Final Programme 2 – 5 June 2013 Dresden, Germany - ieeevtc.org

Plenaries
Monday 03 June 2013, 08:00–10:00 (Saal 1+2)
Making the WorldSafe: The 5G Opportunity
Len Pagano Founder of Safe America Foundation
The Safe America Foundation, a non-profit located in the southern United States, and its WorldSafe initiative
focus on emerging health and safety issues that present societal challenges and concerns both nationally and
globally. In his presentation, Mr. Pagano, Safe America Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, will
discuss the social benefits of 5G, how personal information is used by the Private Sector and how it can be
used to do harm; health and safety issues related to 5G and what role Safe America and WorldSafe will have,
in addressing the challenges of 5G. The presentation will define the need for a Global Task Force and will
identify Safe America's plan to be a force in mitigating the potential challenges and risks of this new
generation of wireless communication.
Len Pagano is a ‘social entrepreneur’ who has spent over 30
years developing communication programs that address key
issues across North America.
As President, CEO and founder of Safe America, Mr. Pagano
launched the 501(c) 3 organization with a $1 million grant
from the Travelers Insurance Foundation.
In its early days, Safe America focused on highway safety
issues with Operation Baby Buckle, a child protection program
that has distributed over 150,000 infant/child car seats to
disadvantaged families across the United States.
Mr. Pagano then organized a ‘Safe Team Coalition’ that was
recognized by General Motors (GM) for its work. Innovative
safety education programs followed which addressed emerging
issues. These included initiatives in teen driver education,
water safety, cyber-safety, homeland security, youth safety and
disaster readiness.
Through Len’s leadership, the Safe America Foundation has
developed educational and practical safety and preparedness
programs for businesses and communities. These include safety
product distribution, national youth programming, international
travel security, and advocating that non-profit organizations
screen volunteers (to avoid predatory activities by adults). His
accomplishments include raising over $30 million for injury
prevention initiatives and engaging organizations including
Porsche North America, the Woodruff, Motorola and UPS
Foundations along with the National PTA, Allstate, Wal-Mart,
Chevrolet, Verizon, State Farm, NBC/Comcast, USA TODAY,
Sprint, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a variety of public
safety and government agencies at state and national levels.
Before launching Safe America, Mr. Pagano worked in
broadcasting as an on-air television anchorman and reporter.
Following his broadcast career, he was a Chamber of
Commerce executive in Atlanta and Miami. Mr. Pagano
consulted in over 20 American communities and now leads a
national Board of Directors and staff from Safe America's
suburban Atlanta headquarters. Mr. Pagano graduated Magna
Cum Laude from the University of Georgia.
Tuesday 04 June 2013, 10:30–12:00 (Saal 1+2)
The Road to 1000x Data Capacity in Wireless Networks
Durga Prasad Malladi Vice President, Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Abstract not available at time of going to press.
Durga Prasad Malladi is vice president of engineering for
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. As the Qualcomm Research
project engineer for LTE-Advanced, he is responsible for LTE-
A design, standardization, prototype implementation, precommercial
operator trials and inter-operability tests.
Malladi joined Qualcomm in 1998 as an engineer. His
contributions include system
design, implementation, and standardization for programs such
as the Globalstar satellite based mobile voice and data system,
3G HSPA and 4G LTE.
He is the recipient of Qualcomm’s IP Excellence Award,
Qualcomm’s Distinguished Contributor Award for Project
Leadership and the Upendra Patel Achievement Award for
Outstanding Contributions to HSPA and LTE. Also, he is a
member of the IEEE and holds more than 100 patents.
Malladi holds a Ph.D. (doctoral dissertation in adaptive
filtering techniques) and Master of Science from University of
California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Technology in from
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Wednesday 05 June 2013, 10:30–12:00 (Saal 1+2)
Enabling the Wireless Cloud through Software-Defined Networking
Andrea Goldsmith Professor of EE at Stanford University
The wireless industry is at a tipping point. Cellular networks are struggling to keep up with the explosive
demand for data. While the upgrade to LTE has boosted cellular performance somewhat, these
improvements are not sufficient to meet expected demand given the limited availability of licensed spectrum.
Small cells will be the dominant mechanism to boost capacity of cellular networks, but they introduce
challenges of their own, including interference management between macro and small cells as well as the
need for self-configuration. In addition to addressing the spectrum crunch through small cells, the unlicensed
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