BRUSSELS, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The third annual European Conference on Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio (SDR11-WInnComm-Europe, formerly the European Reconfigurable Radio Technologies Workshop and Product Exposition), hosted by the Wireless Innovation Forum in Brussels, Belgium, 22-24 June was deemed a success by platinum sponsors General Dynamics C4 Systems, Harris and Indra Systemas, and gold sponsors OIS ,Thales and Selex.
“SDR’11-WInnComm-Europe is a unique event where we can meet with all the market stakeholders and review market trends, challenges and technologies opportunities for SDR & CR,” said David Renaudeau of conference sponsor, Thales.
Attendance was comprised of 34 percent radio manufacturers, 27 percent educational institutions, 12 percent operators or service providers; the remainder were developers, component providers, regulators and research labs.
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, the event featured:
Daily Keynotes by industry leaders, including:
- Egil Bovim, Director, National Centre on Emergency Communication, Norway, Chair of Public Safety Communications Europe Forum (PSCE) User Committee, and Board member
- Paul Sutton, CTVR-The Telecommunications Research Centre, School of Engineering, Trinity College, University of Dublin
- Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament
- Col. Pompeo Piedimonte, Ministry of Defence, Italy
- Dr. William Webb, CTO, Neul
Workshops on important advanced wireless technologies programs, including: QoSMOS, Cognitive Radio Experimentation World (CREW), COGEU project, SENDORA, European CROWN Program, ETARE, EULER Program, WOLF, UWGT, ESSOR, SCA Next, ESSaC, ICT-C2POWER, ICT-SACRA 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, featuring:
- Etherstack
- Ettus Research
- Harris
- Innovative Integration
- Objective Interface Systems, Inc.
- PrismTech
- Selex Elsag
- Thales
The complete program for this workshop can be found here.
The event was chaired by Kuan Collins of SAIC and was led by a Technical Program Committee. “Chairing the TPC was a great experience for me this year,” said Collins. “It was an opportunity to get to know the Forum members and leaders and learn about the wireless community from a different perspective. The quality and comprehensiveness of our conferences is a testament to the dedication, leadership and diversity of the people that volunteer to plan for the speakers, workshops and tutorials. Please consider becoming a member of the TPC today and become a part of the reason why the Forum is able to bring the community high quality conferences and workshops.”
To get involved and make an impact on the future of reconfigurable radio, you are invited to join next year’s Committee. Please contact Lee Pucker, Forum CEO at Lee.Pucker@WirelessInnovation.org if you are interested.
SDR’12-WInnComm-Europe will be held in Brussels, 20-22 June 2012. More event information will be available soon at the conference web site: http://Europe.WirelessInnovation.org. To purchase access to the event proceedings, please contact Lee.Pucker@WirelessInnovation.org.
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.