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Boston Unplugged: Mapping a Wireless Future
February 15, 2006
Michael Taylor president, B. Franklin Institute Technology
Paul S. Grogan president and CEO, The Boston Foundation
Richard M. Burnes chairman, Museum of Science
John Tobin Boston city councilor
Geeta Pradhan writer, Boston Unplugged study
Michael Cudahy writer, Boston Unplugged study
Brian Worobey

A panel discusses wireless technology, an affordable strategy to bridge the "digital divide", and pave the way for innovation and new tools that can strengthen education, enrich civic participation and nurture community networks. Internet access is a critical tool for cities across the country and around the world that compete in the new economy driven by knowledge networks and information.

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