For future IWPC Workshop information, please contact the IWPC,
or send an email to Don Brown.

October 26-29, 2009

Chicago, Illinois USA

London, UK

Managing LTE, 3G & WiMAX Networks using
Self Organizing / Self Optimizing Technologies
 
Impact of BaseStation, RF, Backhaul & Core Equipment

London, UK

Mobile Device Power Management Workshop

LTE Devices
Applications & Use Cases

London, UK

LTE & WIMAX Backhaul Summit
North America, 2010
 

Technology & Business Tradeoffs for

Fiber and Wireless Solutions


 

January 19-22, 2010
 

Atlanta, Georgia USA

Keynote by:

Verizon Wireless
 

With Carrier participation by:
MetroPCS and

Towards Affordable Automotive Radar Sensors
 

Is it Possible to Develop a Set of Common Specifications to Reduce Costs?
 

And Drive Test Demos of Ford, Delphi and Valeo Vehicles on Ford's Test Track

December 1-3, 2009

Cologne, Germany area

Managing Coexistence of “15 Modes & 40 Bands”
for MIMO Handsets and Data Devices
 

October 13-16, 2009

Lund, Sweden

Hosted by:  Sony-Ericsson

MIMO Distributed Antenna Systems –
DAS, Remote Radios and Repeaters

For Indoor and Outdoor LTE/WIMAX Coverage
 
Lowering Costs of Implementation and Increasing Performance
 

And Tour:

Verizon's Network Operation Center

September 14-17, 2009

Dallas, Texas USA
 

Hosted by: Verizon Wireless

Improving Handset Software & Hardware Quality
Design & Mfgr. Strategies to Proactively Manage Increasing Complexity

July 21-24, 2009

Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

 Next Generation Data Centric Devices,
Networks, and Services, 2011
 

June 23-26, 2009

Venice, Italy

Tower Mounted Electronics Reliability
Requirements and Solutions for Increased MTBF
 

And Tour

May 12-15, 2009

Munich, Germany

Hosted by: T-Mobile

High Efficiency, High Linearity Semiconductor Devices for
Base Station & Tower Top Power Amplifiers, III
 

Devices, Linearization, Efficiency Solutions and Packaging for RF Power Generation

Ka Band VSAT TERMINALS
MMIC and Packaging TECHNOLOGIES
to Lower System Costs

With: Hughes Network Systems

April 21, 2009
 

April 19-22, 2009

Herndon, Virginia USA
(Washington, DC area)

Toronto, Canada

March 10-13, 2009

Backhaul for Supporting LTE & WiMAX

Considerations for Total Cost of End-to-End Ownership
 

Milan, Italy

January 27-30, 2009

Hosted by: Vodafone

Towards 10 Gb/s Short Range Radios
60 GHz PANs (802.15.c), Wireless HD,
ECMA, VHT-SG,
UWB, WiFi (802.11.n X by Y MIMO), G.HN, Others
 

Applications, Technology Comparisons and Enablers

Postponed - contact IWPC for details

LTE Network
Deployment Options

Implementing next-generation mobile networks
with minimum CAPEX and OPEX

A Qualcomm Field Demo:
MIMO Drive Testing with Multimedia Applications

San Diego, California, USA
 

November 13-14, 2008

MIMO Summit

Does MIMO Make Sense,
from a Link Budget Point of View
Looking at the Network and Handset -
together as a system

MIMO RF Link Budget Estimates
 

A Qualcomm Field Demo:
MIMO Drive Testing with Multimedia Applications

San Diego, California, USA
 

November 11-12, 2008

Ulm, Germany area

October 15, 16, 17, 2008
 

Tours, France

October 7-10, 2008

Extending Handset Usage Time
Advanced power management technologies
Including:
Displays, RF, Power Sources, PMICs, Processors, and OS

West Orange, New Jersey   USA

September 23-26, 2008

Flexible 4G Base Station Architectures
 

Middlesex (London), UK

June 10-13, 2008

Multi-band, Multi-mode Handsets
 

Handling 10+ mobile bands with
2G, 3G, and 4G
simultaneously along with TV, FM Radio, Bluetooth, WiFi, UWB, NFC, and others

San Francisco, California, USA

May 6-8, 2008

Studying Multi-Mode Scenarios by:
Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, US Cellular, others

Hosted by:
RF Micro Devices and Skyworks Solutions
 

Security Detection Techniques and Requirements
 

A Guide for the Millimeter Wave Community

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

April 15, 2008

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

April 15th to 18th, 2008
 

Keynote Presentation By:

Madrid, Spain

March 26-28, 2008
 

Antennas for 2010 Handsets

 
Multi-band and MIMO: Implementation and Testing Challenges

with a focus on Adaptable and Tunable Antenna Technology

Seattle, WA     USA

February 26-29, 2008

Milan, Italy

January 23-25, 2008

Future Handset Applications
vs
Next-Gen Hardware
 

Can Next-Gen Hardware Support New Applications?

