Radio Spectrum Management, Regulation, and Policy Wireless Industry Competition and Consolidation Mobile and Wireless Network Security and Privacy 3G and 4G Systems and Services Broadband Wireless Access Next Generation Wireless Local, Home, and Personal Area Networks The Future of CDMA Mobile Multimedia Systems and Architectures Fixed, Mobile, and Wireless Network Interoperability Wireless Network Modeling and Performance Analysis QoS and Wireless Network Reliability Wireless Network Applications in Higher Education Exchange information on advances in mobile communications and wireless networking technology, applications, management, and security in a very pleasant environment with leaders and experts from industry, governmental agencies, and universities around the world. WTS 2004 will focus on the Role of the Federal Government in Wireless Communications. Planned highlights of WTS 2004 include Keynote Addresses by Michael D. Gallagher, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration John Muleta, Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; an Executive Session with key executives from Verizon Wireless, SBC Communications, and Gartner; a Panel Discussion on Future Directions in Wireless Communications Research with leading researchers from Lucent - Bell Laboratories, IBM Research, NTT DoCoMo Labs (USA), Nokia, and Broadcom; a presentation and tutorial on Wireless Network Security by experts from the FBI's Cyber Branch; accepted technical research paper presentations; a poster paper session; and a reception and tour of the Richard M. Nixon Library and Birthplace