June 9th – Chicago (CST) – GMT – 6hr, EST +1
WGC Open Congress
TIME
PRESENTATION
Road to Wi-Fi 7: Next Generation Capabilities with Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7
Moderator: Steve Andrews – WBA Board Advisor
9:05 AM (CDT)
Panel: What Do Organisations Need from Future Wi-Fi Network Connectivity. Customer view on the road blocks and opportunities
Matt Glenn, Home Depot; Dr Derek Peterson, Boingo Wireless; Tiago Rodrigues, WBA
9:30 AM (CDT)
Next generation private network journey with Wi-Fi 7 and 5G
Bart Giordano, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Commscope
9:50 AM (CDT)
The Road to Wi-Fi and Cellular Convergence: An Operator Perspective
Maria Cuevas, Principal Manager – Mobile and 5G Research Team at BT Labs
10:10 AM (CDT)
Wi-Fi 7 unlocks a new era of wireless
Rahul Patel, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Connectivity, Cloud & Networking (CCN), Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
10:30 AM (CDT)
Wi-Fi 7: Built for Immersive Experiences
Parul Singla, Director of Marketing, Wi-Fi, MaxLinear
10:50 AM (CDT)
COFFEE & NETWORKING
11:30 AM (CDT)
Next Generation Private Wireless Momentum in the Converged 5G, CBRS & Wi-Fi era
Kishore Raja, Vice President, Commercial Technology Solutions, Federated Wireless
11:50 AM (CDT)
Research: 6 GHz spectrum for Wi-Fi – source of value for consumers, industry, GDP and social impact
Martha Suarez, CEO, Dynamic Spectrum Alliance
12:05 PM (CDT)
Panel: What Will the Next Generation of Wi-Fi Do for the World; Discussion on user, industry, social and government needs and the expected impacts
Sonia Jorge, A4AI; Martha Suarez, DSA; Dynamic Spectrum Association; Eric McLaughlin, Intel; Irvind Ghai, onsemi; Kishore Raja, Federated Wireless
12:40 PM (CDT)
LUNCH & NETWORKING
How Wi-Fi is helping to Connect Cities, Municipalities, Campus and Real Estate
Moderator: Reza Jafari – CEO and Chairman, e-Development International
2.00PM (CDT)
Illinois Office of Broadband – Collaboration + Alignment in the Age of Ubiquity
Robbie McBeath, Outreach Manager, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, and Co-Leader, Illinois Connected Communities Program
2:20 PM (CDT)
A wireless fabric with Wi-Fi 6 and 60GHz 802.11ay
Rad Sethuraman, Vice President, Product Line Management, Cambium Networks
2:40 PM (CDT)
LoRaWAN and Wi-Fi: Better Together for Serving the IoT Needs of Cities, Campuses and Real Estate
Derek Wallace, LoRa Alliance
3:00 PM (CDT)
Creating more efficient, equitable, and safer communities with public Wi-Fi
Morné Erasmus, Director, Smart Spaces, CommScope
3:20 PM (CDT)
Understanding the challenges and opportunities to enable Smart and Connected Communities that can thrive
Moderator: Reza Jafari, WBA Board Advisor, Simon Vaughan, GlobalReach Tech, Matt Schmit, Illinois Office of Broadband, Rad Sethuraman, Cambium Networks, Derek Wallace, LoRa Alliance, Morné Erasmus, CommScope
3:45 PM (CDT)
COFFEE & NETWORKING
Evolving Landscape for Wi-Fi in the Enterprise
Moderator: Steve Namaseevayum – Director of Industry & Membership Engagements, WBA
4:15 PM (CDT)
Broadband Wireless Backbones for Indoor Enterprise Applications
Vivek Ragavan, CEO, Airvine
4:25 PM (CDT)
Improving User Experience through Simplified Onboarding
Charlie Allgrove, Technical Architect, Single Digits, Inc.
4:45 PM (CDT)
Wi-Fi Communications and Its Role in the Modern Theme Park
Sean Fitzpatrick, Director, Guest Products, Global Product Management, Universal Creative
5:05 PM (CDT)
Delivering an enhanced Wi-Fi experience for Café’s, Restaurants and other F&B Venues
Enver Killic, Manager, Mobile & Fixed Data Group, Turk Telekom
5:25 PM (CDT)
Quality of Experience Key to Future of Wi-Fi
Blaz Vavpetic, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Galgus
