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Chicago '07
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Dates: May 21-23, 2007
- Location: Chicago, Illinois,United States
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| Monday, May, 21, 2007 |
| 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM |
Professional Development for Local-Government Officials
Municipal Wireless Networks & Technologies Training Seminar
Presented by NetLogix and W2i
This is a day-long session on just about everything you need to know about municipal wireless models, city strategies, technologies, system capabilities, and the applications these networks empower. NetLogix, the leading consulting, engineering and training services firm, provides attendees with hands-on community and solution exercises designed to jumpstart the planning and deployment of a broadband-wireless infrastructure.
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| 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM |
From City to Stadium: Broadband Wireless Mesh Technology for Value-Added Resellers
Sponsored by BelAir Networks (Limited Seating Available)
Whether you’re focused on enterprise, government or service provider markets, broadband wireless mesh products add a high-growth element to your current portfolio. This seminar, directed at value-added resellers, will focus on the opportunities and challenges inherent in addressing the broadband wireless mesh market, including: - State of the Market: Market size, addressable reseller market, and a review of current deployments
- Tech Talk: Wireless mesh technology overview and reseller portfolio fit
- Been There, Done That: Reseller and customer case studies
Attendees will each receive a 256 MB BelAir Networks memory stick loaded with the seminar presentations and will be eligible to win a genuine Swiss Military watch.
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| Day 2: Tuesday, May, 22, 2007 |
| 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM |
Registration
Continental Breakfast in the Technology Showcase Area
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| 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM |
Opening Remarks
- Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute
- Hardik Bhatt, CIO, City of Chicago
- Richard Durbin, Senator, United States Senate (prerecorded)
- Pat Quinn, Lieutenant Governor, State of Illinois
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| 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM |
Keynote Address
- Kevin Tenbrunsel, Director Government Broadband Solutions, Motorola
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| 09:45 AM - 11:00 AM |
Wireless-Enabled Applications at the Metro Scale
Chaired by a leading system integrator, this panel of local-government field practitioners and application experts will explore the range of applications enabled by metro-scale wireless infrastructure, from solutions for police, fire and traffic control to Web-hosted applications and authentication/session management for multiple user groups.
- Chair: Doug Boswell, IBM Wireless Solutions Sales Consultant, Public Sector, IBM
- Charles Beck, Deputy Chief, Los Angeles Police Department
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- Don Green, Director of Technology, North Forest Independent School District, Houston
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- Francisco Leyva, Program Manager, Program Manager, Tucson, Arizona
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- Craig Pickering, Senior Associate, Booz, Allen, Hamilton, Consultant to ITS Joint Program Office, US DOT
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| 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM |
Public-Private Partnerships: A Diversity of Communities and Providers
Teams of local-government CIOs and their broadband-wireless network providers reflect on the negotiation process and establishing balance in public-private agreements, with a special emphasis on leveraging local-government assets and assessing private-sector risk to achieve long-term sustainability.
- Chair: James Farstad, President, rClient
- Brian Feist, Director of Emergency Services, Cambria County (PA)
- Tom Hulsebosch, VP, Municipal Network Sales, EarthLink Municipal Networks
- Thomas McQuillan, Chief Information Officer, Grand Rapids (MI)
- Terry Phillis, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia (PA)
- John Storch, Vice President, Network Deployment, Clearwire
- Todd Tanner, Executive Vice President, CONXX
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| 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM |
Buffet Luncheon in the Technology Showcase Area
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| 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM |
Keynote Address
"Free Municipal Wireless Puts Citizens at Risk" - Mark Myers, Director, Vertical Sales - State, Local Government & Education, Cisco Systems
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| 02:30 PM - 05:00 PM |
Track 4: User Experience
Wireless-Networks User Experience Roundtable: Setting Expectations Appropriately When planning and implementing a citywide broadband-wireless infrastructure, how do local authorities, network providers, equipment makers, and systems integrators manage expectations appropriately among the clients and constituencies the network will serve?
- Co-Moderator: Phil Belanger, Principal, Novarum
- Co-Moderator: Ken Biba, Principal, Novarum
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| 02:30 PM - 05:00 PM |
Track 3: Digital Inclusion
Digital Inclusion Roundtable: Government-Backed Initiatives / Urban Vs. Rural Inclusion Local-government and institutional stakeholders representing government-backed digital-inclusion programs—rural and urban—discuss project goals, challenges and time frames. Brainstorm on urban versus digital inclusion approaches.
