International Summit for Community Wireless Networks

International Summit for Community Wireless Networks
Global Integration, Local Control

May 28 - 30, 2008

American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC

The New America Foundation's Wireless Future Program is pleased to announce that the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (IS4CWN) will be held on May 28th - May 30th, 2008 in Washington, DC.

Co-hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) at its downtown headquarters, IS4CWN is the largest gathering of community wireless networking developers, implementers, policy advocates and allies working to build universal, low-cost wireless broadband networks around the globe. The Summit serves as an integral lynchpin for connecting and supporting an alliance between technologists, government leaders and community advocates implementing wireless networks worldwide, and provides a rare international forum for discussion of technology, policy and practical solutions to problems facing community wireless.

Since the first National Summit for Community Wireless Networks in 2004, over 300 Community Internet and municipal broadband projects have sprung up in the United States alone. Previous summits have helped spur the development of community wireless networks in places such as Chile and Venezuela, Ghana and South Africa, and throughout Europe. This year's Summit will place special focus on the advancement of human rights and digital inclusion and how these networks can better serve their target populations, the policies needed to support broader deployment of community wireless systems, and the latest technological and software innovations.

For the full list of speakers and registration information, visit www.wirelesssummit.org

Featured Speakers

• Amir A. Dossal, Executive Director, United Nations Office for Partnerships
• Agnés Callamard, Executive Director, Article 19
• Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Federal Communications Commission
• Mark Ansboury, OneCommunity.org

If you have questions, call or email Cecille Isidro at (202) 986-2700 or isidro@newamerica.net.