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SPECIAL GUEST: Matt Adams has worked as a professional artist for 16 years. He is co-founder of Blast Theory, a group of artists based in London that pioneered the use of new wireless media technologies in performances. The group's work is known for combining mobile devices, games, and virtual environments, for which they won the Golden Nica for Interactive Art at Prix Ars Electronica 2003 (and received honorable mention in 2007).
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Wednesday:
]]>SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Nalini Kotamraju is a Researcher at Sun Microsystems studying technology use and the development of new mobile phone applications. Her previous work has examined mobile wireless technology and the cultural worlds of young people and the early use of the pager in the US. She is also the author of the comprehensive bibliography of Mobile Devices/SMS/Instant Messaging Social Science Research.
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broadCAST Madness:
Service Learning Projects in Wireless Policy
3:30-5:50 p.m. (our normal class meeting time), Monday, April 21
Free Pizza and Drinks
Open to the Public
Each class member must e-mail PowerPoint slides to the instructor (by 4/18) and be prepared to present for 60 seconds about each project they are leading. Presentations will follow the order (and be given the titles from) the Master Projects List.Printable Flyer in PDF format (please distribute!):
broadCAST MADNESS flyer.pdf
Wednesday:
TWO SPECIAL GUESTS:
Greg DePriest is Vice President for Technology Policy at NBC Universal, where he works on spectrum policy and other technology issues. Before joining NBC, he directed digital television development efforts at Toshiba for twelve years. He also previously led the technical group at the Federal Communications Commission responsible for all technical rules related to broadcasting.
Enrique Armijo is an attorney in the Media and Communications group of Covington & Burling, a law firm that has represented Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, eBay, Amazon.com, and the National Association of Broadcasters on spectrum auctions and other matters. Armijo also practices in international freedom of expression and development, and has advised the governments of Iraq, East Timor, Rwanda and Jordan.
Related Links:
- From Enrique: Pleading of Frontline Wireless in the initial 700MHz auction proceeding (large file! PDF, ~500K) [see esp. pp. 26-49 on public safety --CS]
Suggested Deadline: Aim for third output by Friday, 4/25
]]>]]>SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. J. H. Snider is a public interest researcher in the area of wireless policy and authored Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick: How Local TV Broadcasters Exert Political Power. His op-eds have appeared in the Washington Post, USA Today, and The Atlantic Monthly. He previously served on the staffs of Sen. Wyden and Sen. Leahy in the U.S. Senate.
Related Links:
- The Art of Spectrum Lobbying (large file! PDF, 1.1 MB)
- A Selected Bibliography of J.H. Snider's Writing on Broadcasters' Use of Spectrum