Sheffield, UK, September 15 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- The Wi-Fi Technology Forum (Wi-Fi-TF) announced its sponsorship of the 2004 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. At this year's conference ( February 9-12, 2004 San Diego, CA), Mobile Computing and Communications are amongst the major highlights, Wi-Fi Technology is expected to top the bill as the chief disruptive technology. Conference organizers are also calling for participation and Proposals Submissions before September 24 2003.
Program chair and O'Reilly editor Rael Dornfest notes that mobility will be one of the primary technological directions for this year's conference: "what's happening with data, devices, and communication now that they're freed from the desktop and broadcast models of the past decade? The conference will also explore a number of juicy ideas, such as post-browser interfaces for data and services; social software, from Hiptop Nation to weblogs; the untethered world of ad hoc networking made possible by wireless technologies like WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular, and Rendezvous; Geolocation, sensors, and RFID. These themes will be organized under six tracks:"
More information and the press release here:
http://press.oreilly.com/pub/pr/1091
The Chairman and CEO of the Wi-Fi-TF expressed his complete "confidence" concerning this year's conference. He added: "Tim and his dedicated team are in for an overwhelming turnout this year, let's face it, who better than O'Reilly to organize and hold such an event. Look at the previous conference and you'll know the rate of return of participant, visitors and interested parties will almost definitely be assured. If you look at this year's media increase of emerging technology coverage, particularly Wireless and Wi-Fi Technology, you can almost forecast a quadrupling of interest there!".
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About The Wi-Fi Technology Forum (Wi-Fi-TF):
The Wi-Fi Technology Forum (Wi-Fi-TF) is non profit organization manned mostly by volunteers, its primary aim is for recognition as a powerful voice of member organizations and end users of the Wi-Fi and wireless community worldwide. It offers among various needs, news and reviews, information exchange as well as market research, forecasts and reports.
http://www.wi-fitechnology.com/
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