WiMAX World 2007, which is being held September 25 to 27 at McCormick Place in Chicago, is offering a total of over 190 speakers, including operators, service providers, vendors and analysts. This makes it the largest WiMAX focused speaker program specifically devoted to the topic of wireless and mobile broadband, say the organizers.
“This year’s program promises to be a unique opportunity to hear from the key players involved in creating a North American mobile WiMAX ecosystem,” said Eliot Weinman, conference founder and co-chair, and president of Trendsmedia. “Senior executives from Sprint, Clearwire, Motorola, Intel, Samsung, Nokia, Siemens and other industry-leading organizations are showing the level of their commitment to the mobile broadband ecosystem by taking part in this year’s event.”
Speakers include Ben Wolff, CEO of Clearwire, with a keynote address that will outline his company’s vision for WiMAX mobile broadband. Other executives on the speaker roster include:
- Sean Maloney, Executive Vice President, General Manager Sales and Marketing Group, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Intel
- Barry West, CTO and president of 4G Mobile Broadband for Sprint Nextel
- Padmasree Warrior, CTO for Motorola
- Dr. Won-Pyo Hong, Executive Vice President and Advisor of Telecommunication Systems Division, Samsung Electronics
- Peter MacKinnon, General Manager of WiMAX, Chairman, LG-Nortel Joint Venture
- Todd Ramsey, General Manager, Global Government Industry, Sales & Distribution, IBM
- Mo Shakouri, VP Corporate Strategy for Alvarion
WiMAX World 2007 will also feature daily executive roundtable discussions that will include many of the industry’s leading analysts, service providers, product vendors and WiMAX users. The WiMAX Solutions Theater, will have product briefings from 15 of the world’s leading solution providers.
As the largest and most established global event devoted to WiMAX, the WiMAX World 2007 Conference & Expo will feature 230+ exhibitors and sponsors — including 35 WiMAX operators and service providers.
WiMAX World 2007 sponsors include: Motorola, Sprint, Alcatel-Lucent, IBM, Intel, Nortel, Samsung, Alvarion, Aperto, Nokia-Siemens, picoChip, Redline Communications, Telsima, Airspan, Beceem, Comsys, Ericsson, Fujitsu, General Dynamics, LCC, Navini, Proxim, RF Magic, Siemens, Starnet, Soma Networks, Tropos, Venturi Wireless, Verso, WiChorus, and ZTE.
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