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Event: WISPA Summer 2010 Regional Meeting Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 8:00 AM <span class="pipe">-</span> Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 8:00 PM (CT) Location: <b>Holiday Inn St. Louis Airport</b><br />4505 Woodson Road<br />St. Louis, MISSOURI 63134<br /><br /> ------------------------------ Event Details: ------------------------------ <p><script type="text/javascript"></p> <p> var _gaq = _gaq || [];</p> <p> _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-9743884-2']);</p> <p> _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);</p> <p> (function() {</p> <p> var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;</p> <p> ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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We are currently planning three tracks, packed with information on regulatory issues, operations, marketing and other challenges the WISP industry faces on a day to day basis.</p> <p>We invite all WISPs to attend this meeting. Come meet the current WISPA Board and hopefully many of the new Board members who will be running for next years Board. There will be a breakfast Board Meeting on the second day, so you will be able to see the Board in action and participate in the discussion. </p> <p>We expect a good participation of vendors with Booth Space and Sponsorship opportunities. The vendors will also have a chance to speak during the agenda on different products and services they have to offer. </p> <p>We are currently securing Keynote speakers and this page will be amended as speakers are secured. Our Industry is dynamic and in a current state of flux. WISPA is involved heavily in the TV Whitespaces, 3.65 GHz rule making, TDWR Database work, National Broadband Plan and Stimulus Funding. Schedule your participation for this meeting today, so you can stay up to date with current WISPA efforts. We will insure that this will be a great event and well worth your time and money to attend.</p> <p><font size="3">Platinum Sponsors</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.bluemesh.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.wispa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bluemesh140x90.jpg" alt="BlueMesh" width="140" height="90" /></a><a href="http://www.dishnetwork.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http:///www.wispa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Dish140x90.jpg" alt="Dish Network" /></a></p> <p><font size="3">Gold Sponsors</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.surpluswirelessgear.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.wispa.org/images/partners/swg140x90.jpg" alt="Surplus Wireless Gear" width="140" height="90" /></a><a href="http://www.netsapiens.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://eventbrite-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/eventlogos/4602139/netsapiens.png" alt="Netsapiens" width="140" height="90" /></a><a href="http://www.winncom.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.wispa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/winncom_logo_140x90.jpg" alt="Winncom" width="140" height="90" /></a><font color="#EE6600"><a href="http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Business+Product+and+Services/Wireless+Broadband+Networks/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.wispa.org/images/partners/21.png" alt="Motorola" width="140" height="90" /></a></font></p> <p><font color="#EE6600"><a href="http://www.exaltcom.com"><img src="http://www.wispa.org/images/partners/Exalt140x90.jpg" alt="Exalt Communications" width="140" height="90" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3">Silver Sponsors</font></p> <p><a title="Moonblink Communications" href="http://www.moonblinkwifi.com/" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align: top;" src="http://www.wispa.org/images/partners/moonblink140x90.jpg" alt="Moonblink Communications" /></a><a href="http://www.ipifony.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://eventbrite-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/eventlogos/4602139/ipifony140x90.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="90" /></a></p> <p>Proposed Schedule</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Day 1</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">9:00 – 9:15</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="3" width="724" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Welcome from WISPA’s President </font></strong><strong><font color="#FF9900">- Rick Harnish</font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">9:15 – 10:15</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="3" width="724" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Keynote Address: “The FCC and WISPs”</font></strong><font color="#FF9900"><strong></strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#FF9900"> [Tentative] Julius Knapp, OET Chief </font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">10:15 – 10:30</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="3" width="724" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Networking Break </font></strong><strong><font color="#FF9900">- Sponsored by Moonblink Communications</font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="871" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Breakout Panel Sessions</font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900"> </font></strong></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Regulatory Track</font></strong></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Technical Track</font></strong></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Business Track</font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">10:30 – 11:20</font></strong></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">TV White Spaces Panel - John Scrivner - MVN - Moderator</font></strong><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Alex Phillips - HighSpeedLink.Net</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Jack Unger - Ask-Wi.Com</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Steve Coran - RiniCoran PC</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>SDR Professor (tba)</span></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Intro to WiMax Panel</font></strong><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>David Weddell - Omnicity, Inc.