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Conference Agenda At-a-Glance |
DAY ONE: Thursday January 31st, 2008 |
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7:45 AM |
Registration & Sponsor Exhibits Open |
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8:15 AM |
Opening Address From The Chair |
Craig Settles, President, successful.com |
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8:30 AM |
Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going |
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Plotting the course for municipal broadband networks |
| Craig Settles, President, successful.com |
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9:15 AM |
Your “Business Case” for a Municipal Wireless Network |
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Achieving ROI and Profitability Objectives |
| Brenda Halloran, Mayor, Waterloo, ON |
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10:00 AM |
Networking Break |
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10:30 AM |
Municipal Feedback Panel |
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Value Added Information, Lessons Learned and Guidance From Leading Municipalities Who Have Been There! |
| Charles Hewitt, CIO, Providence, RI
Reid Haire, Executive Judge and Chair of Green River Area Development District, Owensboro, KY
Steve Ruger, Contracts Administrator, Rio Rancho, NM |
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11:15 AM |
Funding Models |
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Private/Public Partnership Financing to Get Your Project off the Ground |
| Bruce Etherington, Treasurer, South Shore Community Broadband
Chris Cope, Economic Development Consultant, Ottawa, ON
James McFarlane, Project Manager, Washtenaw County, MI |
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12:00 PM |
Networking Luncheon |
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1:30 PM |
Keynote Presentation |
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Oulu, Finland Wireless City Project |
| Heikki Riikonen, Project Manager, Oulu, Finland
Timo Ojala, Professor, University of Oulu, Finland |
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2:15 PM |
Measuring Success |
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Strategies on Managing Quality and Density Metrics |
Karl Edwards, COO, Excelsio Communications |
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3:00 PM |
Networking Break |
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3:30 PM |
Network Applications |
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Bringing Major Value to a Municipal Wireless Network |
| Larry Daluz, Wireless Services Director, Novax Industries Corporation |
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4:15 PM |
Exploring the Pros and Cons of an “Anchor Tenancy” |
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George K. Noe, City Manager, Corpus Christi, TX |
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5:00 PM |
Exclusive Cocktail Reception |
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Bring your business cards & network with industry leaders |
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Day Two: Friday February 1st, 2008 |
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7:45 AM |
Registration & Sponsor Exhibits Open – Continental Breakfast |
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8:15 AM |
Recap Of Day 1 From The Chair |
Craig Settles, President, successful.com |
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8:30 AM |
Panel Discussion |
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Revolutionizing Your City’s Operations Through Innovative Use of Wireless Technology By Cutting Costs, Improving Efficiency, and Enhancing Public Safety |
| Damian Goulbourne, Mayor, Welland, ON
Horace Matthews, Program Manager, Brampton, ON
Gary Gregg, IT Manager, Southlake, TX |
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9:15 AM |
International Municipal Wireless Trends |
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Their Impact on North American Initiatives |
| Patrick McCamley, Senior Partner, Civitium |
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10:00 AM |
Networking Break |
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10:30 AM |
Key Success Factors in a Build-Out |
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Key Success Factors in a Build-Out: From Working with Power Companies and Zoning to Achieving Deployment Benchmarks |
| Ryan Walker, CEO, SSI Micro, Yellowknife, NT
Lorraine Thomas, Project Manager, Nunavut Broadband Development Corporation |
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11:15 AM |
Crisis Response |
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Learn How Wireless Technology Can Help Your City in Emergency Situations |
| Erik Leidekker, IT Manager, Chilliwack, BC
Doug Petersen, President, MDT Technical Services |
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12:00 PM |
Networking Luncheon |
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1:15 PM |
Keynote Presentation |
The World’s First Wireless Country |
| Natasha Murdzeva Buleska, Macedonia Connects Cognizant Technical Officer, United States Agency
for International Development |
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2:15 PM |
Maintaining Your Network |
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The Costs Required in Sustaining an Already Deployed Network |
| Brantz Myers, Director of Enterprise & Industry Marketing, Cisco Systems |
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3:30 PM |
Next Generation Hardware Technologies |
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| Mike Dixon, VP of Wireless Networks, Motorola Canada Ltd. |
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CONFERENCE ADJOURNS 4:15 PM |
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