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Philadelphia '05
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Dates: May 02-04, 2005
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,United States
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| Day 1: Monday, May, 02, 2005 |
| 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM |
Registration
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| 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM |
Opening Statements
- Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute
- Dianah Neff, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia (PA)
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| 02:15 PM - 03:00 PM |
Conference Keynote
- John F. Street, Mayor, City of Philadelphia (PA)
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| 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM |
Technology Roadmap Panel
Chaired by an industry expert, this plenary session panel of standards organizations representatives and the FCC Office of Strategic Planning will provide a detailed overview of the technology state of affairs and the roadmap ahead. This panel will provide the primary audience of local-government elected officials and agency executives with a "technology primer" aimed at providing government officials with the tools to overcome technology implementation challenges.
- Chair: Kevin Werbach, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
- Kenneth R. Carter, Counsel for Business and Economics, Office of Strategic Planning, FCC
- Paul Kolodzy, Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Mohammad Shakouri, VP Marketing, WiMAX Forum
- Marisa Viveros, Director of Strategy, Global Pervasive Wireless eBusiness Services, IBM
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| 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM |
Coffee Break
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| 04:45 PM - 06:00 PM |
Regulatory Framework Panel
This plenary session panel features government, private sector and independent regulatory affairs experts in the field of wireless communications. The panel will provide an updated view of the regulatory landscape, examining both stateside and foreign regulatory practices as it affects local-government broadband-wireless plans and projects. Emphasis will be put on the developing gap between cities and states on local regulatory matters.
- Chair: Carlos Kirjner, Principle, McKinsey & Co
- Jeff Arnold, Deputy Legislative Director, National Association of Counties
- Robert Primosch, Partner, Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer
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- James Bradford Ramsay, General Counsel, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
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| 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM |
Exhibit Visit / Refreshments
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| 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM |
Dinner Keynote
The Impact of Emerging Wireless Technologies on Government Operations- Todd S. Ramsey, General Manager, Global Government Industry, IBM
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| Day 2: Tuesday, May, 03, 2005 |
| 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM |
Registration
Breakfast sponsored by NextPhase Wireless
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| 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Track 1: Developing a Broadband Wireless Infrastructure: Elected Officials Leadership Role
Mayors Panel
- Chair: Matt Stone, Government Strategist, Civitium
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- Bill Graham, Mayor, Scotsburg (IN)
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- Glenn Sangiovanni, Mayor, St. Cloud (FL)
- John F. Street, Mayor, City of Philadelphia (PA)
- James West, Mayor, Spokan (WA)
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- Chris Vein, Mayor's Advisor, City of San Francisco (CA)
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| 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Track 2: Wireless Broadband Infrastructure: a New Road to Municipal Workforce Productivity
Case Study Panel
- Chair: Rizwan Khaliq, Wireless Global Solutions Executive, Public Sector, IBM
- Patrick Rhames, Captain, Fresno P.D.
- Doug Townsend, Technology Services Director, City of Medford
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- Graham Ellis, Director of Policy & Communications, Westminister City Council
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| 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Track 3: Pervasive Wireless Computing a Path to New and Improved Services to Citizens
Case Study Panel
- Chair: Berge Ayvazian, Executive Vice President, Research & Consulting, Yankee Group
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- Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, PTI, Inc.
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- John Domblides, Team Leader, Intelligent Transport Systems, Portsmouth (UK)
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- Peggy McCarthy, Asst. City Manager, Rio Rancho (TX)
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| 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Track 4: Wireless Internet: Shrinking the Digital Divide in Underserved Communities
Case Study Panel
- Chair: Enrique Barkey, Worldwide Civilian Agency Solutions, Worldwide Civilian Agency Solutions, HP
- Brad Mayer, IT Director, Chaska (MN)
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- Del Schmucker, Information Systems Manager, Keewatin-Patricia School District
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- Curtis Gibbs, Senior Resource Dev. Officer, CRA/LA
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- Gloria Guard, President, PEC-Cares
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| 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Track 5: Citywide Wireless Infrastructure: the New Frontier of Local Community Economic Development
Case Study Panel
- Chair: Anthony Townsend, Associate Research Scientist, New York University, Co-founder, NYCwireless
- Scott Shamp, Director, New Media Institute, Univ. of Georgia- Athens
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- Robert Stubblebine, CEO, InfiNet Wireless
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- Jonathan Baltuch, President, MRI
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| 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM |
Press Conference & Announcements
Exhibit Visit & Refreshments
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| 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM |
Structured Brainstorm Workshops
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Workshop 1: What Metrics for Which Agency? Why?
