VENUE
June 11th 2026
9am-6pm
Castle McCulloch
3925 Kivett Dr, Jamestown, NC 27282, United States
Wednesday Dinner Social
There will be a social/dinner gathering Wednesday evening (night before the event) in Greensboro, NC. All speakers, sponsors, and attendees are invited to join. This will be self-pay but open to all.
Wednesday, June 10th
6:00-9:00pm
Blue Rock Pizza & Tap (Adams Farm)
5710 West Gate City Boulevard
Greensboro, NC 27407
Travel Information
If you're traveling from out of town, here are a few tips.
Nearby airports
GSO: Greensboro, NC - about 30 minutes from the venue RDU: Raleigh/Durham, NC - about 1.5 hours from the venue CLT: Charlotte, NC - about 1.5 hours from the venue
Nearby hotels
There are myriad hotels in Greensboro (minutes from Jamestown) to choose from. Below is a Hilton and a Marriott option that are close to the GSO airport, Wednesday night activities, and the Castle venue. These are about $100/night the week of the event and include breakfast. They're also in a safe part of town, walking distance to restaurants.
SPONSORS
SPEAKERS
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Wi-Fi surveys are widely used to guide design, validation, and troubleshooting decisions — but what do they actually represent? In this session, we’ll break down what common Wi-Fi survey methods capture, where assumptions can creep in, and how survey mechanics influence the resulting data. We’ll explore differences between static and mobile measurement approaches, how form factor and operator movement shape survey outcomes, and why certain datasets align better with real-world client behavior than others. The goal isn’t perfection — it’s understanding the strengths and limits of the data we rely on.
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Co-channel contention (CCC) is a common industry/practitioner term, and many Wi-Fi experts prefer it to describe what happens when two APs on the same channel try to transmit simultaneously. Listen to the rest of the story and why calling it CCC is bad for the industry.
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It's no secret that designing Wi-Fi can be challenging in school environments. We'll walk through the unique client devices, applications, and designs for wireless connectivity in schools and how to design and troubleshoot for them.
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I'll explore the unique challenges of designing wireless networks for Operational Technology (OT) environments, such as factories and industrial plants, where reliability and low latency are paramount. Additionally, I will discuss more than just 802.11 as there is more to industrial wireless than than Wi-Fi.
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What is art and how is it related to wireless communications? How can understanding the art of wireless make you a better engineer, administrator, or security professional? Find out in this presentation by Tom Carpenter.
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"IEEE defined Randomized and Changing MAC Addresses to prevent networks from using MAC Addresses for identity to solve a privacy problem. WPA3-SAE prevented us from using Pre-Shared Keys as assertions of identity while solving an encryption problem.
But, we still need an identity to make informed decisions about where a device should sit in the network, and what resources it should access. Without identity, how do we define policy?
Lets discuss the current problem, future challenges, and some potential fixes. "
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Item description"You just refreshed your hospital to a newer generation AP from a different vendor. Nurses are complaining of poor performance with their WoW carts that is preventing them from doing their job and are escalating to their and your leadership.
Was it the refresh? Do you risk losing time and money by rolling everything back? Or could it have been a problem that was already lurking and just so happened to coincide with a change in the system?
I'll walk you through what happened, what we found and how we found it, and ultimately how we solved the issue."
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How we are able to leverage a non-GPS based geolocationing method to perform 6GHz AFC for Standard Power; save on GPS component on AP and share real world examples of how well this has worked out and what learnings we can bring to the table!
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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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Cut through the noise of alerts and telemetry. Learn how AI turns raw network data into clear, prioritized actions that helps teams troubleshoot faster and reduce downtime.
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When users say “the Wi-Fi is broken,” where do you start? In this talk, we’ll dissect real troubleshooting stories focused on end-device issues in Wi-Fi networks. We’ll show how we framed each problem, which tools and visibility points we relied on, and how we navigated workflows to isolate root cause. This session is aimed at practitioners who want practical, repeatable approaches to diagnosing complex Wi-Fi problems across diverse client types and infrastructures.
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What if you could ask your network a question and get a real answer? Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the emerging standard that connects AI assistants to live systems — and HPE Networking is already there. In this session, we'll explore how MCP server integration works across systems, turning natural language into real API calls, policy changes, and operational insights. We'll dig into the architecture, walk through real integration patterns, and discuss what this means for how wireless engineers will operate networks in the agentic era.
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While OT wireless environments may appear unique, many of their foundational principles mirror those used in enterprise and commercial wireless networks. This session explores where IT and OT wireless systems align, where they diverge, and how professionals from both disciplines can collaborate to build reliable, secure, and scalable wireless solutions.
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Wi-Fi surveys are not one-size-fits-all. Continuous site surveys, stop-and-go (point) surveys, and AP-on-a-Stick (APoS) each answer different questions. This session breaks down what each approach actually measures, where it fits, and when to use it. Attendees will learn how to choose the right method for the problem they are solving to save time and money, while improving their effectiveness.