“Getting to Gigabit: The Future of Broadband for Anchor Institutions and their Communities.”
The Complete Conference Program is now available here.
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3 - 4:30 p.m. |
Special Pre-Conference Session (Wilson Room): "How to Comply with Regulatory Requirements Applicable to BTOP CCI Projects" - led by Jim Baller, The Baller, Herbst Law Group. |
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6 - 8 p.m. |
Reception #1 (Wilson Room) - sponsored by the Online Centres Foundation |
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| 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions: John Windhausen, Executive Director, SHLB Coalition Panel: Gigabit Applications and Anchor Institutions Moderator: Don Means, Gigabit Library Network Corinne Hill, Executive Director, Chattanooga Public Library Joe Fives, CIO, Kansas City Kansas Public Schools Eric Brown, President and CEO, California Telehealth Network |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. |
A CIO Perspective on State Broadband and IT Challenges Craig Orgeron, State CIO from Mississippi |
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| 10:15 - 11:15 a.m. |
How will Mobile Broadband and BYOD Change Education? Moderator: Denise Atkinson-Shorey, President, e-Luminosity Dave L. Williamson, CIO, Atlanta Public Schools Keith Krueger, CEO, Coalition for School Networking (CoSN) Robert Collie, CTO, Education Networks of America (ENA) |
Successful State Broadband Planning Initiatives Moderator: Anne Neville, Director, State Broadband Initiative Scott Valcourt, Director of Strategic Technology, Information Technology, University of New Hampshire Stuart Freiman, Broadband Program Manager, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation David Moore, Director, Louisiana Broadband Initiative |
RUS Broadband Funding Opportunities Mary M. Campanola, Special Projects Coordinator, Telecommunications Program Jessica Zufolo, Deputy Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service |
| 11:15 - 11:30 a.m. | Break | ||
| 11:30 - 12:30 p.m. |
Benefits of Middle Mile/Last Mile Interconnection Moderator: Doug Kinkoph, BTOP CCI Director Joel Mulder, Sr. Director, Business Development, G4S Technology LLC Lori Sherwood, Broadband Program Director, One Maryland - ICBN Broadband Initiative Judy Dumont, Director, Massachusetts Broadband Institute |
Understanding the FCC's Rural Health Broadband Reforms: An Introduction to the Health Care Connect Fund Moderator: Lou Lehrman, Fabiani & Company Trent Harkrader, Associate Chief, Wireline Competition, FCC Kathy Hsu Wibberly, PhD, Director, Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, University of Virginia Center for Telehealth Ned Ellington, PhD, Director, HITRC Division, Office of Provider Adoption Support, ONC/HHS Research Faculty, Georgia Tech |
Strategies to Sustain Your PCC/SBA BTOP Grant Moderator: Sean McLaughlin, Access Humboldt McCrae Parker, ZeroDivide Joshua Breitbart, Open Technology Institute |
| 12:30 - 2:15 p.m. |
Plenary #3: Lunch KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, LAWRENCE E. STRICKLING, and COMMENTS BY REP. DORIS MATSUI (D.-CA). Deb Socia – Chair, OpenAir Boston and Executive Director, Tech Goes Home Moderator: John Horrigan, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies |
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| 2:30 - 3:30 pm |
Evaluating the Real Rural Impact of the FCC's Connect America Fund Moderator: Heather Burnett Gold, Fiber to the Home Council Mike Romano, Senior VP of Policy, NTCA Ross Lieberman, American Cable Association Hank Hultquist, AT&T Jeff Lanning, CenturyLink |
Building Broadband Adoption Moderator: Laura Breeden, Program Director for Public Computing and Broadband Adoption, BTOP, NTIA Jamie Hollier, Public Library Association Susan Corbett, Axiom Technologies Luis Arteaga, Director of Emerging Markets, California Emerging Technologies Fund |
Applying for FCC Healthcare Connect Funding: Forming a Consortium Moderator: Jeffrey Mitchell, Counsel, Lukas Nace Gutierrez & Sachs, LLP Jim Rogers, ProInfoNet, New England Telehealth Consortium W. Roger Poston,II, Ed.D., COO, Medical University of South Carolina |
| 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. | Break | ||
| 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. |
Policy Implications of the E-rate Funding Shortage Moderator: Marijke Visser, ALA Noelle Ellerson, American Association of School Administrators Bob Bocher, Consultant, American Library Association Evan Marwell, Education Superhighway |
Using and Improving State Broadband Mapping Data Moderator: Craig Settles, Industry Analyst, Speaker and Author Bob Gehrer, Director/State Broadband Mapping Program, NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Angela Bailey, Director, NC Broadband Division, North Carolina Department of Commerce Jennie Stapp, Montana State Librarian |
Digital Inclusion Stakeholder Engagement Moderator: Angela Siefer, Digital Inclusion Program Manager at OCLC Cathy Reeves, Director of the Dodge City Public Library Greta Clark, Director of Multicultural Education and Professor at Dodge City Community College |
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5 - 5:30 p.m. 5:30 - 6 p.m. |
Blair Levin, Author, "The Politics of Abundance" FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel
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| 6-7:30 p.m. | Reception #2 (Wilson Room) (Sponsored by Mobile Beacon and K&L Gates) |
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| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. |
Closing the Digital Divide Sunne Wright McPeak, President and CEO, California Emerging Technology Fund Jim Knight, Lord Knight of Weymouth, Chair Online Centres Foundation and Former UK Digital Minister |
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| 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. |
How Will the FCC's Broadband Adoption Pilot Programs Work? Moderator: Tom Koutsky, Connected Nation Kim Scardino, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC Dave Davidson, Frontier |
Moving to E-rate 2.0:Reforming the E-rate Program for the 21st Century Moderator: Bob Bocher, Fellow, American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy Lisa Hone, Deputy Division Chief, FCC Telecommunications Access Policy Division Sheryl Abshire, USAC Board member (Chief Technology Officer, Calcasieu Parish Public Schools, Lake Charles, LA) |
Strategies to Develop Your Local Broadband Plan Moderator: Eric Frederick, State Program Manager, Connect Michigan |
| 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Break | ||
| 11:15 – 12:15 |
Measuring Community Broadband Impact Moderator: Francine Jefferson, Federal Program Officer, NTIA Karen Mossberger, Professor & Head, Public Administration, College of Urban Planning, University of Illinois Linda Hofschire, Research Analyst, Colorado State Library Bill Callahan, Director, Connect Your Community Project, OneCommunity |
IMLS/U.S. Ignite Project Moderator: Dr. Jon Gant, Professor and Director for the Center for the Digital Inclusion at the University of Illinois Sari Feldman, Executive Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library Rebecca Ranallo, Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library Nate Hill, IT Director, Chattanooga Public Library Grace Agnew, University Librarian, Rutgers University Library Nicole Levine, US Ignite |
Strategies to Sustain Your CCI Project Moderator: James Hay, Director PMO, OneCommunity Essam El- Beik, Consultant, Illinois Century Network Joanne Hovis, President, CTC Technology and Energy Jeff McCarthy, Vice President, Maine Fiber Company |
| 12:30-2:00 |
Plenary Session #6: Lunch Sponsored by Mobile Citizen Next-Generation Networks Serving Anchor Institutions Moderator: Marty Stern, K&L Gates Pankaj Shah, Executive Director, Ohio Supercomputer Center and OARnet with John Conley, Assistant Deputy Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents Joe Freddoso, President and CEO, MCNC |
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