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Conference Program
W2i Digital Cities Convention is a global thought-leadership conference series designed to accelerate the adoption of broadband wireless technologies for economic and social development worldwide.
Hosted by the in partnership with private
sector, local government and international development organizations, each conference provides stakeholders with high-level analysis, brainstorming sessions and an opportunity for consensus building on the issues surrounding municipal broadband wireless networks.
In addition to an exhibit hall showcasing state-of-the-art vendor solutions designed to address the needs of local governments and their constituencies, the W2i Digital Cities Convention program was developed in cooperation with an expert Program Committee chaired by Dianah Neff, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia.
Each conference gathers together a primary audience of local-government elected and agency officials as well as stakeholders in the emerging broadband wireless ecosystem of regulators, technology vendors and service providers, system integrators, real-estate and rights-of-way owners, and funding organizations.
Schedule
Digital Cities Convention will be held yearly in each of three regions of the world:
North America: Philadelphia, PA
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May 2-4, 2005 |
Asia: Shanghai, China
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May 30-31, 2005 |
North America: San Francisco, CA
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October 10-12 2005 |
Europe: Bilbao, Spain
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November 7-9, 2005 |
| Europe: Westminster, UK |
February 2006 |
| South America: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
March 2006 |
| North America (East): Philadelphia, PA |
May 2006 |
| Asia: Beijing, China |
September 2006 |
| North America (West): Los Angeles, CA |
November 2006 |
Audience
Primary audience:
• Local government elected officials taking a leadership role in fostering the deployment of information and telecommunications services in their local communities
• Local government agency executives in charge of deploying applications fostering economic development, municipal workforce productivity, e-citizen services, shared access services in underserved communities
Secondary audience:
• Other local community leaders controlling significant real estate with potential users such as office and industrial parks, campuses and residential developments
• Local service providers, including telecommunications and utility distribution organizations (power, water, highways, railways…)
• Wireless Internet Service providers and systems integrators
• Infrastructure funding organizations
• Telecommunications regulators
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