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YES! MIAMI!

YES! MIAMI!. GLOBECOM 2010 Pre-Bid Presentation December 5-10 2010. Outline. Prospective Conference Location/Dates Venues Transportations Miami Attractions Conference Planning & Management Human Resources Industry and Government Supports Finances. Location and Dates.

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  1. YES! MIAMI! GLOBECOM 2010 Pre-Bid Presentation December 5-10 2010

  2. Outline • Prospective Conference Location/Dates • Venues • Transportations • Miami Attractions • Conference Planning & Management • Human Resources • Industry and Government Supports • Finances

  3. Location and Dates • Miami, Florida • December 5-10, 2010 Feel the hot sunlight in Winter

  4. Venues (Option I: Hyatt + InterContinental) • Hyatt Regency ($189 Per room/night) • 612 Guest rooms • 10000 sq ft meeting space • Located in Downtown Miami • A Breeze away from the South Beach • Close to golf courses • Water sports nearby • Close to Bayside Market Place Please Click for Video

  5. Venues (Option I: Hyatt + InterContinental) • InterContinental Miami ($269 per room/night) • 641 Guest rooms • 6600 sq ft meeting space • Located in Downtown Miami • A Breeze away from the South Beach • 7.5 miles away from the Miami International Airport

  6. Venues (Option II: Doral Golf Resort) • Doral Golf Resort ($195 per room/night) • 693 Guest rooms • 11400 sq ft meeting rooms • 6 miles away from the Miami International Airport • 15 miles away from the South Beach

  7. Venues (Option III: FONTAINEBLEAU Resort) • FONTAINEBLEAU Resort ($229 per room/night, Student rate: $199) • 1504 Guest rooms • 10700 sq ft meeting rooms • Currently undergoing a $1 billion renovation and expansion project to achieve stimulating and sizzling interior Design treatments • 12 miles away from the Miami International Airport • Close to Miami Beach and South Beach • 8 miles to Downtown Miami and Bayside Marketplace

  8. Venues (Other hotels) • Other Downtown Hotels (30+ hotels, 5000+ rooms) • Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay • (599 rooms) • Radisson Miami Hotel • (528 rooms) • Mandarin Oriental Hotel • (327 rooms) • Marriott JW Hotel • (278 rooms) • Courtyard by Marriott Miami • (258 rooms) • The Conrad Hotel • (203 rooms) • Inn Marina Park Port of Miami • (200 rooms)

  9. Transportations • Miami is a central point for International transportation • Very convenient to fly to/from any cities

  10. Transportations • Miami International Airport (MIA) • Ranks 12th in US for total passenger traffic • More than 30 Million traveler pass through its gate annually • More ranking statistics for MIA in 2006 • 1st International Freight • 3rd   International Passengers • 4 th   Total Freight • 4th   Total Cargo (Freight + Mail) • 15th Total Passengers • Port of Miami • Known as Cruise Capital of the World • The world's largest year-round fleet • As the gateway for more than 3 million passengers a year

  11. Transportations • Flight to/from Miami • US & Canada • Direct flights to 48 major cities • Europe • Direct flights to 9 major cities • London/Paris/Zurich/Milan/Amsterdam/Frankfurt/Madrid/Munich/Dusseldorf • Asia • Direct flight to Tel-Aviv • From/to other cities may transfer at LA/NYC/SF/… • South America • Direct flights to 21 cities • Central America • Direct flights to 41 cities

  12. Transportations • Local Transportations • Walking distance • between hotels in downtown • From hotels to beaches • Metro mover • Access entire downtown area and bayside (NO CHARGE) • Metro rail • Covers short distance from hotel ($1.5 each way) • Super Shuttle • Taxi

  13. Miami Attractions Everglades National Park Miami Beach & South Beach

  14. Miami Attractions Orlando Disney World Key West

  15. Miami Attractions Miami Heat Basketball Hard Rock Casino

  16. Conference Management • Executive Chair: • Prof. Kia Makki, Florida International University • TPC Co-Chair, INFOCOM 2005 (Miami), • General Co-Chair, ICCCN 2002 (Miami) • General Co-Chairs: • Dr. David Sincoskie, Telcordia (Senior Vice President) • Mr. Hart Rossman, SAIC (CTO, Integrated Security and Systems) • Vice General Co-Chairs: • Prof. Niki Pissinou, Telecom Institute (IT2), FIU (Director) • Conference Chair, ICCCN 2002 (Miami), • International Vice Chair, INFOCOM 2005 (Miami) • Dr. Jie Wu, NSF (Program Director) • General Chair: IPDPS 2008 (Miami) • General Vice Chair: IPDPS 2007 (Long Beach) • Program Co-Chairs: • Dr. Haohong Wang, Marvell Semiconductors, Inc. • General Chair, ICCCN 2008 (US Virgin Island) • TPC Chair, ICCCN 2007 (Honolulu) • Prof. Mukesh Singhal, University of Kentucky • General Chair, SRDS 2005 (Orlando), SRDS 2001 (New Orleans) • TPC Chair, MASS 2005, SRDS 1998

