[kictanet] Fw: INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT TO ADDRESS FUTURE OF BROADBAND

[Joan Walumbe]

Hi Joseph,

This looks like it may be very helpful to our cause at DOT. Maybe someone from DOT in the USA can plan on attending.

Joan
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  From: cu-wireless-announce-bounces at lists.cuwireless.net
  [mailto:cu-wireless-announce-bounces at lists.cuwireless.net] On Behalf Of
  Sascha Meinrath
  Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 3:24 PM
  To: cu-wireless-announce at cuwin.net
  Subject: [CUWiN Press Release] Community Wireless Summit May 18-20,2007
  -- Washington, DC.

  Contact:
  Sascha Meinrath
  Executive Director
  CUWiN Foundation
  summit at cuwin.net
  217-278-3933 x31

  INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT TO ADDRESS FUTURE OF BROADBAND
  -- Community Technology Leaders from Six Continents to Participate --

  Champaign-Urbana, I.L., April 18 -- The CUWiN Foundation and the Center
  for Community Informatics (CCI) will host the International Summit for
  Community Wireless Networks (http://WirelessSummit.org) from May 18-20,
  2007 at Loyola College in Columbia, Maryland.

  The summit is the largest gathering of wireless network developers,
  technology and policy experts, and community organizers working to build
  universal, low-cost broadband networks around the world. "We are proud
  to host an event that brings together technologists and activists
  committed to universal access to informatics," said Marco Figueiredo,
  CCI Director.

  "The International Summit for Community Wireless Networks explores the
  opportunities and challenges facing the growing movement to build
  community and municipal broadband networks," said Sascha Meinrath,
  co-founder and Executive Director of CUWiN. "This event showcases
  cutting-edge technologies and develops political strategies to increase
  digital inclusion."

  Since the first National Summit for Community Wireless Networks in 2004,
  over 300 Community Internet and municipal broadband projects have sprung
  up in the United States alone. The Summit will focus on how these
  networks can better serve their target populations, the policies needed
  to support broader deployment of community wireless systems, and the
  latest technological and software innovations.

  Presenters at previous summits have included FCC Commissioner Jonathan
  Adelstein, Jim Baller of the Baller Herbst Law Group, Annie Collins of
  Fiber for Our Future, Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America,
  Harold Feld of Media Access Project, Robert W. McChesney of Free Press,
  Matt Rantanen of Tribal Digital Village, Greg Richardson of Civitium
  LLC, Paul Smith of the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, Jim Snider
  of the New America Foundation, Dana Spiegel of NYCwireless, Esme Vos of
  Muniwireless.com and many other luminaries.

  "High-speed broadband access is the electricity of the 21st century, yet
  many rural and poorer urban communities are being left off the grid,"
  said Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, the DC-based policy
  think-tank. "The innovators and organizers at the International Summit
  for Community Wireless Networks are blazing the trail to make broadband
  affordable and available to everyone."

  About CUWiN (http://www.cuwin.net)
  The CUWiN Foundation is a world-renowned coalition of wireless
  developers and community volunteers committed to providing low-cost,
  do-it-yourself, community-controlled alternatives to contemporary
  broadband models. CUWiN is fiscally sponsored by Grassroots.org, a
  non-profit 501c3.  CUWiN's mission is to develop decentralized,
  community-owned networks that foster democratic cultures and local
  content. Through advocacy and through our commitment to open source
  technology, CUWiN supports organic networks that grow to meet the needs
  of their communities.

  About CCI (http://cci.cs.loyola.edu)
  The Center for Community Informatics engages Loyola College's students,
  faculty and staff in supporting the creation and deployment of
  informatics tools for community empowerment.  CCI develops the Community
  Telecenter Free Software Toolset; promotes awareness events for the
  Loyola College community; offer courses in Community Informatics;
  promotes Digital Inclusion Conferences; researches and develops
  human-friendly technologies to facilitate inclusion in the New Society
  of Knowledge; and, evaluates, documents and develops sustainable models
  for Universal Access to Informatics.

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