Illinois Broadband Deployment Council Meeting

Partnership for a Connected Illinois
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Illinois Technology Association

10:00 Registration & Coffee

10:30 Welcome & Introductions (Ryan Croke, Office of Governor Quinn)

10:45 Partnership for a Connected Illinois Update
• Illinois’ Broadband Map (Drew Clark, Partnership for a Connected Illinois)

11:00 ARRA Broadband Infrastructure Projects Update
• IBOP – Northwest (John Lewis, Northern Illinois University)
• IBOP – Southern (Scott Riggs, Clearwave Communications)
• IBOP – East Central (Lori Sorenson, Illinois Century Network)

11:45 National Broadband Policy Update (Joanne Hovis, National Association of Telecommunications
Officers and Advisors)

12:00 Open Comment / Discussion

12:30 Other Business
• Event announcements
• Next meeting (Establish and approve calendar year 2011 meeting schedule)

1:00 Adjourn