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Join NATE at the 2019 International Wireless Communications Expo Next Week in Las Vegas!

Posted on: February 28, 2019 Category: NATE News

Join NATE at the 2019 International Wireless Communications Expo Next Week in Las Vegas!

Visit NATE at Booth 3747 on IWCE Trade Show Floor!

The NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association will have an active presence at next week’s 2019 International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) in Las Vegas, Nevada. IWCE 2019 is slated to take place from March 4-8, 2019 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Association will be represented by Executive Director Todd Schlekeway, Chief Operating Officer Paula Nurnberg, Board of Directors Member Shama Ray, Women of NATE (WON) Chairwoman Andrea Page Lee and WON Committee member Diane Mueller at the event. Schlekeway and Lee are also scheduled to speak on various IWCE 2019 panel sessions.

NATE encourages IWCE 2019 attendees to stop by the Association’s booth (#3747) on the trade show floor to visit about the prominent role the organization’s member companies are playing deploying  wireless, broadcast and public safety communications infrastructure and related network technology.

The listing of sessions that NATE representatives will be speaking at is included below:

Opportunities and Challenges on the Road to 5G from an Infrastructure Perspective 
IWCE’s Network Infrastructure Forum – Network Infrastructure Track
Monday, March 4, 2019: 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm PST
Room: N252

Speakers:

Todd Schlekeway
Executive Director, NATE

Bo Piekarski
VP Product Development, Crown Castle

Lindsay Notwell
Senior Vice President, 5G Strategy & Global Carrier Operations, Cradlepoint

Michael McMenamin
CEO, Three Birches Lane Consulting

Rohit Bhanot
Vice-President Public Safety Practice, Nokia

Putting Drones to Work
IWCE’s Transformative Tech Track
Tuesday, March 5, 2019: 8:30 am – 11:30 am PST
Room: N257

Speakers:

Todd Schlekeway
Executive Director, NATE

Anna Gomez
Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

Dan Gettinger
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Drones

Phil Burks
CEO, The Genesis Group / Phirst Technologies, LLC

Steve Kometz
Consultant, Kometz Consulting

Tom Brinkoetter
Consultant, RadioSiteTest

William Rockwell GISP
GIS Coordinator, Village of Vernon Hills

Women of Wireless Workshop
IWCE’s Planning and Preparation Track
Friday, March 8, 2019: 8:15 am – 11:15 am PST
Room: N258

Speakers:

Andrea Page Lee
Vice President of Operations and Chairwoman, Women of NATE, Lee Antenna & Line Service, Inc. and NATE

Kathleen Cowles
Partner, Deep Water Point, LLC

Anna Gomez
Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

Victoria Garcia
NM Deputy State Point of Contact (SPOC), State of New Mexico DoIT

Cheryl Giggetts
Principal Consultant, CTA Consultants

Nikki Henry
Founder & CEO, Ladies Leading Ladies

Maria Jacques ENP
President, National Association of State 911 Administrators

Michele Lawson
Marketing Coordinator, ETA International

Shelley Westall
Office of the CIO, State of Washington