2008 Policy Forum & Susan G. Hadden Pioneer Awards

See highlights from the Policy Forum
See highlights from the Hadden Awards Luncheon

Friday, February 15, 2008
National Press Club * 529 14th Street, N.W. * Washington, DC

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Policy Forum
8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Framing Broadband Policy for the Next Administration

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Kenneth R. Peres, Ph.D.
Communications Workers of America
President of the Alliance for Public Technology

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Honorable Jonathan S. Adelstein
Federal Communications Commission

ENHANCING LIVES & TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES: THE FORT WAYNE MODEL
The Honorable Richard Graham
Graham Richard Consulting

FRAMING A BROADBAND POLICY FOR THE NEST ADMINISTRATION

Moderator
Joy Howell
Director, APT Broadband Changed My Life! Campaign
  
Panelists
Robert Atkinson, Ph.D
President, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Karen Buller
President, National Indian Telecommunications Institute
Kenneth R. Peres, Ph.D.
Research Economist, Communications Workers of America
Karen Peltz Strauss
Co-Chair, Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology
Wendy Lazarus
Founder and Co-President of The Children’s Partnershipt and Member, California Broadband Task Force

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Susan G. Hadden Pioneer Awards Luncheon
12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

WELCOME AND APPRECIATION

Karyne Jones
President and CEO, National Caucus and Center on Black Aged
Chair, APT Program Committee

AWARD  PRESENTATIONS

Connect Kentucky

Presenter: Pete Johnson,  Federal Co-Chairman, Delta Regional Authority

Wendy Lazarus & Laurie Lipper
Founders, The Children’s Partnership

Presenter: B. Keith Fulton, President, Verizon West Virginia

CLOSING  REMARKS

Kenneth R. Peres, Ph.D.
Communications Workers of America
President, APT Board of Director