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TECHNOLOGY TRENDS ROOM 209
10:00am - 11:00am	Dual-Mode Chipsets: The Ultimate Solution? In an apparent attempt to sidestep the marketing question "Which is better?", most major chipset vendors have, in the last several months, announced chipsets and product lines that support both 802.11b and 802.11a. This session addresses a number of issues: How well will these perform? Are they practical? What, if any design compromises must be made? How does adding dual-mode capability affect a product's price? What conclusions can we draw in these early days? Moderator: Lee Goldberg, Editor, analogZONE Speakers: Jack Clark, Intersil Izik Kirshenbaum, Founder, President and CEO, Envara, Inc. Robert Fan, Vice President, Marketing, Resonext Communications Kevin Mapplebeck, VP Marketing & Business Development, Synad Technologies Ltd.
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	Performance Issues For WLAN Now that affordable 802.11 products are everywhere, the market's attention is shifting away from price and towards performance. But, how do we define performance for Wi-Fi systems, and how we achieve it at a price acceptable to the user? In this session, we'll call a huddle of industry experts to explore performance factors, and the design issues for achieving them. Topics include range, multipath and noise immunity, co-channel interference, and power efficiency. Moderator: Lee Goldberg, Sr. Editor, analogZONE Speakers: Tyler Burns, Product Marketing Manager, IceFyre Semiconductor James T. Geier, Principal Consultant, Wireless-Nets, Ltd. Frank Morese, VP of Marketing and Business Development, Bermai Andrew Parolin, Product Line Manager, Cable and Components, SiGe Semiconductor
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Melding WLAN and Cellular Networks for Seamless Services WLANs are growing in popularity, but they can't be everywhere, and increasingly, mobile operators, WISPs and enterprises are working together to offer secure and seamless value-added services. But this level of integration brings with it a host of issues: security, billing and authentication. This panel discussion will look at these issues and the other technical and business issues facing WLAN operators and mobile operators, including subscriber management, roaming, hand-offs between radio technologies, and network management. Moderator: Kevin Reichard, Executive Editor, Jupitermedia Speakers: John Baker, CEO, Transat Technologies Dean Darwin, Director of US Business Development & Sales, RadioFrame Networks Dr. Marc Goldburg, CTO, Internet Products Group, ArrayComm, Inc. Bill Howe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mobility Networks
2:30pm - 2:45pm	Afternoon Break
2:45pm - 3:45pm	802.11e And Alternatives: What's Up With Streaming Media Over Wi-Fi? Will Wi-Fi be an effective transport medium for video and other bandwidth-hogging applications? The IEEE 802.11e task group has been wrestling with this question, working since 1999 to engineer extensions to the basic 802.11 standard aimed at improving and managing quality of service and providing classes of service. The group expects to finalize this work some time next year. In the meantime, a variety of vendors is already bringing to market solutions to the QoS problem, ranging from implementations of current .11e drafts to proprietary solutions that bypass or enhance the features of .11e. This session, which brings together three such vendors, will explore current approaches to bandwidth management and error correction techniques for streaming. Moderator: Chakradher Reddy, President, Wireless Infrastructure Network Solutions Speakers: Peter Fowler, Executive VP, Magis Networks Wendell Smith, Director of Product Marketing, ViXS Systems Yoram Solomon, Director of Business Development, Wireless Networking Business Unit, Texas Instruments
3:45pm - 4:00pm	Afternoon Break
4:00pm	Exhibit Hall Closes
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Beyond The Laptop In order for 802.11 technologies to be practical for telephones, PDAs, and other highly portable computing devices, we'll need chip sets and modules that can thrive on the tiny batteries that power these compact devices. While this hasn't stopped vendors from employing today's devices as 802.11 clients, the chip makers are busy squeezing maximum power efficiency from their next generation of chips and other components. This session explores the state of the art and prospects for the emergence of energy efficient Wi-Fi components, plus their application in a variety of handheld devices. Speakers: James C. Chen, Ph.D., Product Marketing & Program Manager, Wireless LAN Product Line, Marvell Technology Group Navi Miglani, Product Marketing Manager, SyChip Kathleen Peters, Vice President, Embedded Systems Worldwide, PacketVideo Corp. Pieter van Rooyen, CTO, Zyray Wireless