  17. Conference Management • Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: • Prof. Osama Mohammad , Florida International University • Chairman of the Florida Council of IEEE • Past Chairman of Miami Section of IEEE • Mr. Michael Corbit, InternetCoast (Executive Director) • Government Advisory Chair: • Dr. Robert Ulman, Army Research Office (Program Manager) • Industrial Advisory Chair: • Mr. Matt Meyerson, Mobile FYI Inc. (CEO) • Workshop Chair: • Dr. Forouzan Golshani , CSU, Long Beach (Dean, College of Engineering) • Financial Chair: • Prof. Stavros Georgakopoulos, Florida International University

  18. Conference Management • Industry/Academia Advisory Board • Dr. Vint Cerf Google (Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist) • Dr. Robert Kahn CNRI (CEO) • Dr. Dan Baeza AT&T (General Manager) • Dr. Kazuo Imai NTT Docomo (CEO, Docomo USA Labs) • Mr. Hart Rossman SAIC (CTO, Integrated Security and Systems) • Dr. David Sincoskie Telcordia (Senior Vice President) • Dr. Huifang Sun Mitsubishi Electric (Vice President) • Dr. Mark Templeton Citrix Systems (President and CEO) • Dr. Lance Hester Motorola • Prof. Aggelos Katsaggelos Northwestern University • Prof. Chang Wen Chen Florida Institute of Technology • Prof. James Modestino University of Miami (more are coming)

  19. Human Resources • Lead Team • Part of the team is formed by plenty of colleagues that had worked with us in previous conference events organizing efforts • We also recruit volunteers with the help of IEEE Technical Committees on various topics • Local Support • IEEE Miami section • IEEE ComSoc Miami chapter • Florida International University • University of Miami • Florida Institute of Technology • Florida Atlanta Unviersity

  20. Government Supports • Attract funding from Government Agencies • NSF • DoD • DoE • Army Research Office (ARO/ARL) • NASA

  21. Industry Supports • Florida – The Telecom Hub of the AMERICAS • Florida is ranked 4th in the nation for high-tech employment by the Cyberstates 2006 report • Recent Gartner study ranks Florida as • 3rd largest employer in telecommunications services • 4th in Internet services • More than 5200 local telecommunications firms ranging from wireless telephony and mesh networks, to developers and manufactures of wireless communications equipment, switchgear, and fiber optic cables • Local Telecom leaders: • AT&T AirNet • BellSouth Harris • Lucent FDN Communications • Siemens NetSpeak • Sprint Sensormatic • Sony Ericsson Mobile Talla-Corn • Verizon Telefonica/Terra Networks

  22. Industry Supports • Get Local Industry partnership via • ICoast • South Florida Technology Alliance • ITFlorida • Florida High Tech Corridor Council • Local High-Tech Leaders • Citrix Systems Aero Simulations • Alienware DRC • AuthenTec ECC • FARO Northrop Grumman • Honeywell Sensors Raydon • Jabil Circuit Raytheon • Lockheed Martin Quantum • SAIC Symantec • TelASIC Communications Reflectone

  23. Industry Supports • Get financial supports from external industry giants using personal connections • IBM • Microsoft • NTT Docomo • Qualcomm • TI • Intel • Cisco • Nokia • HP • Google • NEC • KDDI • Fujitsu • Motorola • Broadcom

  24. Finance Plan

  25. GLOBECOM in Miami (1982) Historical connections between Miami and GLOBECOM

  26. Summary • Convenient Location for attendees from all over the world • Luxury hotels and superior meeting facility • Nice weather especially in winter • Plenty of attractions and activities • Very experienced and capable management team • Full commitments from Industry/Academia Advisory Board • Strong supports from local and external resources • Solid financial plan for GLOBECOM 2010 • Strong historic connection between Miami and GLOBECOM

  27. Thank You to Support MIAMI! GLOBECOM 2010 Pre-Bid Presentation December 5-10 2010

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