Next Thursday, December 10, IIA will be holding its National Broadband Strategy Symposium at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Called “Universal Broadband: Access for All Americans,” the symposium will examine the opportunities and advantages broadband brings to everything from education to entertainment, address wireless Internet as a means to bridge the digital divide, and look at the future of broadband.
More information, along with a schedule of speakers, is available here. And for those unable to attend the event in person, we’ll be streaming it live here on the IIA website.
The Internet Innovation Alliance held its biannual Symposium at the Newseum in Washington, DC on June 17, 2009. The Symposium, "Developing a National Broadband Strategy: Deployment, Adoption and the Stimulus," featured Governor Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and NBA All-Star and tech advocate Chris Bosh. For a full list of speakers and panelists, as well as event video, please visit IIA's Symposium webpage.
The Symposium highlighted the importance of broadband adoption, with two panels and three keynotes offering in-depth discussions regarding the barriers and benefits of adoption as well as policy recommendations.
Our first speaker, John Horrigan from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, gave an overview of Pew's latest study on broadband adoption. He highlighted the results of Pew's April 2009 survey, which shows that Americans are increasing their adoption of high-speed Internet despite the economic recession. For more information and to see full results of the study, please click here.
We had two panels devoted to broadband adoption; the first focused on reaching Americans in rural areas, and panelists discussed the economic implications of the broadband stimulus, the need for widespread broadband deployment and adoption to facilitate distance learning and eHealth initiatives. The second panel was devoted to making broadband affordable for all Americans, and panelists explored ways to get minority communities connected and increasing digital literacy. To watch video coverage of these panel discussions, please visit IIA's Symposium webpage.
Yesterday’s Broadband Symposium —featuring such speakers as West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, NBA All-Star Chris Bosh, and rural broadband success story Becky Collins (aka “Granny B”)—was a big success. Many thanks to everyone involved, from planning to participating to Twittering during the event.
If you missed the Symposium, video is available here. And here’s some of the media coverage of the event:
The broadband forum came as two U.S. agencies, the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), get ready to distribute US$7.2 billion for broadband deployment beginning later this year. The IIA pushes for broadband to continue to be a top priority in the U.S. government.
Several speakers at the broadband forum, including professional basketball player Chris Bosh and West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, made their cases for why universal broadband availability is important in the U.S.
As money from the federal economic stimulus package arrives in West Virginia, Gov. Joe Manchin is making high-speed Internet access a priority across the state.
“If you come to me for water and sewer money, you better be putting wire in that ditch,” Manchin said Wednesday in Washington after accepting an award from the Internet Innovation Alliance, a group that seeks to increase broadband Internet access in the U.S. “I’m not going to be digging that ditch up twice.”
The effort to increase broadband adoption has mainly focused on increasing broadband access and availability to drive demand, this may not be enough to increase broadband adoption.
That was the message that non-profit representatives and a consulting firm agreed upon in a panel discussion, titled “Making Broadband Affordable for All Americans,” and hosted by the Internet Innovation Alliance at the Washington Newseum on Wednesday.
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.
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
In this episode, Jeff Campbell, Senior Director of Cisco’s Technology and Trade Policy, speaks about broadband speed and distribution in the state of California.
Today’s IIA Academy event, “Broadband 101: Understanding the Debate,” was a huge success. Two great panelists from Cisco Systems, Dr. Robert Pepper and Jeff Campbell, laid out the basic aspects of the current broadband debate, and how those aspects relate to getting this country where it needs to be on broadband—not just for current services, but for enabling whatever innovations are around the corner. And IIA co-founders Bruce Mehlman and Larry Irving helped field questions from a very engaged audience of Congressional staffers, covering topics ranging from impediments to deployment in rural areas to the broadband provisions in the recently passed stimulus legislation.
We will be posting video from the event in the coming days, and will continue to host video, slides, and links from the event on our Academy page.
Thanks to everyone who came to today’s event, and we’ll see you at the next Internet Academy.
IIA is hosting an informational Internet Academy on Wednesday entitled “Broadband 101: Understanding the Debate.” IIA hosts these events on the Hill every few months to inform Congressional staffers and other participants of various internet-related topics like the exaflood or the need for a national broadband strategy. With the massive stimulus package, there is suddenly billions of federal dollars for expanding broadband to underserved areas. Co-Chairs Bruce Mehlman and Larry Irivng, along with colleague Dr. Robert Pepper, will lead a discussion on the various terms and concepts involved in the debate about broadband and hopefully give attendees a better understanding of these issues. If you work on the Hill or can come by, this is definitely something worth attending.
Wednesday, February 18
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Science and Technology Committee Room 2325
Rayburn House Office Building
At IIA we’re big believers in the power of the Internet to connect people to one another - promoting broadband connectivity is what we do. Nevertheless, there is something to be said for making connections the old-fashioned way, face-to-face.
In hopes of transforming online relationships into personal ones, IIA recently hosted a cocktail reception for its members. IIA members hail from different worlds - we represent non-profit organizations, corporations, and advocacy groups, to name a few broad categories. But we all share a common goal, expanding broadband deployment and adoption, which we can only accomplish by working together.
At the reception, participants discussed the challenges facing the telecom sector, and how we might advance our goals in the midst of the economic crisis. Bruce Mehlman and Larry Irving, co-chairs of IIA, were there to demonstrate the IIA Web site and to show off the new Broadband Fact Book. We plan to make the recent gathering the first of many, and hope it will point the way to closer collaboration in 2009.
Larry Irving, Brent Wilkes of LULAC, and other IIA members
Bruce Hahn of the American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance and Leroy Watson
of National Grange
Bruce Mehlman with IIA members
Chris Katopis of CompTIA and other IIA members
IIA members listen to remarks by Bruce Mehlman (Larry Irving pictured)
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We had two panels devoted to broadband adoption; the first focused on reaching Americans in rural areas, and panelists discussed the economic implications of the broadband stimulus, the need for widespread broadband deployment and adoption to facilitate distance learning and eHealth initiatives. The second panel was devoted to making broadband affordable for all Americans, and panelists explored ways to get minority communities connected and increasing digital literacy. To watch video coverage of these panel discussions, please visit 
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