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For exhibitors, the Digital Cities Convention can be a unique venue to both deliver, or learn of, a major press announcement and/or product release.
For further information on sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities, contact Daniel Aghion, Executive Director of W2i, at or (617) 439-5400.
Partner Organizations
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| APCity.org is the sole official website of The Forum on City Informatization in the Asia-Pacific Region (CIAPR). The mission of the CIAPR is to provide a platform for government leaders, decision-makers and policy developers, business leaders and entrepreneurs, and technical professionals and experts worldwide to exchange visions, policies and strategies, technologies and products, practices and experiences, in order to stimulate economic and social development through city informatization in the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide, and to promote inter-country, regional and international cooperation, particularly south-south cooperation, and, accordingly, to bridge the digital divide of the world. |
| The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is one of more than 560 regional planning agencies across the nation working to help solve problems in areas such as land use, housing, environmental quality, and economic development. |
| CIFAL Atlanta is the North American affiliate of the Decentralized Cooperation Programme of UNITAR, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. CIFAL Centers provide training for local authorities, mayors, governors or municipal councilors and their key executives as well as private sector and civil society leaders in the areas of sustainable urbanization and environment, information society, and human, social and economic development. |
| The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in its "International Training Centre for Local Authorities" (CIFAL) Programme, has set up the CIFAL-Bilbao Center with the Basque Government. CIFAL-Bilbao implements, along with UNITAR, the international project for capacity development and training for the Local Authorities of the world in the area of the Information Society. This plan will be presented at the World Summit on the Information Society, WSIS. |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides air transportation for passengers and freight throughout the United States and around the world. As of February 1, 2005, Delta (including its wholly owned subsidiaries, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. and Comair, Inc.) served 219 domestic cities in 46 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as 53 international cities in 35 countries. Delta mainline, domestic and international service, Song®, Delta Shuttle®, Delta Connection®, Delta SkyTeam®, and Worldwide Partners operate 7,697 flights each day to over 497 cities in 88 countries. |
| The New England Chinese Information and Network Association is a premier hi-tech professional association founded in 1996 by some of New England's most successful IT industry entrepreneurs. Its mission is to provide a platform to foster entrepreneurship and leadership by combining the leading edge technologies with best business practices. In the past seven years, NECINA has delivered high quality conference programs and networking events to its increasingly diversified members in an effort to maximize their awareness and involvement in new technologies and emerging business opportunities. |
| In March 2001, the Economic and Social Council requested the Secretary-General to establish an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force. This initiative is intended to lend a truly global dimension to the multitude of efforts to bridge the global digital divide, foster digital opportunity and thus firmly put ICT at the service of development for all. The Task Force is supported by the Heads of State and Government of all UN Member States who endorsed the ECOSOC Ministerial Declaration at the Millennium Summit in September 2000. |
| The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) was established in 1965 as an autonomous body within the United Nations with the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of the Organization through appropriate training and research. UNITAR is governed by a Board of Trustees and is headed by an Executive Director. The Institute is supported by voluntary contributions from governments, intergovernmental organizations, foundations, and other non-governmental sources. |
| The WiMAX Forum" is working to facilitate the deployment of broadband wireless networks based on the IEEE 802.16 standard by helping to ensure the compatibility and inter-operability of broadband wireless access equipment. The organization is a nonprofit association formed in 2003 by equipment and component suppliers to promote the adoption of IEEE 802.16 compliant equipment by operators of broadband wireless access systems. |
| The conclusion of the II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities will see the adoption of a final Declaration, which will be known as the Bilbao Declaration. This text will be the contribution of the Cities and Local Authorities to the second phase of the process for the World Summit on the Information Society. An elected delegation will symbolically present it in Tunis (16-18 November 2005). The Declaration will also have a Plan of Action in which the Local Authorities will define the courses of action to be undertaken in the 2006-2015 period in order to favour the joint development of the Information Society in their territories, always from a perspective of Solidarity and Cooperation as regards digital matters. |
Conference Advisors
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| Civitium is a consulting firm focused on delivering services for public and private organizations to aid in the construction of Digital Cities. Civitium provides value through the firmís decades of government and commercial experience, their neutrality and objectivity and alliance with industry thought leaders. |
| NetLogix is a leading data networking consulting firm delivering solutions to global landline and wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers. |
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