Because every American
should have access
to broadband Internet.

The Internet Innovation Alliance is a broad-based coalition of business and non-profit organizations that aim to ensure every American, regardless of race, income or geography, has access to the critical tool that is broadband Internet. The IIA seeks to promote public policies that support equal opportunity for universal broadband availability and adoption so that everyone, everywhere can seize the benefits of the Internet - from education to health care, employment to community building, civic engagement and beyond.

The Podium

Tuesday, June 16

IIA Broadband Symposium is Tomorrow!

By IIA

The Internet Innovation Alliance presents its Biannual Symposium:

Developing a National Broadband Strategy: Deployment, Adoption and the Stimulus

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
8:45 a.m. - 2 p.m.
The Newseum, 8th Floor

Breakfast and lunch will be served
Please RSVP to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

The Symposium will:

• Examine the steps necessary to bring broadband access to unserved and rural communities
• Address issues of broadband demand and how content can be a driver of broadband adoption
• Discuss the future of broadband Internet, deployment of stimulus funds and impacts on minority and underserved communities

Featuring:

West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III

With panelists:

Sylvia Aguilera, Director, Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership
Becky Collins, Small Business Owner
Howie Hodges, SVP of Government Affairs, One Economy Corporation
John Horrigan, Associate Director, Research, Pew Internet and American Life Project
Craig Settles, Industry Analyst, President of Successful.com
Scott Wallsten, Senior Policy Fellow, Vice President for Research & Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

For those who can’t attend, we’ll be live streaming the symposium right here. Check in tomorrow.

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