NEBSA 2010

ANNUAL MEETING & CONVENTION  PROGRAM/SCHEDULE

Feb. 22 – 24, 2010

  Updated 2/12/2010

Monday, February 22

11:00 AM    Webinar - "Substantial Service" and "Educational Broadband Content"

Presenters: Brian Goemmer, Director Spectrum Operations, Clearwire; Steve Gorski, President, The Source for Learning; Chris Murray, VP External Affairs, Clearwire

In this session, Clearwire will give an overview of the 4G network it is building in 2010 and 2011, and review best practices in educational broadband content and applications. There will be an opportunity to exchange ideas on how licensees are meeting substantial service requirements by putting Educational Broadband Services to work for their teachers, students, and communities

1:30 PM     Professional Development Seminar

 “The Future of 4G”

Presenters:

Mahesh Makhijani, Director of Technical Marketing, Qualcomm;

Brandon Williams, Education Market Lead, Motorola, Inc.

With the start up of WiMAX networks, the fourth generation of wireless has arrived.

According to industry experts, LTE (Long Term Evolution), the wireless technology   favored by traditional wireless carriers is only a few years behind. What are the technical and service  advantages of  LTE  and WiMAX?  Is WiMAX, itself a long term technology or is  it the transition to a technology that is technically superior?.

 4:00PM  - 5:30PM   Leasing for the Un-Leased ….

Chair: Dr. Patrick Gossman, Deputy CIO, Wayne State University

Panel:  Robert Finch, President, Cirpass, LLC;  Kim M. Randolph, Manager, Valuations and Financial Opinions, Stout Risius Ross, Inc.;  Robert J. Rini, Attorney, Rini Coran, P.C.

Although many EBS licensees are committed to long term and productive spectrum leases, there still remains licensees with un-leased spectrum, leases due to expire, and leases in which either the financial or technical provisions are no longer consistent with either regulation or the leasing environment..

This session provides both the information and guidance those licensees will need to reach a leasing agreement that serves both their financial and educational goals.

 4:30 PM     For Engineers Only

 Chair: Scott Ritchie, VP Engineering & Technology, Cornerstone Wireless

An opportunity for EBS engineers, engineering representatives of the wireless providers, and information equipment vendors to  meet and share information.

6:00 PM – 7:30PM   Opening Reception

Co-Sponsored by:  Toner Cable Equipment, Inc. and Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc.

NEBSA Chair Lynn Rejniak will welcome you, your friends and colleagues to the NEBSA 2009 Annual Convention and Meeting. 

Please join your EBS colleagues, our commercial partners, and all those who believe in communication of the educational potential of EBS for a refreshing beginning to 2010.

Tuesday, February 23

 7:30 AM    Welcome Breakfast

Breakfast Underwritten by:  Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP   

Lynn Rejniak, NEBSA Chairman and Fred Campbell, President of the Wireless Communication Association will welcome attendees and share their perspectives on their industries for 2010

9:00 AM    Session – A Washington Update - FCC Regulation and Other Issues

Session Underwritten by:  Fish & Richardson, P.C.

Presenters:  Todd Gray, NEBSA FCC Counsel; Ed Lavergne, Attorney, Fish and Richardson, PC; Paul Sinderbrand, Partner,  Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP

Although many of the rules affecting EBS stations are now in place, there are still important regulatory issues, requirements and deadlines that impact on you and your license.  This session will cover the entire “Washington scene” -- the FCC EBS “white space” licensing proceeding, the FCC decision on old ITFS lease terms, requirements and deadlines for completion of the band plan transition process, requirements for the 2011 substantial service deadline, analysis of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan and its affect on EBS, and an update on the broadband funding grant program.  There will be time as well for your FCC-related questions.

10:30 - 10:45 AM  Break:  Underwritten by: Rini Coran, P.C.

10:45 AM  Session: The Northern Michigan University WiMax

Session Underwritten by:  Fish & Richardson, P.C.

Chair:  Dr. Patrick Gossman, Deputy CIO, Wayne State University

Presenter:  David Maki, Chief Technical Officer, Northern Michigan University System

Northern Michigan University needed to provide its students with anywhere/anytime access to the Internet and the University's learning resources. Located in Marquette, Michigan, an area unlikely to attract a commercial service, NMU determined to build their own WiMAX system, one that now serves its campus and the entire Marquette community within thirty miles.

 12 Noon    Luncheon

Presentation: “The Best Broadband Practices Initiative”

Guest Speaker: Betty Ann Kane, Chairman, DC Public Service Commission

Encouraged and supported by the FCC, individual states are creating inventories of broadband services within their borders. Chairman Kane has been a leader in  The National Association of  Regulatory Utility Commissioners initiative to create a BestBroadbandPractices.org website, where states and other agencies can share information on broadband  initiatives and efforts to  bring  broadband services to un-served and under served  populations

1:30 PM   Transforming Learning with Mobility at Abilene Christian University

Session Underwritten by:  Fish & Richardson, P.C.

Presenters: Scott Perkins, Director of Research and Sponsored Programs, ACU;  George Saltsman, Executive Director, ACU Center for Teaching and Learning

By providing all underclassmen with either Apple iPhones or iPod touches, Abilene Christian University is working to integrate mobile learning into all aspects of Its curriculum and campus life. With mobility providing student and faculty with anytime/anywhere access to each other and to learning resources, ACU is finding new ways to involve students and faculty in research, collaboration, and innovative learning methods.

3:00 PM   The Making of Mobile Citizen - Bringing Affordable Mobile Broadband to Schools and Nonprofits

Session Underwritten by:  Fish & Richardson, P.C.

