Future Network and MobileSummit 2011 to take place in Warsaw on 14-17 June 2011 opened the registration with presenter and early bird delegate fees available up to 31 March, announced the Pre-conference Events and published the Advance Programme and brochure. The conference programme is complemented by a demonstration and technology exploitation focused Exhibition.
Plenary Speakers confirmed to date include:
- Dr Zoran Stancic, Deputy Director General, DG Information Society & Media, European Commission
- Matthew Finnie, Chief Technical Officer, Interoute
- Dr Peter Meissner, Operating Officer, NGMN Next Generation Mobile Networks
- Thierry Van Landegem, Vice President Global Operations Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
- Lauri Oksanen, Head of Research, Nokia Siemens Networks
- Jan Faerjh, Head of Research, Ericsson
Pre-Conference Events - Tuesday 14 June
Proposers' Networking Day - FP7-ICT Call 8 & Celtic-Plus Call 2
The Proposers' Networking Day, which will take place on Tuesday 14 June as a pre-conference event, will focus on FP7-ICT Call 8 and Celtic-Plus Calls for Proposals. This workshop will be co-organised by Net!Works (previously eMobility), ISI Technology Platforms and Celtic Plus, with support from the European Commission to provide an in-depth overview of these Calls. The afternoon session will be focused on project idea presentations that will be submitted in advance. It is envisaged that the afternoon session will be restricted to those participants who have submitted ideas to be shared focused on preparing proposals.
Based on a Call for Pre-Conference Workshops, the following workshops will also take place on Tuesday 14 June 2011:
- Future Internet Cluster Workshop on Future Network Architectures (Full Day)
- European Workshop on Broadband Femtocell Networks (Full Day)
- Putting Mobile Services into Context (Half Day)
- Technologies for LTE-Advanced: from Theory to Practice (Half Day)
- Next Generation Converged Access Networks - Opportunities, Achievements and Challenges (Tuesday afternoon)
