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Agenda* Wednesday, June 9, 2004 Exhibit Hall Hours: 10:00am-6:00pm
Track: Hotspot Central    Track: Securing the WLAN    Track: The Investment Scene    Track: Building the Network
8:00am - 6:00pm	Registration
8:55am - 9:00am	Attendee Welcome Speaker: Aris Melissaratos, Secretary of Business and Economic Development, State of Maryland
9:00am - 9:50am	Morning Keynote Speaker: James H. Keegan, Vice President, Global Pervasive/Wireless e-Business, IBM Corporation Co-Presenter, Special Guest and IBM Customer: Ronald B. Toll, Ph. D., Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics & Program Coordinator, UCA/IBM Strategic Partnership University of Central Arkansas
TRACK: HOTSPOT CENTRAL
10:00am - 11:00am	New Network Architectures for Hotspots While you can still create a small hotspot by little more than plugging an access point into a DSL line, most hotspots installations have gone far beyond this plug and play approach. Dealing with multiple locations, multiple users, mixed public and private network access, and multiple methods of payment and authentication requires specialized equipment and services. Furthermore, coverage of large, complex spaces challenges the capabilities of traditional equipment. Fortunately, new architectures (such as meshes and grids), new antenna technologies, and new centralized systems for managing the increasingly complex hardware deployments are appearing to help hotspot businesses continue to push the envelope. This session will highlight some of the most promising new technologies that will help put the hot in hotspot. Moderator: Eric Griffith, Managing Editor, Wi-Fi Planet Speakers: Dr. Haakon Bryhni, Chief Technology Officer, Birdstep T.K. "Ranga" Rengarajan, Vice President, Engineering, Pronto Networks Rick Rotondo, VP of Technical Marketing, MeshNetworks
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	Wi-Fi Strategies for Telcos 2003 was a big year for telco talk about hotspot deployments. Wired and wireless carriers alike embraced Wi-Fi as a major new service to complement their core offerings. One year later, not much has changed. T-Mobile's deployment remains one of the most comprehensive in the country; few other telcos have followed their lead. How do carriers view the Wi-Fi and hotspot markets today? Will we see more deployments, or will carriers become customers for hotspot wholesalers? What benefits do carriers see from adding Wi-Fi to their menu of services? Come to this session for a deeper look into the future of Wi-Fi, Telco style. Moderator: Joseph Laszlo, Senior Analyst, JupiterResearch Speakers: Jesse Frankel, Director of Systems Engineering, AirMagnet Christian Gunning, Director, Product Management, Boingo Wireless Pankaj Patel, Director, Mediation, Roaming, and Settlement Development, Convergys Corp.
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Yogesh Gupta, Chief Technology Officer, Computer Associates International, Inc.
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Building a Commerce 'Ecosystem' for Hotspots Now that wireless carriers are finally starting to work together to enable seamless connectivity across wide area and Wi-Fi networks, it's time to turn attention to the crucial revenue issue by enabling the seamless extension of applications across those networks. This not only calls for development of applications that people will pay for, it also means that billing/payment systems must adapt as well. In this session, a panel of billing experts will outline a complete commerce ecosystem for mobile data services. Panel members will discuss how carriers can optimize operations such as prepaid, cross-carrier accounting, content billing, m-commerce, partner management and more. Moderator: Joseph Laszlo, Senior Analyst, JupiterResearch Speakers: Tim Allwine, Vice President - Product Management & Development, VeriSign Steve Nicolle, President and CEO, Tatara Systems Gregory R. Opie, Director, Mobile Solutions Architecture, CSG Systems Inc. Tom Trinneer, Vice President of Products, Qpass
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Afternoon Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm	OSS for Hotspots: From A to R The technical underpinnings of a hotspot have everything to do with how efficiently and effectively it operates, both as a standalone communications node and as part of a larger network. Authentication, security, backhaul provisioning, accounting, billing and many other vital operational functions rest on the Operations Support System. In today's Wi-Fi market, hotspot operators can construct their own OSS from available equipment and services, or outsource it to dedicated providers. In either case, understanding the fundamental needs and choices is essential. But when the business model expands to embrace roaming, the OSS challenge takes a quantum leap upward. To interact in an automated way with other networks—which of course have their own OSSs—back-end systems require additional flexibility and added components. This session explains the basics of a robust hotspot back-end, and explores additional systems and services need to facilitate bilateral and multilateral roaming. Moderator: Pankaj Patel, Director, Mediation, Roaming, and Settlement Development, Convergys Corp. Speakers: Todd Myers, CEO, Airpath Wireless, Inc. T.K. "Ranga" Rengarajan, Vice President, Engineering, Pronto Networks
5:00pm - 6:00pm	Reception in Expo Hall

TRACK: SECURING THE WLAN
