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[Alan Dawson]

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Dear Madam/Sir,

 

The BCS Wireless Information Technology Specialist Group (WITSG) has the
pleasure of inviting you to attend the round table discussion entitled “WiFi
(un)Stabaility", chaired by Dr. Stephen Castell (Castell Consulting). The
event will take place on the 9th of September 2004 and will feature the
following guests: Mr. Giles Norman (IBM), Mr. Richard Lanyon-Hogg (IBM) and
Mr. Immo Hüneke (Zulke Engineering). The composition of the discussion group
is not yet final.

 

Abstract: 'WiFi usability: if you can pop a SIM card into a mobile phone and
be wirelessly connected and operational within minutes, why is getting your
laptop or palmtop wifi-activated (e.g. at a new hotspot) so fiendishly,
nerdishly and techily difficult...?' A Bemused WiFi Enthusiast

Practical demonstration of the problem - everyone to bring along their
laptops, notebooks, palmtops... (assuming meeting is being held at a WiFi
Hotspot).

Is it any better with other wireless technologies: Bluetooth, Firewire,
GPRS
? If so, why, and can WiFi be made as simple as these?

What would it take to make all wireless IT truly user-friendly?

Oh, and what about security of WiFi and other wireless networking
? And are
we not just opening up the world to a flood of Mobile Spam?

Isn't wireless IT/networking just another area for user/customer
dissatisfaction and software/systems disputes...?

 

Pre-registration is required. Please complete the registration form
available at: http://witsg.bcs.org/ (forthcoming events) or send an email to
Dr. Luminita Vasiu (l.vasiu at wmin.ac.uk). Alternatively, please print, fill
in and fax a copy of the attached Microsoft Word invitation.

 

The programme will commence at 6.30 pm, refreshments available from 6.00pm.
The venue is Westminster University, Cavendish Campus, 115 New Cavendish
Street, W1W 6UW, Room LG1.

 

Please find attached a Microsoft Word version of the invitation.

 

We appreciate your help in distributing this invitation.

 

We look forward to seeing you there,

Dr. Luminita Vasiu,

WITSG Chair

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"The long revolution is creating small federated microsocieties, true guerilla 

 cells practising and fighting for this self-management. Effective radicality  
 authorises all variations and guarantees every freedom. "