Co-Founder and Director, Boston Scientific Corporation
Venture Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Dir., Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, UC San Francisco
Chair of Dept. of Genetics and Development, Columbia University
Distinguished Lecturer, Sloan School of Management at MIT
Managing Partner, Rho Capital Partners and Rho Ventures
Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, MIT
Professor of Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University
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Mobile networks represent the biggest technology platform in the history of mankind and mobile devices are becoming a primary gateway for interactions with other people, media consumption and even content creation. The cellular infrastructure, originally designed to carry voice traffic, now must also support web access, social networking, connected applications, interactive gaming, online shopping, internet radio and video streaming. Operators need to prepare for this surge in data demand, with some suggesting the need to plan for 1000x growth. CommNexus has arranged for Qualcomm CTO Matt Grob to talk about the technology path the wireless technology giant is taking to maximize the use of spectrum and address the capacity challenge. More information and online registration is here.