2009 EVENT PROGRAM DETAILSThe 2009 Texas Wireless Summit taking place in Austin, Texas on November 4, 2009 today announced this year's theme. The relentless expansion of wireless data networks is allowing new industries to adopt wireless technology as a foundation for future growth. These industries will deploy new data-driven solutions in smart grid, healthcare, telematics, consumer electronics, and software applications, resulting in unforeseen innovations.
Topics: - Which wireless technology for what applications?
- There are numerous existing and emerging wireless technologies that have the promise to be used in a rapidly increasing number of applications, but which technologies make the most sense for which applications? For example, should smart meters use LTE, Wimax, 3G, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, or other unlicensed approaches such as "white space"? Should consumer appliances use Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 60 Ghz, or UWB?
- Security
- How can wireless data be pervasive and yet not compromise security and privacy? As utilities, healthcare providers, automotive, and insurance companies gain direct feeds into our homes, cars, and personal lives, how will the communications and information remain secure? The choice of security approach has implications on bandwidth, hardware, power consumption, and overall network performance.
- Infrastructure deployment and management
- Individuals and business will need to manage devices attached to the networks inside their homes, offices, cars and city-wide. How will those devices be activiated, de-activated, authenticated, remotely managed, remotely accessed, and interact with other devices? How will the enabling infrastructure be implemented? The implications of device and application management are echoes of the "open networks" debate in the traditional cellular industry.
| 2009 TWS EVENT PROGRAM | | Tuesday, Nov 3 | Wireless Seed Stage Forum | 1:30 PM-5:30 PM | Wednesday, Nov 4 | VIP Dinner | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | Thursday, Nov 5 | Continental Breakfast | 7:30 AM-8:30 AM | | OPENING REMARKS | 8:30 AM-8:45 PM | | Which Wireless for What Applications? | 8:45 AM-11:00 AM | |
Security | 11:15 AM-2:15 PM | | Lunch | 12:30 PM-1:30 PM | | Infrastructure Deployment & Management | 2:15 PM-4:30 PM | | WNCG Student Research Showcase
| 5:00 PM-8:00 PM | | Chair’s Reception | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM | | 2009 Wireless Industry Leadership Award | 6:00 PM |
2008 EVENT PROGRAM DETAILSWireless Seed Stage ForumTUESDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2008 Notice: For information on the Wireless Seed Stage Forum visit http://www.seedstageforum.com
DAY 1WEDNESDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2008 15 OCT | 2008 TWS EVENT PROGRAM | | 7:30 AM | REGISTRATION | Room 404 | 7:30 - 8:30 AM | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | Salon A & B | 8:30 - 8:45 AM | OPENING REMARKS Prof. Jeff Andrews
Director, Wireless Networking and Communications Group
The University of Texas at Austin | Salon C | 8:45 - 9:30 AM | KEYNOTE Open Applications/Platforms - Unlimited Possibilities Michael Bayle
Senior Director, Global Mobile Advertising
Yahoo! Inc. | Salon C | 9:30 – 10:30 AM | PANEL Open Operating Systems The fragmented operating system landscape in the mobile phone industry has been a barrier for developers in getting their applications to market. Current efforts to consolidate the industry around a small number of operating systems with an "Internet heritage" promises to lower the barriers for developers and reduce support costs. How will this consolidation occur? Which operating systems will win? And will developers from the Internet flock to these environments? MODERATOR: Jamie Rhodes, CEO, Perceptive Sciences Corporation PANELISTS: Hitesh Anand, Senior Manager, Technology Scouting & Corporate Business Development, Nokia
Sayeed Choudhury, Staff Product Manager for QUALCOMM CDMA Technologiies, QUALCOMM
Brent Gaskamp, Sr. Director Business Development and Mobile Publisher Partnerships, Connected Life, Yahoo!
Faraz Syed, CEO & Co-Founder, DeviceAnywhere
Raj Singh, VP of Business Development, Skyfire | Salon C | 10:30 – 10:45 AM | BREAK | Salon A & B | 10:45 – 11:30 AM | KEYNOTE Open Development Tony Lewis
VP, Open Development
Verizon Wireless | Salon C | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | LUNCH USDA/FCC Broadband Opportunities Jose DeLeon
Telecommunications Specialist
Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture | Salon A & B Salon C | 12:30 - 1:30 PM | PANEL Location Aware Applications The rise of location aware services promises to bring with it new applications that will uniquely leverage the distinctive "mobile" characteristic of mobile devices. How will PAN, LAN, and WAN networks work together to enable these services? What type of devices will be able to take advantage of these capabilities and how will they be made available to consumers? What new applications will emerge in the areas of mobile commerce, entertainment, and social media and how will these lead to the consumer adoption and revenue generation opportunities for operators, OEMS, and developers? MODERATOR: Clint Wheelock, VP & Chief Research Officer, ABI Research PANELISTS: Joe Chen, Founder & CEO, GeoSpot Inc.
Bryan Jones, Founder & CEO, Moximity
Andrew J. Graham, CEO, Bones in Motion, Inc.
