California Broadband Workshop

National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Department of Commerce
November 17, 2015
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-10-07/pdf/2015-25505.pdf

The Workshop will put forward best practices and lessons learned from network infrastructure build-outs and digital inclusion programs from California and surrounding states, including projects funded by NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and State Broadband Initiative (SBI) grant programs. It also will include access to regional policymakers, federal funders and industry providers. The will also explore the impact of municipal networks on local and regional economic development and discuss effective business and public-private partnership models, as well as lessons learned in the implementation of networks, adoption and use of broadband.

Information on how to preregister for the meeting will be available on NTIA’s Web site: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2015/CABroadbandSummit

7:30 am - 8:30 am Networking Breakfast

8:30 am - 8:45 am Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Doug Kinkoph, Assistant Administrator, Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Glenn Reynolds, Chief of Staff, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • John McAlister, Mayor, City of Mountain View

8:45 am - 9:45 am First Panel: Regional Approaches to Broadband

  • Rachelle Chong, former CPUC and FCC Commissioner (moderator)
  • Anne Neville, Director, California Research Bureau, California State Library
  • Miguel Gamino, Chief Information Officer, City of San Francisco
  • Jacqueline Kinney, Assistant Chief Deputy and Counsel, California Secretary of State
  • Adelina Zendejas , Deputy Director, Broadband and Digital Literacy Office, California Department of Technology
  • Jim Wood, State Assembly Member and Chair of Committee on Digital Divide in Rural California

9:45 am - 10:00 am Keynote remarks: The California Perspective

  • Catherine Sandoval, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

10:00 am - 10:10 am Morning Break

10:10 am - 11:30 am Second Panel: Successful Broadband Business Models

Part 1: (40 minutes)

  • Sandeep Taxali, Senior Communications Program Specialist, BroadbandUSA (moderator)
  • David Nelson, CEO, CVIN LLC, DBA Vast Networks
  • Tressa Bader, Vice President and General Manager for California, Frontier Communications
  • Kirby Smith, Regulatory Manager, Ducor Telephone Co.

Part 2: (40 minutes)

  • Michael Ort, Board of Directors, California Broadband Cooperative (Digital 395), and President and CEO, Praxis Associates (moderator)
  • Jory Wolf, Chief Information Officer, City of Santa Monica
  • Elliott Ellsworth, Director of IT, City of Ontario
  • Paul Romero, Information Services Director, Yurok Tribe (Klamath River Rural Broadband Initiative)

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Third Panel: Broadband Funding Opportunities

  • Jean Rice, Communications Program Specialist, BroadbandUSA (moderator)
  • Keith Adams, Assistant Administrator of Telecommunications, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture
  • Dana Shaffer, Deputy Managing Director, Federal Communications Commission
  • Robert Wullenjohn, Telecommunications Policy Manager, California Public Utilities Commission
  • Christopher Mitchell, Director of Community Broadband Networks, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, and Policy Director, Next Century Cities
  • Steve Blum, President, Tellus Venture Associates

12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Networking Lunch

1:30 pm – 1:45 pm Keynote Remarks

  • R. David Edelman, Special Assistant to the President for Economic and Technology Policy - confirmed

1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Fourth Panel: Innovative Approaches to Digital Inclusion

  • Karen Archer Perry, Principal, Clarion Collaborative (moderator)
  • Susan Walters, Senior Vice President, California Emerging Technology Fund
  • Diana Rodriguez, Director of Digital Learning and Technology, Youth Policy Institute
  • Israel Oliveros, Director of Technology, Coachella Valley Unified School District
  • Barrie Hathaway, Executive Director, Stride Center
  • Erica Swanson, Head of Community Impact Programs, Google Fiber
  • Alicia Orozco, Project Manager, Broadband Awareness and Adoption, Chicana/Latina Foundation

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Fifth Panel: Broadband Opportunity Council

  • Aimee Meacham, Director, Program Services, BroadbandUSA, NTIA (moderator)
  • Keith Adams, Assistant Administrator of Telecommunications, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture
  • Karen Hanson, Manager Partnerships and Interagency Affairs, BroadbandUSA, National Telecommunications and Information Administration

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Concluding Remarks

  • Doug Kinkoph, Director BroadbandUSA, NTIA

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – On-Site Technical Assistance

  • Sandeep Taxali, Broadband Program Specialist, BroadbandUSA
  • RUS Staff (funding)
  • USAC/FCC Staff (funding)

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Community Connect Initiative discussions

  • Doug Kinkoph, Assistant Administrator, Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Karen Hanson, Manager Partnerships and Interagency Affairs, BroadbandUSA

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