Conference Program Overview 8:30 am ~ 9:00 am Registration/ Refreshment   9:00 am ~ 9:15 am Opening Remarks Dr. Ching-Jyh Shieh, Vice Chair, NSC 9:15 am ~ 10:00 am The New Challenges in the Mobile Wireless Communications and its Impact on RFIC Industry Dr. William C.Y. Lee, LinkAir 10:00 am ~ 10:45 am Wireless Home Networking - The Next Generation of Consumer Products Mr. Victor Tsao, LinkSys/Cisco 10:45 am ~ 11:00 am Break/ Refreshment   11:00 am ~ 11:45 am Next-Generation Wireless LAN Technology Dr. Teresa H. Meng, Atheros Communications 11:45 am ~ 12:30 pm RFIC Development in Taiwan Industry Dr. Ming-Dou Ker, National Chiao Tung University 12:30 pm ~ 1:30 pm Lunch/ Food and Drinks   1:30 pm ~ 2:15 pm Academic Research and Development of RFIC in Taiwan Dr. Yi-Jen Chan, National Central University 2:15 pm ~ 3:00 pm RF CMOS in the Next Decade Dr. Thomas H. Lee, Stanford University 3:00 pm ~ 3:45 pm Advanced Technology of RFIC Manufacturing in Taiwan Dr. Jeff Tsai, TSMC North America 3:45 pm ~ 5:00 pm Industrial Perspective of RFIC -- Trade-Offs in Costs, Processes, and Architectures - Chip costs/price as the only long-term survival factor? - Pros and cons of CMOS and SiGe BiCMOS - GaAs still better for large PA & fiber's RFICs? - Direct-conversion replaces all dual-conversions? - Architectures for multi-mode and/or multi-band? Moderator: - Dr. J.J. Lee, RadioWisePanelists: - Dr. Earl McCune, Tropian - Dr. Dennis Lo, Ralink - Dr. Ed Liu, Nvidia - Dr. Jeff Tsai, TSMC 5:00 pm ~ 5:15 pm Closing Remarks Dr. Rockwell Hsu