Asia Pacific Wireless Broadband Forum 2008, today (25jan08)

The dialog on the state of broadband, and sharing of experience between participants and attendees is about to start this morning at Nikko Hotel, with guests from various countries especially Japan to enlighten us with their exciting progress in this unchartering of digital territories.

The following is the complete agenda for the day (photo below shows early birds registering at arrival counter as early as 8am):

Asia-Pacific Wireless Broadband Forum 2008

(AP-WBF ‘08)

Objective: To promote the sharing and dissemination of the most up-to-date wireless communication technology, service, market and business information and trend among various stakeholders and industry.

Theme:

Broadband Communications: The Enabler of Knowledge Society

Friday, 25 January 2008

Junior Ball Room, Level 2, Nikko Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Programme

Morning
Registration
8.00am – 9.00am
Keynote Session Session Chair: Dr. Ewe Hong Tat (MMU)
9.00am – 9.25am	Keynote address 1	“"Moving a Major Broadband Agenda - Implementing High Speed Broadband and Broadband to the General Population” Mr. Zamani bin Zakariah Senior Director, MyICMS886, Technology and Standards Division, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
9.25am – 9.50am	Keynote address 2	“Current Status of Mobile Communications in Japan” Mr. KATAGIRI Koichi, Director for Promotion of ITS Land Mobile Communications Division Radio Department, Telecommunications Bureau Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Opening Ceremony
Opening – Broadband Communications: The Enabler of Knowledge Society
Time	Events	Speakers
9.50am – 10.50am	Opening ceremony	Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Zaharin Yusoff, President of MMU Dr. Hiroyo Ogawa, Executive Director New Generation Wireless Communications Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan Officiating speech by Minister of Energy, Water and Communications, Malaysia.
10.50am – 11.20am	Tea break & Press Conference
Session 1 Session Chair: Dr. TOKUDA Kiyohito, Oki Electric Industry, Japan
Time	Events	Speakers
11.20am – 11.40pm	Invited Speech (Session 1 – 1)	“Monetizing WiMAX in Malaysia” Mr. Michael Lai CEO of Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd (Subsidary of GreenPacket) Green Packet, Malaysia
11.40pm – 12.00pm	Invited Speech (Session 1 – 2)	“ARIB’s Activities on Systems beyond IMT-2000 and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Systems” Mr. WACHI Yasuhiko Director, Land Mobile Communications Group, Research & Development Headquarters for Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB), Japan
12.00pm – 12.20pm	Invited speech (Session 1 – 3)	“Research and Standardization Activity for IEEE802.15.3c mmW WPAN” Dr. KOJIMA Fumihide National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
12.20pm – 12.40pm	Invited speech (Session 1 – 4)	“Current Mobile and Wireless R&D Activities in KDDI R&D Laboratories” Dr. SHINONAGA Hideyuki Executive Director, Strategic Planning Division KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., Japan
12.40pm – 2.30pm	Lunch Break

Afternoon
Session 2 Session Chair: Dr. SHINONAGA Hideyuki, KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., Japan
Time	Events	Speakers
2.30pm – 2.50pm	Invited Speech (Session 2 – 1)	"Next Generation Mobile Access Network - Super 3G and beyond -" Dr. MURASE Atsushi Managing Director, Research Laboratories NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan
2.50pm – 3.10pm	Invited Speech (Session 2 – 2)	“Emerging Wireless Technologies : What is the horizon?” Ms. Y. Fern Ko, Technical Insights, Frost and Sullivan, Malaysia.
3.10pm – 3.30pm	Invited Speech (Session 2 – 3)	“Broadband Wireless Access Technologies” Mr. NIIMI Kenji Chief Manager, Mobile Network Solutions Division NEC Corporation, Japan
3.30pm – 3.50pm	Refreshment
Session 3 Session Chair: Dr. Lee Sze Wei (MMU)
3.50pm – 4.10pm	Invited Speech (Session 3 – 1)	“Next Generation PHS with Micro-cell Technology” Mr. KAMIMURA Osamu Project Manager / Senior Coordinator Spectrum Planning Dept. WILLCOM, Inc./ PHS-MOU Group, Japan
4.10pm – 4.30pm	Invited Speech (Session 3 – 2)	“3G and its Evolution Trend” Mr. Yeow Ooh Sheng Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Malaysia
4.30pm – 4.50pm	Invited Speech (Session 3 – 3)	“Safety Driving Support System with DSRC” Dr. TOKUDA Kiyohito General Manager, Wireless Technology R&D Division Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Japan

Strap your seat beat, and prepare to be blazed by high speed surfing.... (or at least examine how our Japanese counterparts do their thang!)

