IWCE 2009 CONFERENCE AGENDA
College of Technology
The College of Technology offers basic level courses for IT professionals and others new to the wireless world, as well as more advanced “graduate” level training for engineers in the communications industry.
Level 100 - Wireless Principles for Non-Wireless Professionals
Designed for IT professionals and enterprise users who are new to wireless and are looking for basic, ground-level education on spectrum and licensing, land mobile, mesh networks, radio over IP and other wireless issues, these workshops are especially valuable to those who have been given responsibility for their agency or enterprise’s wireless system. Learn the terminology and broad concepts that will be addressed in more detail during the next three days of the IWCE Conference.
Monday, March 16
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
M101 Land Mobile 101
M102 Project Management 101
M103 Radio over IP 101
M104 Disaster Communications A through W
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
FDM RF Safety Officer Workshop (Full Day)
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
M105 Microwaves & RF 101
M106 Narrowbanding 101
M107 WiMAX 101
M108 In-Building Wireless 101
Tuesday, March 17
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
T109 Infrastructure and Towers 101
T110 Project 25 101
T111 Mesh Networks 101
T112 LTE & UMB 101
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
FDT Interoperability 101 (Full Day)
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
T113 Spectrum & Licensing 101
T114 Project 25 201: Advanced Topics
T115 Test & Measurement 101
T116 IT 101 for the RF Professional
LEVEL 400 - Technical Training for Communications Professionals
Brought to you by: Lockard & White
Created for wireless communications professionals including engineers, managers, supervisors and other technical personnel, these advanced courses provide in-depth training that focuses on the core technologies and real-world implementation.
Monday, March 16
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
M401 Designing Private Backhaul Networks
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
M402 Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Wireless Networks
Tuesday, March 17
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
T403 Utilizing Wireless Technologies in Deploying Video for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
T404 Decoding the Alphabet Soup of Wireless LAN and WAN Technologies
Monday, March 16 & Tuesday, March 17
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
MT01 WiMAX Engineering Overview
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
Wednesday, March 18
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Keynote Presentation: Steve Zipperstein, Vice President - Legal & External Affairs, Verizon Wireless
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
W01 Wireless Backhaul for the Enterprise
W02 Deliberative Communications Planning for Incident Command
W03 Interoperability Governance: Models and Approaches
W04 In-Building Wireless Best Practices
W05 P25 Phase II TDMA: Next Generation Open Standard Digital Mobile Radio
W06 Harnessing Science and Technology for Improved Emergency Response
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
Lunchtime Address: Chris Hacket, Vice President for Business and Government Solutions, Sprint Nextel Corporation
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Dealer Workshop: New Technologies for Dealers (Separate registration required)
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm FREE TO ALL ATTENDEES!
TETRA in the US
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
W07 The Promise of WiMAX
W08 Location-Based Systems in Enterprise and Critical Infrastructure
W09 Grass-Roots Interoperability Spreads Like Wildfire
W10 700 MHz Narrowband Coverage – Real World Results
W11 Transition Issues Related to Next Generation 9-1-1
W12 Offices of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice/Communications Technology R&D Efforts: Providing the Communication Tools of Tomorrow
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm
W13 Protecting Your LMR System: Security and Compliance
W14 Utilities: You Need Us, and We Can Help You
W15 Establishing Secure, Interoperable, and Deployable Wireless Networks During and After an Incident
W16 Procuring Spectrum on the Secondary Market
W17 The Impact of 4G on the Packet Core Network
W18 NPSTC’s Organizations Discuss Current Events within the Public Safety Communications Community
4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
W19 Supporting Multiple Services Using a Single Wireless Infrastructure
W20 The Benefits and Security of Mobile Voice over IP for the Enterprise
W21 Satellite Communications: A Critical Tool for First Responders
W22 Migrating to 6.25 KHz by 2011
W23 Next Generation Broadband Wireless Network Architectures
W24 Building a Roadmap for Nationwide Emergency Communications: The National Emergency Communications Plan
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Networking Reception
Thursday, March 19
8:30 am – 10:00 am FREE TO ALL ATTENDEES!
General Session: Point/Counterpoint: IP for Mission Critical Communications – What Works and What Doesn’t?
10:00 am – 11:10 am
TH01 Migrating Legacy Systems
TH02 Communications Networks for Transportation Systems in the 21st Century
TH03 Mass Notification and Reverse 9-1-1
TH04 4.9 GHz – When Does It Make Economic Sense?
TH05 Digital Radios for Firefighters: The Impact of New Technology
TH06 Wireless Public Policy Outlook
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
TH07 Systems Integrators Roundtable
TH08 Private Broadband for Public Safety
TH09 Establishing Wireless Interoperable Communications Education Programs That Work
TH10 Understanding the Impact of RF Interference
TH11 P25 Compliance Assessment Program: Assistance with Your Migration to P25
TH12 Remote Monitoring: Smart Grid, Telemetry and Machine to Machine
11:30 am – 12:15 pm FREE TO ALL ATTENDEES!
IEEE’s Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies (WCET) Certification Program
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch & Learn: TETRA and P25: An Open Discussion (Separate Registration required)
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
TH13 Renewable Energy for Remote Power
TH14 New Advances in Wireless Video Surveillance
TH15 Location-Based Issues for 9-1-1: Cellular, IP and PBX
TH16 The New York City Wireless Network – Transforming Public Safety and Government Operations
TH17 Intelligent Radio, Cognitive Radio, Software-Defined Radio, Oh My!
TH18 Leveraging Grant Dollars for Communications Solutions
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
TH19 Improving Upon Communications System Lifecycle Development
TH20 Video Analytics Explained – Advanced Features for City-Wide Wireless Surveillance Systems
TH21 Myths and Realities of Fixed Mobile Convergence
TH22 Rebanding Update: Applying for 800 MHz Channels
TH23 Authentication and Authorization – Mobile Virtual Private Networks for Critical Infrastructure, Enterprise and Beyond
TH24 Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) Cross Border Communications Activities
Friday, March 20
8:30 am – 10:00 am FREE TO ALL ATTENDEES!
General Session: Should I Wait for the FCC’s 700 MHz Broadband System?
10:00 am - 11:00 am
F01 Cost-Effective Mobile Data - How Can My Organization Achieve It?
F02 Federal, State and Local Government Partnerships for the Future of Interoperability
F03 Best Practices for Coordinating Licenses for New Narrow Band Technologies
10:00 am – 12:00 pm TWO-HOUR SUPER SESSIONS
F04 SMART – A Smart Contingency Plan for Wireless Systems
F05 Killer Apps in Wireless
11:10 am – 12:10 pm
F06 Top 10 Contract Negotiation Mistakes
F07 Applying the SAFECOM Interoperability Continuum to Shared Multi-Agency LMR Systems
F08 Licensed vs. Unlicensed – TV White Space Opportunities