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AUGUST 27-29, 2003 

        

                       Can You Ping Me Now?   

WISPCON-EURO - Session Details - Over 100 hours of intense learning will be available and at your finger tips.  

FRIDAY, August 29th - There will be three Session Tracts PLUS a Repeat Track for those more popular sessions. To ensure Repeat sessions are available make sure you identify your needs by taking this attendance questionnaire.

8:00am - 8:15am - PART-15.ORG Industry Awards Presentation:  - PART-15.ORG's Industry Awards will be presented to members of the Wireless Industry. Panelists:  PART-15.ORG President Michael Anderson, Director of Education and Training Lynn Kline and the many award sponsors. Additional Information regarding the Awards Program can be found here.  Presentation of the following awards:

 

Wireless Internet Service Provider of the Year

Wireless Manufacturer of the Year
Wireless Advocate of the Year

Wireless Reseller of the Year

Wireless Consultant of the Year

President's Choice Award

 

If you haven't already done so, please send your nomination in.

 

8:15am - 9:00am - Keynote Address:  - TBA Panelists:  - TBA

 

9:00am - 10:00am  - Sessions

 

Administrative - Dealing with Local Governments  - For those wishing to hang antennas on local government 

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Technical -
Deploying in Various Environments - Most environments will require different approaches for different environments. Deploying a NEMA equipment box in Death Valley CA will have different needs than one being deployed in Northern Michigan. Mountains, trees, deserts and over-water deployments all requirement different approaches to accomplish the same things. 

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Specialized -
UHF (TV + 700MHz) Solutions - This session will cover the aspects and advantages of using the UHF and 700MHz License Exempt Bands for WISPs.

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

Configuration - Tsunami Configuration - TBA

Panelists: TBA - Proxim

Moderator: TBA

 

10:00am - 10:15am  - Morning Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibitors

 

10:15am - 11:15am  - Sessions 

 

Administrative - Tower Rental Agreements and Negotiations -  A discussion on how to effectively negotiate your leases.

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

Technical - MTU Fundamentals - Which equipment to use in Multi-Tenant locations is always a hard choice. In this session you'll learn what works well and what doesn't.
Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

Specialized - SAFETY - Policies, Procedures and Guidelines - This is a very enlightening and educational so do yourself a favor and stay out of trouble, attend this session and help make your WISP a safe one.

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

Configuration - ImageStream Router Configuration - Basic and Advanced settings for the feature rich ImageStream Router Series.

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

11:15am - 12:15pm  - Sessions

 

Administrative - How To Select Your Bandwidth Provider - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of buying your bandwidth from the Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 Providers. The contracts, the "fine print", TOS, and much more is discussed along with how to avoid problems.

Panelists:  TBA

Moderator: TBA


Technical - 
Site Surveys - How to perform the best site survey to determine service availability for that potential customer.

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Specialized - 
ETSI 101 - This session will be a soup-to-nuts "teach-in" on the developments at the ETSI that will have substantial impact on WISPs and license-exempt spectrum in the European markets. The session will be led by __TBA____ a leading expert on license-exempt regulation. Topics will include spectrum allocation, tower/customer antenna sitting, building access, professional installation/equipment certification, universal service, and legislative developments of interest to all WISPs. Written materials will be available in the session and also on the Conference CD Rom

Panelists:  TBA

Moderator: TBA

 


Configuration - 
Cisco Series Routers - Welp, here is your chance to learn those goofy command lines that make your network function properly and to enhance what you already have going. Did you consider blocking the 10.0.0.0 and the 192.168.0.0 subnets to help keep out those spoofers? This session will teach you how. 

Panelists:  TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

12:15pm - 1:30pm  - Lunch/Visit Exhibitors 

 

1:30pm - 2:30pm  - Sessions

 

Administrative - The "Virtual WISP" Model

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Technical - 
TBA 

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Specialized - 
How To safely Climb a Tower - There is no way you'll learn everything there is to learn about safely climbing towers in one hour. However, we can provide a lot of highlights in that time. Where to buy harnesses, what not to strap onto, where to mount your antennas and where not to. Possible water-tower tour and safety demonstration. safety Requirements.
Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Configuration -
TBA

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

2:30pm - 3:30pm  - Sessions 

 

Administrative - Hiring, Training and Keeping Employees - TBA

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Technical - 
The World Is My Hotspot - Planning and open discussions on cooperative agreements for HotSpot, world-wide roaming. 

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Specialized - 
TBA

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Configuration -
MRTG/STG Configuration - Learn how to install MRTG, STG, and RTG to monitor and account for your bandwidth.

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

3:30pm - 3:45pm  - Afternoon Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibitors

 

3:45pm - 4:45pm  - Sessions

 

Administrative - Planning Your Cell Sites and Collocation/Interference Issues - What you should know before you throw up that WiPOP and what to do about what you learned. How many APs can I have on that tower? What frequencies should I use? What are my options if the links don't work? What do I do to limit interference? 

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Technical - 
The CD - Overview of the Conference CD Rom Contents - The Conference CD Rom is packed full of presentations, documents, pictures and programs. This session is an overview of the entire contents of the CD and how you can best use those contents.

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

Specialized - Building Your Own Tower - Learn how to select a site, pick the right tower, get construction approval, order all the components, and actually install your own communications tower. Also in this presentation the attendee will discover how to select the proper cell structure to cover those areas of interest to the WISP. Site selection based on coverage area desired, interference from competitors, and much more will be discussed.
Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA


Configuration -
TBA

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

WISPCON-EURO Closing Session  - A general review of all the aspects of the WISPCONs II Conference. All interested parties are encouraged to come and provide their individual feedback to the conference staff. There might even be some beer left over.

 

 

 

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