[CUWiN Press Release] In One Month: 2004 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks

[Sascha Meinrath]

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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 info at communitywirelesssummit.org 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 info at communitywirelesssummit.org

Be sure to sign up soon.

See you in Urbana,

--Sascha Meinrath & Michael Brunelle
Summit Coordinators

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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