I'll be there if anyone else is coming
Begin forwarded message: > > INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT TO ADDRESS FUTURE OF BROADBAND > -- Community Technology Leaders from Six Continents to Participate -- > > Champaign-Urbana, I.L., April 18 -- The CUWiN Foundation and the > Center for > Community Informatics (CCI) will host the International Summit for > Community > Wireless Networks (http://WirelessSummit.org) from May 18-20, 2007 > at Loyola > College in Columbia, Maryland. > > The summit is the largest gathering of wireless network developers, > technology > and policy experts, and community organizers working to build > universal, > low-cost broadband networks around the world. "We are proud to host > an event > that brings together technologists and activists committed to > universal access > to informatics," said Marco Figueiredo, CCI Director. > > "The International Summit for Community Wireless Networks explores the > opportunities and challenges facing the growing movement to build > community and > municipal broadband networks," said Sascha Meinrath, co-founder and > Executive > Director of CUWiN. "This event showcases cutting-edge technologies > and develops > political strategies to increase digital inclusion." > > Since the first National Summit for Community Wireless Networks in > 2004, over > 300 Community Internet and municipal broadband projects have sprung > up in the > United States alone. The Summit will focus on how these networks > can better > serve their target populations, the policies needed to support broader > deployment of community wireless systems, and the latest > technological and > software innovations. > > Presenters at previous summits have included FCC Commissioner Jonathan > Adelstein, Jim Baller of the Baller Herbst Law Group, Annie Collins > of Fiber for > Our Future, Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America, > Harold Feld of > Media Access Project, Robert W. McChesney of Free Press, Matt > Rantanen of Tribal > Digital Village, Greg Richardson of Civitium LLC, Paul Smith of the > Center for > Neighborhood Technologies, Jim Snider of the New America > Foundation, Dana > Spiegel of NYCwireless, Esme Vos of Muniwireless.com and many other > luminaries. > > "High-speed broadband access is the electricity of the 21st > century, yet many > rural and poorer urban communities are being left off the grid," > said Ben Scott, > policy director of Free Press, the DC-based policy think-tank. "The > innovators > and organizers at the International Summit for Community Wireless > Networks are > blazing the trail to make broadband affordable and available to > everyone." > > About CUWiN (http://www.cuwin.net) > The CUWiN Foundation is a world-renowned coalition of wireless > developers and > community volunteers committed to providing low-cost, do-it-yourself, > community-controlled alternatives to contemporary broadband models. > CUWiN is > fiscally sponsored by Grassroots.org, a non-profit 501c3. CUWiN's > mission is to > develop decentralized, community-owned networks that foster > democratic cultures > and local content. Through advocacy and through our commitment to > open source > technology, CUWiN supports organic networks that grow to meet the > needs of their > communities. > > About CCI (http://cci.cs.loyola.edu) > The Center for Community Informatics engages Loyola Colleges > students, faculty > and staff in supporting the creation and deployment of informatics > tools for > community empowerment. CCI develops the Community Telecenter Free > Software > Toolset; promotes awareness events for the Loyola College > community; offer > courses in Community Informatics; promotes Digital Inclusion > Conferences; > researches and develops human-friendly technologies to facilitate > inclusion in > the New Society of Knowledge; and, evaluates, documents and > develops sustainable > models for Universal Access to Informatics. > > # # # --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TELECOM-CITIES Current searchable archives (Feb. 1, 2006 to present) at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Old searchble archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/telecom-cities@googlegroups.com/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
