From: http://con.freenetworks.org/cfp.phtml
Overview The FreeNetworks Conference (FN-CON) 2003 is focused on giving the public an in-depth look into the the fast growing worldwide movement of Community Wireless Networking (CWN). In the past few years, these decentralized, non-commercial networks have gained world recognition and populist support as the adoption of the IEEE Standard for wireless ethernet, 802.11b, more commonly known as WiFi has gained ground. FN-CON will show you how these networks started, the directions they are taking, and provide you with enough technical knowledge to bootstrap your own networking group. FN-CON aims to gather the experts and implementors in community wireless networking groups from across the globe, innovators from the wired community and municipal networks, and the technologists designing the hardware for future phases of this amazing movement for a conference like no other. The conference will combine overviews of the technologies and motivations, status reports from the frontline, and in-depth coverage of implementation details that provide the conference attendee with the knowledge to bootstrap their own CWN in their locale. The conference will start with one day of in-depth, hands-on tutorial. Attendees will leave the tutorial with a working piece of hardware that they can build, configure and replicate for use in their own community wireless network. The second and third day will be done in standard fashion with multiple tracks and multiple speakers on each track. Purpose * Bring together both wireless and wired FreeNetworks participants. * Educate people on the benefits and impact of FreeNetworks. * Enable people to use available technologies (802.11b and others) and to prepare for future technologies. * Showcase the status of FreeNetworks worldwide and learn from the experience of the early adopters. * Discuss upcoming social, political and technological developments that affect the FreeNetworks movement. Where Alexis Park Resort - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA When June 6-8, 2003 Call For Papers We are now accepting presentation proposals for FN-CON. Here are some possible topics that come to mind however we are in no way limiting it to these, and we expect that you will have some creative ideas in addition to those listed below: * New advanced routing protocols that could benefit Free Networks and ad-hoc networks in general, reports on use of said protocols in a real world environment. * Examples of community networks in use serving a real world purpose that may or may not be possible on traditional carrier-built networks. * Research and development of networking technologies that can help further the FreeNetworks movement. * Applications/tools which might be considered useful for FreeNetworks. * Hands on tutorials that will enable people to build their own wireless router or some other cool and useful wireless device. What To Send Us * A brief description (two, three paragraphs max) of your topic. * Your bio, resume, portfolio or whatever you have that says something about your experience, why you are qualified to discuss said topic and any other major achievements you may have accomplished. Please include URLs wherever possible. * If you plan on doing something other than a traditional slideshow, please let us know of any special requirements you may have; i.e. duelling projectors, laser shows, two turntables and a microphone. We want to know if you will need anything other than the usual projector and PA setup. * Contact unformation; at the very least, you must provide us with an email address that you check on a frequent basis. Physical address and phone numbers if you desire. * Submit material in ASCII or PDF format to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Program Committee * SeattleWireless - Ken Caruso (Chair), Matt Westervelt * Bay Area Wireless Users Group - Matt Peterson, Cliff Skolnick, Tim Pozar * NYCwireless - Terry Schmidt, Ben Serebin * Consume - Ben Laurie * NoCat - Rob Flickenger * Security Travel - Tina Greene Sponsorship Think you would like to sponsor what has the potential to be one of the coolest and most unique conferences yet? Please let us know. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
