WNCG Hosts 2005 Texas Wireless Symposium
October 26 - 28, 2005

On behalf of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, I am very pleased to welcome you to the 3rd annual Texas Wireless Symposium. This year, we again have an outstanding line-up of invited speakers from many sectors of the wireless industry and research communities. I am sure that if you look over the conference program, you will agree this is an event that you and your colleagues should attend. In addition to an extraordinarily accomplished set of invited speakers and panelists, this year's symposium features an expanded Wireless Business Forum organized by the Austin Wireless Alliance, and four parallel tracks of competitively-selected technical talks on emerging technologies such as ultrawideband and mesh networks. The conference will be held at the Driskill Hotel, Austin's premier hotel and restaurant for 120 years and a Texas landmark, located in the middle of Austin's famous 6th street entertainment district a few blocks from the Texas state capitol. We trust that on many levels, your visit to the 2005 Texas Wireless Symposium will be a memorable one. Warm regards, Dr. Jeffrey Andrews Symposium Chairman

Keynote Speakers:

• Mr. David Perkins, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Networking and Computing Systems Group, Freescale
• Mr. Steve Largent, CEO, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA)
• Mr. Edward A. Salas, Vice President Network Planning, Verizon Wireless
• Mr. Paul Struhsaker, Vice President, Engineering Platforms, Mobile Devices Technology, Motorola

Plenary Talks:

• Dr. Bob Scholtz, Director, UltRalab, University of Southern California
• Dr. Tomas Novosad, Network Planning Expert, Nokia Networks
• Dr. Mark Reed, Senior Researcher, Australia National University
• Dr. Reinaldo Valenzuela, Director of Wireless Communications Research, Bell Labs
• Dr. Victor Bahl, Group Manager, Systems and Networking Research Group, Microsoft
• Dr. Matthew Shoemake, CEO, WiQuest Communications

Panelists:

• Dr. Alan Gatherer, Chief Technical Officer, Communications Infrastructure,Texas Instruments
• Dr. Preston Marshall, Program Manager, XG Cognitive Radio, DARPA
• Mr. David Deas, Vice President Networks and Services, SBC Labs
• Mr. David Altounian, Chief Technology Officer, Motion Computing, Inc.
• Mr. Paul Ballentine, Director of Broadband Wireless Access Strategy, Freescale
• Mr. Mark Vandenbrink, Chief Architect, Mobile Devices Software, Motorola
• Mr. Carlos Kokron, Partner, Intel Capital
• Mr. Tim Dehne, Vice President of Research and Development, National Instruments
• Mr. Frank McGhee, Vice President of Business Development, Ericsson
• Mr. Gerry Salemme, Executive Vice President, Clearwire
• Mr. Brian Smith, Managing Director, S3 Ventures
• Mr. Madan M. Jagernauth, Director, Product Management, Wireless Mesh Networks and WiMAX Access, Nortel
• Mr. Krishna Srinivasan, Principal, Venture Capital, Austin Ventures

AWA Speakers and Panelists:

• Mr. Ram Velidi, Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds
• Mr. Richard Schwartz, CEO, SoloMio
• Mr. Jeff Brown, CEO, RadioFrame
• Mr. Uwe Lührig , Manager, Product Management SME/Corporate, E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH
• Mr. Bo Larsson, CEO, Firetide
• Mr. Andres Carvallo, CIO, Austin Energy
• Mr. Fritz Jordan, Director of Strategy, Emerging Markets, Wireless Systems Group, Freescale
• Mr. Cullen Childress, Director of Product Management, Qualcomm, MediaFLO
• Mr. Greg Staple, Partner, Vinson & Elkins, LLP
• Mr. Devabhaktuni "Sri" Srikrishna, Founder and CTO, Tropos Networks
• Mr. Niel Ransom, Former CTO, Alcatel
• Mr. Roger Dorf, CEO of Navini Networks
• Mr. Ben Scott, Venture Partner, Austin Ventures
• Mr. Mark Desautels, Vice President, Wireless Internet Development, CTIA
• Dr. Eduardo Perez, Vice President of Marketing, Media Excel
• Mr. Lee Maschmann, Executive Director, Texas, Verizon Wireless
• Mr. Juan Valencia, Vice President, Solutions Management, Ericsson
• Mr. Jim Bugel, Vice President Federal Government & National Security Policy, Cingular Wireless
• Mr. Greg Jurrens, Public Service Director, Armadillo Intertie, Inc.