Keynote with Verizon

Keynote FirstNet Built with AT&T

The Must-Have Products and Technologies for Mission Critical Communications by 2025

The requirements of Critical Communications users are becoming even more important as we move to new methods of working and the event of an increase in communications technologies. At the same time the safe city concept continues to drive development in technologies such as AI, Cloud and IoT. The need for mission critical information to compile effective CONOPs to deliver world class capability is ever present and we now have a road map to establish this through 21st century technologies such as Drones, Video AI, LTE and the increase in sensors. You will see many of such technologies at the event, but as an introduction to the market analyst from OMDIA will provide this interactive table top analysis of how best such new technologies will serve the critical communications industry best with an introduction to the recent developments and the size of market opportunity!

Keynote with Qualcomm's Global Head of Smart Cities

AI at the Edge for Real-World Advantage

Priority for Data, Video and Information Services

Creating Private LTE Networks for Mission-Critical Company Operations

Sara Baxenberg  (Attorney at Law, Wiley Rein LLP)

Anna Gomez  (Attorney at Law, Wiley Rein LLP)

Kim Mirabella  (Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Sales, Verizon)

Karima Holmes  (Director, Office of Unified Communications DC911/DC311)

Margo Deckard  (COO, Lynk Global, Inc.)

Law Enforcement Communications and Emergency Response

The Cyberweapons Arms Race to the Bottom: How America Moved from First Mover to the Most Vulnerable Nation State on Earth

The Evolution of FirstNet: From 9/11 thru COVID-19

Is a New Golden Age of Private Radio on the Horizon?

Verizon Frontline: Resiliency for Mission-critical Communications

Michelle Geddes (CIO, Dept. of Emergency Management, City & County of San Francisco), Cheryl Giggetts (Principal, CTA Consultants), Niki Papazoglakis (CEO, Mobility 4 Public Safety), Patty Roze (VP, Sales Public Sector, Verizon), Christy Williams (Director of 9-1-1, NCTCOG) The panel discusses the issues and opportunities facing women working and leading in the mission critical sector

Red Grasso, director the FirstTech program for the state of North Carolina, outlines a DHS-funded initiative to work with a PBS station to develop a powerful new paging system that would leverage NextGen Broadcast technology. With the new technology, coverage would be greater than with existing paging technology, devices could be "awakened" when alerts are available, and there is a potential roadmap to deliver multimedia assets over the system.

Streamwide CEO Pascal Beglin and El Mehdi Sodki, Streamwide's director of sales for North America, showcase the company's platform, which supports broadband push-to-talk communications and a host of applications. Streamwide's suite of services is offered in an enterprise bundle (Team on the Run) and in a mission-critical package (Team on Mission).

Roman Kaluta, director of interoperability solutions for JPS, discusses the company's rebranding (from JPS Interoperability Solutions to JPS), the new Irongate cybersecurity offering and multiple components of the Z series interoperability platform. Kaluta spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson on the exhibit-hall floor of the IWCE 2022 event in Las Vegas.

Rodney Cooper, business development manager for T-Mobile, describes the various scenarios in which the Emergency Response Team (ERT) and deployable assets--for example, the Jeep communictions vehicle showcased in the video--are used to provide communications support. Cooper spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2022 Event in Las Vegas.

Cory Davis, director of public-safety operations for Verizon Frontline, explains how deployable assets are being used today to support first responders and teases insights into the company's vision for next-generation deployables that will be revealed during an IWCE 2022 session on Thursday.

Dion Stevenson, Tait Communications’ product manager for unified solutions, showcases the company's new Axiom wearable product, which can act as a standalone PTT-over-broadband device or can be tethered to an LMR radio to function as a remote speaker microphone. Stevenson spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2022 event conducted last week in Las Vegas.

Fred Scalera, director of government program management for AT&T's FirstNet unit, showcases the functionality of the company's new cell booster, which operates on the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to the FirstNet Authority. Public-safety agencies can purchase the easy-to-use device, which is designed to help ensure that mobile command posts have access to Band 14 connectivity. Scalera spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2022 event conducted last week in Las Vegas.

Cory Davis, director of public-safety operations for Verizon Frontline, outlines some of the key points shared during an IWCE 2022 session about next-generation deployable assets, including its THOR vehicle and a a deployable that uses a standalone 5G core, which supports network slicing.

