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CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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WiMAX World 2008 Conference and Expo
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 |
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| 8:00AM |
Conference Power Breakfast: Harnessing the Power of WiMAX
Fred Wright, Senior Vice President, Cellular Networks and WiMAX, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility |
| 8:50 |
Welcome and Mobile WiMAX Global Market Assessment
Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group; Conference Co-Chair |
| 9:10 |
WiMAX Forum State of Industry
Ron Resnick, President and Chairman, WiMAX Forum |
| 9:30 |
The New Clearwire
Benjamin G. Wolff, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Clearwire |
| 10:00 |
Enabling Media Mobility through 4G
Dan Moloney, President, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility |
| 10:30 |
Networking Break |
| 10:45 |
WiMAX -- The Technology Roadmap for Mobile Internet
Siavash M. Alamouti, Intel Fellow, Mobility Group;
Chief Technology Officer, Mobility Wireless Group, Intel Corporation |
| 11:15 |
Revolutionizing Wireless Broadband
Scott Wickware, General Manager, WiMAX, Nortel |
| 11:45 |
WiMAX to Drive Broadband Growth in India
Prateek Pashine, Chief Operating Officer, TATA Communications Internet Services Limited |
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12:00PM |
Operator Roundtable
Moderator: Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
Panelists: Kelley Dunne, CEO, DigitalBridge Communications
Prateek Pashine, Chief Operating Officer, TATA Communications Internet Services Limited
Scott Richardson, CSO, Clearwire
Peter Ziegelwanger, CTO, WiMAX Telecom |
12:45
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3:00 |
Lunch on the Expo Floor |
Track
Name &
Leaders |
Business of WiMAX
Haig Sarkissian
WiMAX 20/20 |
Technology of WiMAX
Ashvin Vellody
Yankee Group |
WiMAX Applications and Services
Monica Paolini
Senza Fili Consulting |
WiMAX Ecosystem
Berge Ayvazian
Yankee Group |
Global Deployment Strategies and Spectrum Policy
Caroline Gabriel, Rethink Research & Adlane Fellah, Maravedis |
| 3:00 |
The Business Case for Open WiMAX Networks
Moderator: Haig Sarkissian, Principal Consultant, WiMAX 20/20
Panelists: Richard Keith, Senior Director of Strategy, Broadband Access Solutions, Motorola, Inc.
Rehan Jalil, President and CEO, WiChorus Networks
Paul Senior, CTO, Airspan
Ashish Sharma, Senior Director of Business Development, Alvarion Ltd. |
Mobile WiMAX Testing and Certification
Session Leader: Dr. Mo Shakouri, VP Marketing, and Chair, Marketing Working Group, WiMAX Forum; Corp. VP Strategy, Alvarion
Participants: Tim Caesar, Technical Director, AT4 Wireless Inc.
Alan Ewing, Co-Chairman, WiMAX Forum Certification Working Group & Senior Engineering Manager, Nokia Mobile Phones
Ali Tabassi, VP Technology Development and Architecture, Sprint Nextel’s XOHM business unit |
Strategies to Accelerate Adoption: the First Million Users
Moderator: Monica Paolini, Founder & President, Senza Fili Consulting
Panelists: Ronny Gorlicki, Executive VP Sales, Comsys
Tom Gruba, Senior Director of Marketing for MOTOwi4, Motorola
Sanjay Mewada, Vice-President, Strategy, NetCracker
Claude Richard, Director of Global WiMAX Market Development, Bridgewater Systems |
Femtocells & Home Networking
Moderator: Roberta Wiggins, Research Fellow, Yankee Group
Panelists: Charlie Martin, Wireless Chief Technology Officer, Huawei Technologies (U.S.A.)
Neeraj Sinha, Director of Strategy and Business Development, Home & Networks Mobility, Motorola, Inc.
Rick Svensson, Director of Sales - 4G / Mobile WiMAX, Samsung Telecommunications America
Hans Tan, Director of Product Marketing, ZyXEL Communications, Inc. |
WiMAX in North America
Moderator: Adlane Fellah, President & Founder, Maravedis
Panelists: Doug Smith, CTO, DigitalBridge Communications
Matt Liotta, CTO, Rapid Link
Mark W. Pagon, CEO, Xanadoo
Jeff Thompson, Founder, CEO, President, Towerstream |
| 4:00 |
Distinct Advantages for Wireless Broadband
Darren McQueen, Vice President Wireless Broadband Access Technologies, Home & Networks Mobility, Motorola, Inc. |
CPE and Device Evolution
Dr. Marc Achhammer, Senior Vice President, Head of WiMAX, Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co. KG |
Key Business Case Considerations for Mobile WiMAX Deployments
Kevin Suitor, VP of Marketing and Business Development, Redline Communications
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Interoperable Services Across Frequencies, Protocols, Countries, Operators, and Devices
Moderator: Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
Panelists:
John Dubois, Director of Global Roaming, WiMAX Forum
Peter Esparrago, President and CEO, IntraISP
Tracy R. Trent, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman & Co-Founder, Proximetry
Bin Shen, VP Broadband, Sprint Nextel’s XOHM Business Unit |
WiMAX in Europe
Moderator: Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Rethink Research
Panelists: Robert Fonow, Vice President, Trivon AG/Virgin Connect Russia
Zoran Vehovar, Director Department Network, Mobitel d.d.
Leo Lundy, CTO, Imag!ne Telecom
Peter Ziegelwanger, CTO, WiMAX Telecom |
| 5:00 |
Network Planning: The Key Issues for Mobile WiMAX
Moderator: Haig Sarkissian, Principal Consultant, WiMAX 20/20
Panelists: Bruce Duysen, President, Arraycomm
Thad Lowe, Director of Engineering, Samsung Electronics
Robert Sellinger, Senior Architect, Sun Microsystems
Gennady Sirota, VP of Product Management, Starent Networks |
Femtocells and Multi-hop Relays (802.16j)
Rupert Baines, VP Marketing, picoChip |
Value-Add Services (Residential & Business)
Moderator: Monica Paolini, Founder & President, Senza Fili Consulting
Panelists: Brian Beutler, CEO, Alianza
Tom Flak, Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations, SOMA Networks, Inc.
Bijan Khosravi, Chairman and CEO, Cartiza Networks
Mark Tubinis, CTO, Cedar Point Communications |
The Increased Need for Backhaul in Mobile Broadband Networks
Moderator: Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
Panelists: Joachim Hallwachs, VP Marketing, DesignArt
Dilip Pillaipakkam, Director PLM New Business Unit – Juniper Networks
Dr. Alan Solheim, VP Product Management, DragonWave Inc.
Scott Sweetland, VP Sales and Corporate VP&CVO, Ceragon Networks, Inc |
WiMAX in Asia and Middle East
Moderator: XJ Wang, VP APAC Research, Yankee Group
Panelists: Michael Lai, CEO, PacketOne Networks
Prateek Pashine, Chief Operating Officer, TATA Communications Internet Services Limited
Tariq J. Qureshi (TQ), Senior Vice President, A-Infiniti
Rizwan Tiwana, CTO, Wateen |
| 6:00 |
Best of WiMAX World 2008 Awards Awards Ceremony |
| 6:15 |
Networking on the Expo Floor
Expo Floor Closes at 7pm |
Please note: exact schedule and speaker lineup is subject to change.
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