Wireless Communities Best Practices Awards

The Jury

Chair: Dr. Costis Toregas
• President Emeritus, Public Technology, Inc.; Chair, National Academy of Public Administration standing panel on Social Equity in Governance

Axel Leblois
• Executive Director, CIFAL Atlanta; Special Senior Fellow of UNITAR

Sonja Reece
• Mayor Pro Tem, Normal Illinois; Vice Chair, Information and Technology Committee, National League of Cities

Tereza Porto
• President, Center of Communication and Information Technology of Rio de Janeiro State (Proderj)

Nick Leon
• Director, Design London, Imperial College- Royal College of Art

Technology Innovation
• This Award honors the best broadband-wireless network or device innovation deployed across a metro area or region.

Community Momentum Building
• This Award honors the best public outreach and community organizing in planning and implementing a broadband-wireless infrastructure for a city or region.

Digital Inclusion
• This Award honors the best initiative to provide urban or remote communities with broadband connectivity for the provision of applications and services.

E-Government Applications
• This Award honors the best broadband-wireless platform to improve local-government workforce productivity and/or citizen interaction with government.

Neighborhood Portals
• The Award honors the best local or national portal enabling low-cost community and visitor information access, education, and/or location-based services.