Broadband Adoption and Usage – What Have We Learned? (updated w/agenda)

Broadband Adoption and Usage – What Have We Learned?

Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services
February 7, 2013
8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST
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The Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services will hold a summit to identify and discuss best practices learned from broadband adoption programs and academic studies/surveys, and how implementation of these best practices can close the broadband adoption gap among Americans – particularly low-income households, racial and ethnic minorities, seniors, rural residents, residents of Tribal lands and people with disabilities.

Agenda

9:00 Meet and Greet

9:15 Welcoming Remarks: FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Commissioner Larry Landis (IN)

9:30 Keynote: Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA) (invited)

9:45 Panel 1: What Have We Learned from Academic Studies on How to Close the Broadband Adoption Gap

Moderator: Garnet Hanly, Attorney Advisor, TAPD, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC

Panelists:

• Dr. Jon Gant, University of Illinois, School of Library and Information Sciences
• Dr. John Horrigan, Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Institute, Joint Ctr. for Political and Economic Studies
• Dr. Karen Mossberger, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Public Administration
• Madura Wijewardena, Director, Research and Policy, National Urban League
• Tom Koutsky, Chief Policy Counsel, Connected Nation

10:45 Break

11:00 Panel 2: Discussion of Best Practices Learned from Implementing Broadband Adoption Programs Within Different Communities

Moderator: Commissioner Geoffrey G. Why (MA)

Panelists:

• Deb Socia, Executive Director, Technology Goes Home
• Kyle Toto, Community Manager, Veteran’s Portal, Massachusetts Broadband Institute
• Bao Vang, President/CEO, Hmong American Partnership
• Sybil Boutilier, Senior Analyst for Public Policy and Programs, Dept. of Aging and Adult Services, City and County of San Francisco Rural Utilities Service/Broadband Initiatives Program Awardee (invited)

12:00 Lunch* and Keynote: Lawrence E. Strickling, Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, U.S. Department of Commerce

1:30 Panel 3: Discussion of Best Practices Learned from Implementing Broadband Adoption Programs Within Different Communities

Moderator: Laura Breeden, Program Director for Public Computing and Broadband Adoption, BTOP, NTIA

Panelists:

• Tamara Cox-Burnett, Community Technology Center Director, College of Menominee Nation
• Richard Abisla, Latino TechNet Project Manager, Mission Economic Development Agency
• Corinne Hill, Director of Chattanooga, TN Public Library University of Arkansas (invited)

2:30 Break

2:45 Panel 4: Discussion of Industry Best Practices to Increase Broadband Adoption Among the Various Technologies

Moderator: Commissioner Larry Landis (IN)

Panelists:

• Dave Davidson, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Ohio, Frontier Communications
• Bret Perkins, Vice President of External and Government Affairs, Comcast Corporation
• Elaine Divelbliss, Director and Senior Counsel, Sprint Nextel Corporation/Virgin Mobile
• Dale Merten, Chief Operating Officer, ToledoTel