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Agenda* Thursday, June 10, 2004 Exhibit Hall Hours: 10:00am-4:00pm
Track: Tech Topics   Track: WLANs Serve the Community Track: The Killer App: Voice over WLAN   Track: Special Interests
8:00am - 3:00pm	Registration
9:00am - 9:50am	Morning Keynote Speaker: Bernard Herscovich, President and CEO, BelAir Networks
TRACK: TECH TOPICS
10:00am - 11:00am	Getting the Point: A user's guide to access point technology, features, and deployment strategies Whether you're supporting an enterprise network or deploying a commercial hotspot operation, much of the performance and profitability of your Wi-Fi system hinges on picking the right access point (AP) for the job. Tasked with nimbly sprinting between users while speaking multiple dialects of the 802.11 protocol in noisy, difficult environments, the access point does much of the heavy lifting within a wireless network. In this session, we'll help you become an expert as we tour the innards of one of these mysterious devices, exploring the functions, features, and technologies that go into them. Join our panel of technology vendors and power users, and come away with a better idea of what to look for, and what to expect from an AP. Moderator: Lee Goldberg, Sr. Editor, analogZONE Speakers: David M. Barach, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Extricom Ltd. Scott Lindsay, VP of Marketing, Engim Inc. John McQuilter, Principal, Spectrum Management
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	Turbocharging Wi-Fi: Nonstandard standards for enhancing WLAN performance Almost every Wi-Fi chip vendor has its super or turbo mode, able to double WLAN throughput from 802.11a/g speeds from 54mbps to 108mbps or more. Other pieces of the network hardware arsenal - such as antennas - are likewise promising to shift Wi-Fi performance into overdrive. The IEEE has a task group working on a standard to achieve 104mbps, but current technologies for getting there are all proprietary. Are these solutions viable for enterprise adoption, or should they be confined to home or experimental deployments? What are the inevitable drawbacks to these performance-boosting tweaks? Our panel of experts will explore these and other pertinent questions. Moderator: Joseph Moran, Principal, Neighborhood Techs and Contributing Writer, Wi-Fi Planet.com Speakers: Colin L.M. Macnab, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Atheros Communications Richard Williams, Director of WLAN Modem Development, Texas Instruments Dr. Jack H. Winters, Chief Scientist, Motia, Inc. Jung Yee, Chief Technology Officer, IceFyre Semiconductor
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Wi-Fi In Consumer Gear—The Second Wireless Wave There's a second wireless revolution brewing as the low cost and high performance of today's Wi-Fi chip sets is helping them find their way into a variety of unexpected and exciting consumer multimedia applications. Whether it's streaming Internet radio and MP3 audio between your computer and your stereo, or providing a wireless link between your HDTV tuner and your plasma display, these applications may quickly become a larger market for Wi-Fi than traditional computing. We've brought together experts with some unusual perspectives to explore some of the more exciting markets and applications for multimedia Wi-Fi, and the technical challenges developers face in turning these dreams into reality. Moderator: Julie Ask, Research Director, JupiterResearch Speakers: Eric Dewannain, Worldwide Director of Business Development, Texas Instruments Inc. Doug Hagan, Director of Corporate Marketing, NETGEAR, Inc. Colin L.M. Macnab, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Atheros Communications Jung Yee, Chief Technology Officer, IceFyre Semiconductor
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Afternoon Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Management Software & UI Issues: The weakest link. Too many of today's Wi-Fi products perform well, but are difficult to install, configure, and mange because of awkwardly designed software. In this session, we'll explore some of the basic do's and don'ts of user interfaces, common installation pitfalls and interoperability with wired network management software such as OpenView. Join the lively debate on what's needed to fully integrate and manage your Wi-Fi system as just another element of your overall network. Moderator: Lee Goldberg, Sr. Editor, analogZONE Speakers: Lesley Kirchman, Vice President, Sales, Actiontec Electronics, Inc. Brennon Martin, Director, Business Development, Wavelink Corp.

