrum Into A Profitable Business In Record Time
WiMAX: Business Breakthroughs & Investment Options
Executive
Ron Olexa, Director, Engineering, Telecom Ventures & Consultant, Horizon WiCom, Moderator
Chad Pralle, Vice President, Business Development, SR Telecom & WCA Director* |
| 13:45-14:30 |
Global Impact Of Standards On Mobile Deployments
International: 4G Opportunities & Deployments
Forum
Philip Solis, Primary Analyst, Mobile Wireless, ABI Research, Moderator
Sudeep Gupta, Business Development Director, Broadband Wireless Access, Alcatel-Lucent Technologies*
Dr. Roger B. Marks, Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group On Broadband Wireless Access, Co-Author, "WirelessMAN: Inside the IEEE 802.16 Standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks" & Senior Vice President, Industry Relations, NextWave Wireless*
Hans Tan, Director of Product Marketing, WiMAX & 4G, ZyXEL Communications, Inc. |
| 13:45-14:30 |
Network & Performance Management For Multi-Frequency, Multi-Protocol Wireless Networks
Technology: Choices, Devices & Roadmaps
Cabinet
William Ho, Senior Analyst, Wireless Services, Current Analysis, Moderator
Tracy Trent, President, Proximetry, Inc.
Jeff Nichols, Director, Networks & Telecommunications, Sempra Energy Utilities
Don La Faso, Client Delivery Executive, EDS |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
| 14:45-15:30 |
FCC Policy Roundtable
GovMAX: Government Initiatives & Applications
Congressional A&B
Paul J. Sinderbrand, Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer & WCA Counsel, Moderator
Fred Campbell, FCC Wireless Bureau Chief
Julius P. Knapp, FCC Chief, Office of Engineering & Technology |
| 14:45-15:30 |
Charting WiMAX, HSPDA, UMB & LTE Roadmaps
WiMAX: Business Breakthroughs & Investment Options
Executive
J.S. (Jake) MacLeod, Principal Vice President & CTO, Bechtel Communications, Moderator
Erasmo Rojas, Director of Latin America and the Caribbean, 3G Americas
Ed Knapp, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Flarion Technologies Qualcomm
Mark Slater, Vice President, Nokia Siemens Networks, North America |
| 14:45-15:30 |
Latin America's World-Leading Mobile Deployments
International: 4G Opportunities & Deployments
Forum
Thomas Jasny, Vice President, Wireless Broadband Networks, Samsung Telecommunications America & WCA Director, Moderator*
José Luiz Navarro Frauendorf, Executive Director, NEOTEC (Brazil), Consultant, TVA & Co-Chair, WCA Global Development Committee
Rayson Lim, Senior Manager, Mobility Group, Intel Corp.*
Manuel E. Bonilla, President & CEO, Wind Telecom, S.A.(Dominican Republic) |
| 14:45-15:30 |
Backhaul's Vital Role In Network Planning
Technology: Choices, Devices & Roadmaps
Cabinet
Dr. Durga P. Satapathy, Manager, Technology Development, Sprint Nextel, Moderator*
Dr. Arno J. Kosko, President & CEO, Cintech-US (The Citadel Group), Chair, WCA Broadband Public Safety & Homeland Defense Committee & WCA Director*
Bruce D. Blain, Vice President, Sales, NEC America
Erik Boch, CTO, Vice President, Engineering & Co-Founder, DragonWave
Paul Obert, President, Ceragon Networks |
| 15:30-15:45 |
Networking Coffee Break
Congressional Foyer
Hosted by Samsung |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
| 15:45-16:30 |
Today's Opportunities In Education & Rural Broadband
GovMAX: Government Initiatives & Applications
Congressional A&B
John Mansell, President, John Mansell Associates, Moderator
Kenneth Kuchno, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department Of Agriculture |
| 15:45-16:30 |
Understanding Breakthrough Telecom/IT Efficiencies In GSA's New Networks Contracts
WiMAX: Business Breakthroughs & Investment Options
Executive
Michael Scullin, Vice President, Spectrum Solutions Development & Sales, WFI Government Services & WCA Director, Moderator*
Chris Hill, Vice President, Mobility, AT&T Government Solutions*
Paul Kennard, CTO, Harris Stratex Networks* |
| 15:45-16:30 |
International Operator Lessons Learned
International: 4G Opportunities & Deployments
Forum
Stefan Bewley, Senior Consultant, Altman Vilandrie & Co., Moderator
Rudy Leser, Vice President, Marketing, Alvarion*
Eric Stonestrom, President & CEO, Airspan Networks*, WCA Director & Co-Chair, WCA 700 MHz Committee |
| EXHIBIT HALL OPEN |
| 16:30-19:00 |
Exhibit Hall Opens For Opening Day Welcome Reception
Regency Ballroom
Hosted by Sprint Nextel |
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THURSDAY • JUNE 14
Exhibits Open: 11:00-13:30 & 16:00-18:00 |
| 7:30-8:30 |
700 MHz Committee Meeting & Sponsored Breakfast
(Admission restricted to Committee Leadership & Members)
Congressional A&B
Hosted by Northrop Grumman |
| 7:45-8:30 |
Coffee Service
Ambassador Foyer
Hosted by Alcatel-Lucent |
| 8:00-17:00 |
Press/Speaker Ready Room
Director's Room
Hosted by SOMA Networks |
| 8:30-9:15 |
Industry Keynote: The Business of Mobilizing the Internet
Ambassador
Barry West, Chief Technology Officer & President, 4G Networks, Sprint Nextel*
Thomas Jasny, Vice President for Wireless Broadband Networks, Samsung Telecommunications America & WCA Board Member, Introduction* |
| 9:15-10:00 |
Bush Administration U.S. & Global Broadband Policy Perspectives
700 MHz Issues & Answers Summit
Ambassador
John M.R. Kneuer, NTIA Administrator & Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator, International Commu | | | | |