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Year 2001 WCA Meetings

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·         December 2001 - View Synopsis

No meeting in December

·         November 2001 - View Synopsis

"Framework to Analyze the Mobile Applications Market"-

Dev Khare, VP Corporate Development & Strategy at Covigo

"Partnership and Business Models for Wireless Carriers"

Mike Dolbec, former SVP Business Development of OmniSky

·         October 2001 - View Synopsis

"The Future of Mobile Communications Products",

David Weilmuenster of Handspring

"The development of wireless communities of interest - sharing an 802.11b access networks" -

Ed Moura, CEO of SOHO Wireless

 

·         September 2001 - View Synopsis

WirelessLAN vs. Bluetooth,

Matthew Graney, Product Marketing Manager Americas, Telelogic

Investment Opportunities in Wireless Data - A Venture Capitalist's Perspective

Neeraj Bharadwaj, Principal,. APAX Partners (formerly, Patricof & Co.Ventures)

 

·         August 2001 - View Synopsis

Mobile Caching Servers for Broadband Delivery.

Saul Kato, CEO, WideRay Corp

Wireless Application Platform Technology - Barriers and Solutions for Wireless Deployment

Jake Sullivan, Vice President of Technology for 2Roam Inc.

 

·         July 2001 - View Synopsis

WVPNs (Wireless Virtual Private Networks): Innovation in Action

Pat Lanthier, Vice President of Wireless Networks, Inc. (WNI)

FCC To Ease Rules for Unlicensed Radios  

Mitchell Lazarus of Fletcher Heald & Hildreth, PLC

       

·         June 2001 - View Synopsis

"Wireless Activity at Stanford University"  

Dr.Donald Cox, Stanford Professor of Electrical Engineering


"Multi-element Antennas Gain Capacity,"

Persefoni Kyri

"Estimation of Continuous Fading BLAST Channels,"

Qinfang Sun

 

·         May 2001- View Synopsis

"WAPlash -- How to Avoid it and Get the Most from your Mobile Devices"

Daniel Mendez, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering, VISTO

"High Performance Wireless LANs - Future Trends and Standards"

Robert Fan, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Resonext Communications, Inc. 

 

·         April 2001 - View Synopsis

"Fixed Wireless Access and The Holy Grail… Why do they have so much in common?"

Dr. Steve Goldberg CEO, CoWave Networks,  Fremont, Ca.

"Bandwidth, Modulation, and System Gain Flexibility in Next Generation Wireless Networks,"

Mort Cohen, Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, San Jose, CA.

 

·         March 2001 - View Synopsis

Subject of this meeting was Telematics


"The First Customizable and User Friendly Telematics Device",

Saibal Sen,  Director of business development, Telematics Communications
Group in Motorola. 

"GM's OnStar System"  

Jane MacFarlane, Director of New Technology, GM's OnStar  

 

·         February 2001 - View Synopsis

This meeting is a panel discussion held at the Wireless Portable Symposium and Exhibition

“What's Hot and What's Not in Wireless Engineering"

Moderated by Rick Chavez of "It's Your Business" on KBZS AM1220, the panel will include from the VC community:

    • Michael Rolnick of ComVentures - Venture Capitalist
    • Eric Zimits of Granite - Venture Capitalist
    • Matthew Howard of Norwest - Venture Capitalist
    • Tom Lee of Chase H&Q - Sell-side analyst
    • Alex Peters of Franklin - Buy-side analyst

·         January 2001 - View Synopsis

 "Mobile Messaging Evolution in the US",

John Ledahl, Vice President, Mobileway,

"Location, Location, Location... What Does it Mean to the World of Wireless?"

Paul Brunato, Director of Corporate Communications, U.S. Wireless Corporation.

 

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