IrishWAN National Conference in Waterford

Rew

The IrishWAN National Conference is in WIT (Waterford Institute of Technology) on Saturday (24th of April) starting at 10:30.

Should be a good day, with various speakers and people selling various wireless gear.

http://www.irishwan.org

cgarvey

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DannyD

tis up again.I'll be there.Here is some info.
Location: The Auditorium, WIT Cork Road, Waterford. Directions and map below.
Time: Doors open at 10:30, and talks begin at 11:30. Finishing up just before 17:45.
Facilities: The Auditorium seats 200 people, and has all the stuff you'd expect - large screen, data projector, computers for the speaker(s), fancy sound system with something to aid those with hearing aids, etc, etc. People attending will be able to get full access to the internet and the SouthEastWAN for the day from their laptops or pdas (wireless card required).
Food: Free Tea & Coffee will be available to those attending and possibly free sandwiches. There are several nearby options for lunch.
Money: €5 for entry & free for children.

Schedule - Subject to Change
10:30 : Open for registration
11:30 - 12:00: Welcome talk, details of how to connect to the SouthEast WAN for internet and wan access & details of demonstrations set up by members.
12:00 - 12:30: Steve Reader - Wireless Network Topography Options (Pros & Cons) & Network Sustainability
12:30 - 13:45: Lunch
13:45 - 14:00: Danny D - Access Point Mapping
14:00 - 14:20: Robert Fitzsimons - Debian Linux VPN Server Howto
14:20 - 14:40: Justin Collery - Wi-Fi in 5 years - The value of Irish WAN
14:40 - 15:00: Nils - Firewalls and Wireless Networks
15:00 - 15:15: Adrian Legg - Future Wireless - 802.16 & 802.20
15:15 - 15:30:
15:30 - 16:00: Break for Tea/Coffee
16:00 - 16:20: Robert Fitzsimons - The Dublinwan
16:20 - 16:40: Christian Cooke - Group Broadband Scehemes
16:40 - 17:00
17:00 - 17:30: John Ronan - IPsec VPNs, a brief introduction
17:30 - 17:40: Close & Raffle

Confirmed Demonstrations/Exhibitions
Dave Harlowe - Will have a full range of gear on display, and will demonstrate the MadWifi Linux Atheros drivers.

Wi-Pipe - will have a selection of their product range on display/demo.

Steve Reader - West Dublin Network, Ensign Net & The Dublinwan.

Huber + Suhner (UK) Ltd - Various high quality antennas.

Danny D - Corkwireless & T-Shirts

South-East WAN - network overview

Getting There - http://www.wit.ie/ads/gettinghere/gettinghere.htm (Main Campus)
There are bus stops just outside the college - just type W.I.T into the online Bus Eireann system.
The train station is a few miles away but taxis and buses travel from there throughout the day.