10:00am - 11:00am	Surviving the Transition from WEP to WPA to 802.11i Today, WPA is fast replacing WEP as the dominant wireless security protocol. Soon, 802.11i and WPA2 will further improve the level of standards-based wireless security. But many companies question why, when, and how to make this transition. And how long will customers have to live with WEP, WPA, WPA2, and 802.11i under the same roof? This session examines the real differences between WEP, WPA, WPA2, and 802.11i. It explains the real benefits of upgrading, how peaceful coexistence can be accomplished in mixed-mode networks, and suggests best practices to survive this security evolution. Speakers: Paul DeBeasi, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing, Legra Systems Dr. Paul Goransson, President & Founder, Meetinghouse Data Communications
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	Solving Unique Challenges: VoWLAN and DoD Security Requirements Certain networking environments demand more innovative or rigorous WLAN security measures. This session will examine two such cases: WPA resolves security issues for most enterprise data applications, but what about voice and other multi-media applications? Will WPA address the latency, fast AP-to-AP handoffs, and other issues required to support VoWLAN? Pierre Trudeau will analyze WPA and 802.11i's strengths and weaknesses for VoIP applications and discuss how SIP handles roaming. Speaker: Pierre Trudeau, CTO and Founder, Colubris Networks, Inc. Both WEP and WPA are based on RC4, an encryption algorithm that falls short of DoD security requirements. In DoD environments, 3DES or the newer AES algorithms are required to encrypt layer two traffic. Dr. Jim Pilgrim will examine these more stringent DoD WLAN security needs and available solution elements. Speaker: Dr. Jim Pilgrim, Sr. Director of Product Management, 3e Technologies International
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Yogesh Gupta, Chief Technology Officer, Computer Associates International, Inc.
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Cost-Effective Wireless Security Policy Enforcement The rise of the mobile enterprise workforce is resulting in increased connectivity and productivity, at the cost of increased vulnerability to attack. Today's IT managers are faced with the daunting task of finding a way to control wireless access and protect their mobile workforce, while at the same time ensuring the remote connectivity experience is simple and seamless for end users. In this panel, experts from across the industry will tackle the issue of keeping an increasingly mobile workforce connected, secure and productive through policy orchestration across multiple wireless networks. Speakers will explore how wireless security and access policies can be cooperatively enforced on mobile devices, trusted corporate assets, and the network(s) that connect them. Moderator: Lisa Phifer, Vice President, Core Competence, Inc. Speakers: Barbara Nelson, Director of Advanced Technology, iPass Scott Schelle, COO, Bluefire Security Technologies Emil Sturniolo, Chief Scientist, NetMotion Wireless
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Afternoon Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Stories From The Trenches: WLAN Security Case Studies Companies require airtight security solutions for employees accessing corporate data no matter where they are--in the office, at the airport, or working from home. Speakers in this session will present several real-life case studies to illustrate the process, issues, policies, guidelines and architectures behind secure WLAN deployments. Learn first-hand from those who have been there how to safeguard business resources when deploying wireless networks, large and small. Speakers: Dave Juitt, CTO, Chief Security Architect, Bluesocket Inc. Bo Mendenhall, Principal Information Security Analyst, University Of Utah Health Sciences Center Ulrich Wiedmann, VP of Software Development, Wireless Security Corporation
5:00pm - 6:00pm	Reception in Expo Hall

TRACK: THE INVESTMENT SCENE
10:00am - 11:00am	Attracting Venture Funding Competition for venture money is keener today than ever. What are the ingredients of a successful venture bid? A panel of venture capitalists and executives from successfully funded Wi-Fi companies examine the dos, don'ts, and wherefores of getting the capitalization your need for your venture. Key risks and hurdles in fundraising, valuation, returns expectations, and related topics will be front and center. Moderator: Stephen Saltzman, Director, Strategic Investments, Intel Capital Speakers: Phil Belanger, Vice President, Marketing, BelAir Networks Michael Butler, Chairman and CEO, Cascadia Capital LLC C.P. Shankar, Managing Director, Davidson Capital Group Mikko Suonenlahti, Partner, 3i Group
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	Future of Wi-Fi IPOs No one wants a repeat of the dotcom boom and bust, when it seemed like every company with a semi-coherent business plan—or no plan at all—made a killing with an initial public offering, only to crash and burn a short time later. But if any high-tech industry has vendors hot enough to pull it off, it would be Wi-Fi. Companies like iPass and Atheros have already proven the potential. So, what's in store for the next wave of potential offerings? Do wireless LANs have the legs to prop up another technology boom in the stock market? Our panel of investment gurus will share their insights. Moderator: C.P. Shankar, Managing Director, Davidson Capital Group Speakers: Colin L.M. Macnab, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Atheros Communications Tom Taulli, Principal, Bridgewater Capital
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Yogesh Gupta, Chief Technology Officer, Computer Associates International, Inc.
