2012 Special Events & Networking Opportunities
Opening Keynote Address:
Martin Cooper, Inventor, Entrepreneur, Futurist
Wednesday, February 22 * 9:00 am – 10:00 am
FREE TO ALL IWCE BADGED PARTICIPANTS!
Martin Cooper is Chairman and Co-Founder of DYNA, LLC. Cooper is also Co-Founder of ArrayComm, LLC, based in San Jose, CA and GreatCall, Inc, the innovator of the Jitterbug cell phone and service. Cooper has been involved in and contributed to virtually every major innovation in personal wireless communications in his over 50-year career. He conceived the first portable cellular phone in 1973 and is widely recognized as an innovator in spectrum management. For 29 years, he led a number of major businesses at Motorola, including high-capacity paging, trunked mobile radio, cellular radio telephone, quartz crystals and oscillators, liquid crystal displays, piezo-electric components, Motorola A.M. Stereo technology, and various mobile and portable two-way radio product lines. Following Motorola, Cooper co-founded Cellular Business Systems, Inc., a cellular billing system company. Cooper has numerous patents in the communications field. He is widely published and continues to write and lecture around the world about wireless communications, technological innovation, the Internet, and R&D management. Cooper was involved in industry and government efforts to allocate new radio frequency spectrum for the land mobile radio services in the U.S. and has testified before the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Senate. He serves on the U.S. Department of Commerce Spectrum Advisory Committee that advises the President of the United States on spectrum policy. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the 2009 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Science Research and induction into the National Academy of Engineering in 2010. Most recently, Cooper was nominated for the “Mikhail Gorbachev: The Man Who Changed the World” Award. He has bachelors and masters degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology, was awarded an honorary doctorate by that institution, and serves on its board of trustees. Martin Cooper has served on the boards of several public and private companies.
Afternoon Keynote Address: LMR/LTE Vision for the Future
Wednesday, February 22 * 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
FREE TO ALL IWCE BADGED PARTICIPANTS
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Michael Prout
Vice President of Security and Transportation Systems (STS)
Raytheon Company |
Dennis Martinez
CTO
Harris Public Safety
and Professional Communications |
Bob Schassler
Senior Vice President,
Radio Solutions,
Motorola Solutions |
Join three veteran manufacturers as they provide their vision for the future and explore potential roadmaps to getting there.
Dealer Workshop: What is the Role of the Dealer of the Future?
Wednesday, February 22 * 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Cost: $99 (lunch included)
Many outside forces are impacting the dealer's role in communications. These include rapidly changing technology such as Radio over IP, market forces such as federal funding of Public Safety P25 systems, legislative forces such as narrow banding, and the likely merging of voice and data applications through LTE. Join a panel of dealers as they share their experience in navigating this new role, including how these forces are impacting their business, how they have diversified their products and services to stay competitive, and their vision for the future.
COML Awareness Workshop
Wednesday, February 22 * 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
FREE TO ALL BADGED IWCE ATTENDEES
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Moderator:
Chris Baker, P.E.
Fire Captain-Paramedic / Lead Fire Investigator
City of Roseville - Fire Department |
Panelists:
Robert W. Sisley, Police Sergeant (Retired), Miami-Dade Police Department
Don Stabler, Battalion Chief, Cordelia Fire District
John E. Peterson, COML/COMT Training Coordinator, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Emergency Communications
Rick Smith, Captain/Communications Coordinator, Santa Maria Fire Department
Jason Mathews, Corporal, Lake County FL Sheriff's Department
Chris Essid, Director of the Office of Emergency Communications, Department of Homeland Security |
The All-Hazards III Communications Unit Leader (COML) position, as defined in the National Incident Management System (NIMS), coordinates on-scene emergency communications during a multi-jurisdictional response. This course provides an introduction of the COML position and capabilities for first responders, incident management staff, and other persons involved in emergency management and planning.
Networking Reception on the Exhibit Floor
Wednesday, February 22 * 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
FREE TO ALL IWCE BADGED PARTICIPANTS
Enjoy tasty treats at the IWCE Networking Reception! Move from exhibitor to exhibitor in the IWCE Booth Crawl or visit one of the IWCE Bars and food stations as you sample savory foods and drinks and network with your peers. Check the Networking Reception map to find these participants:
General Session: Technology, Governance and Funding:
The Challenges of Building a Nationwide Broadband Network
Thursday, February 23 * 8:30 am – 10:00 am
FREE TO ALL IWCE BADGED PARTICIPANTS
As the US gets ready for a proposed nationwide broadband network for public safety, review the challenges – and possibilities – that such a network would offer. Examine the technologies that will be used, including LTE and satellite, governance for the build-out and the network, who will pay for it and who can use it. Explore how a 4G nationwide network could revolutionize the US wireless industry and discover the potential impact it would have for everyone, from public safety to citizens.
Lunch and Learn
The CIOs Speak Out: The Connected City through Technology
Thursday, February 23 * 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Tickets: $49
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Moderator:
Glenn Bischoff
Editor
Urgent Communications Magazine |
Panelists include:
Bill Schrier
CTO
City of Seattle |
Don Denning
CIO for Public Safety
City of Boston |
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Steve Graves
Chief Information Officer
City of Richardson, Texas |
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Cities are looking to better manage multiple local government applications, from public safety to planned events to traffic management to incident management. Examine how municipalities can create significant efficiencies to their day-to-day operations through the use of a unified communication infrastructure.
IWCE Job Fair
Thursday, February 23 * 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Brought to you:
Calling all wireless technology students! IWCE connects you with top manufacturers in the wireless communications industry. Whether you intend to be a technician, engineer or another position in communications technology, get a jump on that job hunt at IWCE. Bring your resume!
OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES
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Participants: |
Table # |
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EFJohnson |
1 |
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Trident |
2 |
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GTS/Honeywell |
3 |
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Cassidian Communications |
4 |
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Hytera |
6 |
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ETA |
7 |
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RCA |
8 |
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IEEE |
9 |
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Astra Radio Communications |
12 |
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VehiclePath (ProconGPS) |
13 |
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Kenwood |
14 |
General Session: Planning the Move from P25 to LTE:
Co-Existence, Migration and Timing
Friday, February 23 * 8:30 am – 9:45 am
FREE TO ALL IWCE BADGED PARTICIPANTS
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Moderator:
Robert LeGrande
Former CTO, Washington, D.C. and Founder
The Digital Decision, LLC |
Panelists:
Joe Ross
Senior Partner
Televate LLC |
Andrew Seybold
CEO and Principal Consultant
Andrew Seybold, Inc |
Rishi Bhaskar,
Vice President,
Motorola Sales and Services,
Motorola Solutions |
Mel Samples,
Public Safety Industry Solutions
Practice Manager, AT&T |
Fred Scalera,
Director of Public Safety and Emergency Management for Strategic Industries
Alcatel-Lucent |
TJ Kennedy,
Director of Public Safety
and Security,
Raytheon Network Centric Systems |
How do you integrate LTE and LMR, particularly with P25? If LTE is the future of radio, what do you need to do to from now to then? Join this distinguished panel of consultants and vendors to discuss.