MetroNetIQ Vendor Directory: Event Promoters

International Network of E-Communities - Producers of the Broadband Cities Conference held in Utah last year, the International Network of E-Communities (INEC), is an international city group previously known as the Smart Community International Network (SCIN). City members include Stockholm, Sweden; Kenniswijk, the Netherlands; and the Multimedia Super Corridor, Malaysia; UTOPIA, Utah, USA; Dubai Internet City, and PortoDigital in Recife, Brazil. INEC promotes, facilitates, and institutionalizes cooperation through exchange, best practice programs, business development, missions, benchmarking tools, and joint project implementation. INEC partners aim to excel as leaders in E-community development. As an organization, INEC facilitates exchange & benchmarking instruments, as well as the business development tools and best practice programs to further that ambition. Permanent matchmaking facilities and missions facilitate business development, and private sector parties directly involved in smart community development and the creation of innovative services receive active support.

MicroCast - MicroCast recently teamed up with MuniWireless to put on conferences and other events to promote the metropolitan broadband industry. MicroCast services include Face to Face Events (Conference Calls, Executive Roundtables, Executive Wine-Tastings, Executive In-Person Seminars, Full-day and Multi-day Conferences, Web Seminars); Custom Print and Web Content (White Papers, Case Studies, Executive POVs, Web Logs (blogs), E-newsletters, Topic-specific microsites); and Research (Online Panel Creation, Focus Groups, Advisory Group Creation, One-on-One Taped Executive Interviews, Online Messaging and Creative Testing). Contact Mike Perchowski for more information.

MuniWireless

W2i: The Wireless Internet Institute This organization hosts good conferences worldwide that bring together this small industry. This is also a good source of white papers and briefs, but for a fee. Worth checking out.