2:30pm - 3:30pm	VC Roundtable To an almost miraculous degree Wi-Fi has been spared the drought of capital under which most high-tech industries suffered for the past three years. It has been the bright star of technology funding—the place where VCs were willing, even eager, to invest. In this session a panel of leading technology venture capitalists discuss today's hot investments in 802.11 and related wireless technologies. Moderator: Craig J. Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Speakers: Eric Lewis, Executive Director, Walker Ventures Pascal Luck, Managing Director, Core Capital Partners Lawrence M. Macks, General Partner, Boulder Ventures Tom Scholl, Partner, Novak Biddle Venture Partners
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Afternoon Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Teaching WLANs to Speak Cellular WLAN deployments are rapidly evolving from their computing-centric roots to a mobility-centric environment. As this transition takes place, the coexistence and/or integration of WLAN and cellular networks will bring unique opportunities and challenges. Innovations in Smart Radio Resource Management and Smart Antenna technologies will be a catalyst in driving this migration by maximizing real-life WLAN performance. By treating access points as a cohesive system and deploying network middleware, one can improve wireless LAN performance to mimic cellular. Radio Resource Management middleware dynamically manages power, frequency, access method, and data rate, which results in increased capacity, higher QOS, fair assignment of capabilities, and contiguous coverage. These benefits apply to public hotspots, enterprise deployments, and SOHO installations, and solutions can be retrofitted in installed networks. Smart Antennas in WLAN devices provide a high gain steerable beam to the desired signal and away from interferences, significantly improving signal strength, reducing noise and allowing high rate communications at lower power levels. Smart antennas further increase user satisfaction with fewer dropped connections, improved coverage, higher data rates, better multimedia services and longer battery life. Low cost solutions are proven and available for implementation in existing architectures today. Speaker: Dr. Alain Briançon, CTO, InterDigital Communications Corporation
5:00pm - 6:00pm	Reception in Expo Hall

TRACK: BUILDING THE NETWORK
10:00am - 11:00am	The Great Gateway/Switch Debate The adoption of Wi-Fi networks in the enterprise has prompted a rapid evolution in WLAN hardware and software. Access points have been equipped to take on more and more critical operational and management functions, and new network architectures and centralized management systems have sprung up to deal with the burgeoning numbers of access points. Today, the WLAN world is polarized into two competing schools of thought: one endorsing "fat" access points, and another advocating "thin" access points and centralized management mechanisms. In this session, proponents of a variety of hardware/software systems will discuss the pros and cons of the various solutions available in today's marketplace. Moderator: Craig J. Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Speakers: David M. Barach, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Extricom Ltd. Doug Huemme, AVP Marketing, Strix Systems, Inc. Dave Juitt, CTO & Chief Security Architect, Bluesocket Inc. Keerti Melkote, Cofounder and Vice President, Marketing, Aruba Wireless Networks
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	Deploying and Operating Outdoor Wireless Networks Experienced designers/deployers of fixed wireless networks put their expertise at the disposal of attendees in this hands-on session. Speakers will cover both the technological and the business challenges associated with the outdoor RF environment. Attendees with specific questions about actual or planned deployments are welcome, and questions will be solicited at the end of the session. Moderator: Alex Goldman, Managing Editor, ISP-Planet.com, Jupitermedia Speakers: Ken DiPietro, Founder and Co-Owner, New-ISP Tim Sanders, President, The Final Mile, Inc.
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Yogesh Gupta, Chief Technology Officer, Computer Associates International, Inc.
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Mesh: Networking Where Wires Can't Go Talk of self-healing, self-configuring wireless mesh LANs has been around for years. Yet only in the last few months have mesh vendors begun to successfully exhibit the abilities of a truly wireless network. We've asked some of the companies doing installations for businesses and metropolitan areas to briefly showcase their most unusual deployments -- the kind of networks that would be nearly impossible to do with any kind of wires at all. Moderator: Eric Griffith, Managing Editor, Wi-Fi Planet Speakers: Kenny Bain, President, FastLineInternet.com Phil Belanger, Vice President, Marketing, BelAir Networks Doug Huemme, AVP Marketing, Strix Systems, Inc.
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Afternoon Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Extending Wi-Fi's Role in the Digital Home: Selling Consumers on 802.11 As of the end of 2002, about seven percent of broadband households in the US had a home network that number will grow to 14% by the end of 2004. Broadband providers, PC OEMs, and makers of consumer electronics are joining networking equipment manufacturers to entice consumers to extend connectivity beyond the primary PC. How do consumers view home networking today? What challenges does WiFi face from wired networking technologies? What are the drivers for a connected digital home? Speaker: Michael Gartenberg, Vice President & Research Director, JupiterResearch
5:00pm - 6:00pm	Reception in Expo Hall

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