The WBA today announced the agenda and named the key sponsors of its Wi-Fi Global Congress that will take place at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco from the 6-10th October 2014. The dedicated 2-day event will bring together over 500 key influencers from across the wireless ecosystem to discuss the future of Carrier Wi-Fi and will feature speakers from City & County of San Francisco, City of San Jose, Primera Capital, Microsoft, Google, AT&T Foundry, Comcast, Broadcom and many more. Ruckus Wireless and Cisco have been named as the Principal Sponsors; Devicescape is the Premier Sponsor; and Aptilo and Global Reach Technology are Associate Sponsors for this event.
The WBA will be announcing the final agenda in the coming weeks but currently, the confirmed keynote speakers include:
- Alan Norman – Principal Access Strategy, Google
- Flavio Aggio – CTO & Deputy Director for Department of Technology, City & County of San Francisco
- Vijay Sammeta – CIO, City of San Jose
- Ori Sasson – General Partner, Primera Capital
- Amer Hassan – Principal Program Manager, Partner Engineering and Industry Alliance, Microsoft
- Mark Nagel – Executive Marketing Director, AT&T Foundry
- Rahul Patel – Senior VP Broadband and Connectivity Group, Broadcom
- Tom Nagel – Senior VP and General Manager for Wireless Services, Comcast
- Miguel Gamiño – Acting CIO & Executive Director, Department of Technology, City & County of San Francisco
- JR Wilson – VP Partnerships and Alliances for AT&T, Chairman of WBA
- Bjorn Thorngren – VP of International Markets, Boingo Wireless
- Hyun-Pyo Kim – VP of Infrastructure Lab, Korea Telecom
- Kelly Ahuja – Senior VP Mobility Business Group, Cisco
- Chris Bruce – WBA Co-Chair and Director, International Sales & Consulting, BT Global Telecom Markets
- Pramasaleh Hario Utomo – Executive GM Wireless Broadband, Telkom Indonesia
- Selina Lo – CEO, Ruckus Wireless
- Evan Kaplan – CEO, iPass
- Chris Spencer – Vice President of Technology, Global Reach
- David Fraser – CEO, Devicescape
- Yoshiyuki Koseki – CEO, Biglobe
- Tom Lookabaugh – Chief R&D Officer, CableLabs
- Will Smith – Founder and CEO, Euclid
The congress will consist of a 2-day conference and the annual industry awards dinner, as well as playing host to WBA working sessions and executive meetings. It will provide an essential platform for operators, vendors and policy makers to examine critical success factors for the further development and deployment of this technology. For the full list of speakers, visit: https://wballiance.com/wi-fi-global-congress/sfo-2014-speakers. To see the full agenda, visit: https://wballiance.com/wi-fi-global-congress/sfo-conference-program
“We are delighted to announce the initial list of excellent speakers which features a number of major players from across the ecosystem such as AT&T, Broadcom, City & County of San Francisco, Google and Microsoft,” said Shrikant Shenwai, CEO of the WBA. “Our events continue to unite the industry and provide a forum where organisations from across the world can showcase their Wi-Fi achievements, something that would not be possible without the support of our sponsors. The congress will help the industry to further accelerate the deployment of Carrier Wi-Fi worldwide.”
To find out more about how to get involved in the Wi-Fi Global Congress, to register as a participant or to become a media partner, please visit – https://wballiance.com/wi-fi-global-congress
