Chicago '07
Co-chaired by Chicago CIO Hardik Bhatt, the Digital Cities Convention in Chicago provides a forum for local-government decison makers and the broadband-wireless ecosystem to strategize on deployment, applications and services for better managed cities and more inclusive communities exness.
Delegations of 2 or more save an additional $50 per ticket!
• Dates: May 2223, 2007
• Location: Donald E. Stevens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois
• Agenda
• Registration & Accommodations
• Participants & Testimonials
• Press Release: Hardik Bhatt, CIO, City of Chicago, Co-Chairs Convention
• Press Release: Illinois Lt. Gov. to Address Convention
• Press Release: Program Agenda Finalized
Conference Agenda
During the 1.5-day session, attendees will partipate in exclusive roundtable meetings and training sessions:
• Municipal Wireless Networks & Technologies Training Seminar
• Broadband Wireless Mesh Technology for Value-Added Resellers
• Wireless-Networks User Experience
• Local-Government Business Processes
• Service-Provider Executives and Local-Government CIOs
• Government-Backed Digital Inclusion Initiatives
• Public Safety and Digital Inclusion Synergies
• Wireless in Education
• Wireless Web-Based Advertising
• The Wireless Opportunity for Disabled Persons
Interactive plenary sessions include:
- A Metro-Scale Applications panel featuring local-government field practitioners sharing deployment experiences
- A Public-Private Partnership panel with four teams of network providers and CIOs comparing agreements ลงทะเบียน exness
- A North America Town Hall meeting of wireless project leaders exploring the metro-scale broadband wireless opportunity
Who Should Attend?
- Local-Government decision makers including Chief Information Officers, Mayors, City/County Managers and departmental officers responsible for economic development, public works, public safety, education, traffic & transportation, permitting, etc
- Ecosystem members including service providers, technology vendors, distributors & VARs, systems integrators, consultants and application vendors
Visit the Technology Showcase
The W2i Digital Cities Convention Technology Showcase features select emerging technology vendors, systems integrators and service providers discussing their solutions and achievements for meeting local-government telecommunication, services, and application needs.
North America in the News
Wi-Fi fight in Chicago air
A digital wireless future is shaping up for Chicago, with two major Internet service providers -- AT&T and EarthLink -- vying to build a municipal broadband network that would operate alongside a higher-end service planned by Sprint Nextel.
• SOURCE: (Chicago Tribune, April 20, 2007)
Chicago Still Ways Away from Citywide Wi-Fi
Nearly two years after a citywide wireless network was first discussed in Chicago's City Council, the city's procurement department is still six months away from choosing a service provider to construct the network exness-th.com.
• SOURCE: (NWI Times.com, April 21, 2007)
Rural TeleCon Slated for Illinois
Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn, Chairman of the Illinois Broadband Deployment Council and the Governor's Rural Affairs Council, in partnership with the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, will the Rural Telecon in Springfield this October 14-17, 2007.
• SOURCE: (RuralTelecon.org)
Wi-Fi Models Look for Anchors
Wi-Fi business models are morphing into what many consider more practical, predictable plans for providing sustainable municipal mesh networks. IDC's Godfrey Chua says that at a high level, given a relatively densely populated urban setting, metro-scale Wi-Fi coverage makes sense because the economics are very favorable at around $5 million to $15 million to cover a city.
• SOURCE: (Wireless Week, April 15, 2007)
Houston Wi-Fi Deal Would Benefit City Workers
Mayor Bill White's administration is urging the City Council to approve a $2.5 million contract with EarthLink Inc. that would allow city workers to use the massive wireless network the company plans to build in the next two years.
• SOURCE: (Houston Chronicle, April 9, 2007)
Is Free, Ad-Support Muni-Fi Already Dead?
Previous contracts with MetroFi did not require cities to buy service from the WISP. It may have been strongly suggested, but wasn't a given. The change is that MetroFi will be asking cities to purchase at least some services.
• SOURCE: (Wi-Fi Planet, April 3, 2007)
MetroFi Claims Advertising Sufficient to Cover Costs
"We believe Toledo, Portland, Aurora, Ill., and the cities we are in the process of building out are solid financial endeavors and are immensely fundable," Mr. Haas said in a telephone interview from MetroFi headquarters in the northern California community of Mountain View.
• Source: (Toledo Blade, Mar. 13, 2007)
New Orleans Wi-Fi Spreading as Neighborhoods Return
"The city's free Wi-Fi service should encourage Internet providers to take part in the technology, and it may even drive down costs for the consumer," said Anthony Jones, interim chief technology officer for New Orleans.
