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 socioeconomic impact of affordable broadband deployment in the areas of job creation, public health, public safety, urban development and educational advancement.
Senator Rodney Ellis Houston Texas |
Maria Saporta, Columnist Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
PARTICIPANTS:
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. |
Tuesday, July 22nd at 3:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Admission: Complimentary by invitation
Georgia Tech Conference Center
800 Spring Street N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
404.881.2908
Please forward your RSVP by July 21st to:
[email protected]
AllianceForDigitalEquality.org
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