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4G World 2011

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Monday Oct. 24, 2011 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM Add
Tuesday Oct. 25, 2011 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Add
Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011 9:00 AM - 6:15 PM Add
Thursday Oct. 27, 2011 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM Add


Yankee Group Customer Experience Summit

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Monday, October 24, 2011
9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote – Defining the 4G Customer Experience
Susan McNeice - Yankee Group
9:45 AM Avoiding the “Cost of Lost”
Suzy Hays - C Spire Wireless
10:30 AM Networking Break
10:45 AM Driving Profitability with a Consistent Cross Channel Customer Experience
James Egan - AT&T, Yossi Zohar - Amdocs
11:30 AM Security and Policy in the Cloud Based Customer Experience
Jon Kuhn - Symantec
12:15 PM Networking Lunch Break – Sponsored by Pegasystems
Tom Erskine - Pegasystems
TRACK: CEx TRACK: Policy and Risk Management
1:20 PM The State of Customer Experience
Sheryl Kingstone - Yankee Group 		Policy Management in 4G Customer Experience — Creating the Network of the Future
Brian Partridge - Yankee Group, Fred Kemmerer - ATIS Board Member, Narothum Saxena - ATIS Representative, Robert McIntyre - ATIS Representative
2:10 PM Ensuring High-Quality Service Across the Expanding Universe of Devices
Eric Wegner - WebNMS, Sandro Tavares - Nokia Siemens Networks, Sham Careem - Momac, Susan McNeice - Yankee Group 		Policy Management Solutions
Brian Partridge - Yankee Group, Brian Pawlus - Oracle, Don Bowman - Sandvine
3:00 PM Networking Break
3:15 PM Assuring Optimal Experience Beyond the Network
Bob Krulcik - Alteryx, Chris Autry - Tektronix, Mate Prgin - Avvasi, Patrick Surry - Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Sheryl Kingstone - Yankee Group, Tom Erskine - Pegasystems 		Enterprise Risk Management and Implications to Customer Experience
Christy Coffey - Telemanagement Forum, John Brooks - Telemanagement Forum, Steve Cotton - Telemanagement Forum, Thomas Steagall - Telemanagement Forum
4:00 PM “The Policy Management Paradox” – Industry Executive Roundtable
Jon Kuhn - Symantec, Susan McNeice - Yankee Group, Yossi Zohar - Amdocs
4:45 PM CEx Summit Concludes

4G Backhaul Summit

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Monday, October 24, 2011
9:00 AM 4G Backhaul Summit
Jennifer Pigg - Yankee Group
9:10 AM A New Generation of IP Networking
Said Ouissal - Ericsson
9:30 AM The Changing Landscape of Backhaul
Jennifer Pigg - Yankee Group
10:30 AM Networking Break
10:45 AM 4G Backhaul From Here
Randy Muench - CFN Services Wireless
11:05 AM FCC Perspectives: Wireless Backhaul and Broadband Acceleration
Blaise Scinto - Federal Communications Commission, Stephen Buenzo - Federal Communications Commission
12:00 PM Luncheon Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent: Plotting A Course For The Future Of Mobile Backhaul Networks
Steve Dyck - Alcatel-Lucent
TRACK: Backhaul Technologies TRACK: Business Implications
1:10 PM Non-Line-of-Site (NLoS) Backhaul. Really?
Elias Aravantinos - Maravedis, Jennifer Pigg - Yankee Group, John Hoadley - Taqua LLC 		Mobile Data Offload
Andy Capener - Cisco, Declan Byrne - WiMAX Forum, Jeff Thompson - Towerstream, Ken Rehbehn - Yankee Group, Michael Montemurro - Wi-Fi Alliance, Stephen Rayment - BelAir Networks
2:00 PM Innovative Backhaul Solutions
Gabriel Junowicz - Siklu Communications, Ian Walter - Altobridge, Jennifer Pigg - Yankee Group, Jeremy Vincent - Ceragon Networks, Mark Davis - Exalt Communications 		Closing the LTE Backhaul Gap in the Metro Area
David Hassman - BTI Systems, Greg Friesen - DragonWave, Jay Stewart - JDSU, Monica Paolini - Senza Fili Consulting
2:50 PM Networking Break
3:05 PM Building Better Backhaul for Next-Gen Services
Craig Easley - Accedian Networks, Eitan Schwartz - RAD Data Communications, Jennifer Pigg - Yankee Group 		Wholesale Backhaul Services
Elias Aravantinos - Maravedis, Monica Paolini - Senza Fili Consulting, Sandra Palumbo - Yankee Group
4:00 PM Executive Roundtable
Jennifer Pigg - Yankee Group, Randy Muench - CFN Services Wireless, Said Ouissal - Ericsson
4:45 PM 4G Backhaul Summit Concludes

WCAI Spectrum Summit

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Monday, October 24, 2011
1:00 PM Broadcast Incentive Auctions and a National Public Safety Network
Bruce Franca - National Association of Broadcasters, Fred Campbell - Wireless Communications Association International, Jennifer Manner - Federal Communications Commission, Joan Marsh - AT&T, Roger Entner - Recon Analytics LLC, Trey Hanbury - Sprint
1:50 PM Rebanding 2 GHz for Mobile Broadband
Chris Horne - LBA Group, Don Brittingham - Verizon Wireless, Paul Kirby - TRDaily, Paul Sinderbrand - Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP
2:40 PM Networking Break
3:00 PM Spectrum for Smart Grid and Government Networks
Bob Finch - Select Spectrum, Brett Kilbourne - Utilities Telecom Council, Dr. Mohammad Shakouri - Alvarion, Jeff Nichols - Sempra Energy Utilities, Joseph Sandri - FiberTower Corp., Paul Barbagallo - Bureau of National Affairs
3:50 PM Rural and Fixed Wireless Spectrum Options
Jeff Kohler - JAB Wireless Inc., John Ogren - SpeedNet LLC, Kelley Dunne - One Economy, Lee Sparkman - Enforta, Philip Merrill - BeamSpeed, Rhett Holencheck
4:45 PM WCAI Spectrum Summit Concludes

The 3G & 4G and Chipset Evolution - Hosted by Qualcomm

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Monday, October 24, 2011
1:00 PM Snapdragon: Powering the Next Generation of Smartphones and Tablets
Reiner Klement - Qualcomm CDMA Technologies
2:00 PM The Wireless Evolution is Going Strong, But What is Next?
Rasmus Hellberg - Qualcomm
3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM How Do We Support All Bands and Technologies?
Peter Carson - Qualcomm
4:00 PM How To Get The Most Out of Small Cells and Hetnets?
Rasmus Hellberg - Qualcomm, Steven Brightfield - Qualcomm