[CWN-Summit] IS4CWN 2012

[Grady]

Friends,

As you know, this year's International Summit for Community Wireless
Networks will be held in sunny Barcelona.

Rather than remind you to submit your proposals before the May 31st
deadline, we've decided to include some interesting facts about Barcelona.

FACT:
Barcelona's soccer (or as the natives call it "futbol") stadium has a
capacity of 100,000, making it the biggest stadium in Europe.  Its team,
FC Barcelona, is the best team in the world, and if you disagree you
should come and tell them in person.

FACT:
Barcelona is a center of modern architecture (or as the natives call it
"arquitectura"). It is especially famous for hosting many creations of
the famous architect Antoní Gaudí, including the Sagrada Família.

FACT:
There are two legends about Barcelona, one says that the city was opened
by Hercules 400 years before Rome was built. The other legend says that
city was built by Hamilcar Barca who was Hannibal’s father.  Either way,
that's pretty cool.

>From the Lonely Planet guide to Barcelona:

"Set on a plain rising gently from the sea to a range of wooded hills,
Barcelona is Spain's most cosmopolitan city and one of the
Mediterranean's busiest ports. Restaurants, bars and clubs are always
packed, as is the seaside in summer. The city's avant-garde chefs whip
up a storm that has even the French reaching for superlatives."

We just thought you should know.

Please confirm your receipt of this message in the form of a proposal.

Regards,

The IS4CWN Organizing Team


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*CALL FOR PROPOSALS — Deadline May 31, 2012.

International Summit for Community Wireless Networks
October 4-7, 2012
Barcelona, Spain

The International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (IS4CWN) brings
together leading technology experts, policy analysts, on-the-ground
specialists, and university researchers working on state-of-the-art
community broadband projects. Since the first Summit in 2004, tens of
thousands of community and municipal broadband networks have been
deployed around the globe. The 2012 IS4CWN in Barcelona, Spain, offers
panelists the opportunity to shape the direction of this thriving global
movement.

Arab Spring and the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya have
brought the importance of mesh wireless to the forefront of global
political consciousness. As a result, we have seen an explosion in the
development of and enthusiasm for community networks and mobile mesh.
2012 is a critical year to catalyze the explosion of community
networking organizations and create shared technology, policy, and
public education goals. Over the course of the Summit, the meetings and
workshops at IS4CWN help participants formulate strategic plans,
implement new development roadmaps, and coordinate implementation and
R&D efforts.

Interested presenters should propose panels and workshops focusing on
the three themes for the Summit: technology, policy, and implementation.
Proposals can include demonstrations of software innovation, success
stories of network deployment, presentations of ongoing research and
discussion of municipal and governmental collaboration on both the
national and transnational levels, or additional related topics.
Panelists are encouraged to convene panels that look at specific issues
from multiple angles and perspectives. Past panels can be reviewed at
http://wirelesssummit.org.

Panel ideas will be accepted on a rolling basis and must be received no
later than May 31, 2012. Please send panel proposals of 250 words or
less to: coordination at wirelesssummit.org.

Travel stipends are available for speakers with financial need. If you
would like to request travel support, please be sure to mention so in
your proposal -- panels are accepted on a need-blind basis.* As ever,
please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.