Will Games, Advertising, Search,
Video, LBS Drive ARPU?

Tour of Nokia R&D Center
and Demos of Applications

San Jose, CA  USA

December 5-7, 2007
 

Handset Autonomy Model Launch

Demonstration and Introduction of "Version 1.0"

for prediction of handset battery life

How will this Tool be used by Carriers and OEMs
to Specify and Purchase Future Handsets?

San Jose, CA  USA

December 4, 2007

Stuttgart, Germany

October 19, 2007

WiMAX, LTE and UMB Infrastructure -
RF Technology Challenges and Comparisons
Power Amplifiers, Transceivers, Antennas, Modems, Subsystems

Plus Tour: Alcatel-Lucent Test Facility

Stuttgart, Germany

October 16-18, 2007

Munich, Germany

September 18-21, 2007

Millimeterwave Sensors for
Transportation Security Applications

London, UK

September 11-14, 2007

Keynotes By:
UK Home Office
UK Transportation Security Agency
France Secretariat General de la Defense Nationale (SGDN)
TNO Defence, Security and Safety Group

London, UK

High Data Rate Mobile Network Overlays &
Base Station Upgrades
Reducing CAPEX and OPEX for EV-DO, UMB, HSPA, UMTS, LTE, and WiMAX

And Tour: New Andrew Corp. Plant
CoAxial Cable Manufacturing Facility (TBC)

Chicago, Illinois, USA

August 1-3, 2007

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Toward Use of GigaBit Millimeterwave Wireless
in Cellular and Enterprise Networks
 

Dulles, Virginia
June 19-22, 2007

May 7 - 10, 2007
Dusseldorf, Germany

March 20-23, 2007

Barcelona, Spain
 

February 19-21, 2007

Washington DC area

February 19, 2007

January 30 - February 2, 2007
Research Triangle Park, NC USA

Hosted by: Sony Ericsson

Reconfigurable Radios for
Versatile Basestations
Power Amplifiers, Transceivers,

December 12-15, 2006
Munich, Germany

Hosted by: Siemens

High Efficiency, High Linearity Semiconductor Devices for Basestation Power Amplifiers -- II
 

Devices and Packaging for

December 11-12, 2006
Munich, Germany

Co-Hosted by:

Handset RF Front-ends & Transceivers
 

Integration and Interface Tradeoffs for Flexibility and Low Cost
In a complex and uncertain marketplace!

October 23-24, 2006

October 24-27, 2006

Hosted by:  France Telecom Research and Development

September 21-22, 2006

Keynotes and Panels

National Institute of Justice

Department of Homeland Security

Transportation Security Administration

(Others TBA)

September 19-21, 2006

Hosted by:
General Motors

September 19, 2006

Instructors

Dr. Alfred Hoess
University for Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden
[Formerly at Siemens VDO]
and
Dr Martin Schneider
University of Bremen
[Formerly at Robert Bosch]

September 17,18, 2006

Hosted by:
IBM, Motorola, Philips

China Handset Development for
Asian and Global Markets
Partnering to Build a Win-Win Value Chain
for the Future Mobile Communications Industry
 

June 26-29, 2006

Lowering Mobile TV Infrastructure Costs
 

May 16-19, 2006

Hosted by:  O2 and Arqiva

Ultra Low-Cost to Feature-Rich Handsets
2008-2010
 

Carrier Needs and Supplier Innovations for
Cost, Features, Power Management, Time-to-Market

Carrier Keynotes or Panel Members:

Alltel, Bell Mobility, BT,

SK Telecom, Sprint/Nextel,

T-Mobile, TELUS Mobility, Vodafone

Driving Down Millimeterwave System Costs Through
Advanced Device/Module Packaging

Facilities Tour:  Kyocera

Millimeterwave, Free Space Optics
vs Power Line Communications or Fiber

Hosted by:
ClearLinx, PT Wireless, NextG Networks
Arquiva, American Tower,
Crown Castle International, Fiber Tower 

