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Το διεθνές συνέδριο για ασύρματες κοινότητες διεξάγεται αυτές τις μέρες 4-7 Οκτωβρίου στην Βαρκελώνη.

Δείτε εδώ την agenda:
http://www.wirelesssummit.org/content/agenda

Και παρακολουθήστε τις ομιλίες ζωντανά εδώ:
http://www.wirelesssummit.org/content/live-stream


The first IS4CWN in 2004 launched what is now called the community broadband movement. Conversations and collaborations at the 2010 Summit in Vienna, Austria gave rise to two new multi-million dollar initiatives, the Commotion Wireless Project (also known as the "Internet-in-a-Suitcase”) and CONFINE. Both partnerships focus on the development of next-generation community networking technologies. Commotion and CONFINE have received major grants from the United States and the European Union, respectively, to convene partners from around the globe. With its strong focus on social justice and human rights, IS4CWN 2012 will bring together participants not just from these projects in the US and the EU but panelists from the developing world who are interested in building and expanding community wireless networks in their own countries.

IS4CWN 2012 will take place at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona, a university with an exceptionally high percentage of international students. UPC houses numerous projects funded under the European Union's Seventh Framework Program and Barcelona is also home to guifi.net, one of the largest community networks in the world, encompassing over 23,000 individual nodes.

In 2012, we can catalyze the explosion of community networking organizations and create shared technology, policy, and public education goals. The Summit distinguishes itself from other technical and academic conferences through the cross-discipline and global diversity of its participants. IS4CWN is a venue for participants to develop a shared vision and strategic approach to meeting new technology infrastructure needs and formulating policy reforms and intervention strategies in their own countries that support community wireless networks. Participants engage in an ongoing dialogue that encourages a strategic approach to community wireless network development and spectrum policy reform.

Through years of development, IS4CWN is the foremost gathering of leaders in the community networking field and promises to shape the future of this movement. Panelists do not simply present their own work and opinions: they also facilitate a process that records lessons learned and produces a comprehensive list of action items for the coming months and years. IS4CWN is a significant opportunity for thinkers, developers, and stakeholders to develop and improve collaborations for the success of community wireless networks.