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  Conference Program Day 1
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
8:00 Conference Power Breakfast
WiMAX in Action Fred Wright, Senior Vice President, Wireless Broadband Networks and Product Management, Motorola
8:50 Conference Introduction Eliot Weinman, Conference Co-Chair and President, Trendsmedia a Division of Yankee Group Research
9:00 WiMAX and Wireless Broadband: State of the Industry Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
Phil Marshall, Vice President, Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group
9:30 Preparing for the High Volume Era Sean Maloney, Executive Vice President, Gen Manager Sales and Marketing Group, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Intel
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 Entering the WiMAX Xohm Barry West, Chief Technology Officer, Sprint, and President, Xohm, A Sprint Nextel Business Unit
11:15 The Experience of Wireless Broadband Padmasree Warrior, Chief Technology Officer, Motorola
12:00 Luncheon, Expo Hall Opens 12:00
WiMAX Solutions Theater
2:00 Samsung, a Partner for Mobile Broadband Dr. Won-Pyo Hong, Executive Vice President and Advisor of Telecommunication Systems Division, Samsung Electronics
2:45 Special Executive Roundtable: The Sprint Nextel 4G Ecosystem Moderator: Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
Barry West, Chief Technology Officer, Sprint, and President, Xohm, A Sprint Nextel Business Unit
Fred Wright, Senior Vice President, Wireless Broadband, Motorola
 Sean Maloney, Executive Vice President, General Manager Sales and Marketing Group, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Intel
Dr. Won-Pyo Hong, Executive Vice President and Advisor of Telecommunication Systems Division, Samsung Electronics
Sue Spradley, Customer and Market Operations Region Head, North America, Nokia Siemens Networks
  Mobile WiMAX Business Models WiMAX Technology Ecosystem WiMAX Global Deployments Digital Cities & Community Broadband Summit WiMAX Regulatory & Spectrum Policy
Track Leader Berge Ayvazian
Yankee Group
Phil Marshall
Yankee Group
Caroline Gabriel
Rethink Research
Roberta Wiggins
Yankee Group;
James Farstad
rClient, Yankee Group
Andrew Kreig
WCA International
3:30 WiMAX Deployments Explored - GloballyManish Gupta, Aperto Networks Update on Mobile WiMAX Technology, Certification and TestingModerator: Phil Marshall, Yankee Group
Panelists: Aditya Agrawal, Beceem Communications; Ronny Gorlicki, Comsys; Alejandro Torrecilla, AT4 Wireless; Ching-Tarng Hsieh, ITRI & WiMAX Forum Taiwan
WiMAX Deployment Global Map Moderator: Caroline Gabriel, Rethink Research
Panelists: Mirela Marku, General Dynamics; Pawel Olech, Exatel
Digital Cities Business Model For Mobile WiMAX Networks Moderators: Roberta Wiggins, Yankee Group; James Farstad, rClient
Panelists: Angela Singhal Whiteford, Nortel; Jim Freeze, BelAir Networks; Bob Friday, Cisco Systems
Wimax Regulatory & Spectrum Issues: U.S. And Canada Moderator: Andrew Kreig, WCA International; Robert Finch, Sprint Nextel; John Muleta, M2Z Networks & Former FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief; Veena Rawat, Communications Research Centre Canada; Paul J. Sinderbrand, Wilkinson Barker Knauer
4:30 Mobile Broadband Business Strategies Moderator: Ed Vilandrie, Altman Vilandrie
Panelists: Tom Flak, SOMA Networks; Brian Pawlus, Oracle Corporation; Kenneth Young, LCC International; Daniel Cho, POSDATA; Don Stroberg,Xohm, A Sprint Nextel Business Unit
Enabling the WiMAX Intelligent Network Moderator: Phil Marshall, Yankee Group
Panelists: Gennady H. Sirota, Starent Networks; Rehan Jalil, WiChorus; Jim Orr, Fujitsu Network Communications; Christopher F. Douglass, IBM
WiMAX in Canada Moderator: Monica Paolini, Senza Fili Consulting
Panelists: David Robinson, Rogers Communications; Bryan Boyd, Terago Networks; Ted Chislett, Primus Canada; Bruce Rodin, Bell Canada; John Maduri, Barrett Xplore
The First WiMAX-Based Digital City Moderator: Roberta Wiggins, Yankee Group
Panelists: John Storch, Clearwire; Charles Riggle, Motorola; Sally Wesorick, Grand Rapids Michigan
WiMAX Regulatory & Spectrum Issues: Mexico and Latin America Moderator: Adlane Fellah, Maravedis
Panelists: Reynaldo González Bustamante, Mexico-Comision Federal de Telecomunicaciones; Jose Luiz Frauendorf, Neotec
5:30 Networking Reception on Expo Floor
6:30 Expo Hall Closes