The Alliance maintains that the key to expanding opportunities for all communities is through Digital Empowerment.  For those individuals with access to broadband or wireless technologies and the proper training to use it, unprecedented opportunity will always be at their fingertips.
 
However, not everyone has those advantages, and this inequality is most prominent in the nation’s underserved communities.
 
On Tuesday, July 22, 2008, a panel of experts will examine public policy guidelines for maintaining the momentum toward a national goal of ensuring the affordability of broadband service for every American.  This 16-member panel will discuss the potential socio-economic impact of affordable broadband deployment in the areas of job creation, public health, public safety, urban development and educational advancement.

Participants:

•     Senator Rodney Ellis, Houston Texas (Moderator)
•     Maria Saporta, Columnist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Moderator)
•     Eldrin Bell, Chairman, Clayton County Commission
•     Stephen Brill, CEO, Verifield Identitty Pass
•     Steven Cooperman, VP Business Dev., Northrop Grumman
•     Dr. Angela Crowell, M.D., P.C., Internal Medicine
•     William "Bill" Diggs, CEO, Miami-Dade, Chamber of Commerce
•     Alan Dreher, Assistant Chief, Atlanta Police Dept.
•     John H. Eaves, Jr., Chairman, Fulton, County Commission
•     Isaac Newton Farris, President & CEO, M.L.K. Center
•     Shirley Franklin, Mayor, City of Atlanta
•     Doug Gatlin, Executive Director, Faith and the City
•     Hosanna M. Johnson, President, Atlanta Education Fund
•     Williard "Chuck" Lewis, President & CEO, One Georgia Bank
•     Meredith E. Mays, General Council, AT&T, Inc., Georgia
•     Arturo "Jake" Sanchez, Founder, Planning Technologies
•     Dr. Jabari Simama, VP Community Dev., Benedict College
•     Dr. Jay Yadav, CEO, CardioMEMS, Inc.

When:

Date and Time:
Tuesday Jul 22, 2008
2:00 pm - EST

Where:

Georgia Tech Conference Center
800 Spring Street N.W.
Atlanta, GA

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