Pablo Rojas, solutions architect for Nemergent Solutions, talks about the MCX company's work to develop a standards-based interworking function (IWF) that can be used to link MCPTT and other MCX services with traditional land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems. Rojas spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent IWCE 2022 event in Las Vegas.

Fred Scalera, director of government program management for AT&T's FirstNet unit, outlines some new capabilities and real-world work of the Response Operations Group (ROG) that provides deployable communications support to public safety during emergencies and large planned events. Scalera spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent IWCE 2022 event in Las Vegas.

Hypha CEO Neil Jamieson outlines the capabilities of the HyphaMesh Range Extender (REX) kit, a deployable package that is designed to be a "bring-the-network-with-you" solution that can be implemented by first responders with the push of a button. Jamieson spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2022 event in Las Vegas.

Wi-Fiber CEO Adair Grover discusses the various use cases that municipalities and other entities can realize by implementing private wireless broadband within their jurisdictions. Not only can these private networks be deployed relatively quickly, but the ability to leverage LTE over CBRS spectrum means that the systems can support prioritization and quality-of-service functionalities that were not possible previously with older Wi-Fi technology. Grover spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event conducted in Las Vegas.

Lynk Mobile COO Margot Deckard describes how the company’s LEO satellite constellation is able to communicate directly with unmodified smartphones to fill outdoor coverage gaps for both first responders and the people they serve. Deckard also outlines the Lynk’s service roadmap, beginning with text-only services that are scheduled to launch next year to full broadband functionality in 2025. Deckard spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event in Las Vegas.

Alex Saucedo, GenCell’s director of sales for the Americas, discusses characteristics of the company’s hydrogren-fuel-cell technology, which can provide resilient backup power as long as months at a time. Saucedo outlines the capabilities of both existing offerings and the development roadmap for future products, as well as the availability of hydrogen needed for the fuel cells. Saucedo spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event conducted in Las Vegas.

Robb Robinson, Cobham SATCOM’s head of critical solutions for the Americas, showcases the components of the company’s Explorer solution, which lets users extend their land-mobile-radio (LMR) coverage area by seamlessly leveraging LTE and satellite connectivity. Robinson spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event conducted in Las Vegas.

Verizon’s Nick Nilan and Carlo Thompson highlight features of the carrier’s “workhorse” deployable–a satellite picocell on truck (SPOT)–and the massive Tactical Humanitarian Operations Response (THOR) vehicle, a prototype communications vehicle that acts as a “Swiss Army knife” of communications at the scene of an emergency. Nilan and Thompson spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event conducted in Las Vegas.

Roman Kaluta, director of interoperability solutions for JPS Interoperability Solutions, describes the capabilities of the company’s Z-series line of products. Kaluta spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event conducted in Las Vegas.

Roman Kaluta, director of interoperability solutions for JPS Interoperability Solutions, highlights multiple products in the company’s interoperability portfolio that were exhibited during the IWCE 2021 event conducted in Las Vegas.

Brad Stoddard, director of the Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS), demonstrates some of the functionality enabled by Critical Connect, the cloud-based interoperability platform from Motorola Solutions. Stoddard spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event conducted in Las Vegas.

Bryan Wiens, senior product manager of cloud services for InterTalk Critical Information Systems, outlines some of the company’s recent initiatives, including native integration with ESChat, a technology partnership with Tait Communications, and a cloud-based dispatch-as-a-service offering. Wiens spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event conducted in Las Vegas.

John Goocher, president and CEO of Assured Wireless, describes the functionality packed inside the high-power-user-equipment (HPUE) company’s new MegaGo kit, a rugged case that is designed to be carried to a scene, providing extended-range broadband communications–via the MegaRange HPUE service and the ability to daisy chain MegaGo kits–to support response efforts in areas that otherwise would not have reliable coverage. Goocher spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event in Las Vegas.

AINA Wireless CEO Maximilian LeRoux showcases the company’s Kepler LTE speaker microphone, which enables normal push-to-talk speaker microphone functionality with a twist: the ability to support direct-mode communication at distances up to a mile, which is about twice the greatest range achieved via LTE proximity-services (ProSe) solutions to date. LeRoux spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event conducted in Las Vegas.