SDR'09 Technical Conference & Product Exposition

SDR'09 Technical Conference and Product Exposition

Program Information

Thank you for joining us in Washington, DC for "‘the’ SDR Conference."

This Year's Conference at a Glance
Use the links to the right to find more information about program items.

You can also download the SDR'09 Final Program for more information.

Monday - November 30
18:00-20:00	Early Registration

Tuesday - December 1
Time	Track A	Track B	Track C	Track D	Track E	Track F
8:30	Tutorial - Digital Software Defined Radio Test	Tutorial - VoIP Radio Networks	Tutorial - Building Software Defined Radios with SysML, UML, and MARTE	Tutorial - Agilent/ Zeligsoft Rapid Prototyping	Tutorial - SDR Advances in Automated Software Testing and Quality Technologies and Implementation in use for Waveforms
12:00	Lunch
13:30	Conference Welcome: John Glossner
13:40	Keynote: "R&D Strategies and Activities for Future Wireless System - from Cognitive Radio and SDR perspective " Kazuho Miki Department Manager, Network Systems Research Department, Hitachi, Ltd.
14:20	Keynote: "Flexible Radio Solutions: Hardware and Software to get the Best out of the Terminal and the Spectrum" Jan Craninckx Chief Scientist, Analog Wireless Research Group, IMEC
15:00	Coffee Break
15:15	Session 1.1 SDR & CR Security Timothy Newman	Session 2.1 Configurable RF, RF Spectrum Interference & Receiver Mitigation Techniques Robert Normoyle	Session 3.1 SDR implementations on GPU, DSP, FPGA, or GPP John Glossner	Session 4.1 SDR Modeling Sebastien Lenours	Tutorial - Software Defined Workflow Using Simulink and the USRP2	Tutorial:An Affordable COTS Reference Platform for SCA Development – The ‘IBM PC’ of Military SDR
18:00-21:00	Welcome Reception, Technology Showcase and SDR Forum Awards Sponsored by General Dynamics

Wednesday - December 2
Time	Track A	Track B	Track C	Track D	Track E	Track F
8:30	Introduction to day 2 and Announcements: John Glossner
8:40	Keynote: Danny Weitzner, Associate Administrator for Policy, NTIA
9:20	Break
9:40	Session 1.2 Smart Radio Challenge and SDR in Education Carl Dietrich	Session 2.2 SCA for SDR Eric Nicollet	Session 3.2 Public Safety Charles Bostian	Session 4.2 Analysts Workshop Chair: Manuel Uhm	Session 5.2 Regulatory Workshop Chair: Peter Tenhula	Tutorial: RF Performance Specification, Measurement and Built in Tests for Software Defined Radios
11:50	Lunch & Exhibits - Sponsored by Pentek
13:50	Session 1.3 SDR implementations on GPU, DSP, FPGA, or GPP R Muralidharan	Session 2.3 SCA for SDR Eric Nicollet	Session 3.3 Multimode Systems Rick Taylor	Session 4.3 Analysts Workshop Chair: Manuel Uhm	Session 5.3 Regulatory Workshop Chair: Peter Tenhula	Tutorial: BIST and Digital Self-Calibration of RFICs
16:00	Coffee Break
16:15	Keynote: “Next Generation Communications Technology for Public Safety and Disaster Response” Joe Heaps, Deputy Chief, Information & Sensor Technologies Division Manager, Communications Technology Portfolio National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
17:00	Regulatory Panel Session "Setting the Global Regultory Agenda" Moderator: Paul Kolodzy of Kolodzy Consulting and Vice Chair of the SDR Forum Regultory Committee
18:00-20:00	Exhibitors Reception

Thursday - December 3
Time	Track A	Track B	Track C	Track D	Track E	Track F
8:30	Introduction to Day 3 and Announcements: John Glossner
8:40	Keynote: "EDA's Approach to SDR - One Architecture and One Standard for a European Joint and Combined Capability" Carlo Magrassi, Deputy Chief, Executive Strategy, European Defence Agency, Brussels
9:20	Coffee Break
9:40	Session 1.4 CR Spectrum Access and Sensing Klaus Moessner	Session 2.4 Baseband Technologies and Algorithms Daniel Iancu	Session 3.4 Power Management in SDR's Panagiotis Demestichas	Session 4.4 SATCOM Workshop	Session 5.4 JTRS SBIR Industry Day	Tutorial: Rapid Implementation of SDR in a Unified Development Environment
11:50	Lunch & Exhibits
13:50	Session 1.5 CR Spectrum Access and Sensing Klaus Moessner	Session 2.5 Baseband Technologies and Algorithms Daniel Iancu	Session 3.5 Other Applications	Session 4.5 SATCOM Workshop	Session 5.5 Government R&D Programs Workshop	Tutorial: A Platform-Based Approach to Realizing High Performance DSP Systems in FPGAs
16:00	Break
16:15	Invited Paper: "Requirements and Challenges for SDR implementation" Christer Svensson, Professor in Electronic Devices, Linköping University, Sweden
16:40	Keynote: Christian Serra, Chief Scientist, Thales Communications, CTO of the ESSOR Program and Philippe Margot, ESSOR Programme Manager, OCCAR-EA
17:20	Keynote: "The WHYs of SDR" Chris Brady, Vice President, Assured Communications Systems Communication Networks Division General Dynamics C4 Systems
18:00-20:00	SDR Forum Members Reception and Annual Meeting

Friday - December 4
Time	Track A	Track B	Track C	Track D	Track E	Track F
8h30	Session 1.6 Other CR Klaus Nolte	Session 2.6A Location Based Techniques Mayan Moudgill Session 2.6B Infrastrucutre Nadeem Bukahari	Session 3.6 High Speed ADCs for SDR Mohammed Ismail	Session 4.6 SDR Forum Projects Overview	Tutorial: "SCA-Based Education and Rapid Prototyping with OSSIE: A Hands-On Tutorial"	Tutorial: Multirate Signal Processing in Communication Systems
10h40	Coffee Break
11:00	Keynote:"Where Will ITS Be in the New Transportation Bill?" Thomas E. Kern Executive Vice President, Intelligent Transportation Society of America
11:40	End Note
12:20	Conference Close and Satisfaction Survey Prize Drawing

NEW THIS YEAR -- you won’t want to miss the Technology Showcase and Welcome Event, sponsored by General Dynamics and featuring demonstrations, dinner and entertainment in the exhibition hall. Held the evening of Tuesday, December 1, the demonstration sessions with food and refreshments will be followed by awards, dessert and entertainment by The Capitol Steps, a musical political satire group with 29 albums to their name. This will be a great addition to this year’s program!

Download the SDR'09 Brochure for more information.

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