Presenter:  Kecia Carroll, Marketing Director, Mobile WiMAX Services, Mobile Citizen

In Portland. Las Vegas, Chicago, and Philadelphia schools and nonprofits will have mobile and secure access to the Internet on a low cost service supported by Clearwire.  Learn about the nonprofit, Mobile Citizen, and how it  is bringing this remarkably low cost 4G WiMAX mobile broadband service to schools and nonprofits.

4:00 PM  "The Road Ahead for EBS"

Presenter: Gerry Salemme, Executive Vice President, Clearwire

Information about Clearwire's 4G network deployment and its plans to work with our EBS partners to transition the EBS mission from broadcast to broadband delivery of educational content and services.

Wednesday, February 24

 7:00 AM    Continental Breakfast Session

Breakfast Session Underwritten by Motorola, Inc.

" FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Update"

Presenters: John J. Schauble, Deputy Chief and Nancy Zaczek, Senior Associate Chief, Broadband Division, FCC Wireless Telecomm. Bureau

 8:30 AM    “Building the Bridge to the Digital Future”

Session Underwritten by Motorola, Inc.

Tour of the Clark County Educational Technology Campus and Vegas PBS

Tour Host:  Vegas PBS - Tom Axtell - General Manager;  Lee Solonche, Director, Educational Media Services;  George Molnar - Director of Engineering

The new Clark County Schools $37.5 million Educational Technology Campus demonstrates the principle that in telecommunications the whole is really greater than the sum of its parts. In one facility the ETC brings together wired and wireless, broadcasting and production, instruction and public service, streaming video and data casting, teacher managed  support for classroom learning and a virtual high school, the preschool programming of Ready To Learn and services to Nevada's hearing and visually impaired population

Designed to make the minimum impact on the environment, the ETC was built with, recycled steel, wood products from replanted firs, recycled or agriculturally-based floor and wall coverings to meet the new standards for energy conservation, and relies on geothermal wells to lower cooling costs, solar-voltaic panels, energy-efficient, window and shading systems and water use reduction systems to achieve average energy savings  35 percent below current building codes

.                                         (Buses will begin boarding @ 8:15 AM and will leave GVRR promptly at 830 AM)

12:30 PM  Luncheon and NEBSA 2010 Annual Meeting

Luncheon Underwritten by Motorola, Inc.

Presentation:   “Education and Cloud Computing“

Speaker: Michael King, Vice President, IBM Global Education Industry

Major technology companies are investing in “Cloud Computing” technology with predictions of greatly enhanced security and reliability plus dramatic  savings in IT budgets. Learn how the advent of this next generation Instructional Technology may affect all aspects of education.

 2:00 PM     EBS for Public Safety and Homeland Security

Session Underwritten by Motorola, Inc.

Presenter:  Mark Adams, Northrop-Grumman

The New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications and Northrop Grumman Corporation have employed   EBS spectrum to create  a high-speed, mobile network that  unifies communications among all the first responders across  New York City's more than 300 square miles. Learn the details of how the NYC network came into being and how EBS technology could be used  to support public safety and homeland security.

 3:30 PM    Concurrent Sessions:

Sessions Underwritten by Motorola, Inc.

Session A:  Substantial Service on a Shoe String

Panel: Evan D. Carb, Attorney, Law Offices of Evan D. Carb;  Vernon Draper, Assistant Director, Communications & Networking, Ball State University; Robert Finch, President, Cirpass, LLC

EBS licensees without a commercial partner to assure meeting the Substantial Service requirement may be able to use a low power alternative to create their own stand alone wireless network. Learn how femto cell and other low-power technologies may be the answer.

Session B:  Creating a Multi-Community Learning Community

Presenters:  Jeff Gangloff, Distance Learning Coordinator, Views on Learning/NIESC;  Les Turner, Director of Technology for the Northern Indiana Educational Service Center

Description and demonstration of the live interactive distance learning system Views on Learning is using to create a multi-community learning           Consortium.  VOL, a nonprofit with EBS Licensees in several communities, is using lease revenues to provide participating schools with access to video conferenced classes and professional development and virtual field trips by providing the needed equipment, training and free access to a          multipoint video bridge.

5:15 PM - 10:00 PM The Final Event

Final Event  Sponsored by NEBSA

We end the Annual Meeting in the NEBSA Tradition by coming together for a final dinner and entertainment.

Buses leave the Green Valley Ranch Resort Hotel @ 5:15 PM and Return by 10 PM

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Dinner & Entertainment

The NEBSA2010 Final Event is not your typical Las Vegas show.  We'll take the bus to the Plaza Hotel, have dinner in a red curtained reminder of  the dinner theaters of the Vegas 60's and, then, watch the "return" of  The Rat Pack, the most famous show routine of the early Vegas years.

"The Rat Pack is Back" is the only Vegas based show with national touring companies and an award from the "Congress of the United States". The fabulous retro-authentic new Copa Room at the Plaza is the only theatre left in Vegas with real Maitre’D cocktail and booth seating, showroom beverage service and an actual dinner in the showroom option for a true once in a lifetime Las Vegas experience.

The "Rat Pack is Back", portraying Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Dean Martin, takes audiences back in time to an era when shows on the Las Vegas Strip featured only all-live music and entertainers who really knew how to work the crowd. Backed by a 12-piece band the guys sing timeless Rat Pack hits including “Luck Be a Lady,” “Lady is a Tramp” and “New York New York..” They convey all of the charisma and camaraderie of the real entertainers.

Thursday, February 25

8:00 –11:00 AM NEBSA Board Meeting