FCC DTV Consumer Education Workshop (Disabilities)

AGENDA FOR
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
DIGITAL TELEVISION WORKSHOP
FOCUSING ON CONSUMERS WITH DISABILITIES

FCC Headquarters
445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554
Commission Meeting Room

February 28, 2008

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Pre-Program Demonstration of Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome
FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps
FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. How to Reach and Provide Support to People with Disabilities on the DTV Transition

Moderator: Catherine W. Seidel, Chief, FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau

Roundtable Participants:

Eric Bridges – Director of Advocacy and Government, American Council of the Blind

Jennifer Davis, National Manager of Grant Projects, Goodwill Industries International

Jennifer Tuccilio Dexter, Assistant Vice President, Government Relations – Easter Seals

Joan Durocher – Senior Attorney/Advisor, National Council on Disability

Larry Goldberg – Director, National Center for Accessible Media, and Director of Media Access for WGBH

Cinda Hughes, Legislative Associate, National Congress of American Indians

Dave Lenox, Vice President, Sports & Competition, Special Olympics

Claude Stout – Chair, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network, and Executive Director, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc.
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. –12:00 p.m. How to Reach and Provide Support to People with Disabilities on the DTV Transition (continuation)

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. Wrap Up

12:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Demonstrations Continue