• Source: (New Orleans Unplugged, Mar. 12, 2007)
El Paso (TX) Moving Ahead with Citywide Wi-Fi
The city of El Paso, Texas is deploying Cisco's wireless mesh solution for an outdoor wireless network that will help improve government efficiencies and provide Internet access and application delivery to citizens and businesses.
• Source: (MarketWire, Mar. 6, 2007)
IBM in $4M Contract with Brownsville (TX)
IBM has entered into a $4 million agreement with Brownsville, Texas to develop and implement a WiMAX-Wi-Fi municipal wireless network that will primarily serve to improve operational efficiencies within city agencies.
• Source: (Telecommunications Magazine, Mar. 1, 2007)
Civitium's Richardson on San Francisco
The ongoing debate in San Francisco about how the City proceeds with its Wi-Fi initiative demonstrates - more than any similar initiative to date - how ideology plays a central role in the world of public broadband.
• Source: (WRAL, Feb 21, 2007)
Free Wi-Fi Use May Be Ending
A Motorola Corp. executive said that free municipal Wi-Fi use was quickly coming to an end and that cities should be looking at how they can make public Internet usage a big business.
• Source: (Arizona Republic, Feb. 15, 2007)
ACLU Slams San Francisco Wi-Fi Plan
The ACLU of Northern California said in a letter to the supervisors on Tuesday that both EarthLink's paid service and Google's free offering would fall short of most of the group's recommendations on collection and sharing of personal data and possible tracking of users.
• Source: (ComputerWorld, Feb. 8, 2007)
WiMAX, Wi-Fi More Energy-Efficient
Energy costs represent the third most significant operating expense (OPEX) item for cellular carriers today, and fluctuating energy costs are a significant area of concern for business planners.
• Source: (ABI Research, Jan. 19, 2007)
San Francisco Report Kicks up Dust
San Francisco's municipal Wi-Fi project doesn't pass the sniff test as administered by city budget analyst Harvey Rose.
• Source: (Wireless Week, Jan. 15, 2007)
Welcome to Wi-Fi-Ville
Corpus Christi's pilot worked so well that it dreamed big, using tax dollars to fund a $7.1 million, 147-sq.-mi. network that went live last month. Now park sunbathers can Web surf and this town of 300,000 is home to one of the largest wireless systems in the world
• Source: (TIME Magazine, Jan. 5, 2007)
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Don't Miss These Speakers!
• Hardik Bhatt, CIO, City of Chicago; Co-Chair
• Pat Quinn, Lieutenant Governor, State of Illinois
• Charles Beck, Deputy Chief, Los Angeles Police Department
• Ryan Croke, Office of Illinois Lieutenant Governor
• David Epstein, OpenAirBoston
• Brian Feist, Director of Emergency Services, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
• Don Green, Director of Technology, North Forest Independent S.D., Houston
• Sharyn Gravelle, Vice President, Wireless, Toronto Hydro Telecom
• Paul Hackerson, Director of Management Services & Security, Rockford Housing Authority
• Karl Kaiser, CIO, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Francisco Leyva, Traffic Engineering, City of Tucson
• Thomas McQuillan, CIO, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Jane Smith Patterson, Executive Director, E-North Carolina
• Terry Phillis, CIO, City of Philadelphia
• Sam Podolsky, President, Mexico City Council of Competitiveness and Economic Development
• Laura Taylor, V.P., Research, ConnectKentucky
• Galen Updike, Telecommunication Development Manager, Information Technology Agency, State of Arizona
Private Sector
• Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute, Co-Chair
• Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
• David Blumenfeld, V.P. Marketing, JiWire
• Doug Boswell, Wireless Specialist, Public Sector, IBM
• Scott Akrie, President, NetLogix
• Phil Belanger, Principal, Novarum
• Ken Biba, Principal, Novarum
• Brian Carlson, Sr. Director of Sales, Worldwide Municipal Wireless, Motorola
• Eric DaVersa, V.P. Business Development, NetLogix
• Michael E. Dillon, Director, Industry Solutions, Safety, Security & Community Broadband, IBM
• James Farstad, President, rClient
• K. Anne-Rivers Forcke, IBM Research
• Paul Henriod, President, CONXX
• Tom Hulsebosch, V.P., Municipal Network Sales, EarthLink Municipal Networks
• Axel Leblois, Director, Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict)
• Carl Nerup, Vice President for Business Development, AT&T
• Karen Archer Perry, Principal, Karacomm
• Craig Pickering, Senior Associate, Booz, Allen, Hamilton
• John Storch, V.P., Network Deployment, Clearwire
• Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, Public Technology Institute
• Joel Vincent, Senior Manager, Outdoor Wireless Marketing, Cisco Systems
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