2007 Brown Bag Lunch Series 

APT began holding brown bag lunches with its member organizations to facilitate the exchange of ideas and insights about the evolving world of broadband technology. These informal roundtable discussions bring together representatives from the consumer advocacy community, industry, and policy for converstations that lead to a greater understanding of the complex issues surrounding the deployment of advanced technologies.

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UPCOMING LUNCHES

May 15, 2008
Information Technology Making a Difference in Children's Lives
Co-sponsored with The Children's Partnership
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June 18, 2008
Digital Communication in the 21st Century: Ensuring Access by People With Disabilities
Co-sponsored with COAT
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PAST LUNCHES

2007

• November 29, 2007
  Brown Bag Lunch: A National Blueprint for Technology and the Public Good
  Co-sponsored with One Economy 
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• October 17, 2007
  BROADBAND CHANGED MY LIFE: Linking Rural Broadband Deployment and Economic and Community Development
  Co-sponsored with the National Association of Development Organizations 
  EVENT SUMMARY
  
  
• SEPTEMBER 27, 2007
  BROADBAND CHANGED MY LIFE: How Broadband is Changing Educational Institutions and the Lives of Those Who Use Them
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• July 24, 2007
  BROADBAND CHANGED MY LIFE: Benefits for Seniors and People with Disabilities
  Co-sponsored with AAPD, NCBA and the Benton Foundation
  
  Guest Speakers: 
  Joy Howell 
  Director, APT's Broadband Changed My Life Campaign
  Jenifer Simpson
  Senior Director, Telecommunications & Technology Policy, American Association of People with Disabilities
  
  
• March 23, 2007
  Achieving Universal Broadband: Policies for Stimulating Deployment and Demand
  Co-sponsored with the Benton Foundation and CWA
  
  Guest Speakers: 
  Robert Atkinson, Ph.D. 
  Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
  Jim Kohlenberger 
  Benton Foundation
  Kenneth Peres, Ph.D. 
  Communications Workers of America (CWA)
  
  Event Summary (from Public Tech Notes)

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2006

• October 24, 2006
  Older Adults, Broadband and the Future of the Internet
  Co-sponsored with the National Caucus and Center for Black Aged
  Guest Speaker:
  Kristin Fabos 
  SeniorNet
  
• September 22, 2006
  Digging Deeper Into the Senate Communications Act of 2006: What Does the Bill Mean for the E-rate Community and People with Disabilities?
  Guest Speakers:
  Kim Anderson 
  National Education Association
  Lynne Bradley
  American Library Association
  Jenifer Simpson 
  American Association of People with Disabilities
  Karen Peltz Strauss 
  KPS Consulting
  
• July 13, 2006
  Preemption of State Wireless Regulation: Where Do Consumers Fit In?
  Guest Speakers:
  Brian Adkins 
  NARUC
  K. Dane Snowden
  CTIA - The Wireless Association
  
• April 6, 2006
  Franchise Reform, Video Competition, and Fatter, Faster Pipes
  Guest Speaker:
  Michael Sullivan 
  Senior Technology Policy Advisor, Office of Senator John Ensign 
  Staff Director, Senate Republican High Tech Task Force

BROWN BAG LUNCH ARCHIVES