Philadelphia '06

Agenda

• Dates: December 5–6, 2006
• Location: Sheraton City Center, exness Philadelphia, PA

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Day 1: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Preconference Special Sessions
8:00 am – 9:00 am Registration

Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 12:00 pm Professional Development Seminar for Local-Government Officials
• Presented by NetLogix and W2i
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. NetLogix, a leading data networking consultancy, will provide trainees with hands-on community and solution profiling exercises to jumpstart the planning and deployment of a broadband-wireless infrastructure.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm Luncheon
1:00 – 4:00 pm Professional Development Seminar for Local-Government Officials (continued) Service Provider Executive Roundtable
• Hosted by rClient, Yankee Group and W2i
• By Invitation Only
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. The Service Provider Executive Roundtable will also provide a forum for service providers to discuss business and market strategies and examine the potential for cooperation among emerging broadband-wireless service providers and existing cable, telco, cellular, and Internet service providers.
Moderator: James Farstad, President, rClient and Consultant to the City of Minneapolis
Roberta Wiggins, Research Fellow, Yankee Group		 Digital Inclusion Roundtable
• By Invitation Only
Digital inclusion is a major motivation for the deployment of broadband infrastructure in urban and rural areas. Communications infrastructure is only one of many things that must align in order for local government leadership to trigger the adoption of integrated strategies and plans to address the digital divide, including funding and hardware needs, education and training, applications, and community support.
Co-Moderators: Anne-Rivers Forcke, IBM WW Human Ability & Accessibility Center
• W2i Digital Inclusion Resolution
Begin General Session
3:30 – 4:30 pm Registration
4:30 – 5:00 pm Welcome

Keynote Address: "How to Rationalize Public-Access Models through Government Applications"
Mike Dillon, Director, Industry Solutions, Safety, Security & Community Broadband, IBM
5:00 – 6:30 pm Town Hall Meeting
RFP Best-Practice Sharing for Fellow Travelers
In an interactive town-hall-styled session, the audience of local-government attendees is invited to ask questions of half a dozen city and county CIOs — project champions — about their broadband-wireless plans and goals, from concept and organizational structure to RFP preparation and early-stage service delivery. Emphasis is on community needs analysis, building consensus, and creating sustainable business models.
Chair: Marty Hahnfeld, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, SkyPilot Networks
Panelists:
Rodney Akers, ลงทะเบียน exness Deputy CIO, City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bill Beck, Deputy CIO, City of Minneapolis
David Behen, CIO, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Hardik Bhatt, CIO, City of Chicago
Varinia Robinson, Program Director, Future Network Technologies, City of Philadelphia
6:30 – 9:30 pm Buffet Dinner in the Technology Showcase Area

Day 2: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
8:00 – 8:30 am Registration

Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 am Keynote Address
Thomas Cooper, Market Development Manager, Motorola Networks & Enterprise, MOTOwi4 Wireless Broadband Networks
9:00 – 10:30 am Plenary Panel
Broadband-Wireless Applications for Cities and Communities
This panel gathers together field practitioners to present their experiences implementing a range of applications enabled by broadband-wireless infrastructure to spur social, economic and educational development, improve city management, and increase citizen satisfaction.
Chair: Yancey Johnson, Sales Manager, Firetide Networks
Panelists:
Tomas Bennich, exness-th.com Project Manager, Kista Science City, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Don Green, Director of Technology, North Forest Independent School District, Houston, Texas
Judith Miller, President, Ninth Wave Media; PhilaVoice
Anthony Tull, Information Technology Director, Granbury, Texas
Richard Y. Yin, Chairman, Information Technology Total Services (Advisor to Taipei City Government)
10:30 – 10:45 am Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm Plenary Panel
Technology Roadmap: Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and Cellular Networks
In a comparative context, this panel explores overlapping networks and their strengths and weaknesses. How do municipal Wi-Fi networks match up against 2.5G and 3G solutions? What is the role of unlicensed versus licensed spectrum? What is the WiMAX opportunity for cities and counties? Two case-study presentations (one U.S. and one overseas) round out this session with an exploration of field-based experiences.
Chair: James Hueser, Sales Executive, Wireless Broadband Americas Group, IBM
Panelists:
Phil Belanger, Principal, Novarum
Kenneth Carter, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, FCC
Frank Ohrtman, President, WMX Systems
Beth Thomas, Information Technology Coordinator, Allegany County, Maryland
Glenn Strachan, Project Director, Macedonia Connects
12:15 – 2:00 pm Buffet Luncheon in the Technology Showcase Area
2:00 – 2:30 pm Keynote Address: "Then and Now: The Muni Market Matures"
Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks
2:30 – 3:30 pm Plenary Panel
Public-Private Partnerships: A Diversity of Models and Actors
This general-session panel of broadband-wireless project consultants and 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. The panel kicks off with a moderators' report on the Service Provider Executives and Local-Government CIOs Roundtable on Day 1.
Chair: John Rivers, Sales Business Development Manager, Cisco Systems
Panelists:
James Farstad, President, rClient (Consultant to the City of Minneapolis)
Tony Hylton, Broadband Technology Associates, LLC (Consultant to the City of Aurora, IL)
Kurt Lange, President, US Internet
Bill Tolpegin, Vice President, Development and Planning, EarthLink Municipal Networks
Roberta Wiggins, Research Fellow, Yankee Group
3:30 – 4:30 pm Plenary Panel
The Role of Nonprofit Organizations
From Philadelphia to the San Francisco Bay Area, nonprofit organizations are playing a direct role in focusing broadband-wireless plans and projects on digital inclusion and economic development. These organizations work hand in hand with local authorities to transform neighborhoods by providing wireless Internet access to improve the lives of citizens and the community. The panel kicks off with a moderator's report on the findings from the Digital Inclusion Roundtable on Day 1.
Chair: Lou Waters, CEO, Simdesk Technologies
Panelists:
Mark Ansboury, Chief Operating Officer, OneCommunity
Anne-Rivers Forcke, WW Human Ability & Accessibility Center, IBM
Harold Galicer, Principal, Seakay
Lynda Goff, Executive Director, WinstonNet
Greg Goldman, CEO, Wireless Philadelphia
Joe Mefford, Statewide Broadband Director, ConnectKentucky
4:30 – 4:45 pm Break
4:45 – 6:15 pm 2nd Annual Wireless Communities Best Practices Awards Ceremony

To pay tribute to local governments implementing broadband-wireless deployments for their communities, the Wireless Internet Institute presents the second annual Wireless Communities Best Practices Awards at a special ceremony sponsored by EarthLink. Jury Chair Costis Toregas, Chair of the National Academy of Public Administration Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance, leads an interactive discussion among the finalists about project objectives, lessons learned and next steps.

The 2006 Award Finalists:

    • City of Granbury, Texas, USA
    • Basque Government, Spain
    • Kista Science City, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Town of Knysna, South Africa
    • National e-Mexico System, Mexico
    • OneCommunity, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Paris Local Transport Authority (RATP), France
    • Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs), USA
    • Taipei City, Taiwan
    • PhilaVoice Portal, Philadelphia, USA

Read the Press Release: Wireless Internet Institute Announces Second Annual Wireless Communities Best Practices Awards Finalists
6:15 – 9:00 pm Reception in the Technology Showcase Area

* All speakers and panelists are subject to confirmation *