Public
Speaking Engagements
Wayne Caswell is a frequent public speaker on topics related to home networking, consumer electronics, and telecommunications. Past public speaking engagements and events include the following, with many repeat performances at
many of the conferences.
1st International Residential Gateway Conference: Keynote, Speaker
Wayne was the keynote presenter at this first RG conference, which was eventually expanded to include home networking and automation and renamed, "Connections."
802.11 Planet: Speaker
Wayne's presentation on "HomeRF: Cordless Convergence that Compliments"
was well received, even in the competitively hostile environment of this conference, and several attendees stayed through lunch with questions.
ANSI/IISP Panel on Pervasive Computing: Speaker
APPLIANCEnet: Exhibitor, Panelist
Austin InnoTech Conference & Expo (in conjunction with the CIO Summit ): Speaker
Bluetooth Conference (by ABI): Speaker
"Bluetooth & HomeRF: Residential Networking Made Easy"
BuilConn,
Instructor
"Wirelss 101" was a 90-minute class, taught at
The Networked Building Systems Forum in Dallas.
COMDEX: Moderator, Speaker, Panelist, Pavilion Organizer, Booth Manager, Press Events Manager
Wayne worked through COMDEX senior executives to define and manage the Digital Home Networking Hot-Spot pavilion, has acted as booth manager for IBM and HomeRF exhibits, hosted press events, moderated discussion panels, and participated as a speaker on panels.
Connected@Home 2005:
Moderator
"Developers and their Smart Communities" covers apartments and other
multi-dwelling units (MDU's), master-planned communities, and the legislative
and legal issues of connecting them to broadband networks.
ConstrucTech Expo 2005:
Speaker (twice)
"Big Broadband: Public Infrastructure or Private Monopolies" starts with
a critical assessment of U.S. broadband adoption and an objective of universal
"adoption" of BIG broadband before then exploring various ways of getting it
deployed. "Home Controls Industry Poised to Cross 30-year old Chasm"
covers several new and disruptive technologies that finally can scale from
do-it-yourself retrofit projects in small homes to very large homes with
high-end automation systems and even commercial office buildings.
Consumer Electronics Show: Panelist, Booth Manager, Press Events Manager
Wayne sold the home networking pavilion concept, managed HomeRF exhibits, hosted press events, and participated as a speaker on discussion panels.
Connections
(by CABA & Parks Associates): Keynote, Panelist, Exhibitor
Wayne has been involved in this conference, sponsored jointly by CABA and Parks Associates, since it started as the 1st International Residential Gateway Conference. He is credited for coming up with the name, "Connections," which suggests the networking of devices in homes, homes and services, and
interpersonal networking at the conference.
Digital Hollywood: Panelist
"Networking the Digital Home and the Residential Gateway - The TV Hub, Computer Hub, Telecommunications Hub"
addressed key concepts in establishing the home as a media center by focusing on three primary technologies as the core home-media hubs: the telecommunications, the computer and the set-top box. These are the
concepts behind the idea of "technology convergence."
Electronic House Expo: Speaker, Exhibitor
Wayne has spoken on topics such as (1) Designing Wireless Networks to Avoid Common Pitfalls, (2) Wireless Configuration Choices, and (3) Integrating DSL & Wireless. He also managed a HomeRF booth.
EPRI’s Networked Home Workshop: Speaker
Forum (by Parks Associates): Speaker
Habitech (by Parks Associates): Speaker, Exhibitor
Wayne introduced IBM to the Home Systems industry at Habitech’94 on a $150 shoestring budget, with the help from IBM and Team OS/2 volunteers. By getting IBM to provide display backdrops and demo equipment for a Dallas startup company, Wayne convinced Parks Associates to allow that booth to drive traffic to an
IBM showroom at the Dallas InfoMart, where he coordinated presentations in two class rooms and a large amphitheater, as well as about a dozen demonstrations of IBM technologies that could apply to home networking, even before IBM had products for that industry. The success of that first show resulted in Habitech
becoming an official IBM PSP business show and used to launch IBM Home Director in 1996.
HomeRF Meetings: Speaker, Organizer
As Marketing Chairman (and later as Communications Chairman), Wayne coordinated several HomeRF public seminars and internal face-to-face meetings, working with the hotels, developing the agenda, scheduling speakers, creating presentation material and CD-ROM handouts, and speaking.
HomeNet Forum (by Marcus Evans): Speaker, Panelist
Home Networks European Conference (London): Speaker
IIR so wanted to have Wayne speak at this conference that they paid his travel expenses to London.
HomeRF Working Group Member Meetings & Public Seminars: Organizer, Speaker
IEEE CS
Meeting: Speaker
"Home & Building
Automation & Controls," Wayne examined new and disruptive
developments in the technologies used in homes, commercial buildings, and
manufacturing lines to control lighting, HVAC, security, entertainment,
appliances, and other devices. It summarized a market
research report written for Parks Associates that also examined market
drivers and remaining challenges while providing forecasts, company profiles,
and descriptions of each of the enabling standards.
IEEE
Consultants Network: Speaker
"Beyond the PC – 30:30 Vision(s) of Computing." With a historical look at
the past 30 years of personal computing, and a futurist’s look at the next 30,
Wayne applied different perspectives in a talk that will be thought
provoking, controversial, and filled with outlandish predictions that will
likely be proven way too conservative.
(download speaker notes and
handout)
InnoTech 2004:
Speaker
"Fiber, Wireless and Bandwidth for TeleWork"
promoted the capacity of fiber optics (and emerging wireless technologies) for
high-quality video conferencing to enable TeleWork applications, telemedicine,
distance learning, digital entertainment, and e-commerce.
IWPC Technical Workshop on Unlicensed-Band Short Range Radios, Applications and Packaging (Wireless LANs & PANs): Speaker
PC Expo: Exhibitor, Speaker
POF2003 (Seattle):
Opening Plenary Speaker
"Paving the Information Superhighway ... with Fiber or Something Else?"
(like Wireless?)
Supercomm: Panelist
The
Power of Bartering: For many of the conferences where HomeRF had exhibit booths, Wayne was able to negotiate free space in exchange for promoting the event or providing other services. He has also worked closely with conference program chairmen to help design a
program that fits the interests of specific audiences and then to obtain the best speakers.
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