http://freepress.net/node/39006Spectrum 2.0: Using Public Airwaves to Build the Future of the InternetSpeakers:Sascha Meinrath, Wally Bowen Christopher Mitchell, Geoffrey Blackwell, Maura CorbettDate: Saturday, June 7th; 9:30am to 11:00amTrack: Media Policyvideo produced by Rob McCausland"Cities, companies and community groups around the country are exploring ways to use the public airwaves to make faster, cheaper wireless Internet accessible to all. Will the FCC and Congress allow our highly valuable airwaves to fall into the hands of profit-hungry operators such as AT&T and Verizon? Or will they choose policies that open up the airwaves for public use and innovative applications? This panel will discuss the latest developments in spectrum policy and illustrate how such policy decisions affect local and national efforts to increase access to affordable, high-speed Internet."Audio from this session: http://freepress.net/node/41405Sascha MeinrathNew America FoundationSascha Meinrath has been described as a "community Internet pioneer" and an "entrepreneurial visionary" and is a well-known expert on community wireless networks (CWNs) and municipal broadband. Leading news sources, including The Economist, the New York Times, and National Public Radio, often cite Sascha's work in covering issues related to CWNs. Sascha is research director for the New America Foundation's Wireless Future Program. Additionally, he coordinates the Open Source Wireless Coalition, a global partnership dedicated to the development of open source, interoperable, low-cost wireless technologies. He is a regular contributor to Government Technology's Digital Communities, the online portal and comprehensive information resource for the public sector. Sascha has also worked with Free Press, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), the Acorn Active Media Foundation, the Ethos Group, and the CUWiN Foundation. Sascha holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a master's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, both in psychology. He is a telecommunications fellow at the University of Illinois in the Institute for Communications Research, where he is finishing his Ph.D. on community empowerment and the impacts and interactions of participatory media, wireless communications, and emergent technologies. Less