IEEE Communications SocietySanta Clara Valley(SCV)

www.comsocscv.org

May 11, 2011 Please sign the attendance sheet

$2-$5 donation requested for food & drinks

Tonight's Meeting Topic

Evolution, Status and New Developments in WiFi, 3G, and LTE from a Silicon Perspective

• Evolution of Wi-Fi, Michael Hurlston -- Sr VP at Broadcom, San Jose, CA

• 3G and 4G Mobile Broadband Technologies and Silicon Solutions, Je Woo Kim, Ph.D. -- VP of Technology at Qualcomm

Evolution Status and New Developments in WiFi, 3G, and LTE from a Silicon Perspective

Agenda6:00 - 6:30pm Networking Session

6:30 - 6:40pm Chairman's Opening remarks 6:40 - 8:00pm Position statements by each panelist

8:00 - 8:30pm Panel discussion with audience Q & A 8:35pm Certificates of Appreciation Awards

Meeting Adjourned

AcknowledgementsThanks to Channel Vision and Dura Sales for co-

sponsoring tonight's refreshments!

ComSoc-SCV 2011 Officers• Chairman: Alan J Weissberger• Vice-Chairman: Sanjay Kasturia (new)• Program Ops & Secretary: MP Divakar• Chief Marketing Officer: Affif Siddique• Web Master: Daniel Wong (MC tonite)• Special Projects: Vincent Ricci • Technical Activities: Sameer Herlekar(LOA)

-->Seeking qualified, capable and committed

volunteers, especially for Treasurer (open)!

IEEE ComSoC SCV June 8th Meeting Planning, Design, Maintenance and Evolution of a State

of the Art University Campus Network, SCU IT Dept

Presentation: Network Evolution, Vision, Architecture, Design, Operations, VoIP and Data

Center

Panel Session: Network Challenges, Issues, Growth, and Cloud Computing Considerations

Audience Q & A: Get your questions ready!

IEEE ComSoc-SCV Chapter• Promote all aspects of communications &

network technologies- LAN, MAN, WAN• Education: seminars, lectures, panel

sessions, joint meetings+ tech workshops, member interaction and networking for meeting attendees, soft skills workshops

• New technologies, research, markets, business opportunities, applications, telecom policy and regulation

• Goal: Empower our members to improve!

IEEE ComSoc-SCV in 2011• 11 Technical meetings planned• Alliances: TiE-SV, NATEA, SVC

Wireless, WCA, other non profits?• Technical meetings, joint workshops

(TiE & SVC Wireless), social event, soft skills dinner meeting

• Article in Jan 2011 IEEE Global Communications Newsletter (GCN)

• Discussion email list (IEEE members)

ComSoc Social Networking1. ComSocSCV Discussion List: available to all IEEE

members (not just ComSoc members) Subject matter includes meeting previews and

discussions and opinion about relevant telecom and networking topics of interest

-->Sign up instructions at: www.comsocscv.org2. ComSocSCV Facebook Page (Alan Weissberger)3. ComSocSCV LinkedIn Group (MP Divakar)4. Follow us on Twitter: @ieeecomsocscv 4. Global ComSoc Community web site:– Blogs on communications technology/ markets 5. Field trip to Sprint M2M Center in Burlingame on

March 7 was a huge success- very informative!6. For sponsorship opportunities contact: Affif Siddique

We Need Your Help !• Volunteers Welcome and Appreciated:-Organize and chair monthly technical meetings

-Help promote IEEE and participate at SCV ExCom

-Publicity, alliances, refreshments, other logistics

-Participate in monthly planning lunch/dinner meetings

-Recruit corporate sponsors for workshops and seminar

-->ComSocSCV Treasurer position is open!

• Participation in Discussion list: All IEEE & TiE members are eligible to join for free!

• Event Notification list (all welcome to join)

-->Sign up instructions: www.comsocscv.org

Is IEEE ComSoc (global) Serving the Needs of its Community?

• Global: conferences, publications, 2 web sites, webinars, seminars, email lists

• Regional: conferences and meetings• ComSocSCV: technical meetings, web site,

events with Alliance partners, Sprint M2M tour, socials, FB, LI, Discussion group

• What areas of improvement would you suggest? Standards? Education? R & D? Strategic Planning? PR/ Market Awareness?

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