CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
COMMS CONNECT MELBOURNE
21–23 NOVEMBER 2017 Jonathan Nally
A strong line-up of international experts leads the program for Comms Connect’s 11th year. Don’t miss it!
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ince 2007, Comms Connect Melbourne has been the number one meeting place for Australasian critical communications users and industry. This year, around 50 expert speakers, 70-plus exhibitors and over 1100 professional delegates — from first responders to mining professionals, from utilities providers to enterprise end users, from manufacturers to developers — will take part in the highly targeted and energised event. A wide range of topics will be covered, from LMR to 5G, IoT to drones, public safety, LTE, smart cities, mining, research, SCADA, connected workers, spectrum management, CAD and more. There’ll also be a panel session on placing critical communications requirements at the core of future converged networks.
Headline speakers The conference organisers have put together an impressive line-up of local and international keynote and plenary speakers, including: • Finding the balance: privacy and security — Michael Doucet, Executive Director, Security Intelligence Review Committee, Canada; • The FirstNet wireless LTE network and the Internet of Life Saving Things (IoLST) — TJ Kennedy, President, First Responder Network Authority; • A new kind of network to empower everyone to thrive in a connected world — Karim Nejam, Director, Global Enterprise Product Engineering, Telstra; • Radiocommunications legislation: a platform for the future — Cathy Rainsford, Assistant Secretary, Spectrum and Security Branch, Market Reforms Division, Department of Communications and the Arts; and • The UK Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme: a technical insight into its delivery — Duncan Swan, Director, Mason Advisory, UK.
Speaker sessions Comms Connect always attracts a first-class list of speakers from industry, government and academia, with experts from
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home and abroad coming together to share their knowledge and insights. Here are just a few of the topics that will be covered: • Public safety mobile broadband in Australia: next steps — Luke Brown, Emergency Management Australia • The future for critical messaging — Jim Nelson, Critical Messaging Association of America (CMAA) • Operational communications: the next wave — Kate Foy, NSW Telco Authority • Wireless fabric for smart cities — Roy Wittert, Cambium Networks • Towards a broadband future: a critical broadband standards update — Tony Gray, TCCA • Upgrading SCADA comms for a large electricity utility’s network — Sarosh Dubash, Schneider Electric • Enhancing safe work at heights near radio sites — Tony Paul, PicoNet Consulting • The future connected worker — Damien Batey, Motorola Solutions The full list of speakers and topics can be viewed on the Comms Connect website at melbourne.comms-connect.com.au/ conference-program.
Workshops It’s important that industry members keep up to date with the latest developments, which is why ARCIA’s preconference technical workshops are always very popular. This year there will be seven workshops, held on Tuesday, 21 November (the day prior to the start of the conference). • Private LTE workshops, with a focus on mining • Project and engineering excellence on converged network upgrades • Global trends in public safety mobile broadband • The impact of M2M and IoT on public safety • How to build a network from the ground up • Using social media to build situational awareness in emergencies • Complementary digital LMR and LTE networks Full workshop details are available on the Comms Connect website.
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