TRACK: WLANS SERVE THE COMMUNITY
10:00am - 11:00am	The Athens Experiment In the closing weeks of 2003, the Mobile Media Consortium was formed in the community surrounding the University of Georgia, at Athens. The goal was to establish a Wi-Fi connectivity zone covering most of "downtown" Athens, to serve industry, government, academia, and the community by fostering clear improvements in the quality life through communications applications and value-added services. The story of the Athens WAGzone is a story of cooperation between business, community, and University. Dr. Scott Shamp, head of the MMC, and Wi-Fi industry leaders will cover the genesis as well as the current state of the project. Anchor: Scott A. Shamp, Director, New Media Institute, University of Georgia Speakers: Michael Campbell, President and CEO, PanGo Networks Lance Koenders, Wireless Business Development Manager, Intel Corporation
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	First Responders: The Role of Wireless in Municipal Emergency Services When they hear the word "hotspot" most people think of a coffee shop providing a Wi-Fi connection to the Internet, but with every passing week more and more municipalities are implementing hotzones in their towns (or at least in their downtowns) for use by emergency personnel like fire fighters, emergency medical technicians, and police. Using ruggedized equipment and secure connections, the first responders on the scene can communicate efficiently—both sending and receiving—information, pictures, records, and other data vital to dealing with an emergency. Learn how Wi-Fi, WiMax, and cellular technologies are taking over for proprietary networks, and how they can be secured to handle sensitive information. Moderator: Eric Griffith, Managing Editor, Wi-Fi Planet Speakers: John Binks, Training Manager, University of Maryland: CapWIN Training Center Jim Kauffman, Vice President, Homeland Security & Public Safety, Ascentry Technologies Ron Sege, President and CEO, Tropos Networks
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Unwiring Federal Agencies: Secure Wi-Fi in Washington As Wi-Fi connectivity becomes ubiquitous, embedded in everything from laptop computers to cell phones, it is finally taking hold in the agencies of our federal government. But the risks of compromising official business information demand the highest levels of security. The new Department of Defense (DoD) Directive (DoDD) 8100.2, implemented just this past April, takes WLAN security far beyond just specifying the correct encryption and authentication standards—such as WPA, 802.1x, and 802.11i. Since, unlike wired connections, in wireless the air is the medium, the Directive rightly makes it a requirement to know who is using the wireless network and where they are. This session will present the state of the art in wireless intrusion prevention and discuss how government agencies, systems integrators, and commercial firms working with the government and DoD can ensure compliance this new Directive. Hear from WLAN security experts who will draw a case study of such a policies used by the US Air Force. Speakers: Wayne Armour, CISSP, Chief Technology Officer, BITHGROUP Technologies, Inc. Brian Fogg, Sr. Principal and Technical Director, SRA International Michael Maggio, President and CEO, Newbury Networks
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Afternoon Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm	From HotSpot to HotZone: Cerritos, California The ultimate promise of Wi-Fi hotspots has always been ubiquitous Internet access and universal adoption by the public. But from the beginning, it's been a chicken and egg game: too few hotspots to attract a critical mass of users; too few users to support a ubiquitous network. Building out one hotspot at a time just hasn't created the needed momentum. One promising response to this conundrum is the development of hot zones, where—by one type of technological slight of hand or another—the modest range of a Wi-Fi signal is boosted from a radius of 200 feet or so to as much as many square miles. This session describes the how and why of what is to date the largest hotzone deployment in the U.S., serving the public and the city government, and covering the entire city of Cerritos. The panel—representatives of the three partnering companies that built the network—will provide a detailed technical picture of the deployment, explain the community tie-in, and foreshadow upcoming hotzone projects. Speakers: Stan Hirschman, Co-Founder, Aiirmesh Communications T.K. "Ranga" Rengarajan, Vice President, Engineering, Pronto Networks Ron Sege, President and CEO, Tropos Networks

TRACK: THE KILLER APP: VOICE OVER WLAN
10:00am - 11:00am	Dual-Mode Mobile Phones: Vo-Fi for the mass market? Voice is rapidly gaining ground as an attractive application helping enterprises justify the capital investment in wireless LANs. In fact, a number of mobile handset, PBX, Wi-Fi and softswitch manufacturers are exploring ways of melding cellular and Wi-Fi networks, exploring both technical issues with soft handoffs and billing between the two networks and business issues. This is a situation where technological solutions are intertwined with business issues to an unusual degree; both mobile providers and PBX manufacturers are in the running to support mobile dual-mode handsets. Speakers will outline different perspectives and challenges in launching dual mode technology in different markets. Moderator: Max Smetannikov, Analyst, Networks and Infrastructure, the451 Group Speakers: Dr. Haakon Bryhni, Chief Technology Officer, Birdstep Jonathan Cohen, Drector of Product Management, Avaya Inc. Bill Simmelink, General Manager, VoIP Business Unit, Texas Instruments Inc.
