The End-to-end Communications, Infrastructure and IT Event Wireless Business Forum returns to Milan for its 11th edition
Since 2002 the most authoritative Italian event, a unique gathering of operators, institutions and media to analyse the technological changes of ICT infrastructures supporting the business development.
The most comprehensive Italian showcase with International range. It is devoted to wireless and wired broadband networks and represents an important opportunity of great visibility in the private and public sector for all the solution & service providers.
Within an exhaustive Conference program, it is possibile to find an unprecedented depth of contents in the several sessions with industry leaders, prestigious institutions and top level analysts with important international case histories. A selected top managers audience from user companies and carriers is always present
An innovative Event’s Format: not only Conference & Expo, but even networking activities, business meetings and talkshows, to create a business-facilitating environment for all Visitors through debates, analysis of best practices and meetings with solution providers and vendors.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Fulvio Ananasso, Director Studies, Researches and Formation AGCOM Marco Ballista, R&D Department, Raytalk Industries Roberto Bernardis, Program Manager, BIC Incubatori FVG Cristina Bonera, Advisor, ASSOTEL - National Association for Enterprises in the Telecommunication Sector Andrea Calcagno, CEO & EVP, WiTech Giovanni Cancellieri, President, CreSM, G. Marconi Experimental RadioElectric Center Eugenio Capra, Electronic and Information Department, Politecnico Milan Giulio Carli, Regional Sales Manager, Alvarion Italy Massimiliano Cassinelli, “Connessioni & Cablaggi” Magazine - Il Sole 24 Ore Business Media Adriano De Cicco, Sales Department, Raytalk Industries Maurizio Del Corso, Responsible Director, “Firmware” Magazine Stefano Della Valle, VP Sales, Hitcast Giorgio Di Bella, Sales Director, Vector Franco Errico,Country Manager Italy and Spain, Radwin Gabriele Falciasecca, President, Lepida S.p.A. – AssinterItalia member Claudio Ferrara, Journalist, e-Gov Magazine Enrico Frascari, Director ICT, Expo 2015 S.p.A. Oreste Galasso, AD, Selene- A2A Group Dario Gnaccarini, Pre Sales – BU Manager, Sidin Eros Guareschi, Technologies and Information Systems Manager, Reggio Emilia Municipality Giovanni Guerri, General Director, Guglielmo Leonardo Kosarew, Director of International Relations and Broadband Project, Milan Province Vincent Larue, Technical Director – Southern Europe, Ruckus Wireless Marco Maria Lorusso, Responsible Editorial Office, Top Trade Informatica Fabio Magrino, Responsible Director, BELTEL Arturo Manera, Vice President, ANPCI - Small Municipalities National Association Mario Massone, Founder, Forum UCC Massimo Alessio Mauri, Responsible Facility Group, CINECA Gaetano Montingelli, ASSOTEL - National Association for Enterprises in the Telecommunication Sector Riccardo Mortillaro, New Technologies Department, Responsible for the partner networks development and mangagement, Cdc Sabrina Mossenta, Partnerships Manager, Viadeo.com Italia Alessio Murroni, Distribution Manager Wireless Network Solutions Italy, Motorola Michael Paparella, Director of Sales – Southern Europe, Ruckus Wireless Alessio Pennasilico, Security Evangelist, AIPSI - Italian Association of IT Security Professionals Daniela Rao, Tlc Research Director, IDC Italia and VP, ANFoV Fulvio Sarzana di S. Ippolito, Lawyer, Studio Legale Sarzana e Associati Gianluigi Savioli, CEO, Raytalk Industries Cristina Sinigaglia, Marketing Manager, Tecnocael Fabio Spagnuolo, Secretary, Anti Digital Divide
AREAS OF INTEREST The following subject areas will be developed in the conferences, and/or in the exhibition area
WIRELESS FUTURE Municipal Wireless, Expo 2015 & Digital Cities, Wireless@Utilities, Green Public Procurement.
UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS Collaboration&Integration, Instant Messaging, Voice Chat, Click-to-Call, TelePresence, Unified Messaging, Video telephony, Video Conferencing
INFRASTRUCTURE Cabling, Network Management, CyberSecurity, VoIP
GREEN ICT& eWASTE Sustainability, eWaste, Green Data Center, Energy Saving, Green Telco
MOBILE BUSINESS Technology Solutions, business models and innovative strategies through the value chain – Mobile Apps, Mobile Markeplace
2009 EDITION
The 2009 edition registered the presence of almost 1000 visitors, 53 Keynote Speakers in the agenda, 34 sponsors and more than 40 associations and partners
Speakers of 2009 edition:
Sergio Antocicco, President,ANUIT Marco Ballista, R&D Department,RayTalk Industries Massimo Belli, General Director & COO,Telcomms s.r.l. Andrea Marco Borsetti, Country Manager,Alvarion Italia Rino Buccio, CTO,Retelit Andrea Calcagno, CEO & EVP,WiTech Giovanni Cancellieri, President,CREsM Beniamino Ceglie, Product Manager,Alhof Vincenzo De Caro, CEO,WiMAX Sicilia S.p.A. Maurizio Del Corso, Technical Director,Inware S.r.l. Nicola D'Angelo, Commissioner,AgCom Paolo Errico, Direttore Marketing & Regulations,Infracom Network Application Matteo Fici, Vice President,ASSOPROVIDER Stefano Giordano, Professor,Universitą Di Pisa Alessio Hofmann, Product Manager, Okw/Metcase - Marketing Manager,Alhof Eric Le Bihan, CEO & President,Freemax Alessandro Longo, Journalist Francesco Loriga, Project Manager,Provincia di Roma Juan Lopez Orozco, Director American Region,Meru Networks Alessandro Mecarelli, Manager of Computer Services,Libera Universitą San Pio V Paolo Nuti, President,AIIP Alessio Pennasilico, Security Evangelist,AIPSI Umberto Pesini, Marketing Director,WiMAX Sicilia Federico Pigni, Ricercatore,Universitą Carlo Cattaneo LIUC Daniela Rao, TLC Research Director,IDC Italia Fulvio Sarzana, Lawyer,Sarzana & Associati Gianluigi Savioli, Chief Executive Office,Raytalk Industries Francesco Sciannamea, VP Sales & MKTG,WiTech Marco Sommani, Technical Director,Istituto di Informatica e Telematica CNR, Consortium GARR Stefano Trumpy, President,ISOC Italia Luciano Vanzł, Pre Sales Engineer,D-Link Mediterraneo S.r.l.
During the conference further discussions was hold about:
TECHNOLOGY
Mesh, Wi-Fi and HiperLAN Networks: New Technologies and Standards New standards and products come out constantly: solutions based on 802.11n (MIMO), HiperLAN, multi-hop communications networks (Wireless Mesh) and Mobile WiMax. The focus will be on the new developments in technologies and network infrastructures, the changes in network and access technologies, the need for convergence and interoperability, and cost analysis and security.
REGULATION & THE MARKET
MVNO: Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), who are now full-fledged mobile operators (with their own SIM cards, prepaid and/or subscription services, and customer management and support) but lack a transmission network of their own, have spread across Europe, where they boast over 40 million customers, and all over the world. In Italy, too, they started to develop in the second half of 2007 and this process will continue throughout 2008, in spite of the fact that these new operators are not protected by the current legislation and the agreements between traditional carriers and future virtual operators are mere business contracts between the parties, with all the consequences implied, including first and foremost the fact that they have a limited negotiating edge in connection to retail fees. Will virtual operators succeed in creating innovative products based on exclusive or added-value services, which will offer them the opportunity to survive in time? In addition to having a physical network for connections and to providing recharge and assistance services, it is vital for operators to offer basic services both for sale and use.
WiMax: the Outlook for the Future. In spite of the fact that mobile WiMax is set to become a mass phenomenon on the international markets by 2013, in Italy the future of this technology remains an open question. The adoption of WiMax, which many hail as the solution to the problem of the digital divide, bringing connection also to rural areas, is currently opposed by phone carriers, as this technology is a competitor of 3G networks, even though some of them are among the possible purchasers of WiMax frequencies. After the sale of the licenses, what future will this technology have?
