2010 Events

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May 2010 : WCA Smart Grid SIG
Home Energy Management in the Smart Grid World
-- Moderator: Vito Longo, Technology Editor, Transmission & Distribution World
-- James Dempsey, Vice President for Public Policy, Center for Democracy & Technology
-- Paul Nagel, Vice President of Strategic Development, Control4 Energy Systems
-- Ted Reguly, Director of Smart Meter Program Office, SDG&E
-- Raj Vaswani, CTO, Silver Spring Networks
Photos & writeup by D.J. Cline

April 2010 : WCA LBS SIG
How Does Mobile Device Selection Influence LBS?
-- Moderator: Hugh Fletcher, Director - Network APIs, Verizon Wireless
-- Scott Hotes, CTO & VP Engineering, WaveMarket, Inc.
-- Marc Kleinmaier, Mgr of LBS Business Development, Nokia
-- Patrick Mork, VP Marketing, GetJar
-- Ashu Pande, VP & GM LBS Infrastructure & Services, SiRF Technology
-- Martin Tannerfors, Director & Mobile Innovator, Samsung Mobile
Photos & writeup by D.J. Cline

April 2010 : WCA Mobile SIG
Mobile OS – 2010 and Beyond
-- Moderator: Lars Kamp, Executive, Accenture Growth Strategy Practice
-- David Cao, CEO, ExtendLogic
-- Todd Crick, President & CEO, inCode Telecom
-- Hugh Fletcher, Director of Technology, Verizon Wireless
-- Oliver Gunasekara, Head of N.A. for Global Alliances, Symbian Foundation
-- Asokan Thiyagarajan, Director, Samsung Telecommunications America
Photos & writeup by D.J. Cline

February 2010 : WCA Cognitive Radio SIG
Technology Solutions to the Spectrum Crisis
-- Moderator: Lloyd Nirenberg, CEO, Shannon-Bayes Venture Corp. - Presentation
-- Michael J. Marcus Sc.D., Director, Marcus Spectrum Solutions - Presentation
-- Joe Hamilla, COO & Co-Founder, Spectrum Bridge - Presentation
-- Dewayne Hendricks, CEO, Tetherless Access - Presentation
-- Jeff Stern, SVP and GM for Government Solutions, TerreStar Corp. - Presentation

January 2010 : WCA Smart Grid SIG
Smart Grid Evolution -- 2010 and Beyond
-- Moderator: TJ Glauthier, President, TJG Energy Associates LLC
-- Andy Balaschak, Dir. Product Management, Tropos - Presentation
-- Rob Conant, VP of Infrastructure Development, Trilliant - Presentation
-- Bob Friday, Dir. Strategic Initiatives, WNBU, Cisco - Presentation
-- Nada Golmie, Group Leader, Emerging and Mobile Network Technologies, NIST - Presentation
-- Aloke Gupta, Senior Energy Analyst, CPUC - Presentation
-- Robert Gustin, Industry Solutions Manager Utilities, Sprint Nextel - Presentation
-- Michael Wojcik, Manager, Enterprise Data Solutions, Verizon Wireless - Presentation
-- Seppo Yrjola, Principal Innovator, CTO unit, Nokia Siemens Networks - Presentation