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NEW
– International Wireless Packaging Consortium
Interactive Technical Workshop
Limited
to 100 seats
First Registered, First Served
Preliminary Agenda
Lowering Basestation Equipment OPEX Tower
Top Electronics, Backhaul and Antenna Options for reducing costs of
energy, backhaul and site leasing Hosted
by: London, UKSeptember 21-24, 2004 Hilton
Watford |
Organized
by the International Wireless Packaging Consortium
Click HERE to Register for Workshop
Moderated
by
Don Brown, Director, IWPC
and
Rene Douville, Technical Director, IWPC
Workshop Background
A key cost element for Cellular Service providers in that of maintenance and OPEX.
As new technologies emerge for repair, maintenance or updating, they often are incompatible with existing and established implementations or require significant and costly rework or renegotiation of agreements with site management companies. Service providers must look to ensure maximum reuse of existing facilities.
A major component of OPEX is that of energy costs. Equipment improvements which offer improved efficiency while minimizing disruption in existing facilities are desired. Possible areas to be examined which offer potential for this include power amplifiers, tower mounted electronics, lower cost backhaul and techniques for reducing the wind, weight and real estate demands on towers and cell sites.
If your business is anywhere in the supply chain for future infrastructure equipment, you MUST actively participate in this unique IWPC Interactive Technical Workshop. |
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Workshop Goal
The GOAL of this workshop, the seventh in a series, is to bring together senior leaders from THE ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN to facilitate and stimulate breakthrough thinking on emerging technologies and manufacturing methods which, when coupled with market needs and timings, and key system cost drivers, can substantially drive down the cost of the RF hardware and operating expenses associated with base stations.
In short, the goal of this workshop is to create an open, interactive environment, where the entire supply chain can communicate, network, share technology requirements and capabilities, and achieve mutually desired goals.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2004 |
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7:00 PM |
Social and Networking Reception & Registration |
Hilton Watford |
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Wednesday, September 22, 2004 |
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7:00 AM |
Breakfast & Registration |
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8:00 AM |
Opening Remarks |
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8:15 AM |
Introductions |
Each person will be asked to introduce him/herself and share how they can contribute to this process |
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REQUIREMENTS AND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS OFFERED |
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9:00 AM |
Keynote service provider view OVERVIEW
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The Importance of and Opportunities for High OPEX Reduction Phil Cornforth Head of RAN Platform Design Radio Systems T-Mobile
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9:30 AM |
Other service provider views |
PA’s for 3G Basestations
How Do We Make Money on a $5 ARPU Customer and How Do We Get There?
Other Operators Present
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10:20 AM |
BREAK |
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10:40 AM |
PANEL KEYNOTE AND USER COMMUNITY Operators will be given the opportunity to clarify their needs, requirements and views and will engage in a panel session where the audience is invited to ask questions and they will be given the opportunity to ask each other and the audience questions.
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Panelists
will be previous speakers plus
Other Invited Cellular Operators |
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11:20 AM |
SYSTEM OEM SUPPLIER OPTIONS for OPEX REDUCTION
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CPRI-Based Economics of Tower Top Electronics Werner Korte Senior Vice President, UMTS Line of Business Siemens Mobile Networks
Dual Approach to OPEX Savings Christian Hedelin Director Technical Sales Support Ericsson
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12:00 PM |
NETWORKING LUNCH |
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1:00 PM |
MAJOR SUBSYSTEM SUPPLIER OPTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES
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Opportunities for OPEX Reduction in the Radio Access Network: Meeting the Challenge Danny Arison Vice President, Strategic Marketing Powerwave
CAPEX vs Efficiency: The Search for the 'Sweet Spot' Peter Kenington Director Advanced Technology Andrew Corporation
The Potential for Reducing Operational Expenditure in UMTS Network Through the Use of Remote Radio Heads Simon Mellor VP EMEA Sales and Marketing Remec
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2:00 PM |
PANEL OF MAJOR EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS
Speakers from previous session will be given the opportunity to clarify their needs, requirements and views and will engage in a panel session where the audience is invited to ask questions and they will be given the opportunity to ask each other and the audience questions.
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2:45 PM |
BREAK |
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3:15 PM |
basestation Site SUPPLIERS' VIEWS and backhaul Supply options for opex reduction
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Taking the Backache out of Backhaul Martin Rolls Head of Mobility Messaging BT Wholesale
Access and Core Point To Point Terrestrial Radio for the Provision of Backhaul in the UK Paul Woolridge Team Leader/Access Tech. BT Wholesale
OPEX and "Cost of Ownership"--Reducing Features in Microwave Backhaul Networks Christophe Decaen Business Development Manager Harris Corp.
