BEIJING, Sept. 19 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: The Global Wi-Fi Summit in China 2007 will host industry leaders
to present on Wi-Fi technology, deployments and markets. This
inaugural event is a venue for industry experts, vendors,
carriers and Chinese government officials to forge industry
collaborations and assist Wi-Fi stakeholders in building a
presence in China.
WHEN: September 26-27, 2007
WHERE: The Presidential Plaza Hotel
Beijing, China
WHO: The Wi-Fi Alliance and Global Wi-Fi Summit sponsors including
Intel, AMCC, Atheros Communications, Broadcom, Cisco and Motorola
will be addressing industry-focused topics. Below is a listing of
top-industry speakers that will be driving discussions on Wi-Fi
technology in China.
Government and Wireless Deployments in China
-- Chen Ruming, Chair, Radio Frequency Planning Expert Consultative
Committee, Ministry of Information Industry (MII)
-- Dang Meimei / Wang Zhiqin, Chair of Wireless Work Group, China
Communications Standards Association
-- Ma Benteng, Beijing 2008 Olympics Office, China Mobile
-- Wang Haila, Chief Technology Officer, France Telecom (in China)
Industry Associations and Collaboration
-- Celia Desmond, Board Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE)
-- Jason Yin, Managing Director, In-Stat China
-- Li Baorong, Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance
-- Stephen Palm, Digital Living Network Alliance
Wi-Fi Technology and Architecture:
-- Guo Hongtao, Vice President, CECT-ChinaCOMM Communications Co. Ltd
-- Guo Qiang, General Manager, HoJu
-- Hou Ziqiang, Director, China Netcom (Hong Kong)
-- Sun Yuning, President of IRGS and Vice President, Lenovo Group
-- Xie Yi, Vice President, China Academy of Telecommunication Research,
MII
-- Zhang Wenyue, China Netcom
CONTACT: To learn more about the event, visit
http://www.conference.cn/wi-fi or send an email
to: wi-fi@conference.cn.
Global Wi-Fi Summit in China 2007
Managers and product developers from networking equipment manufacturers involved in the Wi-Fi industry are expected to attend the first annual Global Wi-Fi Summit in China, as are government officials, analysts and consultants, and venture capitalists. In addition, the two-day conference will feature a vendor exposition with product demonstrations and interoperability testing events.
The Wi-Fi Alliance has partnered with BII Group Holdings, Inc. to produce the event.
About the Wi-Fi Alliance
The Wi-Fi Alliance is a global, non-profit industry association of more than 300 member companies devoted to promoting the growth of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). With the aim of enhancing the user experience for mobile wireless devices, the Wi-Fi Alliance's testing and certification programs ensure the interoperability of WLAN products based on the IEEE 802.11 specification. Since the introduction of the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification program in March 2000, more than 3,500 products have been designated as Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM), encouraging the expanded use of Wi-Fi products and services across the consumer and enterprise markets.
Wi-Fi(R), Wi-Fi Alliance(R), WMM(R), the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED logo, the Wi-Fi logo, and the Wi-Fi ZONE logo are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance; Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM), Wi-Fi Protected Setup(TM), Wi-Fi Protected Access(TM), WPA(TM), WPA2(TM), Wi-Fi Multimedia(TM), and the Wi-Fi Alliance logo are trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
