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Los Angeles '06

  • Dates: May 24-26, 2006
  • Location: Los Angeles, CA,United States



Day 1: Wednesday, May, 24, 2006
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Registration
    03:00 PM - 03:45 PM Opening Session

    • Co-Chair: Thera Bradshaw, General Manager, Information Technology Agency, City of Los Angeles
    • Co-Chair: Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute

    Keynote Address
    • Mike Dillon, Director for Safety, Security and Community Broadband, IBM
      03:45 PM - 07:00 PM Breakout Sessions

      Discovery Session 1
      Elected Officials Town Hall Policy Meeting
      (3:45 - 5:15)
      This panel of local elected officials, chaired by a national telecommunications advocate for cities and counties, examines federal policies and state regulatory practices as they define and affect the cost and quality of broadband-wireless service provision.
      • Chair: Lori Panzino-Tillery, President, National Association Telecommunication Officers and Advisors (NATOA); Division Chief, Franchise Programs, San Bernardino County
      • Tony Cardenas, District 6, Los Angeles City Council
      • Dean Garfield, Executive Vice President, Motion Picture Association of America

      Discovery Session 2
      Technology Infrastructure Update: What Applications Should Broadband Wireless Enable?
      (5:30 - 7:00)
      This panel, chaired by a leading RF expert, gathers together major systems integrators for a lively inquiry into the range of applications and services enabled by broadband-wireless infrastructure.
      • Chair: Ed Thomas, Policy Advisor & Partner, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, LLP; Former Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal Communications Commission
      • Curtis Gibbs, Senior Resource Development Officer, Community Redevelopment Agency, City of Los Angeles
      • Rizwan Khaliq, Business Area Leader Digital Communities, IBM
      • Richard Pasqua, Project Manager, Los Angeles, Northrop Grumman Corp.
      • Christian Thelander, Municipal Wireless, Networks Division, Siemens Communications