Wireless Mobile Broadband Markets –
Hype or Reality?
Global Business and Financial Views of
Wireless Industry Sectors

January 23-24, 2006

Hosted by: 
Deutsche Bank Securities

San Francisco, CA   USA

Technology Partnering Opportunities
for
Global Mobile Broadband
Infrastructure Equipment

WiMAX (802.16e), UMTS, WCDMA, HSDPA,
TD-SCDMA, Proprietary

From chip sets to antennas
From Asian, European and North American Suppliers

And Tour:  ZTE R&D Facilities

December 5-9, 2005

Hosted by:  ZTE

Shenzhen, China

November 8-11, 2005

Hosted by:  Siemens

Co-Hosted by: 
Cree, Filtronic, Freescale, Infineon, Nitronex, Philips, TriQuint

Co-Hosted by:  BAE SYSTEMS, E2V,
Northrup Grumman Corp., QinetiQ, Raytheon,
Roke Manor Research

Future Handset Power Management

 Devices, Architectures and Packaging

Moving Toward Multi-Day Autonomy

 For CDMA, WCDMA, EVDO, GSM 
and other Portable Mobile Devices

 And

 Handset Autonomy Model Working Session

Hosted by:  
Verizon Wireless 
& TELUS Mobility

What will it take to bring the cost down?

Hosted by:  Telespazio, Eutelsat, SkyLogic

RF Equipment Challenges
for
Commercial SDR Basestations
Antennas, Transceivers, Power Amplifiers, Systems

Hosted by: Nextel Communications

Software Radio Demonstration By:  Vanu, Inc.

Demystifying Options of Short Range Radios

Competing Markets, Standards and Technologies

High Data Rate

(802.11x, UWB, Wireless USB, 60 GHz PAN)

&

Low Data Rate

Hosted by:CSR, EPCOS, IBM, Infineon,
Intel, Mark IV, Motorola, Philips, RFM

3G+ and/or DSRC for High Datarate Communications with Automobiles?

Hosted by:  General Motors

Millimeterwave Wireless Options 
for Fiber Substitution
- Pros and Cons of E-Band, 60 GHz, FSO

Cellular Backhaul, Infrastructure Replacements, Last Mile Access
for Enterprise, ILEC, CLEC and WISP Networks

Hosted by Sprint

WiMAX CPE & Access Point 
Devices, Packaging and Assembly
- Are Consumer Prices Possible?

Cost Reduction Options for WiMAX CPEs and Infrastructure

Hosted by: Alvarion, Motorola, Redline Communications

Handset Integration Tradeoffs 
vs Margin vs Liability Sharing 
for Lowest Overall Cost

Semiconductor Transmitter Solutions
for Multi-Use, Multi-Band Handsets

Single/Dual/Tri Band Voice & Data, 
Bluetooth, WiFi, WiMAX, GPS, …

Hosted by:  
France Telecom 
Research & Development

Hosted by:  
Daimler Chrysler, Siemens, Alcatel

Tower Top Electronics, Backhaul and Antenna Options for reducing costs of energy, backhaul and site leasing

And Tour of T-Mobile Test Facilities and/or Representative Cell Site

Hosted by:  T-Mobile

Power Devices and
Linearization and Thermal Management Techniques

Co-Hosted by:  Andrew, Filtronic, Powerwave, Remec

Materials, Processes & Logistics 
for the RoHs 2006 Deadline

Are you ready?

Co-Hosted by:  
Celestica
Lucent Technologies
Research In Motion

Hosted by:  
CIBC World Markets

Devices, Architectures & Packaging 
to move from 100 to 300 standby hours for
1XRTT, GPRS/EDGE and future WCDMA 
Portable Wireless Devices

Hosted by:  Microsoft Corp

Hosted by:  Ford Motor Company

Hosted by:  EPCOS, Fairchild Semiconductor, Infineon, Motorola, Philips Semiconductor, RF Monolithics, Skyworks, Texas Instruments

Hosted by:  Cisco Systems

Co-Hosted by:  IBM Research, Endwave, Velocium, UMS, Infineon Technologies, Motorola

Interactive Technical Workshop

Next Generation "Ecological" Handset Design and Manufacturing

The Global Economic Impact of Recycling
on
Materials, Processes, Devices

December 9-12, 2003

Co Hosted by:  Motorola and AMKOR, Nextel Communications

Hosted by:  Elcoteq

Interactive Technical Workshop

Upgradeable Basestations 
and 2G/3G Transition

Architecture and Components for "Future Proofing" Basestations 
for 2.5G and Beyond
&
Tour of O2 Facilities and Service Demonstrations

November 4-7, 2003

Host:  O2

London, UK

Interactive Technical Workshop

Last Mile Broadband Solutions

Are Consumer Prices Possible?

