Just wanted to share the full agenda for the Connect MN Broadband Summit on December 4…

December 4, 2013, 10 AM – 3 PM
Roseville, MN

We are down to twenty days remaining until the Connect Minnesota 2013 Broadband Summit, but it’s not too late to register. This event will be a venue for sharing and learning cross-collaborative best practices for expanding broadband and technology access, adoption, and use to move Minnesota to the forefront of the digital economy.

The agenda is as follows:

9 – 10:   Registration Opens

10 – 10:10: Welcome
William Hoffman – Connect Minnesota, State Program Manager

10:10 – 10:55:  Providers and Technology: Where We Are, Where We are Going

Moderator: Wes Kerr, Manager of Provider Relations, Connected Nation

Panelists: Brent Christensen, President of the Minnesota Telecom Alliance; Mike Martin, President of the Minnesota Cable Association; Andrew Sackreiter, Director of RAB Engineering, AT&T Mobility Services

10:55 – 11:05:  BREAK

11:05 – 11:50:  State and Federal Policy: The Impact on Minnesota’s Broadband Landscape

Moderator: William Hoffman, State Program Manager, Connect Minnesota

Panelists: Al Juhnke – Office of United State Senators Al Franken’s Office; State Rep. Sheldon Johnson – Minnesota State House of Representatives; Lindsay Shanahan – Counsel, Broadband Research and Planning, Connected Nation; Kim Babine, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

11:50 – 12:00:  Break

12:00 – 1:00:  Lunch and Keynote

Thomas Cohen, Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP – Legal Counsel, Fiber to the Home Council

1:10 – 1:55: Governor’s Task Force on Broadband: Update on Task Force Activities and its 2013 Report to Governor Dayton

Moderator: Margaret Kelliher, Chair, Governor’s Task Force on Broadband, President, Minnesota High Tech Association

Panelists: Gary Evans, Task Force Member, CEO of Hiawatha Broadband Company; Richard Sjoberg, Task Force Member, President, Sjoberg Cable; Shirley Walz, Task Force Member, Senior Director of Technology for Thompson-Reuters

2:00 – 2:45:  Blandin Foundation Panel – Community-led Approaches to Increasing Broadband Adoption: Success Stories from Minnesota Main Streets

Moderator: Bernadine Joselyn, Director of Policy, Blandin Foundation

Panelists: Janice Gale, Director, Temporary Employment Program, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Fatima Said, Executive Director, Project FINE, Sheldon Giese, Accounting Manager, West Central Environmental Consultants, Alice Moren, Manager, Circles of Support and PCs for People, KOOTASCA Community Action

2:45 – 2:50:  Broadband Hero Award

2:50 – 3:00:  Thank you and Close
Click here to register.