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Detailed
Conference Agenda |
DAY ONE:
Tuesday June 24th, 2008 |
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7:30 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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8:15 AM |
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks |
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Craig Settles, President, Successful.com |
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8:30 AM |
Roundtable Discussion: Evaluating the Municipal Wireless Industry
What does the future of this innovative industry look like? Is it still viable for both the public and private sectors to participate in? Get informed on the status of this industry from the experts, to make the best decision you can! |
- Assessments of strong/weak business models
- Re-education of the benefits of this innovative technology
- Finding the happy medium after the hype
- Hear why municipal wireless is here to stay and how the industry will move forward.
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Andrew McAusland, Associate VP of Instructional and Information Technology Services, Concordia University
Eric DaVersa, VP Business Development, NetLogix
Steve Blum, President, Tellus Venture Associates |
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9:15 AM |
Sustaining the Deployment: Optimizing Your Municipal Wireless Network
You’ve got the network…now what? Learn what it takes to provide the best support and continue your network at its highest operational level for the benefit of your end-users after your municipal wireless network has been deployed! |
- Challenges of operating the network
- When (and if) to upgrade
- Keeping on top of contractual agreements
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Hear from this veteran municipality about the aftermath of a network’s initial deployment stages. |
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Hamid Khaleghipour, IT Director, Town of Addison |
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10:00 AM |
Networking Break |
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10:30 AM |
Double Panel Session! |
Public Safety, Optimizing Efficiency and Cutting Costs: Maximize Your Network with Innovative Applications
Leveraging your network with applications is where the true ROI lies in a municipal deployment for the city. With new software and systems constantly in development, the efficiencies your wireless community could benefit from are plentiful. Sit in on this extended panel address and hear what these innovative cities are doing to make the most of their networks and what new applications are being developed! |
- Public safety uses
- Municipal operations applications
- Applications of the future
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Leave with vital knowledge on how municipalities are capitalizing on their wireless investment and what the private industry is doing to meet cities’ application needs. |
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Francisco Leyva, Project Manager, City of Tucson
Larry Daluz, Director of Wireless Services, Novax Industries Corp.
David Laneville, IT Director, City of Timmins |
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12:00 PM |
Networking Luncheon |
Join the conference speakers and your peers for a relaxing luncheon. Make new contacts and discuss the ideas presented in the morning session. |
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1:30 PM |
Technology and Your Topography: Making the Right Choice for Your Unique Community
Deciding on the type of technology to use for your locale is of utmost importance for the success of your network’s performance. Hear the stories of an urban and rural municipality on the technology they chose and why. |
- Finding the right service provider and equipment vendor
- Dealing with difficult topographies
- Managing technological expectations
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Hear first-hand the in-depth thought processes that these two communities went through to get the right technology for their areas. |
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Clem Seymour, Chief, Seabird Island First Nation
Stephen McKinnon, IT Manager, Seabird Island First Nation |
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2:15 PM |
Peer-to-Peer Brainstorming: Bring About Your Own Solutions!
Worth the price of admission on its own, this unique experience will give you the chance to hear from your peers! Break into teams with your fellow attendees and work the panel of experts to analyze and help solve your biggest concerns. |
Come away from this exclusive session with much-needed solutions to make the best decision for your community! |
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Steve Blum, President, Tellus Venture Associates
Eric DaVersa, VP Business Development, NetLogix
Andrew McAusland, Associate VP of Instructional and Information Technology Services, Concordia University
Moderated by: Craig Settles, President, Successful.com |
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3:00 PM |
Networking Break |
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3:30 PM |
Securing Your Wireless Network: How to Establish and Maintain a Protected Network
One of the biggest concerns with a municipal wireless network is how to secure it. Whether used by residents, city workers (i.e., police department), or both, the information going over your city’s network needs to be safeguarded. |
- Security products available
- Privacy infractions: who’s responsible?
- Strategies to prevent violations
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Learn how to prevent violations and protect the information traveling over your network. |
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Bill Wong, Consulting Systems Engineer |
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4:15 PM |
WiMAX vs. WiFi: What’s Best for Citywide Networks
Everyone knows that technology constantly processes – remember dial-up? Fast coming is a competing technology that threatens the reputation of WiFi. But what is WiMAX exactly and is it really bigger and better? Hear from the experts what cities with WiFi networks have to worry about and the cost of integrating WiMAX into this flooded market. |
- Pros/Cons of WiMAX for citywide networks
- WiMAX case study
- Will WiMAX take over?
