Wednesday

12:00 to 1:00
Registration, lunch

1:00 to 3:00 

Keynote: Erika Tejedor, Ericsson

Erika Tejedor is Vice President of spectrum regulations at Ericsson and focuses on securing globally harmonized spectrum availability and favorable regulations for mobile technologies across different business sectors. With over 15 years of experience in the mobile industry, she has worked across research, product development, 3GPP and ETSI standardization, ITU-R, spectrum regulations, industry partnership and government relations.

Keynote: Amit Mukhopodhyay, Verizon
"Updates on 3.1-3.4, 7-8 GHz National Spectrum Sharing Strategy"

Dr. Amit Mukhopadhyay is a member of the Technological Advisory Council (TAC) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He also a member of the Board of Directors in Wireless Innovation Forum.

Keynote: Nick LaSorte, NTIA

Nick LaSorte is an engineer at the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in the Office of Spectrum Management (OSM).

Break

3:30 to 5:30

CEPT Activities, Martin Brock, Shure 

Martin Brock is Shure UK’s Senior Manager, Global Regulatory Policy. Based in London, Martin predominantly covers spectrum regulation in the UK, Europe, India and the US, in addition to global cybersecurity and AI regulatory developments. Before joining Shure, he spent 20 years in the Spectrum Group of UK regulator Ofcom, including overseeing spectrum policy for Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE), and serving several years as Secretary to FM PT51, the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations’ (CEPT) project team for PMSE frequency management.  Prior to that he was part of the Ofcom project team which introduced dynamic spectrum access in the UK via Ofcom’s TV white spaces framework and was Project Manager of Ofcom’s introduction of low-power audio PMSE sharing with aeronautical radionavigation services in the 960 MHz band.

UK DSIT Sandbox, James Neel, Federated Wireless

Dr. James (Jody) Neel, a leading spectrum sharing researcher, is the Senior Technologist at Federated Wireless. At Federated Wireless, he has led the development of prototypes for a wide range of scenarios, including 3GPP / radar spectrum sharing, overseas spectrum sharing systems, AWS-3 spectrum sharing. He holds numerous patents in the area of spectrum sharing and 3GPP network customization, was a Board Member of the Wireless Innovation Forum, and was Chair of its Cognitive Radio Work Group.

In this talk, Dr. Neel will present the results of a prototype funded as a DSIT Spectrum Sandbox project. In this project, Federated Wireless, working with Telet Research, Queen Mary University of London, and Aetha Consulting, extended CBRS protocols to accommodate more dynamic mechanisms that improve the utility and capacity of UK SAL and LAL spectrum sharing processes. The talk will focus on the extensions made to CBRS protocols to accommodate different bands, protection rules, and mechanisms, including RAN-based incumbent detection, and the results and lessons learned from prototyping.

CBRS in Numbers, Andy Clegg, Baylor University

Dr. Andrew Clegg is cofounder and CTO of Valo Analytica, a startup focused on radio spectrum technology and innovation. He is also a part-time Senior Research Scientist in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Baylor University. He was previously the Spectrum Engineering Lead for Google, where he was a principal architect of the U.S. Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). Before that, he was the Program Director for Electromagnetic Spectrum Management at the U.S. National Science Foundation. He pioneered NSF's first-ever grant program dedicated to academic and small business research in the radio spectrum domain.

Andrew has over 30 years of experience in radio spectrum management across industry, federal government, and academia. He has served as a U.S. delegate to two ITU World Radiocommunication Conferences. He also serves as CTO of the Wireless Innovation Forum and is a member of the FCC's Technological Advisory Council. He holds a PhD in Radio Astronomy from Cornell University and a BA in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Virginia.

Thursday

8:00 to 8:30
Registration, breakfast

8:30 to 10:00
Keynotes

Keynote: Colby Harper, Pathfinder
WInnForum 6G

Colby Harper is CEO of Pathfinder Wireless. Pathfinder and its partners are active contributors to multiple SDO’s and consortia, with a focus on their intersection with the global wireless R&D ecosystem and spectrum regulatory landscape.

Colby has led strategic wireless innovation, early and late-stage R&D, and operations in multiple sectors since the 2G-era.  

A specialist in adaptive real-time control of complex systems, Colby has served as a founding member of international standards/R&D initiatives and organizations, and contributed to telecommunications and technology policy plans and legislation.

Keynote: Dr. Mohammed El-Moghazi, NTRA
Egypt NTRA on WRC-27

Dr. Mohamed El-Moghazi is the Acting Executive Director, National Spectrum Affairs Department, the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Chairman of the Arab Spectrum Management Group (ASMG) 1, and Vice-Chairman, the Preparatory Meeting for the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23). Dr. Maghazi is holder of a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Management; Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methodology for Business, Management, and Engineering (University of Strathclyde); Diploma in Communication Management (University of Colorado). Furthermore, he published myriad papers in esteemed conferences and prestigious journals and supervised many master’s theses and PhD dissertations on spectrum affairs. He was awarded the British Chevening Scholarship from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2007 and was chosen as one of three finalist candidates for the Professional Achievement Award (UK Graduates) in 2018. Dr. Moghazi, also, won the Young Researchers Award from the Pacific Telecommunications Council in 2017. He is the founder of the Global Telecom Policy Researchers Network (GTPRN), a non-profit initiative and research society for researchers in the field of telecommunications policy.

