Chicago '07
» Municipal Services Applications and Digital Inclusion Roundtable: What Are the Synergies?
Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2007, 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Loction: W2i Digital Cities Convention in Chicago
For more information, contact: mcollins@w2i.org
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Wireless Internet and Municipal Public Safety
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For several years now, both public safety and digital inclusion have been viewed as major drivers of citywide broadband-wireless implementations. But to what extent is there overlap between the two? Both must be ubiquitous available citywide and both must meet certain service-level requirements. Public-safety officials wouldn't stand for anything less, and at the core of digital inclusion is the provision of service to all, no matter income or geography. Where there is overlap, public safety can even drive digital inclusion, because the former can command local, state, and federal dollars and be fast-tracked according to legal requirements. Sister-agency applications in public works and land management may serve to do the same all of which can support an infrastructure buildout that satisfies the digital-inclusion goal.
Join moderator Karl Kaiser, CIO of Minneapolis, at this roundtable discussion featuring several case-study field practitioners exploring the links between municipal services applications and digital inclusion goals.
Preliminary Agenda in Chicago
- Local-Government Case Studies
- Structured Brainstorm Session
- Conclusions and Wrap-Up
Who Should Attend?
• Local-government end users (police, fire, emergency response, land management)
• Local-government authorities and CIOs
• Digital-inclusion experts and stakeholders
• Wireless service providers and systems integrators
• Wireless application providers
• Broadband marketing and business development executives
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, London, and Tempe, Arizona, planning is in final stages for São Paulo (April 12) and Chicago (May 2223).
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