Despite literally hundreds of successful deployments throughout the country and around the world, some high-profile snags in a few major cities have raised important questions about the future of municipal wireless networks. At MuniWireless07:Chicago, we'll confront those and other questions head-on, to help the industry understand the best ways to move ahead and realize the immense promise of wireless broadband for governments and their communities.

MuniWireless07: Chicago is a one-day educational event for municipalities, service providers and integrators looking to build and deploy successful municipal wireless broadband networks. Through a combination of high-level keynote addresses, practical case studies and informative best-practices sessions, attendees will see what's worked so far in municipal wireless, and some of the pitfalls to be avoided when planning, rolling out and operating public broadband networks.

More than 20 expert speakers - including such important leaders as Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago CIO Hardik Bhatt - will share their ideas about municipal wireless and discuss ways governments can use the technology to improve efficiency, reduce costs, spur economic development and bring affordable Internet access to more and more people. Among the topics to be covered are:

* Update on Chicago's city-wide wireless initiativern * Business model considerationsrn * Applications including public safety, AMR, building inspections, voice over WiFi and othersrn * Advanced technologies such as WiMAX and fiber-wireless integrationrn * Digital inclusion and community advocacy