Trends, Tradeoffs and Requirements of Consumer Priced 
Wireless, Satellite, Fibre and Copper Equipment 
&

September 30, October 1-3, 2003

Hosted by: British Telecom

London, UK

Interactive Technical Workshop

Outsourcing Trends in the Wireless Industry

The Changing Role of EMS’ in the Supply Chain

June 17-20, 2003

Hosted by:  Celestica

Toronto, Canada

Interactive Technical Workshop

Millimeterwave Markets, Applications and Technologies from 20-100 GHz -- An Overview

Where and When is the future?

Automotive Radar, Sensors and 
Communications Equipment, >20 GHz

and Tour:  Mercedes Engine Assembly  Factory
plus
Mercedes Museum

Stuttgart, Germany
May 5-8, 2003

May 5-8, 2003

Co-Hosted by:  Daimler Chrysler, Endwave, Stratex Networks, IBM, UMS, Velocium, Raytheon

Stuttgart, Germany

Interactive Technical Workshop

Basestation Coverage Enhancement Equipment

Low Cost, Easily Implemented Solutions

March 4-7, 2003

Hosted by: Sprint PCS
Kansas City, MO

Interactive Technical Workshop

Emerging In-Building & 
Short Range Wireless Systems

Applications and Equipment Requirements

802.11x, Bluetooth (tm), 
Bluetooth (tm)-like

January 15-16, 2003

Co-Hosted by: 
EMS Technologies 
and 
Intersil Corp.

Interactive Technical Workshop

Wall Street
Meets
Wireless Industry Supply Chain

January 14, 2003

Hosted by:  Merrill Lynch

San Francisco, CA

Interactive Technical Workshop

Cost Effective Automotive Wireless and
Multimedia Systems Packaging

In-Vehicle "Bluetooth-like" Solutions, 
Vehicle Wireless Multimedia Systems and Positioning Systems

& 
Tour -- Ford Research Laboratory

Dec 3-6 2002

Hosted by:

Ford Motor Company

Dearborn, MI

Interactive Technical Workshop

Cost & Size Effective
Handset Integrated Packaging
and
Supply Chain Partnering

Toward 40% Integration 
at NO Additional Cost

Sept 10-13, 2002

Hosted by:

Flextronics

Aalborg, Denmark

Interactive Technical Workshop

Last-Mile Broadband Solutions

Trends, Tradeoffs and Requirements of
Consumer Priced
Wireless, OptoElectronic, Copper
Equipment

& Tour
Bell Canada Labs

July 22-25, 2002

Hosted by:

Bell Canada
Telcordia
Lucent Technologies

Montreal, Canada

Interactive Technical Workshop

Millimeterwave Base Station Backhaul and
60 GHz Unlicensed Band Radios

Trends, Challenges and Future Requirements for
Equipment Design and Manufacturing

& Tour
Harris  Microelectronics Components Operation
(including PA  & Module Assembly)

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Wall Street Session

June 17-20, 2002

Hosted by: Harris Corp.

Interactive Technical Workshop

Frequency Agile, Adaptive 
Base Stations

Impact on RF Equipment of
Software Defined Radios

April 9-11, 2002

Hosted by:  

Alcatel SEL AG
Stuttgart, Germany

Interactive Technical Workshop

Ka-Band Broadband Satcom Terminal - 
Are Consumer Prices Possible ?  

New Dates, 
26 Feb-1 Mar, 2002

Hosted by 
Alenia Spazio and EuroSkyWay 

Interactive Technical Workshop

Unlicensed-Band
Short Range Radios
Applications and Packaging
 Wireless LANs & PANs

(802.11x, Bluetooth, HiperLAN, Home RF)

&
Demonstration - WayPort WLAN Network

January 29-31, 2002

Hosted by:

WayPort Corp.
Philips Semiconductors
Intersil Corp.

Roundtable

Next Generation Handset Integrated Packaging Roundtable
Toward 40% Annual Functional Integration

Oct 30-31, Nov 1-2, 2001
Research Triangle Park, NC
Hosted by: Ericsson, Inc.

