Wireless technology is changing the world

29th April 2014

Nat Bowers

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Mobile communications have already had a major impact on our lives, but we have reached a point where wireless technology can help to address some of the major global economic, environmental and societal challenges. This is the view of Stuart Orr, Managing Director, Communications Industry, Accenture, who will be presenting his vision of ‘Changing the World with Wireless Technology’, at the 6th Cambridge Wireless (CW) Future of Wireless International Conference.

Orr will outline some of the emerging wireless technologies that are driving this change and explore some of the challenges for industry and governments to enable these transformations. He will join other industry experts and academics along with humanitarian and international development specialists to address over 400 delegates at the Future of Wireless International Conference organised by CW, in partnership with the UKTI.

One of the other keynote presentations will be given by Shawn Covell, Vice-President, Government Affairs at Qualcomm Wireless Reach, who will be drawing on recent practical examples to show how wireless technology is already changing lives through economic empowerment, education and health. He will also be looking at some of the lessons learnt through the experiences of working with a variety of stakeholders across the mobile ecosystem.

Other speakers include Carolina Costa, managing director at Orange Innovation UK, who will set out the trends in global resources, demographics, economic and scientific developments that will shape the landscape in the next 20-30 years, along with, Sally Uren, CEP, Forum for the Future; Shawn Covell, VP Government Affairs for Qualcomm Wireless Reach; Prof. Simon Saunders, Director of Technology, Real Wireless; Steve Jones, Chair of Trustees at the Humanitarian Centre; Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager, Sales and Marketing at MediaTek; and Pete Hutton, EVP and President of Product Groups at ARM. Cherie Blair, CBE, QC, Founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women will also address delegates at the Future of Wireless International Conference Dinner.

The 6th Annual CW Future of Wireless International Conference on 30 June and 1 July at The Møller Centre and Churchill College in Cambridge and is sponsored by: Accenture, MediaTek, Real Wireless, Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Intel, Rohde and Schwarz, TTP Group, Microlease and Agilent, Cambridge Consultants, S-Tech, IC Group, u-blox AG, Arkessa, Anite and InterDigital UK, Broadcom, Ranplan, Jaltek Group, Freescale, Microwave Marketing, RealVNC and Otaniemi.

Stuart Orr, comments: “We’ve reached a point where wireless technology has the ability to truly transform people’s lives, from harnessing the power of education to optimising the health of current and future generations. However, if wireless technology is to realise its potential for major societal benefit, we must have the capabilities in place to capture these opportunities. This means continuing the drive for more efficient use of spectrum and increased wireless coverage, using analytics to extract insights that help us set new performance standards across industries, and advancing hardware capabilities to support wireless solutions.”