Dr. Necati Canpolat

Sr. Staff Wireless Systems Architect at Intel

Speaker

Dr. Necati Canpolat serves on the boards of the Wi-Fi Alliance and Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), representing Intel. He co-leads the WBA CTO Group and chairs the NextGen Wireless Workgroup. At Intel, he drives wireless innovation through R&D, strategy, standards, and ecosystem development. He has led many WBA initiatives including Wi-Fi 6–8, AI/ML for Wi-Fi, OpenRoaming, and QoS. He also serves as WBA liaison to IEEE 802.11. Dr. Canpolat holds a Ph.D. from Oregon State University.