Plug into the Emerging Internet Economy…
. . . at F2C: Freedom to Connect, March 30 & 31, 2009 in Washington DC.
Details at http://freedom-to-connect.net (here).
Extremely early price, $295 in effect through 12/31/08.
Register here.
F2C: Freedom to Connect 2009 presents the people of the Internet who enable economic growth, strengthen democracy, facilitate creativity and innovation, make the Earth greener and lower the barriers that divide people.
This year, the theme of F2C: Freedom to Connect is The Emerging Internet Economy.
- We will tell the story of on-line, network-enabled industry, culture, new jobs and sustainable growth.
- We will dive into Burlington VT, where a municipal fiber network enables on-line business, artistic endeavor, and experiments in telemedicine and city governance.
- We will tell how Lafayette LA came together behind building its own municipal fiber network. We’ll consider the twin cities of Cedar Falls and Waterloo, Iowa, where one twin has a city-wide network, and the other doesn’t.
- We’ll take a close look at the potential for Seattle, Portland and San Francisco’s plans for a united tri-city fiber network.
- We’ll hear about city nets that didn’t work, wired and wireless – what went wrong and what that teaches.
- We’ll see through insider’s eyes what the Obama Administration’s infrastructure initiatives mean for tomorrow’s network. And more . . .
The list of distinguished speakers at F2C: Freedom to Connect is here: http://freedom-to-connect.net/speakers/ (This is updated frequently as new speakers are confirmed.)
F2C: Not your usual tech policy conference! In the words of Internet entrepreneur Tom Evslin:
F2C is the absolutely unbuttoned-down deep thought conference of telecommunications. You’ll find movers and shakers here (some ducked down in hiding); you’ll find thinkers; and you’ll find those who have been and those who will be the guiding forces in telecommunications. There’s no way you’ll agree with everything that’s said and plenty of ways to make your opinion known whether you’re on the formal program or not.
F2C: A different view of the Internet’s impact! In the words of Martin Geddes of Telco 2.0:
[F2C] is a bit like taking a red pill and seeing the world rather differently. Unmissable. See you there.
Who: Network builders, entrepreneurs, artists, planners, vendors, customers, advocates, regulators, legislators, analysts, financiers, citizens and co-creators.
What: A two-day voyage of participation, discussion and exploration of the Internet’s potential.
When: From 8:00 AM on March 30 to 5:00 PM on March 31, 2009.
Where: F2C will occur at the AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring MD 20910.
Why: It is written that Freedom of the Press is only for those with presses. The Internet now makes Freedom of the Press available to about 3,000,000,000 people, almost half of Earth’s humans. At F2C: Freedom to Connect, we explore how this changes the fundamental operating assumptions of society, and ask,”What next?”
Register now. Extremely early price, $295, goes up $100 on 1/1/09.
Register here: http://freedom-to-connect.net/registration