Keynote: John Dundas, Farrpoint
Frequency Coordination for Olympics

John Dundas has been involved in the communications industry for many years and for the past 10 years focused on Mega Sport Evenings across the world. He consults on radio and spectrum for these events and works with thee Organizing Committees hand in hand with the national regulators. These events put a massive burden on spectrum be it licensed or licensed exempt, yet still look great on TV with few issues.

10:00 to 10:30
Morning Break

10:30  to 11:30 

Mobile Demand Panel, moderated by Martin Brock, Shure 

With:

Hemant Malik, Nokia

Hemant Malik is the Head of Technology Strategy and Portfolio and responsible for driving the Long-Term Technology Strategy and portfolio evolution for Nokia., Hemant and his team are at the forefront of cutting-edge technology dimensions, including AI, Metaverse, 6G, Cloud, Security, NTN, Web3 and Quantum.

Tom Sawanobori, CTIA

Thomas (Tom) Sawanobori is CTIA’s Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He is responsible for technology and technical matters concerning spectrum, network evolution, cybersecurity and device certification to benefit CTIA’s members and to serve as a technical resource to policymakers. He has over 32 years of wireless experience including technology planning of 4G networks, network engineering, and operations. He serves as CTO at CTIA, providing technology leadership for 5G and next generation technologies. In addition to his wireless career, Tom served in the US Navy as a Submarine Warfare Officer and retired as a Commander in the Naval Reserve.

He serves on the Board of Directors of Miriam’s Kitchen, a non-profit which feeds and houses the homeless in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Sawanobori holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University and a Master of Engineering from California State University-Fullerton.

William Webb

William is an independent consultant providing advice across all telecommunications matters. He was one of the founding directors of Neul, a company developing machine-to-machine technologies and networks, which was formed at the start of 2011 and became CEO of the Weightless SIG, a body standardizing IoT technology. Prior to this William was a Director at Ofcom where he managed a team providing technical advice and performing research. He has worked for a range of communications consultancies and spent three years providing strategic management across Motorola’s entire communications portfolio, based in Chicago. He was IET President 2014-2015.

William has published 19 books, 100 papers, and 18 patents. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IEEE and the IET, a Visiting Professor at Southampton University and a Board Member of the Marconi Society. He has been awarded multiple honorary doctorates by the UK’s leading universities and in 2018 was awarded the IET’s prestigious Mountbatten Medal for technology entrepreneurship.

Stefan Zehle, Coleago Consulting Ltd

Stefan Zehle has 30 years’ experience in telecoms industry. He is the Director of a mobile operating company and specialises in strategy & business planning and spectrum issues. He gained his experience working in 65 countries on all continents and has worked on over 90 spectrum-related projects. His recent publications include the “The need for sub-1 GHz spectrum to deliver the vision of 5G”, report for the GSMA (2022) and “Demand for IMT spectrum in the 2025-30 timeframe”, model and report for the GSMA for WRC-23 (2021). Stefan is the co-author of the Economist Guide to Business Planning and, holds an MBA with distinction from University of Westminster, London.

11:30 to 12:30

International Regulatory Panel

Moderated by

Prakash Moorut, Shure

Prakash Moorut is the Senior Director of Spectrum and Regulatory Affairs at Shure where he is responsible for leading Shure’s efforts to advocate for audio professionals as it pertains to industry regulations. Before coming to Shure, he spent more than 10 years with Nokia, most recently serving as Head of Spectrum Standardization, where he led the company’s efforts on global spectrum standardization and policy. He brings additional global regulatory experience from his previous role at Motorola for 14 years. He is currently the Chief Regulatory Officer of the WInnForum. He was part of the US delegation for the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) in Egypt to review the way radio spectrum is regulated around the world in several bands and is a member of the US delegation for various ITU meetings. He has several publications and patents related to spectrum usage and received his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from "Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité" (SUPELEC) in Paris, France.

With:

Martin Fenton, UK Ofcom

Martin is Director of Spectrum Policy in the of the Spectrum Group of Ofcom (UK). He is also Chairman of ITU-R Study Group 5, the group responsible for all terrestrial radio frequency services. Martin is an expert in international and domestic spectrum regulation; specialising in spectrum policy, interference analysis and RF performance. He has 20 years’ experience in spectrum management at the UK communications regulator, Ofcom, and its predecessor, the Radiocommunications Agency.

Alexander Kuhn, Germany BNetzA

Mr Alexander Kuehn is Head of International and National Spectrum Management at the German regulator BNetzA with more than 20 years' experience at national, European and international level. He lead the CEPT Memberstates to the World Radiocommunication Conferences 2015 and 2019. Currently, he is the Chairman of the ITU-R Conference Preparatory Meeting towards WRC-27. 

Shalini Periyalwar, Canada ISED

Ms. Shalini Periyalwar (Canada) is currently a Director, Communications Engineering at ISED, where her primary focus is on various aspects of spectrum management, including strategies for spectrum sharing. Prior to her current role, she spent a few years at ISED’s Communications Research Center, supporting research in 5G and dynamic spectrum access.  Shalini has over 25 years of experience in the wireless communications industry, working on advanced research in radio systems engineering and in supporting IP strategy. Over the course of her career, she has worked on leading edge research in all generations of wireless systems, with over a hundred US patents granted. Shalini has also held academic positions and has published extensively in her academic roles.