Dan Lowden, VP of Business Development and Marketing, Wayport | Salon C | 1:30 – 2:15 PM | KEYNOTE Unlocking Innovation in the Wireless Space Yoram Solomon
Senior Director, Worldwide Standards and Technology Strategy
Texas Instruments | Salon C | 2:15 – 2:30 PM | BREAK | Salon A & B | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | PANEL Policy & Regulation Policy Makers on Capital Hill and at the Federal Communications Commission face a staggering list of issues that will influence the wireless industry. These issues range from broadband policy battles, the legacy of the recent 700 MHz auctions, revised patent legislation, policy for managing "white spaces", etc.. Policy experts on this panel will examine priority topics in Washington D.C. that will affect the industry's growth, innovation, and evolution. MODERATOR: Katherine Farrell, Co-Chair, Federal Communications Bar Association - Texas Chapter PANELISTS: Meredith Attwell-Baker, Acting Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, US Department of Commerce
Wayne Caswell, Principal Consultant, CAZITech
Wallace Henderson, Partner in TRPSA's Washington, Austin and San Antonio Offices, TRPSA
Henry M. Riviera, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP | Salon C | 3:30 – 4:30 PM | BREAK-OUT SESSION Session 1 - Gemalto Multimedia Solutions sponsored by Gemalto Session 2 - Opening up the Back Office sponsored by Transverse Session 3 - Virtualization for Cell Phones – Increased Security, Device Independence, OS Independence, and Lower Costs sponsored by Trango Virtual Processors | Salon C Salon B Salon A | | 4:30 – 5:00 PM | RESEARCH PLENARY Improving Wireless Data Transmission Speed and Reliability to Mobile Computing Platforms Dr. Brian Evans, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wireless Networking and Communications Group, The University of Texas at Austin | Salon C | | 5:00 – 5:30 PM | BREAK-OUT SESSION Mobilize Your Brand - Research Consumers on the Go Michael Bayle
Senior Director, Global Mobile Advertising
Yahoo!Inc. | Salon C | | 5:00 – 5:30 PM | YAHOO! CAFE Sponsored by Yahoo! Mobile | Salon A & B | 5:00 – 6:00 PM | RESEARCH SHOWCASE Presented by the Faculty & Students of the Wireless Networking & Communications Group of the University of Texas at Austin | Salon A & B | 6:30 - 9:00 PM | WELCOME RECEPTION Featuring the '2008 AWA WIRELESS INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP AWARD CEREMONY' Sponsored by QUALCOMM Maggie Mae's
323 E. Sixth Street | |
DAY 2THURSDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2008 16 OCT | 2008 TWS EVENT PROGRAM | | 7:30 AM | REGISTRATION | Room 404 | 7:30 - 8:30 AM | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | Salon A & B | 8:30 – 9:00 AM | RESEARCH PLENARY Research Experiences with an Operational Mesh Network Professor Omer Gurewitz
Ben Gurion University, Israel
(formerly with Rice University) | Salon C | 9:00 – 9:45 AM | RESEARCH SHOWCASE Presented by the Faculty & Students of the Wireless Networking & Communications Group of the University of Texas at Austin | Salon A & B | | 9:00 – 9:45 AM | BREAK - Sponsor Hall in Salon A & B
| Salon A & B | 9:45 – 10:30 AM | KEYNOTE Embracing Openness for a Rich Mobile Future Mark Louison
President
Nokia Inc. | Salon C | 10:30 – 11:30 AM | PANEL Open Business Models The mobile industry is touting the promise of any device and any applications on any network. How will mobile operators tune their business models to adapt to this new reality? Will operators become application delivery platforms or simply data pipes? What new business models, pricing strategies, and service management techniques will arise and how will these mesh with consumers' current "internet" based expectations? MODERATOR: Frank J. Bernhard, Managing Principal - Telecommunications Practice, OMNI Consulting Group LLP PANELISTS: Thanasis Iatrou, CEO, President, and Co-Founder, Media Excell
Uwe Luhrig, CEO, Simfonics GmbH
Taneli Ruda, Strategy Development, Nokia
Dave Sikora, Founder, President & CEO, Digby
Moneet Singh, Co-Founder, President & Chief Operating Officer, MPOWER Mobile, Inc. | Salon C | 11:30 – 12:30 PM | LUNCH | Salon A & B | 12:30 - 1:15 PM | KEYNOTE Arun Bhikshesvaran
Vice President Strategy & CTO North America
Ericsson Inc. | Salon C | 1:15 – 2:15 PM | PANEL Open Networks 4G networks will deliver unprecedented data speeds within an all IP-compatible environment. How will this combination impact the availability of new applications, devices and services? Will "IP anywhere" lead to a new generation of non-voice based devices and how will these new devices impact the network? MODERATOR: Professor Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport, William and Bettye Nowlin Professor, Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG), University of Texas at Austin PANELISTS: Jim Keeler, CTO, Wayport
Dr. Venkat Rayapati, Founder, President & CEO, SAI Technology
Rasoul Safavian, VP & CTO, Bechtel Telecommunications
Yoram Solomon, Senior Director, Worldwide Standards and Technology Strategy, Texas Instruments | Salon C | | 2:15 – 3:15 PM | BREAK | Salon A & B | 2:15 – 3:15 PM | BREAK-OUT SESSION Session 1 – Introduction to the LTE Physical Layer sponsored by Anritsu Session 2 – To be determined | Salon B Salon A | 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM | KEYNOTE CHAT Operator Perspectives on Market Changes and Opportunities MODERATOR: Richard Schwartz - Former SVP Strategy, Technology and Corporate Development Openwave PARTICIPANT: John Donovan, CTO, AT&T | Salon C | 4:15 – 4:30 PM | CLOSING REMARKS Erin Defosse
Chairman, Austin Wireless Alliance
Director, ATI Wireless - The University of Texas at Austin | Salon C |
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