YES! MIAMI! GLOBECOM2010 Pre-Bid Presentation December

Outline  Prospective Conference Location/Dates  Venues  Transportations  Miami Attractions  Conference Planning & Management  Human Resources  Industry and Government Supports  Finances

Location and Dates  Miami, Florida  December 5-10, 2010 Feel the hot sunlight in Winter

Venues (Option I: Hyatt + InterContinental)  Hyatt Regency ($189 Per room/night) ($189 Per room/night) –612 Guest rooms –10000 sq ft meeting space –Located in Downtown Miami –A Breeze away from the South Beach –Close to golf courses –Water sports nearby –Close to Bayside Market Place Please Click for Video

Venues (Option I: Hyatt + InterContinental)  InterContinental Miami ($269 per room/night) –641 Guest rooms –6600 sq ft meeting space –Located in Downtown Miami –A Breeze away from the South Beach –7.5 miles away from the Miami International Airport

Venues (Option II: Doral Golf Resort)  Doral Golf Resort ($195 per room/night) ($195 per room/night) –693 Guest rooms –11400 sq ft meeting rooms –6 miles away from the Miami International Airport –15 miles away from the South Beach

Venues ( Option III: FONTAINEBLEAU Resort)  FONTAINEBLEAU Resort ($229 per room/night, Student rate: $199) ($229 per room/night, Student rate: $199) –1504 Guest rooms –10700 sq ft meeting rooms –Currently undergoing a $1 billion renovation and expansion project to achieve stimulating and sizzling interior Design treatments –12 miles away from the Miami International Airport –Close to Miami Beach and South Beach –8 miles to Downtown Miami and Bayside Marketplace

Venues (Other hotels)  Other Downtown Hotels (30+ hotels, rooms) –Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay  (599 rooms) –Radisson Miami Hotel  (528 rooms) –Mandarin Oriental Hotel  (327 rooms) –Marriott JW Hotel  (278 rooms) –Courtyard by Marriott Miami  (258 rooms) –The Conrad Hotel  (203 rooms) –Inn Marina Park Port of Miami  (200 rooms)

Transportations  Miami is a central point for International transportation –Very convenient to fly to/from any cities

Transportations  Miami International Airport (MIA) –Ranks 12 th in US for total passenger traffic –More than 30 Million traveler pass through its gate annually –More ranking statistics for MIA in 2006  1st International Freight  3rd International Passengers  4 th Total Freight  4th Total Cargo (Freight + Mail)  15th Total Passengers  Port of Miami –Known as Cruise Capital of the World –The world's largest year-round fleet –As the gateway for more than 3 million passengers a year

Transportations  Flight to/from Miami –US & Canada  Direct flights to 48 major cities –Europe  Direct flights to 9 major cities –London/Paris/Zurich/Milan/Amsterdam/Frankfurt/Madrid/Munich/Dusseldorf –Asia  Direct flight to Tel-Aviv  From/to other cities may transfer at LA/NYC/SF/… –South America  Direct flights to 21 cities –Central America  Direct flights to 41 cities

Transportations  Local Transportations –Walking distance  between hotels in downtown  From hotels to beaches –Metro mover  Access entire downtown area and bayside (NO CHARGE) –Metro rail  Covers short distance from hotel ($1.5 each way) –Super Shuttle –Taxi

Miami Attractions Everglades National ParkMiami Beach & South Beach

Miami Attractions Orlando Disney WorldKey West

Miami Attractions Miami Heat BasketballHard Rock Casino

Conference Management  Executive Chair: –Prof. Kia Makki, Florida International University  TPC Co-Chair, INFOCOM 2005 (Miami),  General Co-Chair, ICCCN 2002 (Miami)  General Co-Chairs: –Dr. David Sincoskie, Telcordia (Senior Vice President) –Mr. Hart Rossman, SAIC (CTO, Integrated Security and Systems)  Vice General Co-Chairs: –Prof. Niki Pissinou, Telecom Institute (IT2), FIU (Director)  Conference Chair, ICCCN 2002 (Miami),  International Vice Chair, INFOCOM 2005 (Miami) –Dr. Jie Wu, NSF (Program Director)  General Chair: IPDPS 2008 (Miami)  General Vice Chair: IPDPS 2007 (Long Beach)  Program Co-Chairs: –Dr. Haohong Wang, Marvell Semiconductors, Inc.  General Chair, ICCCN 2008 (US Virgin Island)  TPC Chair, ICCCN 2007 (Honolulu) –Prof. Mukesh Singhal, University of Kentucky  General Chair, SRDS 2005 (Orlando), SRDS 2001 (New Orleans)  TPC Chair, MASS 2005, SRDS 1998