BUILDING THE NETWORK ROOM 203/204
10:00am - 11:00am	2.4GHz or 5GHz? Strategies for Choosing the Right Spectrum Numerous arguments exist in support of the well-established 802.11b and its hardware-compatible cousin 802.11g -- and equally numerous in support of incompatible 802.11a. Here's an in-depth discussion, mostly from a technical perspective, that should help those tasked with building a WLAN pick - and deploy -- the solution that will best serve their needs in the long term. Speaker: James T. Geier, Principal Consultant, Wireless-Nets, Ltd.
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	Relay Technologies: An 802.11-Based Last-Mile Solution? A host of businesses -- carriers, cable companies, and consumer groups -- have been looking for a workable solution to connect the nation's digital systems to every home: the so-call "last mile" solution. Start-ups in the 802.11 space think that relay-based 802.11 technology can solve this problem, and they have a number of unique approaches to the problem. In this panel discussion, several last-mile solutions based on relay technologies will be discussed. Moderator: Kevin Reichard, Executive Editor, Jupitermedia Speakers: Carter Moursund, Co-Founder & VP of Engineering, OmniLux Mark Rich, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, SkyPilot Network Rick Rotondo, VP Technical Marketing, MeshNetworks Roger Wery, Director, PRTM
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Optimizing WLAN Coverage with High-Performance Antennas Wireless networks are about much more than protocols. Without the antennas necessary to transmit and receive the radio waves carrying packets of data, a WLAN is just an inert collection of silicon wafers. However, relying on the simple, built-in antennas of many 802.11-based access points and routers can cost you throughput and limit a user's mobility. Learn about the types of antenna choices you have, placement options and how to configure and power antennas beyond what you get in the product box. Moderator: Trevor Marshall, Independent Consultant Speakers: Kerry Greer, VP of Business Development, SkyCross Greg Hill, Product Manager, Ethertronics Dr. William E. McKinzie, Co-Founder & Chief Engineer, Etenna Corporation Thomas Obenhuber, Ph.D., VP Business Development, ZeeWaves Systems Inc. Pieter van Rooyen, CTO, Zyray Wireless
2:30pm - 2:45pm	Afternoon Break
2:45pm - 3:45pm	WLAN Management: Taming the Unwired Beast Wireless LANs make all the same management demands as wired networks - and impose quite a few more on their own. In this session, vendors share their views on priorities, features and other hot buttons around wireless LAN management systems. Topics to be examined include: Ease of network expansion Efficiency of channel usage Session monitoring and handoff Policy-based rights management Rogue access points & intrusion detection Moderator: Jim Louderback, Editor-In-Chief, Ziff-Davis Media Internet Speakers: Doug Klein, CEO, Vernier Networks Nicholas R. Miller, President, C.E.O. and Chairman, Cirond Technologies Greg Murphy, President, Airwave Wireless Robert Whelan, Chairman, CTO & Founder, Wavelink Corp. ReefEdge
3:45pm - 4:00pm	Afternoon Break
4:00pm	Exhibit Hall Closes
4:00pm - 5:00pm	The Future of Wireless LANs This panel session will explore the evolution of wireless LANs from their current horizontal and vertical market roles to the next generation of both enhanced performance and new functionality. We'll explore both new technologies and emerging applications for WLANs, which promise to become both ubiquitous and mission-critical. While we can certainly expect ever-increasing improvements in throughput, we'll also examine new directions, including position/location tracking and monitoring, enhancements in security, global roaming, and the integration of other facilities and services. Moderator: Craig Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Speakers: Ken Haase, Director, Product Marketing & Business Development, Broadband Services Division, Proxim Bruce Sanguinetti, President & Chief Executive Officer, Bermai Ray Martino, VP of Network Products, Symbol Technologies

SPECIAL INTERESTS ROOM 210
10:00am - 11:00am	Funding for 802.11: Information for Investors and Vendors The seemingly inexhaustible flow of investment capital into high-tech ventures during the 90's dried up almost overnight in the market slide that came with the new millennium. Does this mean there's no money available for startups in 802.11-related businesses? And are there no promising targets for investors looking for a decent return on their money? Don't bet on it. Come and hear what the experts have to say. Moderator: Craig Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Speakers: Neeraj Bharadwaj, Partner, APEX Partners Stephen Saltzman, Intel Capital
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	The Location-Aware WLAN: Systems & Services Location-based services, generally thought to be the exclusive province of mobile wireless telephony, offer great application-enrichment possibilities to fixed wireless LANs as well. With appropriate location technology, businesses and institutions can make information available on a where-needed basis. Location awareness can also be a key factor in WLAN security. This session focuses on emerging location-based applications for business, government, and cultural organizations. Moderator: Francis Rabuck, President, Rabuck Associates Speakers: Andris Berzins, Business Development Director, Bluesoft, Inc. Antti Korhonen, CEO, Ekahau, Inc. Michael Maggio, CEO, Newbury Networks
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Distributing Entertainment Media In The Home and Office How would you like a wireless VCR or DVD? The days of crawling behind the entertainment center to plug and replug multiple audio and video cables aren't over, but they may be in a few years. Wireless networking speeds are reaching the point where transfer and streaming of multimedia content without cabling will be a reality. Entertainment hubs/home media servers that use 802.11 have been announced, making the network far less PC-centric than in the past. The advent of ultrawideband (UWB), a more secure high-speed wireless transfer method than even 802.11a, may help push this trend. What living room components will be first to go without cables? We'll discuss the promise and the pitfalls a wireless world of entertainment entails Moderator: Michael Greeson, Senior Analyst, Director of Broadband Research, Parks & Associates Speakers: Peter Fowler, Executive VP, Magis Networks Jim Meyer, Vice President, Business Development, Time Domain Wendell Smith, Director of Product Marketing, ViXS Systems
2:30pm - 2:45pm	Afternoon Break
2:45pm - 3:45pm	Voice-Data Convergence on the WLAN Not only is it economical and efficient to run your voice traffic on your 802.11 network, you can realize many application synergies as well. Vendors and customers of VoWLAN give you insights into entirely new ways of building business processes. Moderator: Joanie M. Wexler, Independent Technology Editor, Joanie M. Wexler & Associates Speakers: Ben Guderian, Director of Marketing, SpectraLink Corp. Jeff Lett, Senior Director, Technical Strategy & Operations, Tenent Healthcare Corp. Sandeep Singhal, Chief Technical Officer, ReefEdge, Inc.
3:45pm - 4:00pm	Afternoon Break
4:00pm	Exhibit Hall Closes
4:00pm - 5:00pm	3G and 802.11: Are They Friends or Foes? A group of large carriers, owners of national POP infrastructure, and analysts will discuss how large wireless carriers with a defined 3G strategy might handle Wi-Fi. Moderator: Max Smetannikov, Analyst, Current Analysis Speakers: Leo Chan, Product Manager, WiFI, WLAN, Fuse Dial, Broadwing/Cincinnati Bell Kevin Gatesman, Wi-Fi/3G expert, WorldCom Rob Harrington, New Business and Product Management, Qwest Communications Robert R. Miller, ALRSC, AT&T Labs

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