Looks like an interesting event. I am planning to listen and hope to take notes…

On Sept. 11, the Farm Foundation Forum will examine issues on the delivery of high-speed internet services to rural America.  This Forum will be 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT at the National Press Club. A free webcast will also be offered. Hear the live speakers and ask questions of them as part of the discussion session.

To participate in this free webcast, register here. The webcast will be archived for those unable to view the live event.

Iowa farmer, Ann Jorgensen, a former member of the Board of the Farm Credit Administration, will moderate the forum. The following panelist will each have 10 minutes to present, after which the floor will be opened for discussion:  •  Sharon Strover, the Philip G. Warner Regents Professor in Communication and former Chair of the Radio-TV-Film Department at the University of Texas. She is one of authors of Rural Broadband Availability and Adoption; Evidence Policy Challenges and Options, a report commissioned by the National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Center. •  Jessica Zufolo, Deputy Administrator of USDA’s Rural Utilities Service, on the challenges of advancing broadband access to rural communities. •  Mark Lewellen, manager of Spectrum Advocacy, Deere and Company, who will discuss broadband use by agriculture. •  John Windhausen, Executive Director of Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB), examining broadband needs of rural communities and schools.