Wi-Co Manchester, UK
Bringing the Herd Together
VENUE
September
9th - 10th 2026
9:00 - 17:00
Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank Manchester, England M3 1DA
Hotel Indigo discount code link HERE giving delegates 15% off the best flexible rate available on the day of booking.
You can book up to 7 days prior to arrival.
Cancellation period is up to 4pm 28 days prior to arrival.
The rate is marked as 'Your Preferred Rate Imec' inclusive of breakfast.
Located at 6 Todd Street Manchester, M3 1WU the hotel is situated a short walking distance of the venue.
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SPEAKERS
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How This One Shaped My Career
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Quantum computing is set to change Wi-Fi security forever. Lee Wright (CWNE #534) examines how quantum threats could impact wireless encryption and authentication, what risks are real today, and what steps Wi-Fi teams can take to prepare for a post-quantum future.
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We as the herd always discuss Wi-Fi & now we have a chance to discuss another wireless technology & why certain things matter, how do some things work why are we not seeing the Speed's that 5G always seemed to promise
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Brief backstory and a quick run through what you can do with BadgerWiFi-Tools?
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Come share a journey of discovery… to sometimes wild and crazy places we’ve been asked to design Wi-Fi. From above the Arctic Circle, to Antartica. From mountain tops to thousands of feet underground. Poor shanty towns, to billionaire homes. Wi-Fi holds the entire world together. Knowing how Wi-Fi works, and the fundamentals help in all possible situations.
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For over 25 years, Wi-Fi has been woven into the fabric of how we communicate, work, learn, and experience the world around us. In this session, David Coleman explores what lies ahead, from Wi-Fi 8 and Enhanced Broadcast Services to Wi-Fi sensing and the growing role of AI in shaping how networks are designed, operated, and experienced. As AI advances at a pace most companies can barely keep up with—and begins reshaping society in real time—wireless networking is becoming far more adaptive, intelligent, and strategically important. The real opportunity is not just better wireless, but unlocking the Art of the Possible—redefining what can be achieved as connectivity, context, and intelligence begin to converge.
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Think you know what’s going on with your Wi-Fi? Think again. The 7SIGNAL agent is packed with powerful features that give you deep visibility into the client experience — from connection health to roaming behavior and everything in between. In this session, we’ll pop the hood and show off all the cool things the agent can do to help you troubleshoot faster, design smarter, and sleep better at night. Warning: after this talk, you may never look at Wi-Fi the same way again.
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As someone who spends a lot of time on the train I often find myself frustrated when trying to use my hotspot or train wifi. I want to investigate and evaluate both methods of getting internet to your work laptop. I Talk about how train WiFi works, and evaluate performance (specifically on southeastern). Providing some stats and insights
Investigating the behaviour of mobile hotspots (from mobile phones, tablets, and mobile 5G routers etc) Evaaluate their effectiveness and how they work differnetly depending on which device you use
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Every growing business eventually outgrows the Wi-Fi network it was designed around — but few can afford to take that network offline to fix it. This session covers how to spot a network under strain, survey and redesign it in place, and roll out changes without disrupting the people depending on it.
We'll anchor the talk in a real-world case study: a 500-person video and design advertising agency in Manhattan, where the original Wi-Fi was built for a smaller team doing lighter work. Years later, the same footprint houses 4K editors pushing massive uploads to cloud review platforms, creative teams on back-to-back video calls, and a constant churn of freelancers and clients across three dense floors. Coverage looked fine on paper. Performance told a different story.
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Wi-Fi has evolved from autonomous APs to controllers to the cloud, but the next leap is even bigger. The Agentic Age is defined by open data, AI flexibility, and a shift of intelligence and portions of the control plane toward the edge, where decisions can happen faster and closer to the moment of need. This session explores how Wi-Fi is becoming a platform not just for connectivity, but for operational insight, automation, and real business advantage
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Become a 10x more efficient Wi-Fi engineer: Whether designing Wi-Fi, surveying, redesigning, or troubleshooting - this preso will make you a more effective engineer. Much more.
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You should know what to expect by now….