- Moderator: K. Anne-Rivers Forcke, Public Sector Market Manager, Human Ability and Accessibility Center, IBM Research
- Ryan Croke, Office of Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois Broadband Deployment Council
- Julia Stasch, V.P., Program on Human & Community Development, MacArthur Foundation
- Catherine Settanni, Founder, Digital Access Project, Minneapolis, Founder, Digital Access Project, Minneapolis (MN)
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- Jane Smith Patterson, Executive Director, E-North Carolina
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- Laura Taylor, Vice President, Research, ConnectKentucky
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| 02:30 PM - 05:00 PM |
Track 2: Business Model Opportunity
Local-Government Business Processes Reengineering Roundtable This inaugural Roundtable will emphasize the critical role of government services as a model for funding local-government broadband-wireless infrastructure. - Moderator: Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, Public Technology Institute
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| 02:30 PM - 05:00 PM |
Track 1: Institutional Opportunity
Service-Provider Executives and Local-Government CIOs Roundtable: The Digital City Realized What does the Digital City look like when it is realized? Chief information officers and service-provider executives will explore the high-level strategy and team-building processes needed to bring the parts of a digital-city plan together as a unified whole. - Moderator: James Farstad, President, rClient
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| 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM |
North America Town Hall Meeting: Best-Practice Sharing for Fellow Travelers
Three of the top five largest cities in North America — Mexico City, Chicago, and Toronto — join one of its most iconoclastic — Boston — at this special town-hall meeting to compare notes on their respective wireless goals and timelines. For an evening, Chicago serves as host of a global discussion on the broadband-wireless opportunity for major metropolitan areas.
- Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute
- Hardik Bhatt, Chief Information Officer, City of Chicago (IL)
- David Epstein, RFI/RFP, Operations, Fundraising, OpenAirBoston
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- Sharyn Gravelle, Sharyn Gravelle, Toronto Hydro Telecom
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- Sam Podolsky, President, Mexico City Council of Competitiveness and Economic Development
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| 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM |
Reception in the Technology Showcase Area
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| Day 3: Wednesday, May, 23, 2007 |
| 07:45 AM - 08:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast in the Technology Showcase Area
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| 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM |
Keynote Address: "How to Rationalize Public-Access Models through Government Applications"
- Mike Dillon, Director, Industry Solutions, Safety, Security, & Community Broadband, IBM
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| 09:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Track 1: Institutional Opportunity
Wireless in Education Roundtable: Discovery Session 2 University and school-district field practitioners will explore the role of educational institutions in community-based wireless initiatives. What are the opportunities? What are the roadblocks?
Moderator - Karen Archer Perry, Principal, Karacomm
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| 09:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Track 2: Business Model Opportunity
Wireless Web-Based Advertising and Services Roundtable: Discovery Session Wireless-enabled Web-based advertising through community, media and national-aggregator models is still in its infancy. What is the opportunity for the private sector, local government, and the community?
Moderator - Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
Presenters
- Skip Ballou, President, LastMile Communications
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- David Blumenfeld, Vice President, Marketing, JiWire
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- Mike Matthys, VP Service Provider Solutions, NebuAd
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| 09:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Track 3: Digital Inclusion
Municipal Services Applications (Public Safety) and Digital Inclusion: What Are the Synergies? Public safety and digital inclusion are both major drivers of citywide broadband-wireless implementations, but to what extent do the two overlap?
Moderator - Karl Kaiser, CIO, City of Minneapolis
Presenters
- Charles Beck, Deputy Chief, Los Angeles Police Department
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- Paul Hackerson, Management Services Director, Rocford IL Housing Authority
- Galen Updike, Telecom Manager, Arizona Information Technology Agency
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- Catherine Settani, Founder, Digital Access Project, Minneapolis
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| 09:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Track 4: User Experience
The Wireless Internet Opportunity for Disabled Persons: New Horizons for Assistive Technologies Following the launch at the U.N. of the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ict), on March 26, join in this Chicago-based inquiry into accessibility and wireless-enabled information and communication technologies.
Moderators - Karen Tamley, Commissioner of the Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
- Axel Leblois, Director, Global Initiative for Inclusive Technologies
- James Farstad, President, rClient
- Michael Jones, PhD, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Mobile Wireless Technologies for Persons with Disabilities, Shepherd Center, Atlanta
- Prof. Licia Sbattella, Milan Polytechnic Institute
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| 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break in the Technology Showcase Area
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| 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM |
Closing Remarks & Roundtable Reports
- Co-chair: Hardik Bhatt, Chief Information Officer, City of Chicago (IL)
- Co-chair: Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute
- Karen Archer Perry, Principal, Karacomm
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- Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
- Phil Belanger, Principal, Novarum
- James Farstad, President, rClient
- Anne-Rivers Forcke, Human Ability and Accessibility Center, IBM Research
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- Karl Kaiser, CIO, City of Minneapolis
- Axel Leblois, Director, G3ict
- Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, Public Technology Institute
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