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IEEE Communications Society Santa Clara Valley(SCV). www.comsocscv.org May 11, 2011 Please sign the attendance sheet $2-$5 donation requested for food & drinks. Tonight's Meeting Topic. Evolution, Status and New Developments in WiFi, 3G, and LTE from a Silicon Perspective
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IEEE Communications SocietySanta Clara Valley(SCV) www.comsocscv.org May 11, 2011 Please sign the attendance sheet $2-$5 donation requested for food & drinks
Tonight's Meeting Topic • Evolution, Status and New Developments in WiFi, 3G, and LTE from a Silicon Perspective • Evolution of Wi-Fi, Michael Hurlston -- Sr VP at Broadcom, San Jose, CA • 3G and 4G Mobile Broadband Technologies and Silicon Solutions, Je Woo Kim, Ph.D. -- VP of Technology at Qualcomm
Evolution Status and New Developments in WiFi, 3G, and LTE from a Silicon PerspectiveAgenda6:00 - 6:30pm Networking Session6:30 - 6:40pm Chairman's Opening remarks 6:40 - 8:00pm Position statements by each panelist 8:00 - 8:30pm Panel discussion with audience Q & A 8:35pm Certificates of Appreciation AwardsMeeting AdjournedAcknowledgementsThanks to Channel Vision and Dura Sales for co-sponsoring tonight's refreshments!
ComSoc-SCV 2011 Officers • Chairman: Alan J Weissberger • Vice-Chairman: Sanjay Kasturia (new) • Program Ops & Secretary: MP Divakar • Chief Marketing Officer: Affif Siddique • Web Master: Daniel Wong (MC tonite) • Special Projects: Vincent Ricci • Technical Activities: Sameer Herlekar(LOA) -->Seeking qualified, capable and committed volunteers, especially for Treasurer (open)!
Planning, Design, Maintenance and Evolution of a State of the Art University Campus Network, SCU IT Dept Presentation: Network Evolution, Vision, Architecture, Design, Operations, VoIP and Data Center Panel Session: Network Challenges, Issues, Growth, and Cloud Computing Considerations Audience Q & A: Get your questions ready! IEEE ComSoC SCV June 8th Meeting
IEEE ComSoc-SCV Chapter • Promote all aspects of communications & network technologies- LAN, MAN, WAN • Education: seminars, lectures, panel sessions, joint meetings+ tech workshops, member interaction and networking for meeting attendees, soft skills workshops • New technologies, research, markets, business opportunities, applications, telecom policy and regulation • Goal: Empower our members to improve!
IEEE ComSoc-SCV in 2011 • 11 Technical meetings planned • Alliances: TiE-SV, NATEA, SVC Wireless, WCA, other non profits? • Technical meetings, joint workshops (TiE & SVC Wireless), social event, soft skills dinner meeting • Article in Jan 2011 IEEE Global Communications Newsletter (GCN) • Discussion email list (IEEE members)
ComSoc Social Networking • 1. ComSocSCV Discussion List: available to all IEEEmembers (not just ComSoc members) • Subject matter includes meeting previews and discussions and opinion about relevant telecom and networking topics of interest • -->Sign up instructions at: www.comsocscv.org • 2. ComSocSCV Facebook Page (Alan Weissberger) • 3. ComSocSCV LinkedIn Group (MP Divakar) • 4. Follow us on Twitter:@ieeecomsocscv • 4. Global ComSoc Community web site: • Blogs on communications technology/ markets 5. Field trip to Sprint M2M Center in Burlingame on March 7 was a huge success- very informative! 6. For sponsorship opportunities contact: Affif Siddique
We Need Your Help ! • Volunteers Welcome and Appreciated: -Organize and chair monthly technical meetings -Help promote IEEE and participate at SCV ExCom -Publicity, alliances, refreshments, other logistics -Participate in monthly planning lunch/dinner meetings -Recruit corporate sponsors for workshops and seminar -->ComSocSCV Treasurer position is open! • Participation in Discussion list: All IEEE & TiE members are eligible to join for free! • EventNotification list (all welcome to join) -->Sign up instructions: www.comsocscv.org
Is IEEE ComSoc (global) Serving the Needs of its Community? • Global: conferences, publications, 2 web sites, webinars, seminars, email lists • Regional: conferences and meetings • ComSocSCV: technical meetings, web site, events with Alliance partners, Sprint M2M tour, socials, FB, LI, Discussion group • What areas of improvement would you suggest? Standards? Education? R & D? Strategic Planning? PR/ Market Awareness?
Please Turn Off Cell Phone and Pagers Please sign the attendance sheet + Suggested $2 to $5 Donationfor food & drinksRaise your hand if you have a job opening or consulting / contract opportunity… Thank You!