WGC Americas – Wi-Fi Innovation: For Operators, Enterprises, Places and Things
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22nd June – Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (PDT) – GMT -8hr, EDT -5hr
WGC Open Congress
TIME
PRESENTATION
6 GHz Wi-Fi
– Building Success with Wi-Fi 6E, AFC and Wi-Fi 7
– Private 5G and Wi-Fi/CBRS – Regulatory Consideration & Global Status
– Convergence: drivers and next steps
Moderator: Tiago Rodrigues, President & CEO, WBA
9:00 AM
Day 2 Welcome Address
Tiago Rodrigues, CEO, WBA
9:10 AM
Roadmap for 6 GHz Wi-Fi
Kevin Robinson, CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance
9:30 AM
AFC: The final countdown
Sreeja Nair, Director Product Management, Qualcomm
9:50 AM
What Next for Wi-Fi 7
Gabriel Desjardins, Director of Product Marketing – Wireless Connectivity division, Broadcom
10:10 AM
Update on IEEE standards
Dorothy Stanley, IEEE
10:30 AM
Panel: Building Success with 6 GHz Wi-Fi Delivering Wi-Fi 6E and and Wi-Fi 7 with ‘AFC’
Matt MacPherson, Wireless CTO, Cisco;
Sreeja Nair, Director Product Management, Qualcomm;
Mark Hamilton, Networking Standards Director, Ruckus Networks
11:10 AM
COFFEE & NETWORKING
Connecting Citizens in Urban and Developing Economies
– Wi-Fi Connecting the Unconnected
– Leveraging 6 GHz Enablement
– Rural Wi-Fi Enablement Non Fibre Delivery of Backhaul Smart Cities Vision
Moderator: Al Jenkins – Sr. Broadband Deployment Advisor
11:40 AM
Neutral Host for Sustainable and Equitable Growth
Andy Penley, Senior VP Wireless Solutions, ZenFi Networks (a Boldyn Company)
12:05 PM
Digital Equity in Emerging Markets
Ellie de Villiers, Liquid Intelligent Technologies
12:20 PM
Fireside Chat with Tiago Rodrigues
Irvind Ghai, Vice President, Silicon Labs
12:40 PM
Priority Telecommunications Services (PTS)
Frank Suraci, Senior Advisor, NS/EP Communications, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
12:55 PM
Formal Event Close – LUNCH & NETWORKING
Innovation Forum by WBA CTO Group
Venue: Boingo Innovation Centre, located at the Las Vegas Convention Center Monorail
3300 Paradise Road*
Las Vegas, NV
* Located at the Las Vegas Convention Center Monorail entrance on Silver Drive, facing the entrances of LV Convention Center North Halls and South Halls
2:30 PM
Welcome by Boingo Wireless & WBA CEO
Derek Peterson, Boingo Wireless;
Tiago Rodrigues, WBA
2:40 PM
Presentation by Local CIO Innovation from Las Vegas Hospitality and Gaming scene
David Martin, Wynn Las Vegas
3.00 PM
CTO Innovation Forum Leadership Panel on Wireless Technology Roadmap & Disruption
Derek Peterson, Boingo Wireless;
Matt McPherson, Cisco;
Necati Canpolat, Intel Corp
3:50 PM
Wrap up & Live Testing Next Steps for CTO Innovation Forum
Bruno Tomas, WBA