The annual meeting of the membership will include an overview of advocacy efforts for the year and elections to the Board of Directors.

EWA members not only face the potential of attacks on their own operations including customer data, but they are also often part of the cybersecurity team for their customer’s operations because wireless networks are at the core of utility grids, IoT, autonomous systems, and supply chains. Learn from experts who will discuss current threats and share best practices for fortifying and monitoring networks.

Prash Ramani, Motorola Private LTE Solutions Account Manager presents on CBRS, which he describes as “a very exciting space, a very exciting ecosystem”.  Prash will do a high-level description of the evolution of CBRS and how it fits into the wireless landscape and present use cases for what it will bring to your company and your users.

Who better than one of the architects of 5G to bring us insights into the practical opportunities of 6G? Wireless Hall of Fame honoree and NYUWireless founder Dr. Theodore “Ted” Rappaport, a dynamic speaker and educator, will share unique insights into the impact and potential of 6G. By 2035, 6G will be capable of “wireless cognition”, the ability to send wireless signals at the rate of human computation and much more. Ted is a pragmatic entrepreneur and inventor who will focus on how to use your expertise as a wireless dealer, operator or vendor to thrive in the 6G world.

Are you a 900 MHz licensee required to retune your system? If so, do you know your next steps? Join this networking session with EWA’s 900 MHz transition experts to openly discuss the retune process and answer all of your questions.

Fast paced, easy to do and fun, our Summit Speed Networking Concierge will randomly assign attendees to one of several break-out rooms on a rotating basis. Every 10 minutes, you will automatically be placed in a new room with other attendees or you can choose at any time to be reassigned to another room. Note: You will need to have Zoom enabled to participate in Speed Networking. You also have the choice to reach out to other attendees outside of the break-out rooms for chat sessions by using the attendee profiles. Or you can visit the Networking Breakout Room and create your own networking via video, text or chat.

Experts in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) will discuss the “real-world” applications for this band, examining what is possible today—and what may be coming tomorrow. This session will also examine practical considerations of access to equipment and possible effects of this technology on attendee businesses.

Jason Brennan, Product Manager, JVCKENWOOD USA Corp., speaks to the fact that IoT has existed for years in the LMR industry in other forms.  The right assessment of your current system assets, including existing coverage and services, can perfectly position your company to expand into CBRS and other LTE technologies.

A post COVID-19 workforce may be very different without the requirement for everyone to office in a central location. This new reality gives rise to the possibilities of using remote employees, gig workers and subject-matter experts as work-from-anywhere employees. Retaining this fluid workforce will require new recruitment, retention, and management tools.

Digital anthropologist, futurist, and best-selling author Brian Solis will explore how the convergence of automation, AI, industrial IoT, 5G, and VR/AR will augment and revolutionize how we work. Additionally, he’ll review the role of technology and also how people collaborate with intelligent machines to unlock new applications.

Join your fellow attendees at sponsored tables, start your own table, find other attendees through their profiles to set up chat and video conversations in the virtual networking room.