A Workshop on: Wireless Communications and the Future of Cities
Presented by the Taub Urban Research Center at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
April 2, 2003 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
100 Washington Square East Hemmerdinger Hall NYU Main Building, Room 102
If there was any doubt about the pervasiveness of wireless communications technologies in modern cities, it was swept away by the terrorist attacks of September 11. From the gridlock of East Coast cellular networks to the tracking of Al Qaeda leaders’ satellite phones that crisis brought attention to the basic human needs for constant communications. Wireless communications are now interwoven through all aspects of modern urban life, both in crisis and in everyday activities.
This workshop will gather an inter-disciplinary group of scholars, thinkers, and practitioners to discuss the ways in which wireless communications are helping shape the future of cities as flexible, dynamic, and vibrant sites for human interaction. Do mobile phones make cities more livable or less? How do wireless interactions enhance or detract from our interactions with the people and places around us? What warning signs are there of negative outcomes from the spread of mass mobile communications? What demands are wireless users making on urban infrastructure and public spaces?
As we begin rebuilding lower Manhattan, it is essential that our visions address the important role of mass mobile communications on the future of cities. This workshop will attempt to reconcile the many ways in which people, cities, and wireless technologies are reshaping each other in the contemporary city.
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Complimentary Wi-Fi Internet access will be provided throughout the duration of the conference. We will also provide a local chat system for conference participants.
Continental breakfast will be served.
List of Speakers:
John Gilbert, Rudin Management Company
Steven Johnson, Author
Mike Joroff, MIT School of Architecture
Mitchell L. Moss, NYU Taub Urban Research Center
Nick Noe, Policy Analyst, New York City Council
Richard O’Bryant, MIT
Jonah Peretti, Eyebeam Atelier
Howard Rheingold, Author
Terry Schmidt, NYCwireless
To Register:
For more information or to register for this free workshop, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 212-998-7524.
Web: http://www.urban.nyu.edu
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