Following the Innovation Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the Charles and Helen White Symposium on Engineering Innovation brought together leading telecom experts Barry West (Sprint Nextel), Andrew Viterbi (QUALCOMM) and Rajiv Laroia (QUALCOMM Flarion Technologies) to discuss the future of the telecommunications industry.

Above:  The symposium drew a full-house crowd in the Kim Engineering Building lecture hall.

Above:   Barry West, CTO and president of 4G Mobile Broadband at Sprint Nextel, delivered the keynote address for the evening.

Above:   Andrew Viterbi, co-founder and retired vice chairman and CTO of QUALCOMM, also participated on the panel.

Above:   From left to right: Dean Farvardin, Barry West, Andrew Viterbi and Rajiv Laroia.

Above:   Rajiv Laroia speaks with students following the symposium.

Above:   Barry West chats with symposium attendees.

Photos by Al Santos