Telecommunities Canada 97

Welcome to Telecommunities Canada 1997 Conference

"Partnerships"

August 15-18, 1997 Halifax, Nova Scotia

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SCHEDULE

[updated August 14, 1997]

Fri Aug 15 | Sat Aug 16 | Sun Aug 17 | Mon Aug 18 | Tue Aug 19

Thursday Afternoon August 14, 1997

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Registration

Friday Morning and Afternoon August 15, 1997

7:45 am - 11:00 am - Registration
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Registration
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Registration
8:30 - 4:30
- Workshop 1: CAP Sites and new Community Nets
9:00 - 4:30
- Workshop 2: Chebucto Suite
Friday Evening August 15, 1997
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- Reception
  - Cash Bar, "Finger Foods" - Green Room, Student Union Building

Saturday Morning August 16,1997

7:30 am - 9:30 am - Registration
8:30
- Opening Ceremonies
  - Peter Morgan, Chair of Chebucto Community Net;
  - Bob MacKay, Deputy Minister, Technology and Science Secretariat (Nova Scotia);
  - Michael Gillespie, President Telecommunities Canada
  - Housekeeping Remarks -washrooms, coffee breaks, lunch
9:00 - 9:20
- Introduction to Community Nets and Community Access Sites- Who are we?
  - Winnie Pietrykowski - CAP Sites
  - Gary Shearman - Community Nets
9:20 - 10:30
- New Communities New Politics
  - Moderator: Don Smeltzer
  - Speakers -
    - Ed Schwartz, Philadelpia Alderman and founder of Institute for Study of Civic Values
    - Cynthia Alexander, Professor, Political Science, Acadia University
  - Dialogue: Stephen Kimber, Journalist
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:00
- Concurrent Sessions
  - A: Community Net Survey: Carlos Frietas, Chebucto Community Net
  - B: International Development Research Centre: The Acacia Initiative, The Role of Community Nets in Community Development. Shady Kanfi
  - C: Internet Support for Women: Jo Sutton & Scarlett Pollack
  - D: Public Libraries and Community Nets: Joan Durrance, School of Information, University of Michigan
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch:
- Speaker, Joan Durrance, Association for Community Networks
Saturday Afternoon August 16, 1997
1:30 - 3:00
- Organizations as Partners
  - Moderator - Peter Morgan
  - Speakers
    - Don Smeltzer, Municipalities
    - Mark Surman, Web Networks
    - Paul Blaauw, Chebucto Community Net
  - Dialogue: Peter Mortimer
3:00 - 3:30 coffee
3:30 - 5:00
- Concurrent Sessions
  - A: In French.
    - 1. FCFA's (Federation of Francophone and Acadian Communities of Canada) project of taking over the information technologies: an experience in community partnership: Christophe Bonnal, Quebec
    - 2. Project of the Francophone Insular Telecommunity: Aubrey Cormier, PEI
  - B: Sustainable Infrastructure: Fredericton Area Network, Making the Pie Bigger; Panel with the FAN Board
  - C: Economic Development
    - 1. Bottom Up Impacts (Economic Development) Claire Smith-Murphy, Clarenville, Newfoundland
    - 2. Telecenter Model: Information Technology as an Enabler for Economic Development Theresa Pitman, Clarenville, Newfoundland
  - D. Setting up Community Media Networks for Education and Development in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Graham Hayman, Grahamstown, South Africa