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Matt Liotta</span></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">VoIP I Panel</font></strong><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Keith Rivers - Great Auk Wireless - Tentative</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Anand Buch - NetSapiens, Inc.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Charles Wu - CTI</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">11:30 – 12:20</font></strong></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Broadband Stimulus Panel</font></strong><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Victoria Proffer - St. Louis Broadband</span><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Charles Wu - CTI</span></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Into the Future - How to Deploy Fiber Panel</font></strong><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Donny Smith - Jagcom</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Don Renner - Helix Technologies</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Max Huffman - Missouri Network Alliance</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><br /></span></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Improving Your WISP Marketing</font></strong><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>(Website design, online press releases, using social media, search engine optimization, etc.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Elizabeth Bowles - Aristotle.Net</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Forbes Mercy - Washington Broadband</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Martha Huizenga - DC Access LLC</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">12:30 – 1:30</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="3" width="724" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Luncheon Keynote [Operator]: “The WISP/WiMax Partnership”</font></strong><strong><font color="#FF9900"> </font></strong><strong><font color="#FF9900">- Mike Cassity - HiBeam Internet and Voice</font></strong><font color="#FF9900"><strong></strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Sponsored by BlueMesh Networks</font></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span> </span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">1:40 – 2:30</font></strong></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">3650 MHz Panel</font></strong><strong><span> - Steve Coran Moderator</span></strong><strong><span> </span></strong><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Todd Bergstrom - 3-dB</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Patrick Leary - Aperto/Tranzeo</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span>Brent Schnell, </span><span>Director, WNS Sales-West Region, Motorola </span><span>Government & Commercial Markets - Americas</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Tower Technology I Panel</font></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Getting Physical</font></strong><font color="#FF9900"> -</font><span> Safety, selection, design, guying, erection, climbing, maintenance; etc.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Moderator: Jack Unger</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Bob Morola - Great Auk Wireless</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Justin Wilson - MTIN.Net</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Blake Bowers - Mozarks.com</span></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Network Management Panel</font></strong><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Moderator:</span><span> </span><span>Matt Larsen</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Butch Evans - Butch Evans Consulting</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Brian Vargyas - Baltic Networks</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">2:40 – 3:30</font></strong></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Universal Service Fund Panel -Past, Present and Future</font></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Moderator:</span><strong><span> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Steve Coran</span></strong><span> (Rini/Coran)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>TBD</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Tower Technology II Pane</font></strong><font color="#FF9900">l - </font><strong><font color="#FF9900">Wireless Design</font></strong><font color="#FF9900"> -</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>AP placement, power, coax, Cat5, lightning protection, antenna placement, grounding, etc)</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Moderator: Jack Unger</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Bob Morola - Great Auk Wireless </span></p> </td> <td width="241" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Buying and Selling WISPs: Risks and Rewards - Moderator - Rick Harnish</font></strong><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Forbes Mercy - Washington Broadband</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Cameron Crum - Dot11net</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Josh Garza - Great Auk Wireless</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><br /></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#FF9900"><strong>3:30 - 6:00</strong></font></p> </td> <td colspan="3" width="724" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Table Tops/Booth Visits/Cocktail Hour final hour - Sponsored by Exalt Communications</font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="148" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">6:00 – 9:30</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="3" width="724" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">WISP Roundtable (Open to all Member WISPs) </font></strong><strong><font color="#FF9900">- Sponsored by Surplus Wireless Gear</font></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </span></strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Day 2</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">7:30 – 9:00</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="2" width="584" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Breakfast Board Meeting (Member’s Welcome)</font></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Co-Sponsored by Netsapiens and Winncom Technologies</font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">9:00 – 10:15</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="2" width="584" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Keynote Address: “The National Broadband Plan: What’s in it for WISPs?”