Strategies for Investing in and Benefiting from America's Broadband Infrastructure

EDUCAUSE and NCTA
State of the Net Pre-Conference
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Capitol Room B
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
January 13, 2009, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Agenda
* Agenda subject to change

2:00 to 2:25 pm Introductory Remarks

2:25 to 3:20 pm Panel #1: "Build-out not Bail-out: How does broadband fit into an economic stimulus package?"
- James Assey, NCTA
- Rob Atkinson, The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
- S. Derek Turner, Free Press
- John Windhausen, Telepoly Consulting

3:25 to 4:20 pm Panel #2: "If We Build It Will They Come: Barriers to Broadband Adoption"
- Geoff Daily, AppRising
- Link Hoewing, Verizon Communications
- John Horrigan, Pew Internet & American Life Project
- Joanne Hovis, NATOA
- Dr. Nicole Turner-Lee, One Economy

4:20 to 4:30 pm Summation
- Jim Baller, Baller Herbst Law Group

5:00 to 7:00 pm 12th Annual Kickoff Technology Policy Exhibition
On Tuesday, January 13 the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (ICAC) will host the 12th Annual Kickoff Technology Policy Exhibition -- the evening before the State of the Net Conference. Tech Exhobition attendees will view over 25 hands-on demonstrations from major companies and innovators, allowing them to test-drive the latest technology and learn more about how the Internet is changing our lives.

This event serves as a great opportunity for policymakers, industry executives and public interest advocates to come together, in an atmosphere of technology, to network with their peers. The goal of this annual tech exhibition is to bring cutting-edge technology demonstrations to Capitol Hill that illustrate the power and flexibility of the Internet as medium for communications, commerce, and democracy.

Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902

http://www.netcaucus.org/conference/2009/preconference.shtml