Wireless Cities … Community Context Conference/Minnesota Oct 05

October 6–7, 2005
Digital Technology Center
Walter Library
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Digital Watershed and the University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center and the Institute for New Media Studies, are hosting the "Wireless Cities . . . Community Context Conference."

* The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas on community-centered services delivered over municipal wireless networks.

Municipal wireless networks are being planned and implemented across the nation and the world. This conference will address the use of wireless networks to improve existing community services and innovate new collaborative content for local communities. It will act as a catalyst to engage government, industry and community organizations on how such content would impact public collaboration in the arts, humanities, journalism, education, social networks and other value-added community programming.


* The topics to be covered and the participating speakers and panelists for the conference are currently being finalized and will be posted as soon as this information is available. It is anticipated that the following topics will be covered:

Technology State of the Cities
* Wireless State of the Cities
* Legal and Legislative Issues

Community Centered Content
* Bridging the Digital Divide
* Wireless Arts and Culture

Enabling Technologies
* Social Networks
* Work groups

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* Programme

Thursday, October 6, 2005
8:00–9:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
Morning Session (9:00–noon):
Technology State of Cities

Opening Remarks:

–Andrew Odlyzko, Director, University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center

Moderator:

–Greg Daigle, Executive Director, Digital Watershed
9:00–10:30 a.m. Plenary Session 1 — Wireless State of the Cities

Panel Speakers:

–Dr. Costis Toregas, PTI.org

–James Farstad, City of Minneapolis

–Randy Johnson, County Commissioner — invited*
10:30–10:45 a.m. Break
10:45–12:15 p.m. Plenary Session 2 — Legal and Legislative Issues

Panel Speakers:

–Cal Litsey, Faegre and Benson, speaking on intellectual property rights

–Mia Garlick, Creative Commons, speaking on copyright for collaborative content

–Jim Baller, Baller Herbst Law Group — invited*

–Adina Levin, EFF Austin — invited*
12:15–1:30 p.m. Lunch — buffet served in DTC

Technology provider: Charles Ribaudo, Jambo Networks (social networks)

Participants to log-into Jambo and fill out online conference interests forms for Day 2 workgroups
Afternoon Session (1:30–4:30):
Community-Centered Content
1:30–3:00 p.m. Plenary Session 3 — Bridging the Digital Divide

Panel Speakers:

–Catherine Settani, Digital Access Project, speaking on neighborhood outreach

–Will Craig, CURA, speaking on GIS and neighborhoods

–Shane Price, Director, AAMP — invited*
3:00–3:15 p.m. Break
3:15–4:45 p.m. Plenary Session 4 — Wireless Arts and Culture

Panel Speakers:

–Nora Paul, INMS, speaking on the Institute for New Media Studies

–Daniel Gumnit, Intermedia Arts, speaking on advocacy arts

–Wayne Ashley, Spectropolis, speaking on the NY Spectropolis festival

–Kathleen Kvern, mnartists.org, speaking on Minnesota digital artists
6:00–8:00 p.m. Reception/Banquet — at the Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union

Organize tables either by Jambo interest groups, or, breakout topics for discussion.

Keynote: –Dr. Costis Toregas, PTI

Collaborative Music performance — organized by Douglas Geers

Friday, October 7, 2005
8:00–9:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
Morning Session (9:00–noon):
Enabling Technologies
9:00–10:30 a.m. Plenary Session 5 — Social Networks

Panel Speakers:

–Angela Beesley, Wikipedia Foundation

–Charles Ribaudo, Jambo Networks

–Noah Fields, SNIF-Social Networking in Fur
10:30–10:45 a.m. Break
10:45–12:15 p.m. Plenary Session 6 — Workgroups

Group 1 — State of the Cities

Group 2 — Legal and Legislative

Group 3 — Bridging the Digital Divide

Group 4 — Wireless Arts and Culture

Group 5 — Social Networks
12:15–1:30 p.m. Lunch — buffet served in DTC
1:30–3:00 p.m. Plenary Session 7 — Reports and Summary

Presentations on Workgroup Outcomes
3:00–4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks

–Arthur Harkins, U of M Futurist — Topic: Where do we go from here?
Follow up:

Online summary of sessions and discussions to be made available to participants and general public on the DTC and Digital Watershed Web sites.

+ Conference website here