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Bilbao '05

  • Dates: November 07-09, 2005
  • Location: Bilbão, Spain



Day 1: Monday, November, 07, 2005
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM Registration & Exhibit
    02:30 PM - 03:00 PM Opening Session

    Welcome Remarks & Program Introduction

    • Iñaki Azkuna, Mayor, City of Bilbao (Spain)
    • José Ignacio Zudaire, Vice Consul, Basque Government
    • Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute
    • Axel Leblois, Executive Director, CIFAL Atlanta, Senior Special Fellow, UNITAR; and Cofounder, W2i
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    03:00 PM - 03:45 PM Keynote
    The Future of Digital Cities and Communities
    • Rick Herrman, Director, Public Sector, Intel
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    03:45 PM - 04:45 PM Break and Exhibit
      04:45 PM - 06:00 PM Plenary Panel: The Role of Local Authorities
      Experience sharing from around the world exploring key drivers and types of applications.
      • Chair: Dianah Neff, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia (PA)
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      • Berge Ayvazian, Executive Vice President, Research & Consulting, Yankee Group
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      • Iñaki Suarez, Director for Information Society, SPRI
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      • Sonja Reece, Vice President, ICT Committee, National League of Cities
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      • Franca Biglio, President, National Association of Small Cities of Italy (ANPCI)
      06:00 PM - 06:45 PM Keynote
      The New Paradigm of Wireless Communities
      • Giles Norman, Global Solutions Manager, Wireless and Mobile, IBM
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      06:45 PM - 09:30 PM Cocktails & Exhibit
        Day 2: Tuesday, November, 08, 2005
        08:30 AM - 09:00 AM Light Breakfast and Exhibit
          09:00 AM - 10:15 AM Plenary Panel: Public-Private Partnerships
          This panel up of public- and private-sector partnership stakeholders will examine the range of innovative agreements. Why do partners choose certain models over others? What are the potential emerging revenue models?
          • Chair: Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute
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          • Juan Jose Mendizabal, Manager, ITELAZPI, Basque Region
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          • Gabriel Vizzard, Marketing Director, Last Mile Communications
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          • Ana Cristina Hofmann, Project Director, Petrópolis-Tecnópolis, Brazil
          • Ignacio Molinos Gallo, Network Planning Director, Euskaltel
          • Philip McKinder, Education & Local Government, British Telecom
          10:15 AM - 11:15 AM Break & Exhibit
            11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Plenary Panel: Which Networks for Which Users?
            Satellite, GSM, EDGE and UMTS, WiMAX- and Wi-Fi-derived mesh networks: How do they complement one another, or compete? The panel will examine how local authorities make different choices in different sets of circumstances. Which class of services is most adaptable for different types of services and applications?
            • Chair: Giles Norman, Global Solutions Manager, Wireless and Mobile, IBM
            • Alejandro Arnaiz, Director of Sales, Europe, Tropos Networks
            • Sergio Cabral, Founder, Grupo Taho, Chairman, IdeaValley
            • Sergio Levrino, President, The Wi-Fi Company
            • Guillermo Vazquez, Marketing Director, Broadband Wireless Telecom Services, Iberbanda
            12:30 PM - 02:00 PM Buffet Luncheon / Exhibit
              02:00 PM - 06:00 PM Parallel Tracks: Best Practices and Field Reports
              Three panels feature innovative case studies focusing on user groups and key applications and services. Local-government practitioners will present their experiences in planning, deploying and operating broadband-wireless infrastructure in their communities. Emphasis will be on key motivations, community consensus building, challenges encountered in building the business case, determining the application priorities based on clearly defined metrics, choosing the underlying technologies, and funding. Presenters will provide an impact analysis of their initiatives.
                02:00 PM - 06:00 PM Track 1: Connecting Rural and Low-Density Areas for Economic and Social Development
                • Chair: Fernando Donoso, Product Line Manager, SR Telecom
                • Leire Aginako, Director of Development, Euskaltel
                • Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, Governor, Jigawa State, Nigeria
                • Hector Alberto Navarro, President, ADESO, Argentina
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                • Jordi Compte, CEO, Flash 10
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                02:00 PM - 06:00 PM Track 2: Municipal Applications: Public Safety, Workforce Productivity, Traffic and Transportation
                • Chair: Evelyn Rys, Business Development Manager, Cisco
                • Graham Ellis, Communications, Westminster City Council, London (UK), Westminster City Council, London (UK)
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                • John Domblides, Team Leader, ITS, City of Portsmouth (UK)
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                • James Farstad, Founder & President, rClient
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                02:15 PM - 06:00 PM Track 3: Enhancing Quality of Life for Urban Communities
                • Chair: Ben Chapman, Public Sector Marketing Manager, Intel Europe Middle East and Africa
                • Dianah Neff, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia (PA)
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                • David Jarvis, President & CEO, UniNet, South Africa
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                • Tony Perez, Director, Office of Cable Communications, Seattle, Washington
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                06:00 PM - 08:00 PM Reception & Exhibit
                  08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Official Seated Dinner

                  • Restaurant Jauregia, Bilbao

                  Dinner Keynote:

                  Seamless Mobility, and Wireless Broadband

                  • Rafael Canales, Director of Sales, Motorola (Spain)
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                  Day 3: Wednesday, November, 09, 2005
                  09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Plenary Session: Elected Officials Role in Fostering Broadband-Wireless Deployments for Cities, States, and Regions
                  Best case studies show that elected officials play a critical role in developing a vision for wireless communities, building consensus, identifying partners and key areas of new services for citizens and economic development. This panel will examine the challenges and opportunities that elected officials face while promoting innovative broadband wireless Internet deployments.
                  • Chair: Julio Pereyra, President, Latin American Municipalities Federation (FLACMA)
                  • Johnny Terán Salcedo, Mayor, Babahoyo, Ecuador
                  • Roberto Pizio, Mayor, Apricale, Italy
                  10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Break
                    10:15 AM - 12:00 PM Structured Brainstorming Sessions
                    The Wireless Internet Institute will work with international-development organizations, local government associations, field practitioners and the private sector to issue recommendations for local government planning and deployment of broadband-wireless infrastructures for economic and social development. These recommendations will be edited as a white paper and presented at a special session led by W2i and the UN ICT Task Force at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis on November 17, 2005. Each structured brainstorm group will reflect on a set of questions in parallel sessions.
                    • Chair 1: Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, Public Technology Institute
                    • Chair 2: Scott Shamp, Director, New Media Institute, University of Georgia
                    • Chair 3: James Farstad, Founder & President, rClient
                    12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Plenary Session: Input from Brainstorming Sessions
                    • Chair: Axel Leblois, Cofounder, W2i; Senior Special Fellow, UNITAR
                    • With brainstorming sessions chairs
                      12:45 PM - 01:15 PM Conclusions and Adjournment
                      • Sarbuland Khan, Executive Director, UN ICT Task Force
                      • Marcel Boisard, Executive Director UNITAR, Under-Secretary General, United Nations