I am back at home from another great WLPC, and here’s my recap.
I kicked off the week by teaching a 3‑day Rockstar Wireless Analysis bootcamp with a group of enthusiastic engineers. They were especially eager to see Wi‑Fi 7 features in action—MLO, preamble puncturing, WPA3, and more. I thoroughly enjoyed teaching the class, even though each day ran from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM.
There were many technical talks (30‑minute, 20‑minute, and 10‑minute sessions). Here are some of my picks—not in any particular order. As always, I encourage you to check out all the videos once the recordings become available in about a week time in WirelessLAN Professionals Youtube channel.
- Wi-Fi 8 is Dead(ish) by Jason Hintersteiner
- Wi-Fi Simplified by Gurpreet Singh
- Throughput Testing & Active Survey Analysis by Ferney Munoz
- Wi-Fi 7 in Large Public Venue by Jim Florwick
- Certified Hospitality Wi-Fi by Matt Starling
- Wi-Fi 7 Channel Access by Jim Vajda
- Design & Deployment of Wi-Fi 7 by Wes Purvis
- Go Open or Go Home by Lee Badman
- Beacons of Death : The other BSOD by Keith Miller
- Unlocking MLO’s potential by Tom Hilderbrand
- Wi-Fi Halow – Outdoor Site Surveys by David Rice
- Automation Wi-Fi Validation by Francois Verges
Special thank should be given to Drew Lentz who captured these beautiful moements and generously shared them with the community.
I had an opportunity to present on WPA3 Deployment Challenges (30 min), and I hope the audience found it useful. I’ve published a blog summarizing my talk, and you can read it here.
The key highlight of the event for me was receiving the ‘2026 Content Contribution of the Year’ award. I am truly blessed to have such wonderful community support and grateful for the recognition of my efforts to share knowledge across the Wi‑Fi community.
The most valuable part of this conference for me is the friendships I’ve built. Over the years, I’ve met many Wi‑Fi professionals who have become close friends. Every year you also get to meet new people, as typically one‑third of the attendees are newcomers.
During the two days of the main conference, after the technical sessions finished at 6 PM, you had the option to attend vendor‑hosted happy hour sessions or go out to dinner with friends. I enjoyed the Wi‑Fi 7 testing sessions and was able to participate in a few vendor sessions, although I chose to have dinner with friends on the first day. Here are some of the sessions I attended.
I am looking forward to the Prague event in October this year. If you haven’t experienced this conference yet, I highly encourage you to come and see it for yourself.
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