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Philadelphia '05
To provide local government-technology stakeholders with high-level analysis, focused brainstorming sessions and an opportunity to build consensus on the issues surrounding broadband-wireless municipal-area networks, the Wireless Internet Institute hosted the W2i Digital Cities Convention in Philadelphia on May 2-4, 2005. Municipal elected officials, industry thought leaders, technology providers and systems integrators participated in an interactive three-day program to explore the full range of opportunities and roadblocks surrounding the planning and deployment of these networks.
• Dates: May 2-4, 2005
• Location: The Pennsylvania Convention Center,
Philadelphia, PA
• Executive Summary, Case Studies & Workshop Findings
• Conference Agenda
• Participating Cities, Counties and States
• Press Coverage
• Press Releases
• North America in the News
Executive Summary, Case Studies
& Workshop Findings
Read the Executive Summary of the inaugural event in the world's largest conference series exploring win-win solutions for deploying broadband networks across cities, counties and regions. Register as a W2i Fellow to download 17 Case Study Presentations and 8 Structured Brainstorm Workshop Findings.
• Executive Summary
• Case Study Presentations
• Workshop Findings
Philadelphia (PA)
Albuquerque (NM)
Athens (GA)
Atlanta (GA)
Bogotá (Colombia)
Buffalo (NY)
Caroline County (MD)
Chaska (MN)
Chester County (PA)
Chicago (IL)
Corpus Christi (TX)
Dallas (TX)
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Fayetteville (NC)
Fresno (CA)
Greenville (NC)
Kansas City (KS)
Keewatin (Canada)
League of Cities (Argentina)
Los Angeles (CA)
Loudon County (VA)
Macaé (BR)
Medford (OR)
Moscow (Russia)
New York (NY)
Ocean City (MD)
Petropolis (Brazil)
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Piraí (Brazil)
Portsmouth (U.K.)
Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Rio Rancho (NM)
Scottsburg (IN)
Shanghai (PRC)
Spokane (WA)
St. Cloud (FL)
State of Kentucky
State of Rhode Island
Volta Redonda (BR)
Wake County (NC)
Westminister (U.K.)
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Press Coverage
May 4, 2005 from Reuters
Mayors Convene in Philadelphia
May 3, 2005 from CNet.com
Local officials sound off on municipal wireless
May 4, 2005 from eWeek
U.S. Needs Muni Wi-Fi to Plug Broadband Wireless Gap
May 2, 2005 from The Philadelphia Inquirer
A celebration of Wi-Fi; not all are invited
April 29, 2005 from eWeek
Muni, Mesh Wireless Players Meet in Philadelphia
Press Releases
May 3, 2005
W2i Digital Cities Convention 2006 Program to include Paris, Philadelphia, Rio de Janeiro, San Mateo, and Shanghai
Building on the inaugural Convention in Philadelphia, a global conference series explores win-win solutions for deploying broadband networks across cities, counties and regions; hosted by W2i in partnership with international-development, local-government, and private-sector organizations. More
March 31, 2005
W2i Announces Program Faculty for Digital Cities Convention in Philadelphia this May
Panels, keynote speeches, case studies and structured brainstorm workshops explore win-win solutions for deploying broadband municipal-area networks; hosted by W2i in partnership with the City of Philadelphia, local-government associations, international-development organizations and the private sector. More
January 19, 2005
W2i Announces Program for Digital Cities Convention in Philadelphia this May
Panels, keynote speeches, case studies and structured brainstorm workshops explore win-win solutions for deploying broadband municipal-area networks; hosted by W2i in partnership with local-government agencies, the private sector and international development organizations. More
December 16, 2004
W2i Digital Cities Convention to launch in Philadelphia this May
Largest event in a global thought-leadership series to accelerate the adoption of broadband wireless technologies for economic and social development worldwide; hosted by the Wireless Internet Institute in partnership with private sector, local government and international development organizations. More
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Speakers
Convention Chair
Dianah Neff
• Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia
Keynote
Marc Jedel,
• Director of Public Sector Market Development, Sales and Marketing Group, Intel Corporation
Keynote
Todd S. Ramsey
• General Manager for Global Government Industry, IBM Corporation
Keynote
Mayor John F. Street
• City of Philadelphia
Panel Chair
Berge Ayvazian
• Executive Vice President, Research & Consulting, Yankee Group
Panel Chair
Enrique Barkey,
Worldwide Civilian Agency Solutions, Customer Solutions Group, Hewlett-Packard
Panel Chair
Rizwan Khaliq
• Wireless Global Solutions Executive, Public Sector, IBM
Panel Chair
Carlos Kirjner
• Principal, McKinsey & Company
Panel Chair
Greg Richardson
• President, Chief Executive Officer, Civitium
Panel Chair
Dr. Alan R. Shark
• Executive Director, Public Technology Institute (PTI)
Panel Chair
Dr. Costis Toregas
• President Emeritus, Public Technology, Inc.
Panel Chair
Anthony Townsend
• Adjunct Professor of Communications and Urban Planning, New York University
Panel Chair
Kevin Werbach
• Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania
Panelist
Jeff Arnold
• Deputy Legislative Director, National Association of Counties
Panelist
Cheryl Leanza
• Principal Legislative Counsel, National League of Cities
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