LTE focus in Amsterdam is an interesting, niche event which I will be speaking as a panel/analyst. Draft agenda below. Some interesting names and themes(spectrum, wimax etc). Should be interesting to attend and if you are attending we can meet
LTE Focus Amsterdam, 10 September 2009
Draft Programme
Track 1
The LTE business environment
Chaired by Stephen Lowe, Digital Communications KTN and Chairman, Broadband
Wireless Association
09:30 LTE Regulatory Challenges
Val Jervis, Aegis Systems Ltd
09:55 Making the most of the LTE spectrum
Nick Anderson, Technical Manager, Standards, IPWireless
10:20 The 3GPP standards roadmap
Speaker TBA, 3GPP
10:45 Implications of the growth in complexity of the wireless ecosystem
Moray Rumney, Lead Technologist, Agilent Technologies
11:10 COFFEE
Track 2
Technology challenges for LTE
09:30 Migration to LTE and its cost-effective deployment
Ljupco Jorguseski, TNO
09:55 Gathering intelligence in the LTE network
Keith Cobler, Marketing Manager, Tektronix Communications
10:20 Study case WiMAX & LTE in Indonesia: convergence, cooperation or
conflict
Gunadi Dwi Hantoro, Telkom Indonesia
10:45 Cost-effectively increasing network efficiency and capacity
Adrian Hall, Chief Marketing Officer, Bytemobile
11:10 COFFEE
PLENARY SESSION
Strategies for LTE deployment
11:30 OPERATOR KEYNOTE: Meeting the challenges of migration to LTE
Speaker TBA
12:00 ANALYST PANEL SESSION: Strategies, opportunities and threats
towards evolving LTE networks
Caroline Gabriel, Rethink Associates (Moderator)
Richard Kramer, Arete
Frank Bernhard, OMNI
Randall Schwartz, Wireless2020
13:00 LUNCH
Track 1: Realising a profitable LTE network
Chaired by Caroline Gabriel, Rethink Associates
14:15 The role of deep network sharing
Hans Kuropatwa, Ventura (former CEO Telenor Sweden)
14:40 LTE: how to transform a promising technology into a real business
Andrea Calcagno, CEO & EVP, WiTech
15:05 Maximizing services to ensure the lowest total cost of ownership for
migration to LTE
Bob Smith, Director Services Portfolio Development & Strategy, Motorola
15:30 COFFEE
15:50 Why LTE needs small cells
Rupert Baines, VP Marketing, picoChip
16:15 Leveraging Wi-Fi in the LTE network
Stephen Rayment, CTO, BelAir Networks
16:40 Building a 4G Wireless Ecosystem: The ng Connect Initiative’s
benefits for service provider partners
Derek Kuhn, VP, Emerging Technology & Media, Alcatel-Lucent
Track 2: Enabling technology for LTE
Chair TBA
14:15 PANEL DISCUSSION: Chipsets and front ends for multi-standard
wireless broadband integration
Raj Singh, President and CEO, Wavesat
Eran Eshed, VP of Business Development, Altair
Avi Sharon, Director of LTE Marketing, Comsys Mobile
Ebrahim Bushieri, CEO, Lime Microsystems
15:05 The role of microwave packet radio in the evolution to 4G mobile
networks
Giacomo Mirelli, Director, Optics CTO for Mobile Evolution Transport
Architecture, Alcatel-Lucent
15:30 COFFEE
15:50 Bringing LTE to life: Field trials and deployment scenarios
Alexander Wörner, Operational Marketing Manager, Rohde and Schwarz
16:15 LTE transmitter PHY measurements in the field
Andy Standen, Product Manager, Anritsu
16:40 Speaker TBA
17:05 Conference ends
