hello nycwireless, bostonwag people, I'm looking forward to attending CUWiN's Wireless Summit the weekend after next, and i'm curious as to who, from NYCWireless and BostonWAG, i'm likely to run into there; i saw NYC's Dana and Laura on the programme, but no response from http://www.cuwireless.net/summit/ right now, though http://www.wirelesssummit.org/ has a good overview. I got roped into a panel on "Hacking Your City" with the Canadian axis, and i'm really looking forward to that. As Sascha says, it should be a "powerhouse". I guess i should Actually Register before it sells out, eh? ;)
jo ----------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 21, 2006 CONTACT: Sascha Meinrath, CUWiN, (217) 278-3933 Ben Scott, Free Press, (202) 265-1490, x 23 Craig Aaron, Free Press, (202) 265-1490, x 25 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks to Explore the Future of Internet Access Network developers, policy experts and community activists to gather at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo., March 31 to April 2 ST CHARLES, Missouri - March 21 - The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN), Free Press and Mid-Rivers Community Wireless Network will host the second National Summit for Community Wireless Networks from March 31 to April 2 at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. 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. "The National Summit for Community Wireless Networks will explore the opportunities and challenges facing the growing movement to build nonprofit, open-source broadband networks," said Sascha Meinrath, co-founder and project coordinator of CUWiN. "The event will showcase cutting-edge technologies and develop political strategies to promote digital inclusion." Since the first National Summit for Community Wireless Networks in 2004, nearly 400 Community Internet and municipal broadband projects have sprung up in the United States alone. The summit will discuss how the 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 the summit will include 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 and the University of Illinois, 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 NYC Wireless and Esme Vos of Muniwireless.com. "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 national, nonpartisan media reform organization. "The innovators and organizers at the National Summit for Community Wireless Networks are blazing the trail to make broadband affordable and available to everyone." For more information on the summit, or to register, please visit www.wirelesssummit.org -- Sascha Meinrath Policy Analyst * Project Coordinator * President Free Press *** CUWiN *** Acorn Active Media www.freepress.net * www.cuwireless.net * www.acornactivemedia.com -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
