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WiFi Mobility Symposium

WiFi Mobility Symposium January 25, 2012
Who: Mobility, Wireless
What:
When: Past
Where: Silicon Valley

Wireless networks are everywhere, and mobility is the order of the day from the enterprise to the consumer space. Wi-Fi technology is changing as a result, and the industry will come together to present a vision of the future at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium! This all-day in-person event features panelists from key Wi-Fi companies and will be moderated by independent experts, Marcus Burton and Andrew vonNagy.

The Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium will be held in San Jose immediately preceding Wireless Field Day 2. It will be streamed live from the Tech Field Day site and will include many of the Field Day delegates. Free tickets for seating are now available if you would like to attend in person!

Topics of Discussion

  • Mobile Devices & BYOD – The appeal of the latest generation of smartphones and tablets is undeniable. Consumers are buying mobile devices in record quantities, replacing sales of traditional PCs and laptops, and becoming more tech-savvy than ever. And now they want that flexibility and ease-of-use in the workplace too. The industry is calling this trend the “consumerization of IT” and one thing is clear, enterprise IT departments have little say in the matter due to executive level sponsorship. Symposium panelists will present the challenges and opportunities with mobile devices in the workplace, and discuss solutions that allow IT departments to effectively enable workforce mobility without compromising corporate data security.
  • Gigabit Wi-Fi – Speed is king. The desire for in-home video and multimedia distribution is growing as consumers increasingly adopt more dynamic time-shifted and location-shifted media consumption behaviors. Wireless networking is the preferred method due to its ease-of-use, ubiquity, and low-cost compared to wired network installation. Two separate standards are being developed to enable higher capacity and support for multiple high-def video streams: 802.11ac provides gigabit speeds for multi-room access and ensures backward compatibility with existing Wi-Fi equipment in the 5GHz frequency band, while 802.11ad provides multi-gigabit speeds at much shorter ranges but does not provide compatibility due to operation in the much higher 60GHz frequency range. Symposium panelists will present the benefits and development progress for both standards, and discuss use-cases within the home as well as enterprise environments.
  • Hotspot 2.0 – Public Wi-Fi hotspots are predicted to grow at an astounding rate, quadrupling in number from 1.3M to 5.8M between now ant 2015 according to the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). Due in large part to the growing demand for mobile data by consumers and the lack of available capacity on cellular data networks (even after LTE upgrades), Wi-Fi offload has become a key strategy for most mobile network operators. Recognizing this need, the Wi-Fi Alliance and WBA teamed up to create the new Wi-Fi Certified Hotspot program which promises to provide a cellular-like user experience by streamlining Wi-Fi network selection and access. Hotspot operators will also be able to leverage cellular or 3rd party credential providers to facilitate network access and to provide data security. Symposium panelists will present the business drivers for the next generation of Wi-Fi hotspots, and discuss progress made by industry participants to bring Hotspot 2.0 solutions to market.

About the Organizers

Tech Field Day is a regular event that brings together vendors and independent thought leaders to share information and opinions in a presentation and discussion format. Independent bloggers, freelance writers, and podcasters have a public presence that has immense influence on the ways that products and companies are perceived and by the general public.

Event Sponsors

Moderators and Speakers

In addition to the sponsors listed above, we are pleased to have independent influencers moderating and participating in panels. The event also features a keynote speech as noted above!

Andrew vonNagy

@RevolutionWiFi

Andrew is a recognized wireless LAN networking expert, having achieved the industries two highest certifications, CCIE (Wireless) and CWNE, and creator of the Revolution Wi-Fi Capacity Planner.

Marcus Burton

@MarcusBurton

Order of the Day

Most presentations are streamed live on this page, at TechFieldDay.com, and at some delegate and presenter web sites. After the event, the following pages contain video recordings of these presentations.

10:00-10:15 Welcome and Introductions for WMS12
Featuring: Andrew vonNagy, Marcus Burton, Stephen Foskett
10:15-10:45 Aruba Presents at the WiFi Mobility Symposium
Featuring: Carlos Gomez
10:45-11:15 HP Presents at the WiFi Mobility Symposium
Featuring: Paul Congdon
11:15-11:45 Ruckus Presents at the WiFi Mobility Symposium
Featuring: GT Hill
11:45-12:15 Aerohive Presents at the WiFi Mobility Symposium
Featuring: Devin Akin
14:15-15:00 BYOD and Mobile Device Management Discussed at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium
Featuring: Andrew vonNagy, Carlos Gomez, Devin Akin, GT Hill, Marcus Burton, Paul Congdon
15:00-15:45 Gigabit Wi-Fi (802.11ac/ad) Discussed at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium
Featuring: Andrew vonNagy, Carlos Gomez, Devin Akin, GT Hill, Marcus Burton, Paul Congdon
15:45-16:30 Hotspot 2.0 and 802.11u Discussed at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium
Featuring: Andrew vonNagy, Carlos Gomez, Devin Akin, GT Hill, Marcus Burton, Paul Congdon

Event Staff

Matt Simmons

@StandaloneSA

Small Infrastructure IT Administrator in Academia

Stephen Foskett

@SFoskett

Stephen is the President of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group and focuses on AI, edge, and cloud


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More Information

If you would like to sponsor these events, please contact Stephen Foskett, Gestalt IT Community Organizer, at [email protected] or call +1(508)451-9532.

Join Us!

Tickets for live attendance are available as indicated above, and the entire event is live streamed over the Internet.


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