IEEE ComSoc International Communications Quality and Reliability Workshop
16-18 April 2019 // Naples, Florida, USA

Tuesday Speakers

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Opening Keynote: Internet Service and Disaster Response in Rural America
Bill Poellmitz
ClearSky Technologies
Chief Executive Officer

Segment Chair – Technology For Tomorrow
Bob Lesnewich
Perspecta Labs
Director – Emerging Technologies
Session 1 – 5G-Capabilities to Meet User Needs
Jose de Francisco Lopez (Chair)
Nokia Software Group
Senior Design Director
Sue Monahan
Small Cell Forum
CEO
Jonathan Brady
Cambridge Communication Systems, Ltd.
Director of Sales – North America
Andy Purdy
Huawei Technologies USA
Chief Security Officer

Technical Papers Session #1 – 5G Mobile
Chikara Ohta (Technical Program Co-Chair)
Kobe University
Professor
Kai Zeng (Technical Program Co-Chair)
George Mason University
Professor
Norihoro Fukumoto
KDDI Research, Inc.
Research Engineer
Carolyn Johnson
AT&T Labs
Director

Session 2 – The Emergence of Edge Computing
Ian Hood (Chair)
RedHat
Chief Technologist – Global Service Provider
Rob Wilmoth
RedHat
Chief Architect – North America Telco & MSO
Peter Fetterolf
ACG Analytics
Chief Technology Officer
Volker Tegtmeyer
Akamai Technologies
Sr. Manager – Product Marketing

Technical Papers Session #2 – Network Service
Hidenori Nakazato
Waseda University
Professor
Gandhimathi Velusamy
University of Houston
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Executive Panel – 5G; Separating Hype from Reality
Kelly Krick
Ericsson
Solution Manager III – MANA Packet Core and Communication Services
Abby Knowles
Verizon Wireless
Vice President
Geoff Hollingworth
Mobile EdgeX
Chief Marketing Officer

Session 3 – Emergency Response Capabilities
Carol Davids (Chair)
Illinois Institute of Technology
Professor and RTC Lab Director

 

Paul Brillaud
Oracle
Sales Director
Harry Smeenk
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
Sr. Vice President – Technology Programs
Jeff Carl
AT&T FirstNet
Director of Product Management, Public Safety Solutions