Entrepreneurship and Pro Practice - John Wilson

The third week of entre/pro practice module and I think possibly the most rewarding for so far on my behalf. Our guest speaker was a man named “John Wilson” a leading political debater and expert in the area of broadband and wireless all around the UK, in particular Cardiff and South Wales. He is the Chair of the Wales Broadband Stakeholder Group, founder of Welsh community wireless network, Arwain.net and co-founder of “Access to Broadband Campaign”. The man is also the winner of 2003 CNET Networks Outstanding Contribution to UK Technology Award.

This guy quiet possibly knows everything there is to know about communication networks and how to “persuade” a city council into providing wireless broadband for its community!

John I think was very easy to listen too, he presented his knowledge in a very light and humane manner. He was kind enough to show us a video documentary he created a few years ago for Channel 4 about a wireless community project in Colorado USA, set up by a man who became a key thinker and mentor in Johns mission in Wales and the UK.

As mentioned in liz’s blog I really enjoyed this presentation. A friend of mine back in Kilkenny, Ireland is investigating the same ideas as john on a more personal level and we converse about this topic a lot and I found a lot of what John was talking about was relevant.

Thanks John!