Check Out the 2007 Agenda

Attendees benefitted from our insight-packed panels, dynamic keynotes, and in-depth presentations. WiMAX Strategies was the only event at NXTcomm where participants learned how to best incorporate WiMAX into their businesses.

10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast

10:30 a.m.
Welcome: Chairman's Opening Remarks
Lynnette Luna, Editor, FierceWiFi, & Executive Editor, FierceWireless

10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Keynote Address
Barry West, CTO & President of 4G Mobile Broadband, Sprint Nextel

11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Panel Session: Niche Player or Mass Market Heavyweight?
To become a mass market technology, the mobile WiMAX ecosystem has to be big enough for manufacturers to realize economies of scale and be able to produce low-cost chip sets, infrastructure equipment and devices. With the validation from Tier 1 operator Sprint, WMAX equipment vendors must now prove that the technology is ready for a major commercial deployment. What will it take to make WiMAX a mass market technology and a low-cost option for operators?

Confirmed Panelists:
Lars Johnsson, VP Business Development, Beceem
Richard Keith, Global Director of Strategy, Wireless Broadband Group, Networks & Enterprise, Motorola, Inc.  
Charlie Martin, Wireless Chief Technology Officer, Huawei Technologies
Joe Nardone, GM, WiMAX Solutions Division WiMAX Program Office, Intel Corporation
Mark Slater, Vice President, Nokia Siemens Networks
Phil Solis, Principal Analyst, Mobile Wireless, ABI Research [MODERATOR]

11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Panel Session: Broadband Content Roadmap in the WiMax World
How will broadband content mobility evolve in the WiMAX world? How will it affect the key content/entertainment players and how will they play together and with the service provider? What services in what timeframe are they planning to roll out and what would be the charging mechanism for these services? How will the providers make this an easy reality for the consumer? Where will the real consumption of content over WiMAX occur? Will it be embedded in portable gaming devices, portable media players, video chats or video cameras? And, when will the pricing issues around wireless data content be resolved in order for it to be feasible for the everyday consumer?

Confirmed Panelists:
Sudeep Gupta, Business Development Director for Broadband Wireless Access, Alcatel-Lucent
Praduman Jain, Director, 4G WiMAX, Sprint-Nextel
Kay Johansson, CTO, MobiTV
Rakesh Kumar, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LP
Chris Staley, Vice President, Nokia 
Lynnette Luna, Editor, FierceWiFi, & Executive Editor, FierceWireless [MODERATOR]

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
Panel Session: Interoperability and Standards—Is Mobile WiMAX Plug-and-Play?
Interoperability among equipment vendors is key as companies prepare to deploy. Plug-and-play equipment fests have started to occur.  What else is being done to ensure interoperability? 

Confirmed Panelists:
Arnab Das, Director Product Management , Wireless Technologies, Aricent
Tom Jasny, VP of Wireless Broadband, Samsung
Regina Moldovan, Leader, WiMAX & Mesh Product Marketing, Carrier Networks, Nortel
Carlton O'Neal, VP, Marketing & Business Development, Proximetry
Bob Sellinger, Telecom Architect, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Ken Rehbehn, Industry Analyst [MODERATOR]

2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Panel Session: Reality Check—Early WiMAX Deployments
Hear from operators that have already deployed pre-WiMAX and certified WiMAX systems. What have they learned so far and how are they faring in the competitive broadband market?

Confirmed Panelists:
Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
Arthur Giftakis, Vice President of Engineering and Operations, Towerstream
Mark Kelley, General Manager, Chief Division Officer, Advanced Technology Group, NextWave Broadband, Inc.
Thomas Magg, Chief Technical Officer, Wireless Products Division, DAX Technologies
Karl Weaver, Greater China/India Wireless & Mobile Device Market Specialist, Newport Technologies
Predrag Filipovic, PhD., Senior Analyst, Multimedia and Wireless Networks, The Diffusion Group [MODERATOR]

3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m
Panel Session: Mobile WiMAX Devices--Cards, handsets and more
Part of the appeal of mobile WiMAX is that the technology can be incorporated into a variety of compelling consumer electronic devices. What’s on the horizon and how quickly will these devices be commercially available?

Confirmed Panelists:
Muzibul Khan, Vice President of Product Management and Engineering, Wireless Terminals Division, Samsung
Gary Koerper, Vice President, Global CDMA & Portfolio Marketing & North America Product Operations, Mobile Devices Business, Motorola
Cheri de Lacy, Senior Director of Business Development, Kyocera Wireless
Jim Orr, Principal Network Architect, Wireless Market Development Group, Fujitsu
Steve Sifferman, President, Arraycomm
Michael Cai, Director, Broadband & Gaming, Parks Associates [MODERATOR]

3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
Closing Keynote Presentation: Creating the Wireless Personal Broadband Category
What does it take to capitalize on the potential of the WiMAX technology and bring differentiated personal broadband services to customers around the globe? Scott Richardson, Chief Strategy Officer for Clearwire and mobile WiMAX innovator instrumental in the creation and development of WiMAX, will share Clearwire’s perspective on the evolution of personal wireless broadband. Richardson will share his views on the state of the industry and Clearwire’s approach to bringing a meaningful and distinctive personal broadband experience to the marketplace.
Scott Richardson, Chief Strategy Officer, Clearwire

4:15-4:30 p.m.
Conclusion: Chairman's Remarks, and Show Recap
Lynnette Luna, Editor, FierceWiFi, & Executive Editor, FierceWireless