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W2i Digital Cities Convention in Europe
Broadband Wireless Internet:
New Opportunities for Local Communities
Bilbão, Spain: Agenda
• November 7-9, 2005
• Location: Euskalduna Convention Center, Bilbão, Spain
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| Day 1: Monday, November 7, 2005 |
| 13:30 |
Registration & Exhibit
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| 14:30 |
Opening Session
Welcome Remarks
• Iñaki Azkuna, Mayor, City of Bilbão
• José Ignacio Zudaire, Vice Consul, Basque Government
Program Introduction
• Axel Leblois, Executive Director, CIFAL Atlanta; Senior Special Fellow, UNITAR; and Cofounder, W2i
• Daniel Aghion, Executive Director & Cofounder, W2i
Keynote: The Future of Digital Cities and Communities
• Rick Herrmann, Director, Public Sector, Intel
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| 15:45 |
Break and Exhibit |
| 16:45 |
Plenary Panel: The Role of Local Authorities
Experience sharing from around the world exploring key drivers and types of applications.
• Chair: Dianah Neff, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia
Presentation: W2i/Yankee Group Survey Results
Feedback from the fellows of the Wireless Internet Institute on emerging trends in broadband-wireless solutions for local communities.
• Berge Ayvazian, Executive Vice President, Research and Consulting, The Yankee Group
• Philadelphia: Dianah Neff, Chief Information Officer, Philadelphia
• Basque Government: Iñaki Suarez, Director for Information Society, SPRI
• United States: Sonja Reece, Vice Chair, ICT Committee, National League of Cities
• Italy: Franca Biglio, President, National Association of Small Cities of Italy (ANPCI)
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| 18:00 |
Keynote: The New Paradigm of Wireless Communities
• Giles Norman, Global Solutions Manager, Wireless and Mobile, IBM |
| 18:45 |
Cocktails & Exhibit |
| Day 2: Tuesday, November 8, 2005 |
| 8:30 |
Light Breakfast and Exhibit |
| 9:00 |
Plenary Panel: Public-Private Partnerships
This panel up of public- and private-sector partnership stakeholders will examine the range of innovative agreements. Why do partners choose certain models over others? What are the potential emerging revenue models?
• Chair: Daniel Aghion, Executive Director & Cofounder, W2i
• Juan José Mendizabal, Manager, ITELAZPI, Basque Region
• Gabriel Vizzard, Marketing Director, Last Mile Communications
• Ana Cristina Hofmann, Project Director, Petrópolis-Tecnópolis, Brazil
• Mr. Ignacio Molinos Gallo, Network Planning Director, Euskaltel
• Philip McKinder, Education & Local Government, British Telecom
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| 10:15 |
Break & Exhibit
Continuous coffee, cookies and soft drinks service starts in showcase area until cocktail hour. |
| 11:15 |
Plenary Panel: Which Networks for Which Users?
Satellite, GSM, EDGE and UMTS, WiMAX- and Wi-Fi-derived mesh networks: How do they complement one another, or compete? The panel will examine how local authorities make different choices in different sets of circumstances. Which class of services is most adaptable for different types of services and applications?
• Chair: Giles Norman, Global Solutions Manager, Wireless and Mobile, IBM
• Alejandro Arnaiz, Director of Sales, Europe, Tropos Networks
• Sergio Cabral, Founder, Grupo Taho; Chairman, IdeaValley
• Sergio Levrino, President, The Wi-Fi Company
• Guillermo Vazquez, Marketing Director, Broadband Wireless Telecom Services, Iberbanda
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| 12:30 |
Buffet Luncheon / Exhibit |
Parallel Tracks: Best Practices and Field Reports. [SESSIONS REPEAT]
Three panels feature innovative case studies focusing on user groups and key applications and services. Local-government practitioners will present their experiences in planning, deploying and operating broadband-wireless infrastructure in their communities. Emphasis will be on key motivations, community consensus building, challenges encountered in building the business case, determining the application priorities based on clearly defined metrics, choosing the underlying technologies, and funding. Presenters will provide an impact analysis of their initiatives. |
| 14:00 |
Connecting Rural and Low-Density Areas for Economic and Social Development
• Chair: Fernando Donoso, Product Line Manager, SR Telecom
• Leire Aginako, Director of Development, Euskaltel
• Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, Governor, Jigawa State, Nigeria
• Hector Alberto Navarro, President, ADESO, Argentina
• Jordi Compte, CEO, Flash10
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Municipal Applications: Public Safety, Workforce Productivity, Traffic and Transportation
• Chair: Evelyn Rys, Business Development Manager, CISCO Systems
• Graham Ellis, Director of Policy and Communications, Westminster City Council, London (UK)
• John Domblides, Team Leader, ITS, City of Portsmouth (UK)
• James Farstad, Founder & President, rClient (Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.)
