Agenda in Tempe
Part I: Participants will examine key dimensions of three digital-inclusion projects Macedonia Connects, PhilaVoice, Connect Kentucky and compare and contrast them with digital-inclusion opportunities and roadblocks in Arizona and the Southwest. What do stakeholders in around region want to achieve?
Part II: Employing the W2i Digital Inclusion Metrics Framework developed at the Digital Cities Convention in Philadelphia (December 2006), participants will brainstorm on how best to incorporate local goals and project metrics into the Framework.
Welcome & Introductions (10')
Case Study Presentations (40')
- Glenn Strachan, Project Director, Macedonia Connects
- Joe Mefford, Statewide Broadband Director, Connect Kentucky
- Judy Miller, President NinthWave Media (Olney Web Portal and training program)
Brainstorm #1: What are local digital inclusion goals? (15')
Break (10')
Brainstorm #2: W2i Digital Inclusion Framework (50')
Conclusions, Output and Wrap-Up (10')
W2i extends a special thanks to its 2006 moderators:
- Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, Public Technology Institute; Chair, National Academy of Public Administration Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance
- Anne-Rivers Forcke, IBM WW Human Ability & Accessibility Center, and
- Nigel Ballard, Manager, Digital Inclusion, Intel Americas, State & Local Government
About W2i and the Digital Cities Convention Series
The Wireless Internet Institute (W2i) is an independent forum bringing together stakeholders around the world to accelerate the adoption of wireless Internet in support of social and economic development and better managed cities, communities and regions. Held annually in three to four regions of the world, the W2i Digital Cities Convention includes a thought-leadership conference exploring the planning and deployment of broadband-wireless infrastructure, applications and services; practical training for local authorities; roundtables for wireless service-provider executives and digital-inclusion stakeholders; the annual Wireless Communities Best-Practices Awards; and a Technology Showcase produced in partnership with the public sector, private sector, and international development institutions. Building on conventions in Philadelphia, Shanghai, San Francisco, Bilbão, Houston, Rio, and Los Angeles, and London, planning is in final stages for Tempe, Arizona (February 13-14, 2007) and Chicago (May 22-23, 2007).
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