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UPDATE: News report: "KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 (Bernama) -- The government will concentrate on 2.3 gigahertz (GHz) world interoperability for microwave access (WiMax) and at the same time monitor the development of 2.5 Ghz spectrum, said Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik. Read the entire news article...

Rojak RTM: Futej

Siaran media (TV & Radio) nasional, RTM tampaknya terus-terusan ingin mewartakan kepada orang kita betapa wacananyalah yang mempelopori perkembangan bahasa Melayu (atau bahasa Malaysia mengikut Menteri Penerangan semasa, Dato Seri Zainuddin Maidin, selaku pegawai kerajaan yang bertitah untuk saluran rakyat terbitan RTM... Kalau sebelum ini, kita dilemparkan dengan kosa kata tunggang terbalik ala pasembor seperti "infotaimen" (yang kemudiannya ditukar kepada "inforia" hasil gesaan ramai/DBP, kononnya nak lawan dengan "sureheboh" TV3 -- yang juga kemudiannya ditukarkan kepada "jom heboh"), berita perdana jam 8 hari ini pula berkali-kali mengulangi perkataan baru untuk rakyat Malaysia: "futej" yang kononnya sesuai dipinjamkan dari perkataan bahasa Inggeris "footage".

Kreatif? Misalnya "coffee" dijadikan "kopi" -- cukup menjimatkan huruf! Dan "budget" tak lama dulu dicadangkan oleh Tun M, bekas Perdana Menteri Malaysia, untuk dieja sebagai "bajet", lebih ringkas daripada perkataan "belanjawan" (boleh disilapfahamkan sebagai "tukang belanja" kalau dibandingkan dengan perkataan seperti "usahawan" dan "angkasawan") misalnya.

Tapi mungkin tukang kreatif RTM tak cukup faham bahasa Melayu! Yang menjadikan bahasa Melayu tulisan Jawi unik, tak "sebijik" macam bahasa Arab ialah penggunaan beberapa huruf yang tak ada dalam huruf-huruf Arab: "p" (misalnya, orang Arab mengeja "Pepsi" sebagai "bibsi" dan "pound (Ib)" sebagai "bound", "cha" ("jim" bertitik tiga) dan "nga" ("'ain" tiga mata kalau dilawakkan ikut Tan Sri P Ramlee). Justeru, perkataan "coffee" dimelayukan menjadi "kopi", bukan "kofi" atau akan berbunyi seperti perkataan pinjaman Arab: misalnya "fasik" atau nama orang seperti "Faruk" atau "Fatin".

Berbalik kepada perkataan "futej", mungkin, pemelayuan yang betul menjadikan "footage" sebagai "putej", bukan "futej"! Lagipun, kalau digugelkan (di"google"kan), perkataan "Futej" boleh disilapfahamkan sebagai nama keluarga ("surname") untuk orang-orang misalnya di Republik Slovak - Malah, ada syarikat guaman di Slovakia yang didaftarkan sebagai "Futej & Partners"! (Nak kena saman kot RTM ni!!)

Hmm, tapi "ferry" kenapa jadi "feri" dan tak pula jadi "peri"? Apa nak buat... Terlanjur perahu boleh diundurkan, terlanjur kata, rosak bahasa ibunda!

Untuk pakar-pakar bahasa di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, apa saranan anda? Kalau mengikut kaedah semasa, nampaknya, belum ramai yang menggunakan perkataan "putej" atau "futej" sebagai pinjaman untuk perkataan Inggeris "footage", jadi kita masih perlu tunggu lama dan lihat. Pilih-pilih! "Mari kita tengok SIAPA yang kena..."