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Enhancing Quality of Life for Urban Communities
• Chair: Ben Chapman, Public Sector Marketing Manager, Intel Europe Middle East and Africa
• Dianah Neff, CIO, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
• Peter Kochegarov, Russia/CIS Director, InfinetWireless
• David Jarvis, President & CEO, UniNet, South Africa
• Tony Perez, Director, Office of Cable Communications, Seattle, Washington
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| 15:30 |
Break & Exhibit |
| 16:30 |
Parallel Tracks: Best Practices and Field Reports |
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Connecting Rural and Low-Density Areas for Economic and Social Development
• Chair: Fernando Donoso, Product Line Manager, SR Telecom
• Leire Aginako, Director of Development, Euskaltel
• Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, Governor, Jigawa State, Nigeria
• Hector Alberto Navarro, President, ADESO, Argentina
• Jordi Compte, CEO, Flash10
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Municipal Applications: Public Safety, Workforce Productivity, Traffic and Transportation
• Chair: Evelyn Rys, Business Development Manager, CISCO Systems
• Graham Ellis, Director of Policy and Communications, Westminster City Council, London (UK)
• John Domblides, Team Leader, ITS, City of Portsmouth (UK)
• James Farstad, Founder & President, rClient (Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.)
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Enhancing Quality of Life for Urban Communities
• Chair: Ben Chapman, Public Sector Marketing Manager, Intel Europe Middle East and Africa
• Dianah Neff, CIO, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
• Peter Kochegarov, Russia/CIS Director, InfinetWireless
• David Jarvis, President & CEO, UniNet, South Africa
• Tony Perez, Director, Office of Cable Communications, Seattle, Washington
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| 18:00 |
Reception & Exhibit |
| 20:00 |
Official Seated Dinner
• Restaurant Jauregia, Bilbao Keynote: Seamless Mobility, and Wireless Broadband
• Rafael Canales, Director of Sales, Motorola (Spain)
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| Day 3: Wednesday, November 9, 2005 |
| 9:00 |
Plenary Session: Elected Officials Role in Fostering Broadband-Wireless Deployments for Cities, States, and Regions
Best case studies show that elected officials play a critical role in developing a vision for wireless communities, building consensus, identifying partners and key areas of new services for citizens and economic development. This panel will examine the challenges and opportunities that elected officials face while promoting innovative broadband wireless Internet deployments.
• Chair: Julio Pereyra, President, Latin American Municipalities Federation (FLACMA)
• Johnny Terán Salcedo, Mayor, Babahoyo, Ecuador
• Ibrahim Turaki, Governor, Jigawa State, Nigeria
• Roberto Pizio, Mayor, Apricale, Italy
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| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:15 |
Structured Brainstorming Sessions
The Wireless Internet Institute will work with international-development organizations, local government associations, field practitioners and the private sector to issue recommendations for local government planning and deployment of broadband-wireless infrastructures for economic and social development. These recommendations will be edited as a white paper and presented at a special session led by W2i and the UN ICT Task Force at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis on November 17, 2005. Each structured brainstorm group will reflect on a set of questions in parallel sessions.
• Chair 1: Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, Public Technology Institute
• Chair 2: Scott Shamp, Director, New Media Institute, University of Georgia
• Chair 3: James Farstad, Founder & President, rClient (Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.)
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| 12:00 |
Plenary Session: Input from Brainstorming Sessions
• Chair: Axel Leblois, Cofounder, W2i; Senior Special Fellow, UNITAR
• With brainstorming sessions chairs
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| 12:45 |
Conclusions and Adjournment
• Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator, United Nations ICT Task Force
• Marcel Boisard, Executive Director, UNITAR; Under-Secretary General, United Nations
• Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary General, International Telecommunication Union (tbc)
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*All speakers and panelists subject to confirmation.*
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