Dr. Shyue-Ching Lu is chairman of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. He received the B.E. degree in engineering science from National Chengkung University in 1970 and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawaii in 1976. After graduation, he joined Telecommunication Laboratories (TL), the research arm of the Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT), assuming positions such as research engineer, director & project manager, deputy managing director, and ultimately managing director of TL in 1986 and for the next 7 years. From 1993-1994, he was Director-General of Department of Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Transportation and Communications. He took the position of Deputy Director-General of DGT from July 1994 to June 1996. Dr. Lu was named to the present position on July 1, 1996 when Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. was established to sustain the operating responsibilities of former DGT during an organizational reshuffling to split the operational functions from the regulatory role. Dr. Lu is a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Garth Collier is Vice President Asia Pacific – WiMAX with Intel Corporation, tasked to drive the regional ramp of mobile WiMAX networks and services. Previous to Intel, Garth was 5 years with PCCW where most recently he was Executive Director of UK Broadband leading the start-up of one of the first non line of sight broadband wireless services. Other roles with PCCW included Director of Corporate Strategy, Director of Investor Relations/Corporate Finance and Vice President of Strategic Planning. Prior to PCCW, Garth held senior roles with Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Telecom and Telstra. Garth has a Bachelor Degree in Engineering from the University of Queensland and a MBA from The Australian Graduate School of Management.

Sascha Haselmayer is an expert in the field of knowledge and innovation intensive urbanism in international environments. Trained as an Architect at the Architectural Association in London, Haselmayer has worked on a wide range of design & strategy intensive urban and socio-economic development projects across Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa for non-governmental, public and private organisations.
Currently, Haselmayer is a co-founding director of Interlace-Invent, an international research-based consultancy headquartered in Copenhagen. Living Labs Europe? was founded by Interlace-Invent ApS as a network of leading European cities with a commitment to innovation and advancements in mobility.
Furthermore, Interlace-Invent ApS coordinates the Europe Innova mClusters networking and policy advice expert group on mobile technology clustering involving leaders from 9 European mClusters.
He is responsible for several leading-edge strategy projects in for clients in Shanghai; the cities of Barcelona and Sant Cugat, Spain (Living Labs Catalunya and other innovation projects); Nogent Technology Park (France); and with partners Euroland Projektierungen the projects for development of the Competence Centre Konstanz (Germany), Easylease, and the Barcelona Health Innovation Building (with 22@Barcelona). Furthermore, Haselmayer is the responsible coordinator for Interlace-Invent of the global research project 'Hubs&Regions', in collaboration with the Copenhagen Business School. This project encompasses a network of 35 Universities across 5 continents investigating the globalisation of innovation and knowledge intensive economies and their impact on cities, regions, companies and institutions.
Before co-founding interlace-invent, Haselmayer developed innovation driven strategic solution for several well-recognized projects as part of Carillion Professional Services (UK), the UK's leading construction group and practiced as an architect on international projects.
Haselmayer is conducting research on innovation environments and their urban impacts and is a Senior Lecturer at the Copenhagen Business School (Full-Time MBA and MA programmes), Theseus MBA Programme (France), Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) and the Architectural Association Housing & Urbanism Graduate Programme (London). Previously he held positions as Architecture and MA Urban Design Unit Master at Greenwich University.

Managing Director, BELM Technology Ventures (www.belm.biz)
Communications Sector Advisor, National Electrical & Comm. Association (www.neca.asn.au)
Chief Executive, Australia-Taiwan Business Council (www.atbc.asn.au)
Chair, Optoelectronics Industries Australia Forum; part of Australia Industry Group (Ai Group)
Director, MOG Laboratories (www.moglabs.com)
Director, ITECplace Global (www.itecplace.com)
With 14 years experience in managing emerging technologies, Bill has business development experience within early stage, small-to-medium-enterprise and multinational companies with diverse responsibilities in R&D management, sales & marketing, business development through to executive management roles.
Bill has a track record in identifying new market opportunities, developing innovative approaches to realising them and carrying through his strategies to profitable conclusion. He specialises in helping high-technology SMEs commercialise their products and build sustainable businesses and has been successful in raising venture capital, private equity and government funding.
Having worked mainly in global markets, including Silicon Valley, Bill developed strong business relationships with international organisations in North American, European and Asian regions.
Bill received his Ph.D. in Physics (photonics) in 1997 from Victoria University after completing a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computing and Applied Physics.

The Wi-Fi Alliance is a global, non-profit industry association of more than 300 member companies devoted to promoting the growth of wireless Local
Area Networks (WLANs). With the aim of enhancing the user experience for wireless mobile, portable, and home entertainment devices, the Wi-Fi Alliance's testing and certification programs help ensure the interoperability of WLAN products based on the IEEE 802.11 specification.
Since the introduction of the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification program in March 2000, more than 4,000 products have been designated as Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM), encouraging the expanded use of Wi-Fi products and services across the consumer and enterprise markets.
Wi-Fi(R), Wi-Fi Alliance(R), the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED logo, and the Wi-Fi logo are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance; Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM) is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Mr. Figueroa was instrumental in establishing the Alliance headquarters in Austin, Texas, and the research and development lab in Santa Clara, CA.
He succeeds Frank Hanzlik, the Wi-Fi Alliance Managing Director between 2004 and 2007. For the past several years, Mr. Figueroa has led the operations for the Alliance's certification program, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, which has grown to include a global network of labs and more than 4,000 certified products.