[CWN-Summit] CWN-Summit Digest, Vol 77, Issue 1

irma india dillip at irma-india.org
Sat Mar 10 08:57:46 UTC 2012


Thanks for such wonderful announcement Faith ...

Looking forward for a great summit and meeting you all again.

Regards,

Dillip



On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:30 PM, <cwn-summit-request at lists.chambana.net>wrote:

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>   1. SAVE THE DATE: October 4-7, 2012, Barcelona (faith swords)
>   2. SAVE THE DATE: October 4-7, Barcelona (faith swords)
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> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 08:45:37 -0500
> From: faith swords <faith.swords at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [CWN-Summit] SAVE THE DATE: October 4-7, 2012, Barcelona
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> *SAVE THE DATE!
>
> October 4-7, 2012: International Summit for Community Wireless Networks
>
> Barcelona, Spain
>
> CALL FOR PROPOSALS WILL OPEN APRIL 1.
>
> It is, as ever, my great honor to announce that the annual International
> Summit for Community Wireless Networks will take place in Barcelona, Spain
> from October 4-7, 2012.
>
> The International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (IS4CWN) convenes
> technology experts, policy analysts, university researchers, and
> on-the-ground specialists who deploy state-of-the-art community broadband
> projects. We will come to Barcelona in October to discuss technology,
> policy and organizing issues as well as the practical solutions to
> challenges facing community broadband. Participatory meetings and workshops
> at IS4CWN help the leaders of community broadband initiatives build and
> execute a strategic plan. Participants will bring their skills and stories
> and leave ready to expand the deployment of networks and lobby governments
> to create policies that expand broadband access, open more unlicensed
> spectrum, and break the market power that stifles economic growth and
> social opportunity through technology.
>
> The first IS4CWN in 2004 launched what is now called the community
> broadband movement. Conversations and collaborations at the 2010
> Summit<http://wirelesssummit.org/>in Vienna, Austria gave rise to two
> new multi-million dollar initiatives,
> the Commotion Wireless
> Project<http://oti.newamerica.net/commotion_wireless_0>(also known as
> the
> Internet-in-a-Suitcase<
> https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html>?)
> and CONFINE <http://confine-project.eu/>. Both partnerships focus on the
> development of next-generation community networking technologies. Commotion
> and CONFINE have received major grants from the United States and the
> European Union, respectively, to convene partners from around the globe.
> With its strong focus on social justice and human rights, IS4CWN 2012 will
> bring together participants not just from these projects in the US and the
> EU but panelists from the developing world who are interested in building
> and expanding community wireless networks in their own countries.
>
> IS4CWN 2012 will take place at Universitat Polit?cnica de
> Catalunya<http://www.upc.edu/eng/>(UPC) in Barcelona, a university
> with an exceptionally high percentage of
> international students. UPC houses  numerous projects funded under the
> European Union's Seventh Framework
> Program<http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html>and  Barcelona is
> also home to
> guifi.net, one of the largest community networks in the world,
> encompassing
> over 23,000 individual nodes.
>
> In 2012, we can catalyze the explosion of community networking
> organizations and create shared technology, policy, and public education
> goals. The Summit distinguishes itself from other technical and academic
> conferences through the cross-discipline and global diversity of its
> participants. IS4CWN is a venue for participants to develop a shared vision
> and strategic approach to meeting new technology infrastructure needs and
> formulating policy reforms and intervention strategies in their own
> countries that support community wireless networks. Participants engage in
> an ongoing dialogue that encourages a strategic approach to community
> wireless network development and spectrum policy reform.
>
> Through years of development, IS4CWN is the foremost gathering of leaders
> in the community networking field and promises to shape the future of this
> movement. Panelists do not simply present their own work and opinions: they
> also facilitate a process that records lessons learned and produces a
> comprehensive list of action items for the coming months and years. IS4CWN
> is a significant opportunity for thinkers, developers, and stakeholders to
> develop and improve collaborations for the success of community wireless
> networks.
>
> Nos vemos en Octubre - We look forward to seeing you in October!*
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 08:23:51 -0500
> From: faith swords <faith.swords at gmail.com>
> To: International Summit for Community Wireless Networks Participant
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> Subject: [CWN-Summit] SAVE THE DATE: October 4-7, Barcelona
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> *SAVE THE DATE!
>
> October 4-7, 2012: International Summit for Community Wireless Networks
>
> Barcelona, Spain
>
> CALL FOR PROPOSALS WILL OPEN APRIL 1.
>
> It is, as ever, my great honor to announce that the annual International
> Summit for Community Wireless Networks will take place in Barcelona, Spain
> from October 4-7, 2012.
>
> The International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (IS4CWN) convenes
> technology experts, policy analysts, university researchers, and
> on-the-ground specialists who deploy state-of-the-art community broadband
> projects. We will come to Barcelona in October to discuss technology,
> policy and organizing issues as well as the practical solutions to
> challenges facing community broadband. Participatory meetings and workshops
> at IS4CWN help the leaders of community broadband initiatives build and
> execute a strategic plan. Participants will bring their skills and stories
> and leave ready to expand the deployment of networks and lobby governments
> to create policies that expand broadband access, open more unlicensed
> spectrum, and break the market power that stifles economic growth and
> social opportunity through technology.
>
> The first IS4CWN in 2004 launched what is now called the community
> broadband movement. Conversations and collaborations at the 2010
> Summit<http://wirelesssummit.org/>in Vienna, Austria gave rise to two
> new multi-million dollar initiatives,
> the Commotion Wireless
> Project<http://oti.newamerica.net/commotion_wireless_0>(also known as
> the
> Internet-in-a-Suitcase<
> https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html>?)
> and CONFINE <http://confine-project.eu/>. Both partnerships focus on the
> development of next-generation community networking technologies. Commotion
> and CONFINE have received major grants from the United States and the
> European Union, respectively, to convene partners from around the globe.
> With its strong focus on social justice and human rights, IS4CWN 2012 will
> bring together participants not just from these projects in the US and the
> EU but panelists from the developing world who are interested in building
> and expanding community wireless networks in their own countries.
>
> IS4CWN 2012 will take place at Universitat Polit?cnica de
> Catalunya<http://www.upc.edu/eng/>(UPC) in Barcelona, a university
> with an exceptionally high percentage of
> international students. UPC houses  numerous projects funded under the
> European Union's Seventh Framework
> Program<http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html>and  Barcelona is
> also home to
> guifi.net, one of the largest community networks in the world,
> encompassing
> over 23,000 individual nodes.
>
> In 2012, we can catalyze the explosion of community networking
> organizations and create shared technology, policy, and public education
> goals. The Summit distinguishes itself from other technical and academic
> conferences through the cross-discipline and global diversity of its
> participants. IS4CWN is a venue for participants to develop a shared vision
> and strategic approach to meeting new technology infrastructure needs and
> formulating policy reforms and intervention strategies in their own
> countries that support community wireless networks. Participants engage in
> an ongoing dialogue that encourages a strategic approach to community
> wireless network development and spectrum policy reform.
>
> Through years of development, IS4CWN is the foremost gathering of leaders
> in the community networking field and promises to shape the future of this
> movement. Panelists do not simply present their own work and opinions: they
> also facilitate a process that records lessons learned and produces a
> comprehensive list of action items for the coming months and years. IS4CWN
> is a significant opportunity for thinkers, developers, and stakeholders to
> develop and improve collaborations for the success of community wireless
> networks.
>
> Nos vemos en Octubre - We look forward to seeing you in October!*
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