Conference to discuss wireless technologies & their impact on spectral value

The members of the CW TEC organising committee, Geoff Varrall of RTT Online, Dirk Trossen of InterDigital Europe, Sylvia Lu of u-blox AG, Guy Kenyon of Kenyon Consulting and Tim Phipps of Cambridge Consultants, have collaborated to bring a conference programme spanning the most pressing issues in the wireless industry, including radio design, mobile broadband, development in IoT, M2M and wearable technology, along with the latest space internet ventures.

The four-session format will include the following topics:

• ‘Terrestrial and satellite integration - a key part of the 4G to 5G transition?’ featuring talks from Alan Carlton, Managing Director, InterDigital Europe; Andy Sutton, Principal Network Architect, EE; and Graham Peters, Director, Avanti

• ‘WiFi and low earth orbit satellites: a microwave delivery revolution?’ with presentations from Moray Rumney, Lead Technologist, Keysight Technologies; Sami Susiaho, Head of Edge Technologies, BskyB; and Martin Gostling, Technical Director, Radio Design

• ‘Terrestrial broadcasting and mobile broadband - the UHF story and beyond’  Dan Fox, Director of Technology, Anritsu; Kent Walker, Vice President of Technology, Qualcomm; Alexander Schertz, Researcher, IRT; and Chris Nokes, Principal R&D Engineer, BBC R&D.

• ‘Machine to Machine and wearable connectivity’ featuring Liam Devlin, Non-Executive Director, Interlligent UK; Dr John Haine, RF Technology Innovation Coordinator, u-blox; Paul Morris, Fellow and Head of the UK PMO, CSR; and Raj Gawera, Vice President Head, Samsung Cambridge Solutions Centre

In addition to the main sponsors, PwC, the inaugural CW TEC event is sponsored by InterDigital Europe, Microlease and Keysight Technologies, Anritsu and Interlligent. The organisers expect to see over 200 technical subject experts attend the conference. For the full conference programme and to book a place, please click here.

“Low power is critical for many of these emerging technologies yet small radio systems don’t necessarily lead to low power consumption without making some specific design choices and employing techniques that can be applied to wearable products and the IoT,” commented Paul Morris, Fellow, CSR. ‘We have an expert line-up of specialists in the M2M and wearable connectivity field at the CW TEC event which guarantees a thought-provoking debate on these issues.”