Conference Programme
Day1: Monday 22nd September
08.00: Registration, coffee, informal discussion  
08.55: Welcome and Opening Remarks  
Chairman:  Simon Saunders - Chairman, Femto Forum  
09:00 KEYNOTE:  IMS Based Femtocell Strategy and Tactics Update of Softbank Mobile  
Junichi Miyakawa  -  CTO, Softbank
09:30 KEYNOTE:  UMA Based Home Zones - A Competitor or Compliment to Femtocells?  
Lauren Town  -  Director of Marketing UNIK, Orange-FT
10:00 A Blend of Femto, WiFi and WiMAX - Does it Pay to Back All the Options?  
Jayesh Easwaramony  -  Director, Frost & Sullivan
10:30 -- Coffee/Tea & Exhibition Open --   
11:15 Differentiating Femtocell Offerings Through New Services  
Andy Tiller  -  VP Marketing, ip.access
11:45 The Two Sided Opportunity for Femtocells  
David Swift  -  Senior Manager, Alcatel-Lucent
12:15 Is a Dedicated Carrier Necessary for Problem Free Femtocell Deployment?  
Rasmus Hellberg  -  Director Technical Marketing, Qualcomm
12:45 -- Networking Lunch & Exhibition Open --   
kindly sponsored by SafeNet   
Chairman:  David Tang - CTO Mobile & Wireless, Telstra  
14:00 Moving Towards an Open Standard for Femtocell Integration and Service Adoption  
Simon Saunders  -  Chairman, Femto Forum
14:45 Hybrid Macro/Femto Networks - What is the Ideal Mix?  
Vedat Eyuboglu  -  CTO, Airvana
15:15 -- Coffee/Tea & Exhibition Open --   
15:45 Next Generation Femtocells - LTE Requirements & Applications  
Kazuya Hashimoto  -  General Manager, Mobile RAN Division, NEC
16:15 Femtocells in the Home - What is the Likely Deployment Scenario?  
Moderator: Simon Saunders  -  Chairman Femto Forum
 
  • Rifat Can, T-Mobile
  • Gordon Mansfield, AT&T
  • Rasmus Hellberg, Qualcomm
  • Junichi Miyakawa, Softbank
  • Manish Singh, CCPU
 
18:15 Drink Reception (kindly sponsored by NEC)   
19:00  Conference Dinner (kindly sponsored by Qualcomm)   
 
Day2: Tuesday 23rd September
08.00: Registration, coffee, informal discussion  
Chairman:  Andy Tiller - VP Marketing, ip.Access  
09:00 KEYNOTE:  The Importance of Standards for Operators to Deploy Femtocells  
Gordon Mansfield  -  Director RAN Planning, AT&T
09:30 KEYNOTE:  Solutions for Identifying and Configuring Femtocells  
Rifat Can  -  RAN Systems, T-Mobile
10:00 The Femtocell Market - Niche Applications, Consumer Appetite, the Digital Home  
Chand Gundecha  -  Global Marketing & Strategy, Motorola
10:30 -- Coffee/Tea & Exhibition Open --   
11:15 Hot Topics in Femtocells - Enterprise, Environmental, Interference, Demand, Integration  
Will Franks  -  CTO & Founder, Ubiquisys
11:45 Chipsets for Femtocells  
Rupert Baines  -  VP Marketing, picoChip
12:15 Challenges with Network Scaling - Managing the 1,000,000 Femtocell Network  
Heikki Hemmi  -  Manager, Home Access Solutions, NSN
12:45 -- Networking Lunch & Exhibition Open --   
   
Chairman:  Robindhra Mangtani - Director, GSMA  
13:45 KEYNOTE:  Key Benefits and Challenges of Femtocell Deployment  
Denis Seek Kwai Yin  -  General Manager, Maxis
14:15 Femto Evolution and Enterprise Application  
Dong Joo Park  -  Leader, Advanced Technology, LG-Nortel
14:45 The Femtocell Gateway - Benefits of a Combined Femtocell, ADSL Modem and VoIP Terminal  
David James  -  Director, Product Management & Marketing, Netgear
15:15 -- Coffee/Tea & Exhibition Open --   
15:45 Seamless Femtocell Solutions for the Enterprise Market  
Pablo Brito  -  VP Europe Wireless Marketing, Huawei
16:15 Are all Femtocells the Same - Scratching Beneath the Surface  
Moderator: Robindhra Mangtani  -  GSMA
 
  • Denis Seek, Maxis
  • Lauren Town, Orange
  • Vicki Griffiths, picoChip
  • Malek Shahid, Alcatel-Lucent
  • Heikki Hemmi, Nokia Siemens Networks
 
18:15 Cocktail Reception (kindly sponsored by ip.Access)   
19:00  Gala Dinner (kindly sponsored by Airvana)   
 
Day3: Wednesday 24th September
08.00: Registration, coffee, informal discussion  
Chairman:  Lincoln Lee - Telecom Research Manager, IDC  
09:00 KEYNOTE:  Challenges & Solutions for Enterprise Deployments with Femtocells  
Dr David Tang  -  CTO Mobile & Wireless, Telstra
09:30 KEYNOTE:  Business & Practical Challenges of Femtocell Deployment  
Steve Wang  -  VP, Taiwan Mobile
10:00 -- Coffee/Tea & Exhibition Open --   
10:30 What are the Killer Apps that will Drive Femtocell Takeup?  
Moderator: Lincoln Lee  -  Telecom Research Manager, IDC
 
  • Chris Cox, ip.Access
  • David Tang, Telstra
  • Steve Wang, Taiwan Mobile
  • David Nowicki, Airvana
  • Shian-Jaw Tsai, Chunghwa Telecom
 
11:10 From the Home to the Core - Ensuring Femtocell Voice Quality  
John Curley  -  CTO, Epitiro
11:30 Single Chip for Femtocells  
Yoav Volloch  -  VP Product Management, Percello
11:50 Femtocell Synchronisation with the Core Network  
Brad Anderson  -  President, US Operations, SigNav
12:10 Femtocells in 3G Networks and Beyond...  
Natasha Tamaskar  -  VP Product Management & Marketing, Genband
12:30 Cryptographic Security Measures for Femtocell Access Points  
Rasa Siegberg  -  Senior Systems Engineer, SafeNet
12:50 -- Networking Lunch --   
Femtocells Workshop  
13:50 Reference Designs and Implementation of TD-SCDMA and LTE Femtocells  
Vicky Griffiths & Mingzhong Chen  -  picoChip
 
  • Standards Update for Femtocells
  • Types of Femtocells & Implementation Challenges
  • Solutions for Timing, Interference & Interfacing
  • WCDMA/WiMAX/TDCDMA/LTE
  • In-Depth Design of TD-SCDMA Femtocells