Interactive Technical Workshop

Multi-GigaBit OptoElectronics
Breakthrough Packaging and Assembly
Lowering Optical Network Infrastructure Costs
Convergence with Reliable Millimeterwave Volume Manufacturing Technologies

Aug. 27-30, 2001
Philadelphia, PA
Hosted by JDS Uniphase

Interactive Technical Workshop

High Capacity - Power Efficient
2.5/3G BaseStations & Systems
Lowering the Cost per Subscriber
Power Efficiency, Smart Antennas and Repeaters
&
Tour of the Sanmina Facility for 
Nortel Networks Base Station Assembly

July 15-18, 2001
Hosted by: Nortel Networks
Calgary, Canada

Interactive Technical Workshop

Future Bluetooth & 
Bluetooth-Like 
Applications & Packaging

May 17-19, 2001
Hosted by: Philips Semiconductor Corp.
Phoenix, AZ

Interactive Technical Workshop

Millimeterwave 
Supply Chain Summit II 

Lowering the Cost of Broadband Systems 

Service Providers, Equipment Makers, Device and Packaging Suppliers 

with 

Special Tour -- Winstar's Network Operations Center

April 8-11, 2001
Hosted by:  Winstar Communications
Dulles, VA

Interactive Technical Workshop

Wireless Internet...
Impact on 
Next Generation Handheld Product 
Packaging

Feb 18-20, 2001
Nice, France
inventMobile
A Subsidiary of France Telecom

Interactive Technical Workshop

GigaBits to the Desktop
Convergence of
Millimeterwave Radio and Opto-Electronics Packaging
at 10's of GigaBits per Second

January 16-18, 2001
Scottsdale, AZ
Hosted by Lucent Technologies and Endwave Corp.

Interactive Technical Workshop

Future Automotive Wireless Packaging
and Ford Research Laboratory Tour

Dec 11-13, 2000
Dearborn MI

Interactive Technical Workshop

Low Cost Broadband User Terminal Packaging Above X-Band (>12 GHz) 

Oct 8-10, 2000
Paris, France
Hosted by:  Alcatel

Working Group Workshop

EPDeS 5 Working Groups Meeting

Sept 22, 2000
Boston, MA
After IMAPS 2000

Interactive Technical Workshop

Reliable Tower Top Electronics Packaging and Smart Antennas
Cellular, PCS, WLANS, 2.5 & 3G

Sept 6-8, 2000
Hosted by Ericsson
Research Triangle Park, NC

Summit Interactive Technical Workshop

Millimeterwave Service Industry/Supply Chain Summit Workshop

July 10-12
New Orleans, LA
Co-Hosted by:
Wireless Communications Association (WCA) and Morgan Keegan Investment Bank 

Working Group Workshop

EPDeS 4 Working Group Workshop

June 15-16, 2000
After IEEE MTT-S Symposium
Boston, MA

Interactive Technical Workshop

Future -- Bluetooth, Home RF, WLAN & Automotive Wireless Packaging

May 15-17, 2000
Richardson, TX

Interactive Technical Workshop

Next Generation Handset Packaging

March 15-17, 2000
Kansas City, MO
Hosted by Sprint PCS

Industry Initiative

Millimeterwave Design and Assembly Supply Chain Initiative

Jan 20-22, 2000
Austin, TX
Hosted by Raytheon Telecommunications

Industry Initiative

Electronic Product Design System (tm)
EPDeS (tm) 3 Workshop
Featuring EPDeS Demonstration

November 15-16 1999
Murray Hill, NJ
Hosted by Lucent Technologies

Interactive Technical Workshop

Breakthrough Packaging for Local Multipoint System (LMDS) Equipment

August 8-10, 1999
Richardson, TX
Sponsored by Raytheon Systems

Interactive Technical Workshop

Fanless Base Station Packaging 

July 14-16, 1999
Calgary, Canada
Co-Sponsored by Nortel Networks and Harris Corporation

Interactive Technical Workshop

Consumer Priced Microwave/Millimeterwave Antenna Subsystems ---
Technologies, Challenges &
Required Developments.

January 24-26, 1999
Phoenix, AZ
Hosted  by Motorola Ground Systems Division

Industry Initiative

Electronic Product Design System (tm)
EPDeS (tm)

February 26-27, 1999
LaJolla, CA
LaJolla Marriott
Featuring QUALCOMM

Industry Initiative

Electronic Product Design System (tm)
EPDeS (tm)

Oct 11-12, 1998
Helsinki, Finland
At Nokia's Central Research Center