Wireless Innovation Forum Finalizes Program for SDR11-WInnComm-Europe

Three Days of Keynotes by Industry Leaders, Technical Presentations, Workshops and Invited Presentations with Product Exposition Featuring Ettus Research, Harris, OIS, PrismTech, Selex and Thales

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Wireless Innovation Forum announced today the final program for its third annual European Conference on Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio (SDR11-WInnComm-Europe, formerly the European Reconfigurable Radio Technologies Workshop and Product Exposition) is the premier event to see the latest in Software Defined Radio (SDR), Cognitive Radio (CR) and Dynamic Spectrum Access technologies, as well as gain insight into current programs and emerging requirements. Held in Brussels, Belgium, June 22-24, the event will feature:

Keynotes by industry leaders:

• Egil Bovim, Director, National Centre on Emergency Communication, Norway, Chair of Public Safety Communications Europe Forum (PSCE) User Committee, and Board member
• Linda Doyle, Director of CTVR-The Telecommunications Research Centre, School of Engineering, Trinity College, University of Dublin
• Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament
• General Antonio Tangorra, Head of Telecommunications, Information and Advanced Technologies, Ministry of Defence, Italy
• Dr. William Webb, CTO, Neul

Workshops on important advanced wireless technologies topics, including:

• International Tactical Radio
• Mobile VCE Green Radio
• COST-TERRA
• New SDR Entrants

Invited presentations on SDR and CR technologies and programs, including QoSMOS, Cognitive Radio Experimentation World (CREW), COGEU project, SENDORA, European CROWN Program, EULER Program, WOLF, ESSOR, ESSaC and SECRICOM.

Technical sessions comprised of more than 50 presentations from representatives of leading organizations in the industry

A Product Exposition highlighting the products and services of industry with:

• Ettus Research
• Harris
• OIS
• PrismTech
• Selex
• Thales

The complete program for this workshop can be found here.

Supported by platinum sponsors General Dynamics C4 Systems, Harris and Indra Systemas, and gold sponsors OIS, Thales, and Selex, this multi-day workshop brings together leading researchers in reconfigurable radio technologies with equipment manufacturers, system integrators, radio acquisition authorities and network operators to explore the evolution of reconfigurable radio. The workshop is chaired by Kuan Collins of SAIC. This is the ideal event for Communications Systems Engineers, Signal Processing Engineers, Engineering Managers, Wireless Product Managers, Senior Technologist and Wireless Researchers, Policy Makers, Regulators, Commercial and Government Procurement Authorities. Registration for the Workshop is available at http://europe.wirelessinnovation.org/page/Register.

The conference will be held immediately following the Forum's 69th Working Meeting (held June 20-22). This meeting will include working sessions advancing the Forum’s 2011 operations plan in support of the commercial, public safety, satellite communications and international tactical radio communities. The meeting will be collocated with the 2nd General Meeting of the IEEE DYSPAN Standards Committee (http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/scc41/). More information the Working Meeting is here.

About the Wireless Innovation Forum

Established in 1996, The Wireless Innovation Forum (SDR Forum Version 2.0) is a non-profit mutual benefit corporation dedicated to driving technology innovation in commercial, civil and defense communications worldwide. Members bring a broad base of experience in Software Defined Radio (SDR), Cognitive Radio (CR) and Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) technologies in diverse markets and at all levels of the wireless value chain to address emerging wireless communications requirements. To learn more about The Wireless Innovation Forum, its meetings and membership benefits, visit www.WirelessInnovation.org.