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Learn about the benefits and disadvantages each technology has to offer and what the future holds for municipal wireless technology. |
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5:00 PM |
Conference adjourns to Day Two |
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Day Two:
Wednesday June 25th, 2008 |
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7:30 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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8:15 AM |
Chairperson Recap Of Day 1 |
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Steve Blum, President, Tellus Venture Associates |
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8:30 AM |
Spread the Word: |
| Promoting Your Municipal Wireless Network
“Build it and they will come” is not the way the world currently works. Getting the word out on your municipality’s network can attract new business, send out a positive image of your community and even influence others. Hear from this municipality how the promotion of their municipal wireless network helped turn their city upside down…in a good way! |
- Communications strategies
- Avoiding hype
- Positive outcomes of positive attention
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Get to know how to showcase your community and draw light on your municipality’s embracement of a wireless way of life. |
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Bob Tunis, Economic Development Director, City of Sanford |
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9:15 AM |
Designing For Advanced Applications And Services: Developing A Unified Strategy
As mobility feeds the appetite of information hungry users, the number and complexity of solutions entering the enterprise in 2008 will increase. A solid unified strategy will enable organizations to effectively reduce network lifecycle costs, while at the same time increasing security and flexibility, and simplifying management of their entire network through an open and automated system. This session will inspect how to… |
- Tackle the added management and security support burdens
- Understand which trends are likely to become hot support and investment issues
- How security systems must become more flexible as carrier and internal network boundaries begin to blur and devices will get more complex
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Take away strategic approaches to wireless deployment, security and management for seamless access and control over a unified wired and wireless infrastructure. |
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Andre Kindness, North America Solutions Marketing Manager, ProCurve Networking by HP |
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10:00 AM |
Networking Break |
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10:30 AM |
New Study! |
| Leveraging your Network: Cut Down on Transportation Troubles, Overhead and Environmental Damage
With the time it takes for commuters to travel to work, the damage of auto emissions, the constant repairs to infrastructure, high real estate costs, and public transit, why not create a stay-at-home or satellite workforce with your wireless network? Hear from the City of Ottawa’s Economic Development team on… |
- Cutting municipal costs: overhead
- Trends, expert advice, future plans
- Effects on the worker: retention, satisfaction and productivity
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Learn about this revolutionary proposal and the benefits to the multiple layers of your community. |
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Chris Cope, Economic Development Consultant, City of Ottawa |
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11:15 AM |
Outsourcing vs. In-house |
Choosing the Technical Support You Need for Your Municipal Wireless Network
Supporting and maintaining the functionality of your municipal wireless network is a vital part to its success, and 24/7 assistance may be needed for your community’s network. Figuring out who will pay for this support and who will perform it is a crucial decision, so weigh your options and make the best decision based on your network’s needs. |
- What other cities are doing
- Advantages/challenges of outsourcing
- Benefits and how-to strategies of maintaining in-house technical support
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Learn how municipalities who are in the maintenance stage of their deployment are efficiently sustaining their network. |
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Alan Brady, Communications Supervisor, City of Portsmouth |
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12:00 PM |
Networking Luncheon |
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1:30 PM |
The Business Case: |
Justifying the Deployment and Maintenance of a Municipal Wireless Network
While service providers continue to wrestle with the decision to jump into the municipal wireless industry, the business case for municipalities to deploy a network is clear – a municipal wireless network works for residents, local businesses and the city. However, the story continues as already-deployed networks can now reflect back and determine the flaws and triumphs that their original business cases outlined. |
- What worked and what didn’t
- Benefits for you and your private partners
- Leveraging the network: What’s bringing in major ROI?
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Mitch Weinzetl, Chief of Police, City of Buffalo |
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2:15 PM |
Sustainable and Effective Funding: Financially Supporting Your Network
Getting the funds for your community to deploy and maintain a municipal wireless network is possibly the biggest challenge…but the most crucial part of the process. A sustainable business model is necessary if the network is to live on. Whether in an area where the economy is booming or waning, convincing those with the purse strings to provide the funds a network needs requires research, expertise and more than a persuasive argument. |
- Alternative funding sources and models
- Convincing council
- Private/public funding partnerships
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Learn how this leading Canadian wireless city continues to ensure the sustainable funding it needs to maintain and grow Fred-eZone, Fredericton’s free municipal Wi-Fi network. |
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Maurice Gallant, CIO, City of Fredericton |
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3:00 PM |
Networking Break |
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3:30 PM |
Case Study! |
Partnerships and Deal Structures: Champions of Your Network
How can your city make the most of partnerships without sacrificing limited finances and time? Hear from this non-profit group on how their private industry partners helped them to realize the citywide networks they helped deploy. |
- Communication strategies
- Delegating responsibility
- Balanced deal structures
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Find out how cities can draw on their allies to get their network up and running in an efficient and all-around beneficial way. |
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Chris McLaughlin, ICT Project Manager, NEOnet
Stephane Gallant, Director of Operations, NEOnet |
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4:15 PM |
Case Study of the City of Grande Prairie |
Public Safety and Municipal Wireless Networks |
- Lessons learned, including the applications and business drivers that became more relevant than others.
- The strategy for separating out the City and Public Safety needs from the economic development drivers.
- Considerations for viable business models, i.e. pros and cons for anchor-tenant vs. Muni-owned and operated network.
- Public Safety Applications and acquisition of 4.9 GHz Spectrum
- Strategies to ensure the on-going operational success of a municipal wireless initiative
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Dawood Khan, VP, Kazam Techologies |
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5:00 PM |
END OF DAY 2 |
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