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Agenda: Day One
Wednesday, June 7

Agenda: Day Two
Thursday, June 8

1:30 p.m.
Welcome: Chairman's Opening Remarks
Chairman TBD

1:30 p.m.- 2:15 p.m.
Keynote Address

2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
WiMax in action: Service provider experience and perspective on WiMax and wireless broadband.
What have been some of the early successes and pitfalls of pre-WiMax and certified WiMax systems? How is WiMax fairing against competitors in metro, urban and rural areas? What have been the main applications and services? Which service providers have achieved return on investment and how? Will they plan to upgrade to mobility or is there a real business case for a fixed WiMAX service? Which regions are most successful for WiMAX in the first stage? What's the future of VoIP? (The idea is to have a mix of operators who have deployed and who are considering it as well as vendors who can give some insight on operator deployments)

Potential panelists:
Jeff Thompson, President and COO, Towerstream
Clearwire
Qwest
Alvarion
WiMax Forum
Unwired- WISP in Australia
Irish Broadband
Covad
NextNet
Aperto Networks
Navini Networks

3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Networking Break

3:30 p.m.- 4:15 p.m.
Presentation: WiMax for municipalities
What is the potential for muni-WiMax? When should municipalities consider WiMax over Wi-Fi? How is the economic proposition different from WiFi? Will WiMax displace WiFi?

Potential presenters: (maybe two?)
Aspen Communications (rolling out WiMax in Fort Worth/Dallas)
Tropos Networks
Verizon Avenues
Municipalwimax.net (helps cities deploy WiMax)
Motorola

4:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Presentation: The state of the wireless broadband market: Where does WiMax fit?
The recent certification of commercial WiMAX gear represents a major milestone for the 802.16 industry but competition looms from existing and evolving IP-based wireless technologies. What is the opportunity for WiMax in this world? What are the global and regional forecasts for fixed and mobile 802.16? How does it fit in the 3G world-competitive or complementary?

Possible presenters:
Andy Fuertes, Senior Research Analysts, Visant Strategies, 631-544-6449
Yankee Group
In-Stat Research
Parks Associates

4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Chairman's Remarks: Recap of the Day and Q&A

5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Networking Reception & Fierce 15 Sneak Preview

Agenda: Day Two
Thursday, June 8

8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.
Welcome Back: Chairman's Remarks

9:05 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Keynote Address

10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion Beyond Fixed WiMax: Delivering Mobile WiMax
The challenge that faces the transition from fixed WiMax to mobile WiMax is much more then higher data rates and bandwidth efficiency. Mobile WiMax introduces mobility which in turn opens a plethora of issues such as handoffs, roaming, and authentication. How are these being addressed? What are the timeframes for a completed standard and commercial introduction?

10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Networking Break

11:00 a.m.-11:45 p.m.
Presentation: Spectrum and regulatory position for WiMax in the U.S. and around the world
What are the prospects for WiMax in licensed spectrum in the U.S.? What is the progress of WiMax licensing in other countries? How do governments view WiMax? What impact will spectrum policies have on WiMax economics?

11:45 p.m.-12:30 p.m.
Presentation: WiMax for Backhaul
With backhaul costs representing a significant cost of mobile operators, WiMax is looking to be an attractive lower-cost solution. How can WiMax serve as a superior backhaul solution? What are the key challenges?

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Driving down the cost of WiMax
To really become attractive to carriers, WiMAX needs to have customer-premise equipment in the sub-$100 range. What factors need to come to play to drive the costs down of WiMax equipment? What are chipset vendors doing to ease the cost?

2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Closing Keynote Address

3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m
Conclusion: Chairman's Remarks, and Show Recap