Workshop on Smart Radio Technologies (SRT), 17 April, CSIR Pretoria

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http://www.smart-wireless.net/

2013 CSIR R&D and Universities Collaboration Workshop on

Smart Radio Technologies (SRT) for Opportunistic Wireless Broadband  Connectivity & Innovation in Service Creation

Date: Wednesday 17th April, 2013

Venue: Knowledge Commons, Ulwazi Auditorium, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa 

Programme

(Last updated: 10 April 2013)

Morning session:      08:00 – 12:30

08:00-08:30

Registration / Tea & Coffee   

08:30-09:00

Welcome and Opening

Prof. F. Mekuria (SRT Project Leader)

Dr. Rachel Chikwamba (CSIR Group Executive)

Mr. Laurens Cloete (CSIR Meraka Insitute Executive Director)

09:00-09:30

Keynote 1: Prof. Y. Han, KAIST, Korea

“Self Organizing Networks & Opportunistic Radio Resource Utilization”

09:30-10:00

Keynote 2: Prof. J. Zander, KTH, Sweden

“Spectrum Options for Future Wireless Systems”

10:00-10:30

Break / Tea & Coffee / Poster Session

10:30-11:00

Keynote 3: Councilor William Stucke, ICASA

“Dynamic Spectrum Regulation in South Africa”

11:00-11:30

Keynote 4: Prof. W. Dargie, Technical Dresden University, Germany

“Green Networks & Smart Wireless Sensors.”

11:30-12:30

Panel Session 1

Chair: Prof B. Twala (UJ)

Theme: Future Internet, Spectrum & Broadband Technologies: Strategies for Broadband innovation & Socio-economic development in South Africa

Universities, ICASA, DST, NRF, DoC, SITA

 Industrial Stakeholders: SENTECH, Google, Ericsson, Microsoft, ZTE, NSN, Telkom, Neotel, Cell-C, Huawei, Vodacom, MTN, Redline Communications

Lunch: 12:30 – 13:30

Afternoon session:   13:30 – 16:35

13:30 - 14:00

Keynote 5:  Samsung Wireless Technologies

"Vision 2020" 

14:00 -15:00

Plenary Session: 

SRT Project Report (Prof. F. Mekuria)

TVWS Spectrum Database Demo (L. Mfupe, L. Montsi)

3 postgraduate project presentations (12 mins each)

15:00 -15:30

Tea & Coffee / Poster Session

15:30-16:15

Panel Session 2

Chairs: Dr. T. Olwal (CSIR), M. Masonta (CSIR/TUT)

Theme: Accelerating R&D and HCD in Future Wireless Broadband Networks

16:15-16:30

Closing Address: Dr. N. Ntlatlapa (Competency Area Manager, CSIR Meraka Institute)

16:30-16:35

Close

 

Workshop Steering Group:

Chair: Prof. Fisseha Mekuria, CSIR, Meraka ICT Institute

Co-Chair: Prof. Bheki Twala, University of Johannesburg

Co-Chair: Prof. Mjumo Mzyece, Tshwane University of Technology

Co-Chair: Prof. Elizabeth Belding, University of California, Santa Barbara

Organiser: Dr. Thomas Olwal, CSIR, Meraka ICT Institute

Organiser: Mr. Moshe Masonta, CSIR, Meraka ICT Institute

Organiser: Mr. Luzango Mfupe, CSIR, Meraka ICT Institute

REGISTRATION: Ms. Afrika Mbeki, CSIR, Meraka Institute, amb...@csir.co.za