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All events will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center Ampitheater. Click here for a map of the location.
2011 Agenda of World Class Speakers:
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| Breakfast and Registration |
7:45 - 8:30 am |
Welcome and Introduction to TWS:
Prof. Ted Rappaport
Founding Director, WNCG
The University of Texas at Austin
"Wireless Research Trends"
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8:30 - 8:45 |
Wireless Market Analyst:
Brian Modoff
Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
"The Data Explosion Continues"
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8:45 - 9:00 |
Wireless Industry Keynote:
Dr. Roberto Padovani
Executive Vice President, Qualcomm, Inc.
"Wireless Trends"
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9:00 - 10:00 |
WICAT Research Update:
Dr. Mike Knox
Industry Associate Professor, NYU Polytechnic
"Single Antenna Bidirectional Radio Communications"
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10:00 - 10:25 |
Break / WNCG Poster Session
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10:25 - 11:00 |
Future of Broadband:
Tom Crowe
CEO, Virginia Diodes
"Terahertz Wireless Devices"
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Venture Capital Panel:
Moderator: Dr. Bob Metcalfe
Professor of Innovation, University of Texas at Austin
Eric Zimits, Granite Ventures
Ned Hill, DFJ Mercury
Al Schuele, Sevin Rosen
Greg Franklin, Intellect Partners |
11:30 - 12:30 |
Gourmet Lunch and Social Time
WNCG Research Showcase/Poster Session |
12:30 - 1:30 |
The Next Big Companies
Richard Schwartz, CEO Macheen
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Nan Matthews, Austin Manager, Isis
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12:30 - 1:00 |
WNCG Industrial Affiliate Keynote:
Jerry Pi
Director, Samsung Telecommunications
"Millimeter-wave mobile broadband: the new frontier for mobile communication"
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2:00 - 2:45 |
Mobile Monday Showcase during Break
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2:45 - 3:35 |
WICAT Research Update:
Dr. Fa Foster Dai
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Designs for Wireless and Radar Transceivers
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3:35 - 4:00 |
Panel Discussion:
"The Rapid Evolution of Cellular Networks: Femto, Pico and all that."
Moderator:
Professor Jeff Andrews, Director of WNCG
Panelists:
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David R. Wolter, Executive Director of Radio Technology, AT&T
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Amitava Ghosh, Head, Broadband Wireless Innovation, Nokia Siemens Network
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Tingfang Ji, Senior Staff Engineer, Corporate R&D, Qualcomm
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Phil Kelley, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, Crown Castle
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4:00 - 5:00 |
Closing Keynote:
Dr. James Truchard
President, CEO, and Cofounder, National Instruments
"Integrating Design and Test for Next-Generation Communications Systems"
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5:00 - 5:30 |
Informal Reception
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5:30 - 7:00 |
Click here to view 2010's archived agenda and presentations.
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Prior Year Speakers
*Denotes Keynote Speaker
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| 2010 Speakers Included: |
| Dr. Tom Richardson |
VP, Corporate R&D |
Qualcomm |
| Prof. Jeffrey Reed |
Willis G. Worcester Professor in ECE |
Virginia Tech |
| Paul Hsiao |
Partner |
NEA |
| Nagraj Kashyap |
VP, Qualcomm Ventures |
Qualcomm |
| Khurram Sheikh |
Chief Product & Development Officer, Chairman, Technical Advisory Board |
Powerwave Technologies, Inc. |
| Dr. Reinaldo Valenzuela |
Director of Wireless Research |
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs |
| Prof. Sundeep Rangan |
Co-Founder, Flarion Technologies |
NYU-Polytechnic |
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| 2009 Speakers Included: |
| Frank Bernhard |
Managing Principal, Telecom Practice |
Omni Consulting Group |
| Dr. Thomas Cellucci |
Chief Commercialization Officer |
DHS |
| Alan Gatherer |
TI Fellow, CTO High Performance Multicore Processors |
Texas Instruments |
| Liam Quinn |
Director and CTO Business Client and SMB Groups |
Dell |
| John Stupka |
Chief of Staff |
AT&T Mobility |
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| 2008 Speakers Included: |
| Michael Bayle* |
Senior Director, Global Mobile Advertising |
Yahoo Inc. |
| Arun Bhikshesvaran* |
Vice President Strategy & CTO North America |
Ericsson Inc. |
| John Donovan* |
Chief Technology Officer |
AT&T |
| Anthony A. Lewis* |
Vice President, Open Development |
Verizon Wireless |
| Mark Louison* |
President |
Nokia, Inc. |
| Yoram Solomon* |
Senior Director of Worldwide Standards & Technology Strategy |
Texas Instruments |
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| 2007 Speakers Included: |
| Ali Afrashteh* |
Vice President of Access Technologies |
Sprint Nextel |
| Jeff McDowell* |
Vice President, Global Alliances |
Research In Motion |
| Alan Pritchard* |
VP of North American Wireless Account Develop. |
Nortel Networks |
| Kristin Rinne* |
Senior Vice President for Architecture & Planning |
AT&T |
| Sumit Sadana* |
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development |
Freescale Semiconductor |
| Moris Simson |
CEO |
WaveNET |
| Raj Talluri* |
GM, Cellular Media Systems Solutions |
Texas Instruments |
| Paul Trowler* |
Senior VP of North American Sales |
RealNetworks |
| Robert Vrij* |
President and CEO |
Openwave |
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| 2006 Speakers Included: |
| Meredith Atwell Baker |
General Counsel |
NTIA |
| Sandeep Chennakeshu* |
Senior VP & GM, Wireless & Mobile Systems Group |
Freescale Semiconductor |
| Alain Mutricy* |
Vice President |
Texas Instruments |
| Sanjay Jha* |
President, QUALCOMM CDMA - Technologies Group |
QUALCOMM |
| Dick Lynch* |
Executive VP and CTO |
Verizon Wireless |
| Rasoul Safavian |
CTO North America |
Bechtel Telecommunications |
| Heidi Salow |
Senior Counsel |
Sprint NEXTEL |
| Chris Rittler* |
Vice President, Business Development |
Tropos Networks |
| KP Wilska |
Venture Partner |
Austin Ventures |
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| 2005 Speakers Included: |
| Professor Bob Scholtz |
Director of Ultralab |
USC |
| Dr. Reinaldo Valenzuela |
Director of Wireless Research |
Bell Labs, Lucent |
| Dr. Victor Bahl |
Director of Networking Research |
Microsoft Research |
| Edward Salas* |
Vice President, Network Planning |
Verizon Wireless |
| Steve Largent* |
President and CEO |
CTIA, The Wireless Association |
| David Perkins* |
Executive Vice President |
Freescale Semiconductor |
| Paul Struhsaker* |
VP, Engineering Platforms, Mobile Devices Technology |
Motorola |
| Devabhaktuni "Sri" Srikrishna |
Founder and CTO |
Tropos Networks |
| Roger Dorf |
President and CEO |
Navini Networks |
| Juan Valencia |
Vice President, Infrastructure Solutions |
Ericsson |
| Alan Gatherer |
CTO, Communications Infrastructure |
Texas Instruments |
| David Altounian |
CTO |
Motion Computing |
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