WEBCAST: Smart Law for Smart Cities conference, Feb 27-28 #smartcitieslaw @FordhamLawNYC

Smart Law for Smart Cities

Smart Law for Smart Cities On February 27–28, 2014 Fordham University’s Urban Law Center will hold a 2-day symposium – Smart Law for Smart Cities: Regulation, Technology, and the Future of Cities. This symposium will explore the regulatory landscape for potentially disruptive advances in urban governance arising from innovative technology, sustainability, and “big data.” It will focus on how contemporary urban life is marked and shaped by technology, as well as the law and regulatory complexities that are arising from this technological transformation. The symposium will include panels examining changes to both the physical and non-physical landscape in urban life resulting from such changes. Speakers include Bruce Lincoln of Silicon Harlem, Dana Spiegel of NYC Wireless, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, and Chris Levendos of Verizon. Non-lawyer registration is $75 for the two days. The entire conference will be webcast live via the Internet Society Chapters livestream channel.

What: Smart Law for Smart Cities: Regulation, Technology, and the Future of Cities
Where: Fordham Law School, McNally Amphitheatre, 140 West 62nd Street, NYC
When: Thursday February 27 – Friday February 28, 2014
Agenda: http://law.fordham.edu/assets/UrbanLawCenter/Smart_Cities_Agenda.pdf
Register: http://law.fordham.edu/urban-law-center/32023.htm
Webcast: http://bit.ly/isoctv
Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=smartcitieslaw

WEBCAST LIVE NOW – F2C:Freedom to Connect 2013 #f2c #netfreedom #broadband

Freedom to Connect - F2C

Freedom to Connect - F2CThe Freedom to Connect conference is underway, March 4-5 2013, at the AFI Theater in Silver Springs, Maryland. F2C: Freedom to Connect brings under-represented people and issues into the Washington, DC based federal policy discussion to promote Internet freedom, to preserve Internet values such as public protocols and universal connectivity, and to promote the use of the Internet for people-oriented purposes. The conference will be webcast live by the Internet Society’s North American Bureau. The webcast is free. To participate in the online backchannel is $24.99. No live captions.

What: Freedom to Connect 2013
When: March 4-5 2013 9am-5pm | 1400-2200 UTC
Where: Silver Spring, MD
Agenda: http://freedom-to-connect.net/agenda.html
Webcast: http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/f2c
Register: (backchannel) http://f2c.eventbrite.com/
Twitter: #f2c

4:38 pm on March 3, 2013 · conference (5), nyc (131), open (20), open tech (1)

Open Tech NYC 2013 Conference Sat. 3/30 – Register now! #opentech #nyc

Open Tech NYC 2013

Open Tech NYC 2013On Saturday March 30, 2013, from 9:30am to 4:30pm, the Open Tech NYC 2013 conference will be held at the Hunter’s Point Event Space in Queens. Attendees will learn how open source is driving the NYC tech scene – from locally grown open source projects, to startups and big enterprises that run on open source, to new organizations and collaborative models. The format will be aeries of 45 minute talks. Registration is $11.54 for students, $27.37 for everyone else. Coffee and lunch will be provided. No webcast details at this time.

What: Open Tech NYC 2013
When: Saturday March 30, 2013 9:30am-4:30pm
Where: Hunter’s Point Plaza, Queens NY (LIC)
Agenda: http://www.opentech2013.org/#agenda
Webcast: No info.
Twitter: #opentech | #opentechnyc |

Ethernet Expo Americas 2011 underway in NYC #EENY @Light_Reading

Ethernet Expo Americas

Ethernet Expo Americas Light Reading’s Ethernet Expo Americas 2011 is taking place Nov. 8 – Nov. 9 at the Hilton Hotel in NYC. The conference analyses latest trends in the Carrier Ethernet market. Hot topics this year are 100G, cloud services, and packet-optical transport networks. See previews here and here. Walk up registration is still available. We can’t guarantee it but if you say you are from ISOC-NY they may comp you!

For those who can’t make it there is the free remote Ethernet Expo Digital Summit on November 29.