Europe W2i Digital Cities Convention in London
Conference Agenda
• Dates: September 2526, 2006
• Location: Olympia Conference Center, London
• More Information
Day 1: Monday, September 25, 2006 |
9:00 - 10:00 |
Registration, Coffee & Tea
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10:00 - 10:45 |
Opening Session
• Stephen Dodson, Program Director, U.K. Digital Challenge and Inclusion Network; Co-Chair
• Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute; Co-Chair
• Chris Vein, Executive Director, Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, San Francisco, California
Keynote Address
• Rizwan Khaliq, Global Business Executive, Digital Communities, IBM Global Government |
10:45 - 12:15 |
Panel I: Early Impact of Existing Broadband Wireless Networks on Government Operations
This panel gathers together project leaders from three leading-edge broadband-wireless communitiestwo in the U.K., one in the U.S.for an overview of the project origin, scope and goals as well as an inquiry into the range of applications and services enabled by broadband-wireless infrastructure. The panel places special emphasis on how local-government workforces can be made more effective and provide better value to citizens and the community with ubiquitous broadband-wireless capability.
Chair: Dan Jellinek, Editor, E-Government Bulletin
Panelists:
Ann Carey, Client Side Manager, e-Service Directorate, Norfolk County Council
Pete Davis, Business Development Director, Synetrix
Kurt Frary, Integration Authority, Norfolk County Council
Leonard Scott, MIS Business Unit Manager, Corpus Christi, Texas
• Andrew Snellgrove, Network Manager, Westminster Council
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12:15 - 12:30 |
Special Event:
HP and Simdesk partnership introduces world wide population based Utility Computing
'Going Beyond Internet Access' - HP and Simdesk are providing fixed to wireless computing and communications as a new 'utility' service to communities throughout the world. This presentation will discusses how wired to wireless networks can converge, using HP NonStop data centers and Simdesk product solutions for ubiquitous access to data and information, to deliver highly scalable computing services to enhance economic impact for small to large populations. |
12:30 - 14:15 |
Luncheon Provided Courtesy of HP and Simdesk in the Technology Showcase |
14:15 - 14:45 |
Keynote Address
• Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks |
14:45 - 16:00 |
Panel II: Public-Private Agreements: A Diversity of Models
Chaired by a leading analyst of broadband-wireless infrastructure, applications, and services, this general-session panel of local-authorities representatives and emerging and incumbent network-provider executives explores the range of approaches to public-private partnership models, with an emphasis on leveraging local assets to meet local-government needs and improve citizen satisfaction.
Chair: Berge Ayvazian, Chief Research Officer, Yankee Group
Panelists:
Jim Baker, Founder & CEO, Telabria
Steven Bage, Strategic Infrastructure Advisor, City of London
David Hughes, Chief Technology Officer, BT Retail
Steven Jewell, Head of IT, Milton Keynes Council
Niall Murphy, Chief Technology Officer, The Cloud Networks
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16:00 - 16:15 |
Break |
16:15 - 16:45 |
Keynote Address: "Defining a Realistic Business Model for Municipal Broadband"
• Paul Budgen, Area Sales Director and Business Development, Motorola |
16:45 - 18:15 |
Panel III: Servicing the Community: The Intelligence Behind Neighborhood Portals, Intelligent Transport, CCTV
This panel of field practitioners and industry experts explores the emerging public-service systems enabled by broadband-wireless infrastructure and examines their benefit to and impact on local communities.
Chair: Gabriel Vizzard, Director of Marketing, LastMile Communications
Panelists:
John Domblides, Principal, Foster Markof Associates; Former Team Leader, Intelligent Transport Systems, Portsmouth, U.K.
James Farstad, President, rClient; Consultant to the City of Minneapolis
Stephen Harris, Vice President of Sales, EMEA, Simdesk Technologies
Joëlle Richert, Mobility Project Chief, RATP / Paris Subway
Peter Sewell, Director of Wireless, Cityspace
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18:15 - 20:00 |
Reception in the Technology Showcase Area
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Day 2: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 |
8:00 - 8:30 |
Coffee & Tea |
8:30 - 9:00 |
Keynote Address |
9:00 - 10:30 |
Track 1
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Track 2
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Track 3
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Structured BrainstormWorkshop 1
Scaling Networks for High-Density Populations
Chair: Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks
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Structured BrainstormWorkshop 3
How Can Wireless Infrastructure Improve Digital Inclusion?
Chair: K. Anne-Rivers Forcke, IBM Research, WW Human Ability & Accessibility Center; & Kevin Carey, Director, HumanITy
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Service Provider Executive Roundtable
Co-Moderators: Berge Ayvazian, Chief Research Officer, Yankee Group
James Farstad, President, rClient; Consultant to the City of Minneapolis
This special seminar and roundtable (by invitation only) draws on the Yankee Groups extensive research on service-provider strategies for municipal and metropolitan broadband-wireless networks. The roundtable is a forum for service providers to discuss business and market strategies and to examine the potential for cooperation among emerging broadband-wireless service providers and existing cable, telco, cellular, and Internet service providers.
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10:30 - 10:45 |
Break |
10:45 - 12:15 |
Structured BrainstormWorkshop 2
Private Network Vs. Public Access or Coexisting Solutions?
Chair: Paul Budgen, Area Sales Director and Business Development, Motorola
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Structured BrainstormWorkshop 4
Broadband Wireless, T-Government and Operations Reengineering
Chair: Evelyne Rys, Sales and Business Development Manager, Cisco Systems
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12:15 - 14:00 |
Luncheon
Technology Showcase |
14:00 - 15:00 |
Panel IV: European Success Stories
This panel brings together overseers of large-scale projects for the purpose of comparing and contrasting planning and implementation models.
Chair: Bharat Jain, Nomad Wireless Project Manager, London Connects
Panelists:
• Oscar Alarik, Deputy Officer, Congestion Charge Secretariat, Stockholm, Sweden
• Naiara Goia, Deputy Manager, ITELAZPI, Basque Country, Spain
• Chris Newby, City Council, Liverpool,U.K.; President, The Knowledge Society Forum - Telecities
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15:00 - 16:00 |
Panel V: Structured Brainstorm Workshops and Service Provider Roundtable Reporting Session
Chair: Chris Newby, City Council, Liverpool,U.K.; President, The Knowledge Society Forum - Telecities
Panelists:
Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks
K. Anne-Rivers Forcke, IBM Research, WW Human Ability & Accessibility Center
Kevin Carey, Director, HumanITy
Paul Budgen, Area Sales Director and Business Development, Motorola
Evelyne Rys, Sales and Business Development Manager, Cisco Systems
Berge Ayvazian, Chief Research Officer, Yankee Group
James Farstad, President, rClient; Consultant to the City of Minneapolis
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16:00 - 16:15 |
Closing Remarks |
16:15 - 16:45 |
Coffee & Tea in the Technology Showcase Area |
* All speakers and panelists are subject to confirmation *
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