Conference on Wireless Technologies

Wireless Technologies Archive A using Windows Media
Wireless Technologies Archive B using Windows Media

Wednesday, November 9, 2005
1:00-5:00 p.m. (registration/box lunches available at 12:00 noon)
Ball State University Alumni Center
2800 W. Bethel Ave., Muncie, Indiana

This conference on opportunities and innovations in wireless technologies takes place at Ball State University, the number one wireless campus in the nation as rated by an Intel Corporation survey conducted October 2005.

Highlights include a keynote address by Indiana State Senator David C. Ford, panel presentation by Larry Landis of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, and presentations by researchers at Purdue, IU, ISU, Rose-Hulman, Crane NSWC, and Ball State. (see agenda below)

All stakeholders interested in the “lay of the land” for wireless and potential for business, community, and academic applications are encouraged to attend. Attendance is free, however, registration is requested.

Driving directions from central Indiana: I-69 to exit 41 (Muncie/Frankton); turn right (east) on Highway 332; travel approx. 8 miles to Tillotson Avenue (4th stoplight) and turn right (south); travel one block (1st stoplight) and turn left (east) on Bethel. The Alumni Center is on your immediate left; free parking to the north.

Agenda

12:00 noon	Registration
1:00 p.m.	Welcome by- Jerome McCluskey, Indiana Innovation Network; Associate, Baker & Daniels, LLP Dr. Jo Ann M. Gora, President, Ball State University
1:15 p.m.	The Indiana Environment for Wireless View from the Indiana State House – The Hon. David C. Ford, Indiana State Senator, District 19; Senate Economic Development and Technology Standing Committee, Technology Subcommittee, Chair
1:45 p.m.	Panel: Indiana Regulatory Landscape Moderator: Teresa Bennett, Director; IUPUI Solution Center Larry Landis, Commissioner; Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Rick Harnish, Secretary, Wireless Internet Service Provider Association (WISPA); President, OnlyInternet Broadband & Wireless, Inc. Jennifer Kurtz, Assistant Director for Strategic Relations and Communications, Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS), Purdue University
2:10 p.m.	Panel: Successful Trailblazers in Indiana Stephan Jones, Director, Institute for Wireless Innovation, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University The Hon. Bill Graham, Mayor, City of Scottsburg Stan Adams, Indiana Data Center, Ft Wayne Tom Powers, Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Systems, Cardinal Health Systems Philip Repp, Associate Vice President for Information Technology; Bizhan Nasseh, Special Assistant to the Vice President for Information Technology, Ball State University
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Wireless on the Horizon: Innovations from Research Institutions Moderator: John Schneider, Assistant Vice President for Industry Research and Outreach, Purdue University Purdue University – Edward J. Coyle, Founder and Director, Center for Technology Roadmapping; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Assistant Vice Provost for Research: Wireless sensor networks: Research and Applications. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, Crane, Indiana – David Bartlett, Engineer & Technology Transition Manager; Mark Theroff, Experimentation and Implementation Lead for Technology Transition: An Overview of Small Business Innovative Projects at Crane and Future Needs for the Navy. Indiana State University – Joe E. Ashby, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Technology: Developments in remote lab capability for the delivery of distance education and training.
4:00 p.m.	Indiana University – Steven S. Wallace, Director, Advanced Network Management Lab, Indiana University Pervasive Technology Labs: Experiences of a wireless pioneer. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology – Frederick Berry, PhD; Professor and Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Technology enabled education for wireless systems engineering. Ball State University – George Elvin, Senior Research Associate, Building Futures Institute and Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture: Wearable Computers: Instantaneous Information in Adverse Environments.
4:45 p.m.	Networking at tables/displays Conference adjourns

For more information, contact Laura Strange or Suzanne Plesha at (765) 285-0129 or Kristi Koriath at (765) 285-5003 or email lestrange@bsu.edu
splesha@bsu.edu or kkoriath@bsu.edu.