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	Solving the Roaming Puzzle One of the attractions of Wi-Fi telephony for the enterprise market is mobility. We all have cordless phones at home, but they've never taken hold in the business setting. Result: Business people on the go use expensive cellular service. A wireless phone that uses the 802.11 data network is the perfect answer—except that the 802.11 protocol stack wasn't designed for quick handoffs between access points as users move around the network. With a data connection, it doesn't matter; with voice, it matters a lot. Lots of engineers are hard at work to remove this fundamental barrier to Wi-Fi phone mobility. In fact, a new IEEE Task Group (802.11r) was recently formed to develop a standards-based solution for rapid, reliable handoffs for voice traffic. In this session, members of TGr—and others working on other approaches to the problem—discuss recent strides in finding a solution to the roaming puzzle. Anchor: Richard Watson, Dir. Voice Platforms, Enterprise Mobile Computing, Symbol Technologies Speakers: Dr. Haakon Bryhni, Chief Technology Officer, Birdstep Technology Leigh M. Chinitz, Ph.D., Chief Technical Advisor, Proxim Bob O'Hara, Director of System Engineering and Co-Founder, Airespace, Inc. Nate Walker, Director, Product Marketing, Meru Networks
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	VoWLAN: In Search of New Protocols While Wi-Fi telephony has been around for a number of years, it has existed in a kind of standards limbo. The elusive Holy Grail for the industry - the 802.11e extensions - have long promised a standardized solution to the problems of traffic prioritization, session handoff, and other issues crucial to 'carrier-grade' voice quality. Yet, not only has work on this standard dragged on without resolution, recent noises from within the VoWLAN community suggest that, as originally conceived, 11e may not cut the mustard, that new protocols are needed. And, just to make things a little more interesting, other software technologies, such as SIP (session initiation protocol) are being put forward as solutions for voice over Wi-Fi's ongoing standards woes. Come hear our panel of industry experts explain where we are, where we're going, and when we might expect to get there. Moderator: Phil Solis, Senior Analyst, ABI Research Speakers: Leigh M. Chinitz, Ph.D., Chief Technical Advisor, Proxim Alain Mouttham, CEO, SIPquest Inc. Chris White, Director Business Development, Seamless Mobility Team, Motorola, Inc.
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Afternoon Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Cellularizing Wi-Fi: A glimpse of the converged network of the future Many visions for converged network technology promise to give business users and consumers effortless access to their information through any type of device . . .  at some time in the future. Today, that experience isn't quite as smooth as promised. Billing and other services are often unintegrated; user interfaces vary from vendor to vendor, etc. How will the experience improve over the next five years and what should users expect from their carriers and enterprises? Three panelists with significant experience in convergence technology will offer their perspectives and predictions: Speakers: John Baker, Service Area Leader-Wireless Applications, IBM Global Services Naveen Dhar, Vice President, Azaire Networks Abner Germanow, Enterprise Networking Research Manager, IDC

TRACK: SPECIAL INTERESTS
10:00am - 11:00am	Wi-Fi in the Vales of Academe The education vertical belongs to the early adopters of Wi-fi technology. Universities in particular have been implementing 802.11 WLANs from pilot operations in libraries and departments to whole campus deployments that are comparable in scale to large enterprise rollouts. WLANs are increasingly seen as effective tools for improving student and staff mobility while reducing infrastructure costs. According to a recent JupiterResearch executive survey, the top two benefits of WLAN deployments are productivity tools (89 percent) and cost-effective alternatives to LANs (56 percent) for educational institutions. However, concerns about budget allocation, equipment cost, 802.11 standards and security still represent major barriers that have to be addressed in this sector. This panel will include a combination of university technical professionals who have overseen the implementation and maintenance of WLAN's as well as vendors who have deployed across multiple campuses. They will discuss the unique network requirements of university campuses along with the feature sets and services required to meet their unique demands. The panels discussion will also touch on university needs will evolve in the next few years as new applications such as voice, media streaming, etc. become more common place and more resources rely on the network for connectivity. Moderator: Julie Ask, Research Director, JupiterResearch Speakers: Philippe Hanset, Sr. Network Engineer, University of Tennessee Reggie Smith III, President, Washington Metropolitan Distance Learning Assoc. Timothy L. Tate, Director, Department of Defense Job Performance Technology Center Carl Whitman, Executive Director, e-operations, American University
