Alex Roy from Adroit Economics advised delegates on how to make a business case and translate projects ‘on the ground’ into funding from the regional RDAs and the European Commission. He stressed the need for projects to be clearly defined and for consideration of the likely impact in social and economic terms.
Following Alex’s presentation, a [...]
Chris Smith from Geo delivered a presentation on Fibrespeed Wales, a working model showing open access in practice, and considered the role of public private partnerships in next generation networks and the commercial lessons that can be drawn from it.
Pete Fern from Bristol Wireless, a social enterprise, was first up on the podium to speak about interconnectivity and community cohesion, focusing on the communities that are on the fixed wireless network: Easton Community Centre, where Bristol Wireless started, St Werbergs, The Trinity Centre, Hamilton House and the Cube Microplex here at the Watershed.
Chris Pickering [...]
Houston Spencer, Vice President, Solutions & Marketing Alcatel-Lucent, North Europe has been speaking to the delegates about how technology is changing in the way that it’s being used and deployed and how this opportunity can be used to enrich people’s lives by transforming the way they communicate and opening up opportunities for the current and [...]
Ayleen Driver has been speaking about the Building Schools for the Future project and how it will impact positively on education, with pupils eligible for the Home Grant Access qualifying for a free computer and free connectivity for a year, something that NGA can support.
Clare Reddington of Bristol Pervasive Media Lab is explaining how the [...]
Jon Baker from Devon County Council outlined the reasons why NGA is important to Devon – it’s a very rural county, with dispersed communities in remote areas that have difficulty accessing services. Getting people animated about what NGA can do for them and their businesses is very important here, as is getting corporate commitment. With [...]
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David Bishop (Strategic Director of City Development – Bristol City Council), Clare Reddington (Pervasive Media Studio), Stephen Hilton (Connecting Bristol), Council Leader Barbara Janke, Brian Condon (Community Broadband Network.)
Adrian Wooster is up on the podium now, doing the ‘nuts and bolts’ session – and he’s stressing that it’s not about the technology, it’s what you can do with it.
What is the fastest Next Generation technology then? Well, the Fibre LTE is apparently the best! Denmark has tested this up to 1,000,000 mbps [...]