© 2006 Mobile VCE Moving Forward… Dr Walter Tuttlebee Chief Executive, Mobile VCE

© 2006 Mobile VCE Moving Forward… Opportunities for the Industry Mobile VCE Members - Multihop Elective Exploratory Meeting, May 31 st, for Industrial members to learn more and help shape – see Mark Beach IEEE International Communications Conference th June 2007 in the UK Mobile Communications and ITS Building Future Telecom in the UK & Europe Communications Knowledge Transfer Network

© 2006 Mobile VCE Moving Forward… International Communications Conference th June 2007, Glasgow, Scotland Premier IEEE International Conference 900 papers, to be down-selected from 2500 International audience of , industry exhibition Opportunity to Showcase UK Capability Research Technology Applications Industry Sponsorship cf ICC 2005 Seoul Information Table available during the Buffet Prof Tariq Durrani – Conference Chair Dr John Thomson, Prof James Irvine

© 2006 Mobile VCE Moving Forward… Mobile Communications & ITS innovITS – centre of excellence for the commercialisation of ITS technologies The role of mobile communications Mobile VCE assisted in its delivery BT, FT & Vodafone, in partnership with innovITS, & facilitated by Mobile VCE, are creating a joint Road User Management demonstration for the ITS World Congress, London, October 2006 innovITS ITS Innovation Platform workshop 29 th June, future ITS project development

© 2006 Mobile VCE Moving Forward… Digital Communications UK DTI Communications Consultation 28 th March Presentations by Mobile VCE and CRN Mobile VCE views reflect recommendations in the China-Korea Industry Mission report 2004 Need to strengthen the industry ecosystem A KTN is a good first step, towards ‘something more’ Linkage of Policy, R&D, Application Pilot Trials & Pull-thro’ Mobile VCE & CRN working together to develop proposals for a Communications KTN We both want to secure the ‘something more’ We both want full industry participation We welcome input and views from all industry players

© 2006 Mobile VCE Call to Action… Join Us ! We exist to serve the global industry Membership is open to all relevant companies £40k pa accesses a world class team of FTE researchers (reduced rates for SMEs) Pragmatic – Multiply your limited research budgets Strategic – Greater value – extend company thinking New industrial members are very welcome Different perspectives add value in their own right Eg recent Scenario, Business Model workshops Additional subscriptions increase the research leverage Join us - why not ? The start of a new core programme is an ideal time Talk to our existing industry members and get their views

© 2006 Mobile VCE Finally… Networking Buffet Information Tables – ICC’07, UKTI, Mobile VCE Take the opportunity to learn more from our speakers and other industrial members Enjoy the food & wine Thank you for choosing to spend the evening with us – we trust you have found it worthwhile

© 2006 Mobile VCE