[CUWiN] [CUWiN Press Release] In One Month: 2004 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks
Sascha Meinrath <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.wireless.cu-wireless |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
*** PLEASE FORWARD *** *** PLEASE FORWARD *** *** PLEASE FORWARD *** *** PLEASE FORWARD *** *** PLEASE FORWARD *** *** PLEASE FORWARD *** *** PLEASE FORWARD *** *** PLEASE FORWARD *** *** PLEASE FORWARD *** THE 2004 NATIONAL SUMMIT FOR COMMUNITY WIRELESS NETWORKS August 20-22, 2004 @ the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *** http://communitywirelesssummit.org/ *** There is less than a month until The 2004 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks. Early registration (and the lower rates) end July 31st, so be sure to register by August 1, 2004. Some travel stipends are still available to individuals actively involved with community wireless networking groups -- please e-mail [email protected] for more information. Issues pivotal to the future of community networking and spectrum policy will be addressed at the Summit, including: * Wireless broadband access as a public utility * Programming, installing, and implementing community wireless networks * Low-cost, high speed broadband for underserved communities * Cutting edge technologies for independent, community media * Breakthrough opportunities for local government, local educators * Unlicensed spectrum as an open access, public media system * Critical policy debates going on NOW in Washington Confirmed speakers and panelists include: * Harold Feld, Media Access Project * Michael Calabrese, New America Foundation * Matt Peterson and Tim Pozar, Electronic Frontier Foundation * Robert W. McChesney, UIUC Institute of Communications Research * Darrin Eden, PersonalTelco * Richard MacKinnon, Austin Wireless City Project * Sascha Meinrath, CUWiN * Ben Scott, Free Press * Christian Sandvig, UIUC Department of Speech Communication * Greg Richardson, Civitium, LLC * Jack Unger, Ask-Wi.com, Inc. * Paul Riismandel, Mediageek.org * Dharma Dailey, Prometheus Radio Network * Steven Pierce, Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Cente For a growing list of the dozens of organizations that will be represented at the Summit, see http://communitywirelesssummit.org/participants.html All other inquiries can be sent to [email protected] Be sure to sign up soon. See you in Urbana, --Sascha Meinrath & Michael Brunelle Summit Coordinators -- Sascha Meinrath Project Manager & Pres. * Project Coordinator * Project Manager Acorn Worker Collective *** CU Wireless Network *** Eggplant Active Media www.acorncollective.com * www.cuwireless.net * www.eggplantmedia.com _______________________________________________ CU-Wireless-Announce mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/cu-wireless-announce _______________________________________________ CU-Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/cu-wireless Project Page: http://cuwireless.ucimc.org