Houston '06
• Dates: February 28 March 2, 2006
• Location: Houston Marriott North at Greenspoint
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• Executive Summary
• Press Release: Feb 21, 2006
• Press Release: Feb 14, 2006
• Press Release: Feb 2, 2006
• Press Release: Jan 12, 2006
The objective of this convention is to provide local-government officials the tools for their professional development, presenting a complete update of broadband wireless technologies and applications and how they can be deployed in communities to foster social and economic development.
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Professional Development Seminar for Local-Government Officials
This day-long Practical Training Session expands on the thought-leadership agenda of the W2i Digital Cities Convention with a set of actionable tools for local-government professionals, field practitioners and service operators. Hosted by NetLogix.
• February 28, 2006
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Professional Development Seminar for VARs and Systems Integrators
This day-long practical training session expands on the thought-leadership agenda of the W2i Digital Cities Convention with a set of actionable tools for professional services firms, VARs and systems integrators to best tackle the opportunities and challenges associated with servicing local government in deploying ubiquitous metropolitan-area broadband-wireless networks. Hosted by Civitium.
• February 28, 2006
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Service Provider Executive Roundtable
This special seminar and roundtable will draw on the Yankee Group’s extensive research on service-provider strategies for municipal and metropolitan broadband-wireless networks and will provide a forum for discussing business and market strategies and examining the potential for cooperation among emerging and existing cable, telco, cellular, and Internet service providers. Hosted by Yankee Group, rClient and W2i.
• February 28, 2006
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Technology Showcase
A showcase exhibit featuring select emerging technology vendors, systems integrators and service providers to discuss their work with local-government professionals. Vendors exhibiting include BelAir Networks, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Cisco, SkyPilot Networks, and Tropos Networks.
Participating Cities, Counties and States
• Allen (TX)
• Bee Cave (TX) • Celina (TX)
• College Station (TX)
• Conroe (TX)
• Corpus Christi (TX)
• Dallas (TX)
• Denison (TX)
• Denton (TX)
• Farmers Branch (TX)
• Friendswood (TX)
• Granbury (TX)
• Harris County (TX)
• Houston (TX)
• Irving (TX)
• Jarrell (TX)
• Kansas City (MO)
• Kilgore (TX)
• Lake Jackson (TX)
• Lamesa (TX)
• LaPorte (TX)
• Lewisville (TX)
• Longview (TX)
• Mesa (AZ)
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• Missouri City (TX)
• National e-Mexico System
• New Orleans (LA)
• North Richland Hills (TX)
• Oklahoma City (OK)
• Owasso (TX)
• Pflugerville (TX)
• Plano (TX)
• Point Venture (TX)
• Riviera Beach (FL)
• Rowlett (TX)
• San Bernardino County (CA)
• San Marcos (TX)
• Sherman (TX)
• State of Texas • Sugarland (TX)
• Temple (TX)
• Texarkana (TX)
• Tyler (TX)
• Washington County (MD)
• Weatherford (TX)
• Webster (TX)
• West University Place (TX) |
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Program Committee
Richard Lewis
• CIO, City of Houston
Umesh Verma
• Chair, Greater Houston Partnership Technology Infrastructure Task Force
Abe Kani
• CIO, City of Atlanta
Dianah Neff
• CIO, City of Philadelphia
Gail Roper
• CIO, Kansas City
Bill Beck • Deputy CIO, Minneapolis
Leonard Scott
• MIS Manager, Corpus Christi
Chris Vein
• Director, Telecommmunications San Francisco
Alan Scrime
• Chief, Policy & Rules Division, FCC
Sonja Reece
• Chair, Information Technology Committee, National League of Cities
Scott Akrie
• President, NetLogix
Berge Ayvazian
• Chief Research Officer, Yankee Group
Greg Richardson
• President, Chief Executive Officer, Civitium
James Farstad
• President, rClient
Carlo McDonald
• President, Verge Wireless
Nancy Cox
• Greater Americas Region IT Manager, Information Services and Technology Group, Intel Corp.
John Murray
• Director, Emergency Services, Corpus Christi
Dr. Costis Toregas
• President Emeritus, Public Technology, Inc.
Axel Leblois
• Executive Director, Cifal Atlanta
Paul Butcher
• Marketing, State & Local Government, Intel
Rizwan Khaliq
• Business Area Leader, Community Broadband, IBM
Rick Rotondo
• Director, Marketing, Motorola
Stephen Rayment
• Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks
Jill Shaul
• Enterprise Marketing Manager, Cisco
Bert Williams
• Vice President, Marketing, Tropos
Jasper Bruinzeel
• Director, Strategic Marketing, Alvarion, Inc.
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