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Invite to 10/21 Open Airwaves, Open Networks Event @ Googleplex.]
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:17:53 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Tim Pozar <pozar () lns com> Date: October 13, 2008 10:36:24 AM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: [Fwd: Invite to 10/21 Open Airwaves, Open Networks Event @ Googleplex.]
Dave, You may want to post this to the list. Tim -------- Original Message --------Subject: Invite to 10/21 Open Airwaves, Open Networks Event @ Googleplex.
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:22:58 -0400 From: Sascha Meinrath <meinrath () newamerica net> To: Tim Pozar <pozar () lns com> Hi Tim, I'm looking for help getting the word out to San Francisco folks about the "Open Airwaves, Open Networks" event we're hosting over at the Googleplex on the 21st. It would be great if you could attend and I was also hoping you could send this along to your contacts who would be interested in these technology issues. We're bringing in leadership from key areas of current political and regulatory debate -- this is a one-stop shop for folks who want to get a deep dive on these topics. There's no fee to attend "Open Airwaves, Open Networks" but people will need to RSVP to get clearance to get onto the Google campus. Keep me posted, --Sascha Pervasive Connectivity: Open Airwaves, Open Networks Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Google, Building 43, Tunis Room 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA (Directions: www.newamerica.net/files/google_driving_directions.pdf) RSVP online at: www.newamerica.net/events/2008/pervasive_connectivity As Internet access moves increasingly to mobile platforms, control over access to the public airwaves will determine whether wireless broadband networks are closed, costly and channelized - or open, affordable and innovative. The conventional wisdom in Washington is that spectrum is scarce and must be auctioned as exclusive licenses. The reality is emerging technologies and business models that allow shared, opportunistic and unlicensed access to an abundance of bandwidth for all. This forum will review the technologies and policy debates at the center of this battle over the airwaves. The FCC will decide this fall whether to open the vacant TV channels in each market for shared, unlicensed use. But there is far more unused "white space" across the spectrum that can be unlocked with 'smart' radios and smarter policies. Among the benefits of open spectrum is more open networks - as well as facilitating a movement toward community networking that can greatly narrow digital divides in rural and disadvantaged areas. AGENDA 9:30 am - Registration 10:00 am - Welcome 10:15 am - Open Airwaves: Technologies & Policies for Opportunistic Spectrum Sharing Michael Calabrese Director, Wireless Future Program, New America Foundation Paul Kolodzy Kolodzy Consulting, Former Chair, FCC Spectrum Policy Task Force Mark McHenry CEO and Founder, Shared Spectrum Co. 11:00 am - Open Networks: Technologies & Policies for Consumer Choice and Innovation Tim Wu Professor, Columbia Law School & Chairman, Free Press Larry Alder Product Manager, Google Sascha MeinrathResearch Director, Wireless Future Program, New America Foundation
11:45 am - Community Networking: Digital Inclusion, Unwired Rey Ramsey CEO & Co-Founder, One Economy Corp Mark Ansboury SVP & Chief Technology Officer, OneCommunity Sascha MeinrathResearch Director, Wireless Future Program, New America Foundation
12:30 pm - Implications for 2009 Policy Agenda Andrew Jay Schwartzman President & CEO, Media Access Project 12:45 pm - Lunch & Tech Demo in No Name Café This policy forum is co-sponsored by Google and the New America Foundation/Wireless Future Program. All RSVPs for this must be received by October 17: http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/pervasive_connectivity For questions, contact Liz Wu at (202) 986-2700 x 315 or wu () newamerica net <mailto:wu () newamerica net> -- 1978 45th Ave / San Francisco CA 94116 / USA // POTS: +1 415 665 3790 GPG Fingerprint: 4821 CFDA 06E7 49F3 BF05 3F02 11E3 390F 8338 5B04 "Oh, dad, we're all devo!" - Booji Boy
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