The schedule for the 2004 NSCWN is currently being finalized. Please note that the following schedule is a work in progress and is subject to revision as panelists confirm their availability. All locations listed are at the Siebel Center unless otherwise specified. Times provided are Central Daylight Time. Click on panelists' names for biographical information.
Provisional Schedule
FRIDAY 2:00pm-6:00pm Check-in/Registration, Open House, Social, and Demonstrations 4:00pm-6:00pm Siebel Center researchers present advanced applications for wireless technologies - Seminar Room (2405)
- Ellick Chan
- Jalal Almuhtadi
- Chad Peiper
6:00pm-7:30pm Opening Plenary -- Auditorium 7:30pm-9:00pm Dinner (on your own) 9pm CUWiN Open House, 115 W. Main St. 2nd Floor, Urbana After 9pm Friday night social -- location TBA SATURDAY 9:00am-10:30am Saturday Breakfast, Social, Registration, and Demonstrations - 2nd floor common space 10:30am-12:30pm
Session 1A - Room 3401 Introduction to CWN Technology
- Rob Flickenger
- Zach Miller
- Matt Peterson
- Jack Unger
- Russ Newman (facilitator)
Session 1B - Room 3403 Organizational Models for CWNs
Session 1C - Room 3505 Spectrum Policy: what's going on
- Harold Feld
- Tim Pozar
- Greg Rose
- Jim Snider
- Josh Silver (facilitator)
12:30pm-2:00pm Saturday Lunch, Social, & Exhibitors - 2nd floor common space 2:00pm-4:00pm
Session 2A - Room 3401 Hardware in Depth
- Glenn Booth
- Zach Miller
- Michael Peralta
- Matt Peterson
- Chase Phillips (facilitator)
Session 2B - Room 3403 Building a Municipal Wireless Model
- Jim Baller
- Annie Collins
- Greg Richardson
- Kari Gray and Heather Stewart (facilitators)
Session 2C - Room 3405 Spectrum Policy: what can we do
- Mark Cooper
- Harold Feld
- Robert McChesney
- Dan Schiller
- Ben Scott (facilitator)
4:00pm-4:30pm Break 4:30pm-6:30pm
Session 3A - Room 3401 Software in Depth
- Darrin Eden
- Rob Flickenger
- Paul Smith
- David Young
- Michael Brunelle (facilitator)
Session 3B - Room 3403 Community Media and CWNs
Session 3C - Room 3405 Building local, national, and international coalitions
- Sascha Meinrath
- Christian Sandvig
- Josh Silver
- Emy Tseng
- Victor Pickard (facilitator)
6:30pm-8:00pm Dinner (on your own) 8:00pm-??? Saturday Evening Social SUNDAY 9:00am - 10:30am Sunday Breakfast, Social, Registration, and Demonstrations - 2nd floor commons 10:30am-12:50pm Plenary: Strategizing / Next Steps - Seminar Room
- Breakout into tracks (20 minutes)
- Tracks prioritize ideas/action items (60 minutes)
- Reconvene to discuss issues as a whole (60 minutes)
1:00pm-1:50pm Sunday Lunch, Social, & Demonstrations - 2nd floor common space 2:00pm-3:30pm Closing Plenary -- Seminar Room The 2004 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks will distinguish itself from typical technical and academic conferences by engaging all participants in an ongoing dialogue that encourages a strategic approach to community wireless network development and spectrum policy reform. Panelists will not simply present their own work and opinions - they will also serve as facilitators of a process that records lessons learned and produces a comprehensive "to-do list" of action items for the coming months and years. While three days may not be long enough to develop a truly comprehensive strategic plan that everyone can agree to follow, this Summit represents a significant opportunity for thinkers, developers, and stakeholders to produce substantial recommendations for the future success of community wireless networks; the opportunity will not be squandered.
Each discussion session will include a facilitator who will be responsible for managing the interaction between the panelists and other participants in the room. Panelists will be given adequate time to present their experiences and recommendations, and the audience will be encouraged to engage the panelists in dialogue. Panelists will also be encouraged to interact directly with each other. Questions will be asked, answers may or may not be provided, and all the while, the facilitator will be recording good ideas, lessons learned, questions to be considered, and things to do. Near the end of each session, the facilitator will share what has been recorded so far, and all participants will assist in approving or modifying the list. Think of this as a brainstorming session - nothing should be taken off the lists, but corrections and clarifications to existing items may be allowed and new ideas can be added. This collection of ideas and recommendations will be considered again, along with the collections produced in other sessions, during Sunday's "Strategizing/Next Steps" plenary session.
The Strategizing/Next Steps session will allow for the prioritization and consolidation of recommendations and for the beginning of the production of a document or series of documents that records, as much as possible, the relevant collective knowledge and consensus of Summit participants. The resulting document(s) will be made available to all participants under a Creative Commons licenses and as a Wiki to allow ongoing modification.
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