11:00am - 11:30am	Morning Break
11:30am - 12:30pm	The Promise of WiMAX Chances are good you've heard about an emerging Broadband Wireless Access technology dubbed WiMAX—a trade association brand for the IEEE 802.16 Wireless Metropolitan Area Network standard. While it's gotten lots of press, understanding of how this long-range, high-throughput technology will fit into the overall broadband wireless networking picture is pretty slim. Join our panel of WiMAX experts for an exploration of what the real-world role of 802.16 is likely to be—when it becomes a reality, a year or so from now. Anchor: Monica Paolini, Principal, Senza Fili Consulting Speakers: Mohammad Shakouri, AVP Business Development, Alvarion Ltd. and VP Marketing, WiMAX Forum Kevin Suitor, Vice President, Business Development, Redline Communications Inc. Jeff Thompson, Founder, CTO and President, TowerStream Corp.
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Wi-Fi and RF Tools for Tracking RFID (radio frequency identification) is used to catalog and track the location of objects—airplane parts in assembly plants, medical equipment in hospitals and healthcare facilities, and merchandise on shipping palates in an increasing number of stores and warehouses all over the world. It's a paradigm-shifting technology whose time is coming quickly. Much newer is the use of Wi-Fi to track these kinds of assets . . . and in addition, people. This session looks at the promise of radio tracking technologies, explores the applications they're likely to be put to, and considers the impact they will have on the conduct of life and business. Moderator: Francis Rabuck, President, Rabuck Associates Speakers: Richard Barnwell, Chief Technology Officer, PanGo Networks Andris K. Berzins, Vice President Marketing & Business Development, Bluesoft, Inc. Tuomo Rutanen, Vice President Business Development, Ekahau Inc. Dave Shuster, Business Development Emerging Markets, Industrial Division, IBM Corp.
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Afternoon Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Wi-Fi-Healthcare Revolution In no other vertical industry has Wi-Fi brought so much fundamental change than in healthcare. Wi-Fi is enabling hospitals and other medical institutions to handle increasing volumes of information by providing granular data to locations that need it—and do it all at the speed that critical care demands. Today's leading healthcare institutions are going far beyond the simple un-tethering of traditional medical record terminals. When applied strategically, Wi-Fi is enabling innovative workflow improvements, better resource utilization, improving patient safety, and broader instant knowledge sharing. Wi-Fi is not the only technological force enabling change. RFID, for example, works with Wi-Fi and applications to track events, personnel, and valuable medical equipment, linking them all in healthcare's evolving wireless network environment. Even as Wi-Fi solves old problems, from lowering costs to delivering better service, it also presents new challenges, such as: RF policy administration Bandwidth allocation Privacy and security concerns New fault tolerance requirements Finding the true cost-benefit justification Integration and planning, as new technologies meet old This panel discussion will provide a snapshot of issues and best practices for a wireless healthcare environment. This environment is forcing change on healthcare itself at many levels, from the patient-doctor interaction to the traditional view of IT in hospitals, and, under HIPAA, the way healthcare is governed by the law. Anchor: John McQuilter, Principal, Spectrum Management Speakers: Gary Ambrosino, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Cognio Inc. William McKenna, Business Development Manager, Datavision, Inc. Bo Mendenhall, Principal Information Security Analyst, University Of Utah Health Sciences Center

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