Trendsmedia, the producer of 4G World™ 2009, has announced its comprehensive four-day conference program, with the conference being be held September 15-18, 2009 at the McCormick Center in Chicago, IL.
This years 4G World will encompass the vast scope of the 4G ecosystem by combining WiMAX World™, Mobile Internet World™, the 15th Annual International Symposium of the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI) and a number of special training and technical programs. Trensdmedia will co-locate its highly successful series of WiMAX World and Mobile Internet World events at 4G World, and has expanded the conference agenda to include executive summits, workshops, training and other ancillary program offerings to ensure comprehensive coverage of 4G business and technology solutions. Featuring keynote presentations from industry leading mobile operators, 4G World will focus on the business and technical challenges of 4G network evolution including the roles of mobile WiMAX, WiFi, HSPA and LTE technologies and the rollout of new mobile internet services and applications. Keynote speakers include:
- Simon Aspinall, Sr. Director, Service Provider Marketing, SP Mobility Solutions, Cisco
- Berge Ayvazian, Conference Co-Chair and Senior Advisor to Yankee Group
- Bruce Brda, SVP and GM, Wireless Networks Business, Motorola
- Keith Cowan, President, Strategic Planning, Corporate Initiatives and CDMA, Sprint Nextel Corporation
- Ulf Ewaldsson, VP and Head of Product Area Radio, Ericsson
- Tzvika Friedman, CEO, Alvarion Ltd.
- Dr. Hung Song, VP, Samsung Electronics Company Ltd.
- Zeus Kerravala, SVP, Yankee Group
- Len Lauer, EVP and COO, Qualcomm
- Dr. Philip Marshall, Senior Research Fellow, Technology Strategies, Yankee Group
- Bill Morrow, CEO, Clearwire
- Neville Ray, SVP of Engineering and Operations, T-Mobile USA
- Kris Rinne, SVP – Architecture and Planning, AT&T
- Michael Rocca, Group Managing Director, Telstra Networks and Services
- Sue Spradley, President, North America, Nokia Siemens Networks
- Dennis Sverdlov, CEO, Yota


