Conference Agenda

Welcome to Wi-Fi NOW USA 2018!

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• Claus Hetting
  Wi-Fi NOW

Wi-Fi Alliance: A Vision of a Wi-Fi World

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• Edgar Figueroa
  Wi-Fi Alliance

What's next for the intelligent Wi-Fi connected home

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• Anandhan Subbiah
  Comcast

Keynote: In-home Wi-Fi technology & business strategy

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• Rahul Patel
  Qualcomm

Morning expo & networking break

Exhibition Area

Great Innovations Part One: Massive MIMO & Dual-band 802.11ax

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• James C. Chen
  Quantenna

Great Innovations Part Two: Intel's connected home

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• Chandra Viswanathan
  Intel

Great Innovations Part 3: Powering the connected home - with Celeno

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• Tsahi Tal
  Celeno

Q&A Panel: The future of the Wi-Fi connected home

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• Speaker TBA
  
• Tsahi Tal
  Celeno
• Tony Testa
  Qorvo
• Irvind Ghai
  Qualcomm

Lunch break in the expo area

Exhibition Area

Home Wi-Fi network advancements: Extended, consistent coverage indoors & out

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• Kevin Robinson
  Wi-Fi Alliance

Wi-Fi security & services using DNS filtering

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• Conor Madden
  TitanHQ

Yelp wifi: Monetizing Wi-Fi for SMBs

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• Ryan Freeman
  Yelp wifi

Carrier-grade Wi-Fi service management made agile - with Encapto

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• Darryl Clarke
  Encapto

Afternoon expo and networking Break

Exhibition Area

Google Station: Public Wi-Fi to connect the next billion Internet users

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• Monica Garde
  Google
• Erika Wool
  Google

Q&A Panel: New strategies & tech for monetizing Wi-Fi

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• Thomas Bethel
  GoZone WiFi
• Aaron Woolf
  Opentop
• Ryan Freeman
  Yelp wifi
• Gagandeep Singh
  RaGaPa Inc.

Wi-Fi NOW Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Part One

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• Claus Hetting
  Wi-Fi NOW

Welcome to Wi-Fi NOW USA Day 2

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• Claus Hetting
  Wi-Fi NOW

The future of Wi-Fi - and can it be transformed by AI & blockchain?

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• Dean Bubley
  Disruptive Analysis
• Ajay Malik
  Lunera
• Bruce Z. Li
  NKN

Wi-Fi everywhere, for everyone

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• Dave Wright
  Ruckus Networks

A vision for the next generation smart home - with ARRIS

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• Charles Cheevers
  ARRIS

Morning expo & networking break

Exhibition Area

802.11ax: The future of Wi-Fi - with Qualcomm

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• Gopi Sirineni
  Qualcomm

The new wireless network - powered by AI

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• Bob Friday
  Mist Systems

Q&A Panel: The three new virtues of Wi-Fi - quality, performance, & excellence

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• Leigh M. Chinitz
  octoScope
• Richard Lyda
  Hotwire Communications
• Ziad Akl-Chedid
  iBwave
• Rajesh Subramaniam
  embedUR

Lunch Break in the expo area

Exhibition Area

Weaving the new wireless connectivity fabric - with Cambium

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• Chetan Hebbalae
  Cambium Networks

Great Innovations in Wi-Fi: Cognitive Systems

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• Taj Manku
  Cognitive Systems

Terragraph: Enabling mmWave innovation

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• Anuj Madan
  Facebook

Afternoon expo & networking break

Exhibition Area

Q&A panel: Opportunities & challenges in public Wi-Fi

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• David Witkowski
  Joint Venture SV
• Benny Lee
  County of San Mateo
• Tony Batalla
  City of San Leandro, CA
• Steve Wimsatt
  Ruckus Networks

Delivering successful Wi-Fi services for mass transit - with Transit Wireless

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• Josh MacKinnon
  BAI Communications

Q&A Panel: What are the best Wi-Fi solutions for trains & transit?

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• Jim Baker
  Xentrans
• Jim Allison
  Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority
• Richard D. Bertalan
  Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
• Reece Donovan
  Nomad Digital

Special screening: 'Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story'

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• Alexandra Dean
  Independent

Welcome to Wi-Fi NOW USA Day 3!

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• Claus Hetting
  Wi-Fi NOW

Analysis: The future of unlicensed bands for carriers

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• Joe Madden
  Mobile Experts

Wi-Fi: So essential that it sometimes is invisible to the eye!

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• Gabriel Marcos
  Viasat

Xfinity Mobile: A successful model for mobile/Wi-Fi convergence

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• Rushi Kothari
  Xfinity Mobile

Fireside Chat: Creating a new wireless service fabric with Wi-Fi & mobile

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• Ben Toner
  Carnegie Technologies

Morning expo & networking break

Exhibition Area

Mojo: Driving massive Wi-Fi deployment with AI

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• Rick Wilmer
  Mojo Networks

Strategies & deployment: Operator managed guest Wi-Fi (B2B)

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• Johan Terve
  Aptilo Networks

Wi-Fi for large venues case story TBA

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• Bill Anderson
  AmpThink

Lunch Break in the expo area

Exhibition Area

Q&A Panel: FWA is booming - so what's the role of Wi-Fi?

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• Brian Regan
  Starry
• Henry Nurser
  Blu Wireless Technology
• Elizabeth Bowles
  Aristotle Inc
• Anders Storm
  Sivers IMA

New research: The economic value of unlicensed spectrum 2018-2020

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• Dr. Raul. L. Katz
  Telecom Advisory Services

Q&A Panel: The 6 GHz opportunity for Wi-Fi - and how to get there

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• Dave Wright
  Ruckus Networks
• Alex Roytblat
  Wi-Fi Alliance
• Dr. Raul. L. Katz
  Telecom Advisory Services
• Speaker TBA
  

A new solution for LTE & carrier Wi-Fi convergence - from nCore Communications

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• Behzad Mohebbi
  nCore Communications

Enjoy our expo the rest of the day!

Exhibition Area