</font></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Steve Coran - RiniCoran, PC</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>1</span><font color="#FF9900">0:15 – 10:30</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="2" width="584" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Networking Break </font></strong><strong><font color="#FF9900">- Sponsored by Ipifony</font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">10:30 – 11:20</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="2" width="584" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Using the New 5 GHz Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) Database</font></strong><strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Jack Unger</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Peter Stanforth (Spectrum Bridge)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">11:30 – 12:20</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="2" width="584" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Broadband Mapping Panel: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”</font></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Moderator:</span><span> </span><span>Matt Larsen</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Brian Webster</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Drew Clark - Connected Illinois Executive Director</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">12:30 – 1:30</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="2" width="584" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font color="#FF9900">Luncheon Keynote: “White Spaces: From R&D to Rural America - The TV White Spaces trial and what it means to you”</font></font></font></p> <font color="#FF9900"><strong> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Co-Sponsored by Motorola and Dish Network</strong></p> </strong></font> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="0"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><font size="2">[Peter Stanforth of Spectrum Bridge]</font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" width="711" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><font color="#FF9900">Vendor and Principal Member Showcase</font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><font color="#FF9900">1:30 – 1:50</font></em></strong></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Member Presentation #1</font></em><span> - Jay Lawrence - Gigabeam</span></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Member Presentation #6</font></em><span> - </span>Expanding Profit with Lowering Costs and Adding New Revenue Streams. Presented by: Ray Savich, Global Solutions Marketing Manager, Motorola Wireless Network Solutions.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><font color="#FF9900"><strong>1:55 – 2:15</strong></font></em></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Member Presentation #2</font><span> </span></em><em><span>- </span></em><span>Scott Alerding and John O'hare<em> - </em></span><span>Solutions4ebiz featuring Azotel</span></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Member Presentation #7</font><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></em>- Exalt Communications - Lowering the Cost to Compete</p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><strong></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><font color="#FF9900"><strong>2:20 – 2:40</strong></font></em></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Principal Member Success Story #1</font><span> </span></em><strong><em><span>-</span></em></strong><strong><em><span> </span></em></strong><span>Kelly Hogan - NomadISP (Now Bluemesh Networks)</span></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Principal Member Success Story #3</font><span> </span></em><strong><em><span>- </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Victoria Proffer</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">- St. Louis Broadband</span></span></em></strong> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><font color="#FF9900">2:45 – 3:05</font></em></strong></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Member Presentation #3</font><span> </span></em><em><span> </span></em><span>- Kelly Hogan - BlueMesh Networks</span></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Member Presentation #8</font><span> </span></em><em><span> </span></em><span>- </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><font color="#FF9900">3:10 – 3:30</font></em></strong></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Member Presentation #4</font><span> </span></em><em><span>- </span></em><span>Cameron Crum and Robert Olive - WISPMon</span></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Member Presentation #9</font><span> </span></em><em><span>- </span></em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><font color="#FF9900">3:35 – 3:55</font></em></strong></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Principal Member Success Story #2</font></em><span> </span><span>- Nathan Stooke - WisperISP</span></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Principal Member Success Story #4</font></em><span> </span><span>- Greg Jarman - Omnicity</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><font color="#FF9900">4:00 – 4:20</font></em></strong></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Member Presentation #5</font><span> </span></em><span>- Jim Murphy - Netsapiens </span></p> </td> <td width="292" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><font color="#FF9900">Vendor Member Presentation #10</font><span> </span></em><span>- Tim Koch - Dish Network</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="127" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="#FF9900">4:25 – 5:00</font></strong></p> </td> <td colspan="2" width="584" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font color="#FF9900">Closing Remarks</font><em><font color="#FF9900"> </font></em><font color="#FF9900">and Door Prize Drawings</font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></p> ------------------------------ Register Online: ------------------------------ More information and online registration are available here: http://wispaslrm.eventbrite.com/?ref=eivte&invite=MzY5NzMwL3dpcmVsZXNzQHdpc3BhLm9yZy8x%0A&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=invite ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Collect event fees online with Eventbrite http://www.eventbrite.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! 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