Saturday Evening August 16,1997

Free Evening -- The Buskers are in Downtown Halifax

Sunday Morning August 17, 1997

8:45 - 10:00
- Community Nets and Access in the Year 2001
  - Moderator: David Trueman
  - Speaker: Douglas Schuler, Seattle Community Net
  - Dialogue:
    - John Hall, Northwest Territories
10:00 - 10:30 coffee Demonstration by Acadia University
10:30 - 12:00
- Concurrent Sessions
  - A:
    - 1. Gordon Lipp and Barbara Brownell, North Wellington Advisory Group,
    - 2. Telecommunities Partnership Initiative Andrew Kuczer
  - B: Successful Community Network Partnerships
    - Stephen T.Bajjaly, Assistant Professor, College of Library & Information Science, U. Of South Carolina and Project Director MidNet;
    - James McClelland, Technology and Policy Specialist, Libraries for the Future, NYC
  - C. Technical
    - 1. Getting Remote Communities Online Via Satellite systems Doug Isaak of Churchill
    - 2. The Present and Future of CSuite David Trueman, Halifax,
  - D: Community Partnerships: Libraries, Members, Business and Education
    - D. Keith, E.W.Gross, Edmonton
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch:
- Speaker: Honorable Bruce F. Holland, Minister of the Technology and Science Secretariat (Nova Scotia)
Sunday Afternoon August 17, 1997
1:30 - 3:00
- Universal Access: Community and Government Roles
  - Moderator: Garth Graham
  - Keynote speaker - Michael Binder, Assistant Deputy Minister Industry Canada
  - Participants: David Sutherland, Marita Moll
3:00 - 3:30 coffee Demonstration by Acadia University
3:30 - 5:00
- Universal Access: Break-out sessions.

Sunday Evening August 17, 1997

7:30 pm -
- Banquet and Entertainment: Cash Bar, Comedy by General John Cabot Trail of the Cape Breton Liberation Army

Monday Morning August 18, 1997

8:45 - 10:00
- Rural Access in the New South Africa
  - Moderator: Dr. Michael Gurstein
  - Speakers: Ashraf Patel, Tsepho Rantho
  The session will bring together several South Africans currently involved in the efforts of the Post-Apartheid South African government to bring telephone and internet connectivity to the rural majority population. They will describe the current connectivity situation and the plans which are rapidly being implemented for extending connectivity to the countryside.
10:00 - 10:30 coffee
10:30 - 12:00
- Concurrent Sessions
  - A.
    - 1. Austin Freenet Partnerships at Street Level Sue Beckwith, Austin Texas
    - 2. CTCNet Deborah P. Snow, Newton, Mass.
  - B: Lumby, The Virtual Village: Stories from the Monashee: Harry Adam, Vernon BC
  - C: Building Communities Online: Partnerships for Issue Based Civic Networking: Mark Surman, Web Networks, Toronto
  - D: Wired Nova Scotia Project: Bruce Dienes, UCCB
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch:
- Speaker, Paul Robichaud, MTT/Sympatico
Monday Afternoon August 18, 1997
1:30 - 2:45
- Panel Discussion: Governments as Partners
  - Moderator: Jim Stanley
  - Speakers:
    - Alan Norman (New Brunswick), Michael Gillespie (Manitoba), Marion Pape (Nova Scotia)
  - Dialogue: Gary Shearman
2:45 - 4:00
- Concurrent Sessions
  - A:
    - 1. Developments in Rural Nova Scotia Robert Proctor
    - 2. Information Technology Partnerships with the African Canadian Community: Peter Elias NS Education & Culture
  - B: Newfoundland Library Initiative (CANAL) Jeremy Bourque and Colleagues
  - C: Sustainable Infrastructure
    - 1. Forming Partnerships - Valley Net Experience: Matthew R Brown, Chilliwack
    - 2. Saskatchewan Association of Community Networks: Deanna Gaetz, Humboldt
  - D: Technical
    - 1. Community Express-- A First Look at Bell Canada's Community Network Initiative: Byran D. Getchell, London
    - 2. There's No Place Like Home: Keith Gross and John Boeske Edmonton

4:00 - 4:15 coffee
4:15 - 5:30 Annual General Meeting

Tuesday Morning August 19, 1997
9:00 - Board Meeting

SCHEDULE

Thursday Afternoon August 14, 1997

Friday Morning and Afternoon August 15, 1997

Friday Evening August 15, 1997

Saturday Morning August 16,1997

Saturday Afternoon August 16, 1997

Saturday Evening August 16,1997

Sunday Morning August 17, 1997

Sunday Afternoon August 17, 1997

Sunday Evening August 17, 1997

Monday Morning August 18, 1997

Monday Afternoon August 18, 1997

Tuesday Morning August 19, 1997