      		Service Provider Executive Roundtable
      Hosted by Yankee Group, rClient and W2i, this special seminar and 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 cases and examine the potential for cooperation among emerging broadband-wireless service providers and existing cable, telco, cellular, and Internet service providers.
      Co-Moderators:
      • James Farstad, President, rClient
      • Tara Howard, Analyst, Broadband Access Technologies, Yankee Group      		Digital Inclusion Roundtable
      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:
      • Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, Public Technology Institute; Chair, National Academy of Public Administration Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance
      • Nigel Ballard, Manager, Digital Inclusion, Intel Americas, State & Local Government
      • Ed Thomas, Policy Advisor & Partner, Harold Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, Former Chief, Office of Engineering & Technology, FCC
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      07:00 PM - 10:00 PM Reception and Buffet Dinner in Technology Showcase Area
        Day 2: Thursday, May, 25, 2006
        08:00 AM - 08:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
          08:30 AM - 09:00 AM Keynote Address
          • Richard Rotondo, Marketing Director, Motorola
            09:00 AM - 10:30 AM Breakout Sessions
            Track 1
            Public Safety & Emergency Response
            • Chair: David Yuan, Sr. Marketing Manager, Cisco Systems Wireless Mobility Group
            • "Fresno (CA) P.D.," Capt. Patrick Rhames, Fresno (CA) Police Department
            • "Ripon (CA) P.D.," Dan Brannon, Director of Information Technology, Ripon (CA) Police Department            		Track 2
            Government Operations Reengineering
            • Chair: Ed Taulbee, Director of Carrier Markets, Tropos Networks
            • "Automated Meter Reading / Corpus Christi (TX)," Jeffrey King, Director, Utilities Business Unit, Northrop-Grumman
            • "PDA-Enabled Field Inspections / Los Angeles Housing Department," Scott McGill, Chief Inspector, City of Los Angeles Housing Department, et al.            		Track 3
            Neighborhood Portals
            • Chair: Lou Waters, President & CEO, SimDesk Technologies
            • "Daily Planet / Minneapolis (MN)," James Farstad, President, rClient
            • "ExperienceLA," Terry George Halberg, Telecom Planner, City of Los Angeles, ITA            		Track 4
            Intelligent Transport Systems
            • Chair: Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks
            • Gloria Jeff, General Manager, Los Angeles DOT
            • "Cars and the Roadside Talking to Each Other: One Integrated System, One Integrated Vision," James Misener, Program Leader, Transportation Safety Research, PATH / U.C. Berkeley
            • "PORTAL / Real-Time Passenger Information," John Domblides, Team Leader, Intelligent Transport Systems, Portsmouth, U.K.
            • Patrick Rhames, Captain, Fresno Police Department
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            • Dan Brannon, Director of IT, Ripon Police Department
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            • Jeffrey King, Director, Utilities Business Unit, Northrop-Grumman
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            • Scott McGill, Chief Inspector, City of Los Angeles Housing Department
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            • Gloria Jeff, General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Transportation
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            • James Misener, Program Leader, Transportation Safety Research, PATH / UC Berkeley
            • John Domblides, Team Leader, Intelligent Transport Systems, Portsmouth, UK
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            10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break
              10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout Sessions
              Track 1
              Public Safety & Emergency Response
              • Chair: Richard Rotondo, Marketing Director, Motorola
              • "Jordan Downs," Tim Riley, CIO, Los Angeles Police Department, et al.
              • "Digital Communities – Health e-Communities (Corpus Christi & Christus Health)," Hank Fanberg, Research & Development Information Management, Christus Health
              		Track 2
              Government Operations Reengineering
              • Chair: Linda Kalcic, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, SkyPilot Networks
              • "PDA-Enabled Field Inspections / Los Angeles Housing Department," Scott McGill, Chief Inspector, City of Los Angeles Housing Department, et al.
              • "Automated Meter Reading / Corpus Christi (TX)" Jeffrey King, Director, Utilities Business Unit, Northrop-Grumman
              		Track 3
              Neighborhood Portals
              • Chair: Gabriel Vizzard, Marketing Director, LastMile Communications
              • "ExperienceLA," Terry George Halberg, Telecom Planner, City of Los Angeles, ITA
              • "Daily Planet / Minneapolis (MN)," James Farstad, President, rClient
              		Track 4
              Intelligent Transport Systems
              • Chair: Kirby Russell, Director of Product Marketing, Strix Systems
              • "PORTAL / Real-Time Passenger Information," John Domblides, Team Leader, Intelligent Transport Systems, Portsmouth, U.K.
              • "Cars and the Roadside Talking to Each Other: One Integrated System, One Integrated Vision," James Misener, Program Leader, Transportation Safety Research, PATH / U.C. Berkeley
              • Hank Fanberg, Research & Development Information Management, Christus Health
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              12:15 PM - 02:15 PM Buffet Luncheon in the Technology Showcase
                02:15 PM - 02:45 PM Keynote Address
                • Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks
                  02:45 PM - 03:30 PM Plenary Panel: Service Provider Executive Roundtable Findings

                  Selected participants from the previous day's session will report findings and key conclusions.

                  • Co-Chairs: James Farstad, President, rClient; Tara Howard, Analyst, The Yankee Group
                    03:30 PM - 03:45 PM Break
                      03:45 PM - 04:30 PM Plenary Panel: Digital Inclusion Roundtable Findings

                      Selected participants from the previous day's session will report findings and key conclusions.

                      • Chair: Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, Public Technology Inst.; Chair, National Academy of Public Administration Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance
                        04:30 PM - 05:00 PM Keynote Address: "Continuity of Operations (How to Keep the Wheels Turning)"
                        • Nigel Ballard, Manager, Digital Inclusion, Intel Americas, State & Local Governments
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                        05:00 PM - 06:00 PM Mega-Projects Panel: Mainstreaming Broadband-Wireless Infrastructure

                        The panel brings together overseers of large-scale projects from the United States and Canada to compare and contrast planning and implementation models. What user groups will be served? What can innovative public-private agreements provide? What are perceived as the city's obligations and liabilities?

                        • Chair: Thera Bradshaw, General Manager, Information Technology Agency, Los Angeles
                        • James Farstad, President, rClient
                        • Sharyn Gravelle, VP, Wireless, Toronto Hydro Telecom
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                        • John Nicoletti, External Affairs Manager, City of Anaheim
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                        • Steve Reneker, CIO, City of Riverside CA
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                        06:00 PM - 09:00 PM Reception and Buffet Dinner in Technology Showcase Area
                          Day 3: Friday, May, 26, 2006
                          08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Registration
                            09:00 AM - 05:00 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.