January 8th, 2009Freedom to Connect (F2C) 2009
David Isen sends word that the Freedom to Connect conference has been announced this year March 30 & 31, 2009 – Washington, DC. Topics for this year’s conference include:
F2C 2009 will tell the story of:
* on-line, network-enabled industry and culture, new jobs and sustainable growth
* Burlington VT, where muni fiber enables business, artistic endeavor, and new telemedicine
* how Lafayette LA’s community came together as it built its muni fiber network
* the twin cities of Cedar Falls and Waterloo, Iowa, where one twin has a muni net, and the other doesn’t
* how municipal CIOs are planning for Seattle, Portland and San Francisco municipal fiber networks
* city nets, wired and wireless, that didn’t work — what went wrong and what that teaches
* what Obama’s infrastructure and economic recovery plans mean for tomorrow’s network
* and more …
Although this is traditionally a US-centric conference, according to David a few notable Canadians are already on board, including Bill St Arnaud ( See this well-considered alternative fibre to the home business model ) and CRTC commissioner Tim Denton
Link: F2C website for details and registration