• Chair: Paul Butcher, Marketing Manger, State & Local Government, Intel
Workshop 2: What Agencies Can Most Benefit? Why?
• Chair: Bert Williams, Vice President of Marketing, Tropos Networks
| Track 3
Workshop 1: Developing a typology of new services according to local government settings: Rural, Exurban, Suburban, Urban…
• Chair: Lee Tsao, Director Global Solutions, Pronto Networks
Workshop 2: Developing a typology to improve existing services in local government settings
• Chair: Jasper Bruinzeel, Director, Strategic Marketing, Alvarion | Track 4
Workshop 1: Inner- city digital divide and alternative demand Aggregation models
• Chair: Louis Lambert, Director, North American Sales, Redline Communications
Workshop 2: Expanding Broadband Access to Rural Areas
• Chair: Glenn Booth, Director of Product Marketing, Vivato
| Track 5
Workshop 1: How does a broadband wireless communication infrastructure impact a city's social and economic development?
• Chair: Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks
Workshop 2: How does a broadband wireless communication infrastructure impact investments and job creation?
• Rick Rotondo, VP Marketing, Motorol |
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| 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM |
Coffee Break
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| 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM |
Broadband Wireless: An Opportunity for Public/Private Partnerships
This plenary session panel made up of local government officials, incumbent and emerging service provider executives will explore the opportunities for innovative public/private partnerships.
- Chair: Esme Vos, Founder, MuniWireless
- Charles Cawley, County Administrator, Maryland Midshore Regional Council
- Allen Hammond, CEO & Founder, Bay Broadband
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- Cheryl Leanza, Principal Legislative Counsel, National League of Cities
- Jeff Levy, Chairman & CEO, Biltmore Communications
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- Tod Myers, CEO & Founder, Airpath Wireless
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- Tyler van Houwelingen, CEO & Founder, OttawaWireless
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| 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM |
Exhibit Visit
Reception sponsored by Hewlett-Packard
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| Day 3: Wednesday, May, 04, 2005 |
| 08:30 AM - 09:45 AM |
Local Government: Building the Business Case
This plenary session panel of broadband-wireless project champions will explore how to develop a local and statewide business plan, understanding the stakeholders’ concerns, building strategies and tactics that lead to successful implementations
- Chair: Greg Richardson, Founder & Managing Partner, Civitium
- John Dolmetsch, President & CIO, Big Wireless
- Robert Panoff, RPM-Strategy, State of Rhode Island
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- Mike Walsh, SAILOR Network Operations Manager, State of Maryland
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| 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM |
Coffee Break
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| 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM |
Funding Scenarios
This plenary session panel of government finance officials, public and private finance organizations will explore
1. What are the financing options for local community broadband wireless infrastructures
2. The role that local government can play in financing the infrastructure
3. Alternative public/private partnership models.
- Amy Borgstrom, Program Officer, Technology Opportunities Program,, U.S. Department of Commerce
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- Jennifer Hammerich, Manager of Grants Development Services, Grants Office, LLC
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- Bill Johnston, Managing Director of Public Finance, Banc of America Securities
- Varinia Robinson, Program Manager, Wireless Philadelphia
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- Chair: Dr. Alan Shark, Executive Director, Public Technology Institute (PTI)
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| 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM |
Exhibit Visit
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| 12:45 PM - 02:00 PM |
Luncheon Keynote
Digital City Solutions- Marc Jedel, Director of Public Sector Market Development, Sales and Marketing Group, Intel
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| 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM |
Track reports
Panel of track Chairs will report on workshop findings- Dianah Neff, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia (PA)
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| 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM |
Closing Keynote
• Dianah Neff, CIO, City of Philadelphia, Program Committee: Convention Co-Chair Closing Remarks
• Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute: Convention Co-Chair
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| 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM |
Exhibit Visit
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