Conference Management  Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: –Prof. Osama Mohammad, Florida International University  Chairman of the Florida Council of IEEE  Past Chairman of Miami Section of IEEE –Mr. Michael Corbit, InternetCoast (Executive Director)  Government Advisory Chair: –Dr. Robert Ulman, Army Research Office (Program Manager)  Industrial Advisory Chair: –Mr. Matt Meyerson, Mobile FYI Inc. (CEO)  Workshop Chair: –Dr. Forouzan Golshani, CSU, Long Beach (Dean, College of Engineering)  Financial Chair: –Prof. Stavros Georgakopoulos, Florida International University

Conference Management  Industry/Academia Advisory Board –Dr. Vint Cerf Google (Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist) –Dr. Robert KahnCNRI (CEO) –Dr. Dan Baeza AT&T (General Manager) –Dr. Kazuo ImaiNTT Docomo (CEO, Docomo USA Labs) –Mr. Hart Rossman SAIC (CTO, Integrated Security and Systems) –Dr. David Sincoskie Telcordia(Senior Vice President) –Dr. Huifang SunMitsubishi Electric (Vice President) –Dr. Mark Templeton Citrix Systems (President and CEO) –Dr. Lance HesterMotorola –Prof. Aggelos Katsaggelos Northwestern University –Prof. Chang Wen Chen Florida Institute of Technology –Prof. James Modestino University of Miami (more are coming)

Human Resources  Lead Team –Part of the team is formed by plenty of colleagues that had worked with us in previous conference events organizing efforts –We also recruit volunteers with the help of IEEE Technical Committees on various topics  Local Support –IEEE Miami section –IEEE ComSoc Miami chapter –Florida International University –University of Miami –Florida Institute of Technology –Florida Atlanta Unviersity

Government Supports  Attract funding from Government Agencies –NSF –DoD –DoE –Army Research Office (ARO/ARL) –NASA

Industry Supports  Florida – The Telecom Hub of the AMERICAS –Florida is ranked 4 th in the nation for high-tech employment by the Cyberstates 2006 report –Recent Gartner study ranks Florida as  3 rd largest employer in telecommunications services  4 th in Internet services –More than 5200 local telecommunications firms ranging from wireless telephony and mesh networks, to developers and manufactures of wireless communications equipment, switchgear, and fiber optic cables – Local Telecom leaders:  AT&TAirNet  BellSouthHarris  LucentFDN Communications  SiemensNetSpeak  SprintSensormatic  Sony Ericsson MobileTalla-Corn  Verizon Telefonica/Terra Networks

Industry Supports  Get Local Industry partnership via –ICoast –South Florida Technology Alliance –ITFlorida –Florida High Tech Corridor Council  Local High-Tech Leaders –Citrix SystemsAero Simulations –AlienwareDRC –AuthenTecECC –FARONorthrop Grumman –Honeywell SensorsRaydon –Jabil CircuitRaytheon –Lockheed MartinQuantum –SAICSymantec –TelASIC CommunicationsReflectone

Industry Supports  Get financial supports from external industry giants using personal connections –IBM –Microsoft –NTT Docomo –Qualcomm –TI –Intel –Cisco –Nokia –HP –Google –NEC –KDDI –Fujitsu –Motorola –Broadcom

Finance Plan RevenueExpense Registration$800,000 Committee Expense $45,000 Industry Forum $100,000Administration$50,000 Tutorial/Workshops$100,000 Promotional Marketing $120,000 Publications$20,000Publications$60,000 Patronage$50,000 Venue Services $127,000 Miscellaneous$30,000 Venue Food & Beverage $301,000 Attendee Gifts $40,000 Honorarium/Speaker Travel $15,000 Financial & Audit $35,000 Miscellaneous$25,000 Total$1,1000,000$818,000 Surplus26%

GLOBECOM in Miami (1982) Historical connections between Miami and GLOBECOM

Summary  Convenient Location for attendees from all over the world  Luxury hotels and superior meeting facility  Nice weather especially in winter  Plenty of attractions and activities  Very experienced and capable management team  Full commitments from Industry/Academia Advisory Board  Strong supports from local and external resources  Solid financial plan for GLOBECOM 2010  Strong historic connection between Miami and GLOBECOM

Thank You to Support MIAMI! GLOBECOM2010 Pre-Bid Presentation December