IEEE 802.16 Delegation Meets the Israeli Wireless Industry

Alvarion is sponsoring the May 2006 Session #43 of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group (May 8-11, David Intercontinental Hotel, Tel Aviv).

On the morning of Monday, May 8, Alvarion is organizing a meeting between the IEEE 802.16 attendees and the Israeli wireless industry. The meeting will take place in David Intercontinental hotel in Tel Aviv. Alvarion would like to invite people from the Israeli wireless industry to attend the event. The participation is at no charge, but requires prior registration. People wishing to participate are invited to send an email to Naftali Chayat (naftali.chayat@alvarion.com) with the details (name, affiliation, title) of the attendees. IEEE 802.16 session registrants need not register separately for this Monday morning meeting.

The agenda of the event: 

Time	Event	Speaker
8:00	Registration and coffee
9:15	Opening and Welcome notes
	Overview of Standards to the Israeli industry
9:25	IEEE 802.16 - achievements, status and plans	Dr. Roger Marks (Chair of IEEE 802.16 Working Group)
9:45	Overview of the 802.16j Mobile Multihop Relay Project	Dr. Mitsuo Nohara (KDDI, Chair of Relay Task Group)
10:05	WiMAX developments	Jose Puthenkulam (Intel)
10:30	Coffee break
	Overview of wireless industry in Israel
10:45	The Office of the Chief Scientist and the Israeli wireless industry	Effi Bergida (OCS office)
11:05	Overview of the REMON Israeli 4G Consortium	Naftali Chayat (Alvarion, Chief Scientist)
	Presentations by Israeli companies
11:25	Comsys
11:35	Paragon
11:45	WiNetworks
11:55	Closing words
12:00	Adjourn for lunch

Due to the tight schedule of the event people are advised to arrive early.

Looking forward to seeing you,

Naftali Chayat,

Chief Scientist, Alvarion