CDG : News & Events : 2008 3G CDMA North America Regional Conference



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Wednesday, November 19

8:30	Registration and continental breakfast
9:00	CDG Welcome Current progress of CDMA2000® globally and regionally Evolution path for CDMA operators *James Person, COO, CDMA Development Group (CDG)*
9:30	Operator keynote What the future holds for CDMA, wireless services and the mobile marketplace *Kevin Packingham, Senior Vice President, Product and Technology Department, Sprint* *Anthony Lewis, Vice President, Open Development, Verizon Wireless*
10:30	Morning break
11:00	Analyst panel: Vision on the future of wireless and the mobile marketplace 5-10 year outlook Service and device trends Moderator: *James Person, COO, CDG* Panelists: *Andrew Seybold, President and CEO, Andrew Seybold, Inc.* *Iain Gillott, Founder, iGillott Research* *Mark Lowenstein, Managing Director, Mobile Ecosystem* *David Chamberlain, Principal Analyst, Wireless In-Stat*
11:45	Lunch Lunch Speaker: Story telling machine *Byung K. Yi, Senior Executive Vice President, Standards and 4th Generation R&D, LG Electronics*
1:15	Operator panel: Focusing on a specific market segment or business Moderator: *Iain Gillott, Founder, iGillott Research* Panelists: *Joe Cruz, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Aircell* *Lou Tomasetti, President, Commnet Wireless* *Drew Caplan, Chief Network Officer, Mobile Satellite Ventures LP*
2:00	Operator panel: What are the needs and future plans of smaller operators? Moderator: *David Chamberlain, Principal Analyst, Wireless In-Stat* Panelists: *Ed Chao, Senior Vice President, Engineering and Network Operations, MetroPCS* Johnie Johnson, CEO, Nex-Tech Wireless Paul Posner, CEO, Pocket Communications and CEO, Houdinisoft
2:45	Afternoon break
3:15	Keynote session Trends for the future *Doug Garland, Vice President, Product Management, Google*
3:45	Keynote session Delivering revenue-generating mobile content and services *Andrew McFarlane, CEO, Buzzwire* *Mike Mulica, CEO, FusionOne*
4:25	Future opportunities with mobile entertainment and commerce Moderator: *Holt Thrasher, Managing Director, Mooreland Partners* Panelists: *Andrew McFarlane, CEO, Buzzwire* *Mike Mulica, CEO, FusionOne* *David Gill, Nielsen Mobile* *Bruce Springer, President and CEO, Transaction Wireless*
5:15	Increasing Opportunities for M2M with CDMA New services utilizing machine-to-machine communications Is 1X still a long-term M2M solution? Near or future M2M applications requiring EV-DO Increasing wireless data revenues for CDMA operators with M2M Moderator:Mark Lowenstein, Managing Director, Mobile Ecosystem *Chris Purpura, Vice President of Marketing, Aeris Communications* *Dean Fledderjohn, General Manager, M2M Business Segment, Kyocera Wireless Corp.* *Ovie Whitson, Chief Scientist and Technologist, Metrum Technologies*
6:00	End of Day One Cocktail and Networking Reception and 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards Presentation Ceremony at Confidential Restaurant

Thursday, November 20, 2008

8:30	Registration and continental breakfast
9:00	Device evolution panel Open Market Handsets (OMH) Dual-mode devices (CDMA/WiMAX, CDMA/LTE) Mobile computing devices Low-end devices Operating systems WorldMode™ Moderator: *Steve Ospalak, Vice President, Mobile and FFH (CPE) Subscriber Products, TELUS Consumer Solutions* Panelists: *Venkat Narayanaiah, Director, Business Development, Alcatel-Lucent* *Byung K. Yi, Senior Executive Vice President, Standards and 4th Generation, LG Electronics* *Sy Choudhury, Staff Product Manager, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies* *David Readman, Director, Business Development, ZTE*
10:00	Open Device Initiative *Maurice Thompson, Director, Open Development, Verizon Wireless*
10:30	Keynote session The future driver of customer value creation: MNOs, Handset OEMs or WebCos? *Len Lauer, Chief Operating Officer, Qualcomm*
11:00	Morning Break
11:30	Integrating CDMA networks with Mobile WiMAX Network considerations Dual-mode handset availability Roll-out strategy Timing Economics Moderator: *Iain Gillott, Founder, iGillott Research* Panelists: *Anil Barot, Director of Broadband Strategy and Ecosystem Alliances, Motorola* *Manish Mangal, Director, Technology Development, Sprint* *Rehan Jalil, President and CEO, Wichorus* *Reza Arefi, Chair, Unwanted Emissions and Spectrum Mask Group, WiMAX Forum*
12:30	Lunch
2:00	Integrating CDMA networks with LTE Network considerations Dual-mode handset availability Roll-out strategy Timing Economics Moderator: *Andrew Seybold, President and CEO, Andrew Seybold, Inc.* Panelists: *Asok Chaterjee, 3GPP Coordination Group Chair, 3GPP* *Mike Dolan, Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Alcatel-Lucent* *Anil Barot, Director of Broadband Strategy and Ecosystem Alliances, Motorola* *Danny Locklear, Vice President, Carrier Networks Marketing, Nortel* *Gerry Flynn, Director, Advanced Technology Strategy, Verizon Wireless*
3:00	Afternoon break
3:30	Update on CDMA2000 1X & EV-DO: How to maximize your current investment 1X enhancements Femto cells Core network enhancements Antenna enhancements Moderator: *Joe Lawrence, Vice President, Marketing, CDG* Panelists: *David Nowicki, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management, Airvana* *Danny Locklear, Vice President, Carrier Networks Marketing, Nortel* *David Readman, Director, Business Development, ZTE*
4:15	CDMA technology roadmap Rev. B and beyond Future enhancements Moderator: *Joe Lawrence, Vice President, Marketing, CDG* Panelists: *Harjot Saluja, Director, Product Management, CDMA, Airvana* Charlie Martin, CTO, Wireless, North America, Huawei Ed Tiedemann, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm
5:00	End of Conference