GLOBECOM 2009 WEBCAST SESSIONS

GLOBECOM 2009 is offering it's first live webcast of selected sessions and forums.  Space is limited so register now.  Pricing is as follows:

Full Session Package - click here to purchase >>
(This will give you access to all live broadcast sessions)
$295 – IEEE Member
$395 – Non-Member

Individual Sessions
$40 – IEEE Member
$50 – Non-Member
Free – EntNet Keynote

ف	ENTNET is a long-running conference organized under the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for the purpose of promulgating an understanding of the development and evolution of enterprise-level networking technologies... more info >> This session is FREE.

The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of Leading Internet vendors, service providersف and National Research & Education Networks (NRENs), with a mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure New Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology... more info >>

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The planet is witnessing a major transformation in the telecommunications industry, with the morphing of the traditional telco into an emerging softco. This transformation is driven as a result of the infrastructures from the past not being capable to move/change/adapt on the same time cycles as customer needs... more info >>

IEEE Enterprise Networking (ENTNET) 2009
Roundtable: IPv6 Advances in the Asia-Pacific World
Tuesday, 1 December 2009ف 14:00 - 18:00 (HST - Hawaii Standard Time)

ENTNET is a long-running conference organized under the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for the purpose of promulgating an understanding of the development and evolution of enterprise-level networking technologies... more info >>

INDUSTRY LEADER FORUM: TELECOM FUTURES
Wednesday, 2 December 2009فف7:45 - 9:45 (HST - Hawaii Standard Time)

ف	The world's communications and information systems are rapidly accelerating their scale, scope and impact. Extending well beyond traditional telecom offerings, new services and applications are becoming embedded components in nearly every vertical... more info >>

Design & Development Forum
Session 201: Evolution to 4G Wireless: The Role of E-UTRAN and EPC
Wednesday, 2 December 2009فف10:15 -ف12:15 (HST - Hawaii Standard Time)

ف	The trend towards All-IP networks and increased demand for data services prompted the 3GPP to assess the implications for UMTS and High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technologies... more info >>

Design & Development Forum
Session 202: Evolution to 4G Wireless: The Role of E-UTRAN and EPC
Wednesday, 2 December 2009ف 14:00 - 16:00 (HST - Hawaii Standard Time)

ف	The trend towards All-IP networks and increased demand for data services prompted the 3GPP to assess the implications for UMTS and High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technologies... more info >>

Session Chairs:
Vijay K. Varma and Dr. Gregory P. Pollini, Telcordia Technologies
Speakers:
Rebecca Watson, Program Manager, Communications Infrastructure and Convergence, Stratecast (a Division of Frost & Sullivan)
Dr. Asok Chatterjee,فVice President, Strategy and Market Development, Ericsson, USA
Dr. Parviz Yegani, Director and Head of Architecture and Technology Standards, Juniper Networks, USA
Dr. Mike Dolan, Alcatel-Lucent
Dr. Sampath Rangarajan, Department Head, NEC Labs America, USA
Prof. Thomas Magedanz, Technical University of Berlin

Design & Development Forum
Session 203: Location-based Services and Localization in Wireless Networks
Wednesday, 2 December 2009ف 16:30 - 18:30 (HST - Hawaii Standard Time)

ف	Wireless communication operators have realized the value and potential to make information services highly personalized. One of the best ways to personalize information services is to enable them to be location based... more info >>

Session Chair:
Mussa Bshara, Vrije Universiteit Brussels
Speakers:
Mussa Bshara,فVrije Universiteit Brussels
Sema Oktug, Istanbul Technical University
Richard Barnes, BBN Technologies
Don Lukacs, Telcordia Applied Research

TECHNOLOGY LEADER FORUM: IT TSUNAMI
Thursday, 3 December 2009ف 7:45 - 9:45 (HST - Hawaii Standard Time)

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In their "How Much Information? 2003" studies, UC Berkeley Team (Lyman, Varian, etl) estimate that "Information flows through electronic channels -- telephone, radio, TV, and the Internet -- contained almost 18 Exabytes (133,200 times of the size of the US library of congress) of new information in 2002." Ninety eight percent of this total is the information sent and received in telephone calls - including both voice and data on both fixed lines and wireless estimate... more info >>

Design & Development Forum
Session 302: Wireless Access for Vehicular Environments (WAVE) Technology
Thursday, 3 December 2009ف 10:15 - 16:00 (HST - Hawaii Standard Time)

ف	Vehicles have been operating on roadways on this planet for more than a century in an isolated way. We are at the right time to connect these vehicles and bring our society into a new age... more info >>

Speakers:

Tim Weilف JD Biggs and Associates
Tao Zhang (Telcordia Technologies, USA)
Weidong Xiang (University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA)ف

Women in Communications Engineering
Thursday, 3 December 2009ف 16:30 - 18:30 (HST - Hawaii Standard Time)

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Going on the job market? Need some advice on career development in the field? Join us at this career panel where the distinguished panelists will address some intimate issues on career development. It is a great opportunity to learn directly from those experienced and highly achieved in the field about the increasingly diverse career paths, the various career options, industry and technology trends, and insights into the different communications engineering careers.... more info >>

Panel Organizer:
Heather Yu, Senior Manager, Huawei Technologies
Panel Chair and Moderator:
Maria Luisa Merani, Associate Professor of Telecommunication Networks, Universita' degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Panelists:
Celia Desmond, President, World Class Telecommunications
Agnes Chan, Professor, Associate Dean, and Graduate Director, College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University
Mary Ward-Callan, Managing Director of Technical Activities, IEEE
Merrily Hartmann, Director of Conference Operations, IEEE Communication Society
Marjorie Pearson, Network Applications Engineer, Time Warner Telecom