Minimizing Network Costs Through Strategic Collocation Ted Abrams VP/Technology Spectrasite
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4:45 PM |
PANEL or OPEN DISCUSSION basestation Site SUPPLIERS' and backhaul Suppliers VIEWS Speakers from previous session will be given the opportunity to clarify their needs, requirements and views and will engage in a panel session where the audience is invited to ask questions and they will be given the opportunity to ask each other and the audience questions. |
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5:30 PM |
Adjourn |
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7:00 PM |
DinnerLondon Style |
Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel |
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Thursday, September 23 , 2004 |
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7:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES |
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8:00 AM |
Antennas and Antenna Subsystems SuppliersAntenna suppliers will address ways to help:
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Contribution of Advanced Antenna Systems to OPEX Reduction: Principles and Applications Patrick Nobileau VP Base Station Antennas Radio Frequency Systems France
Antennas For More Efficient Usage of Tower Real Estate Norbert Ephan Senior Project Manager Electrical Development GE Kathrein Werke KG
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9:00 AM |
Enabling Technologies
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Survival and Service of Distributed Tower Top Electronics Art Peltier VP Engineering PolyPhaser Corporation
Silicon LDMOS RF Power Devices and Packages for Wireless Infrastructure Dr.
Peter Gammel RF Power Products
Application of High Voltage HBT Technology to Improve Base Station Efficiency Mike Sanna Vice President, Business Development TriQuint
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10:00 AM |
NETWORKING BREAK |
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10:20 AM |
Enabling Technologies (Cont'd) |
Use of BeO in High Powered Applications Lee
Vandermark Brush Ceramic Products
Cooling The System: How Can We Move that Heat? Alfred Gahse WL Gore
Adaptive Digital Predistortion and Hybrid Transceiver Design and Test for 3G Radios Tim Masson Wireless Application Engineer Agilent
A Look at Life Cycle Cost: Transmission Line Impact on Network Design, Installation, Operating Expenses and Long Term Reliability Alan Walp Vice President Wireless Commscope
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12:00 PM |
LUNCH |
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1:00 PM |
Set Up Break Out Sessions Working Groups
Questions to be answered:
1. What are the gaps in: Technology ? Communication ?
2. What is needed from the supply chain to address these gaps ?
3. What can IWPC do to assist ? |
The group will interactively discuss and identify opportunities for future fruitful development. We will break into small working groups and allow members to interact with like and no-so-like minded professionals. The goal of this process is to clarify the needs and identify new opportunities for development. Each working group will identify a leader and at the end, the
leader will make a short presentation on the findings and conclusions
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1:20 PM |
Breakout Sessions |
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3:40 PM |
Breakout Session Reports |
Each Working Group Leader will make a 10 minute presentation to summarize the Wish List Items and Conclusions of his/her working group.
Group will come together and have an interactive discussion to exchange and challenge ideas presented by working group leaders.
This process dramatically expands the thinking of the attendees. |
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4:40 PM |
Take Aways & Closing Remarks |
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5:30 PM |
Adjourn |
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7:00 PM |
Dinner (Dutch) |
For those who desire to join us, we get together to enjoy good friends, good food, good wine and [really] bad jokes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday, September 24, 2004 |
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9:00 AM - 12:00 AM |
Tours
of T-Mobile Test Facilities |
Bus Transportation provided from and to hotel. |
ATTENDANCE IWPC Interactive Technical Workshops, available to IWPC members only (2 persons per IWPC Member Company), unlike traditional conferences and workshops, are highly interactive and are attended by senior technology and business leaders who make a commitment to cooperate to forward advanced packaging technology.
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DEADLINE FOR HANDOUT MATERIALS Deadline for electronic version of handout materials: September 7, 2004 |
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COSTS ALL
attendees AND pre-approved guests will be asked to cover out of pocket
workshop costs such as food, entertainment, booklet copying,
audio/visual costs, etc.
Attendees AND pre-approved guests will be asked to pay this fee in advance with either Visa, Mastercard, American Express, cash, personal check or business check.
Make checks payable to IWPC.
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HOTEL Hilton
Watford
Please contact the hotel directly for reservations. Mention the IWPC room block rate of $105. pounds Cut-off date for reservations is September 1, 2004. After that date rooms cannot be guaranteed at the IWPC rate. The nearest train station is Watford Junction and trains leave the central London station of Euston. From
M1, Junction 5: Follow
directions to London/Harrow (A41). At first roundabout, go straight From
M25 Clockwise, Junction 19: At
first roundabout, follow directions to North Watford. Go under
underpass. From
M25 Anti-clockwise, Junction 21A: Join
the A405 and follow signs to Harrow/Watford. At first roundabout, |
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AUDIO VISUAL All projector formats will be available for the speakers. · Computer projector · Overhead projector In addition, we plan to audiotape all presentations and the interactive discussions. This tape will be transcribed and made available to all IWPC members.
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BUSINESS CARDS Business cards will be collected at the door from all attendees. We will make copies of these cards, which will be available to all who provided a business card.
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DRESS Business casual suggested. No ties, please !!
Click HERE to Register for Workshop
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