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Keynote Speakers and Plenary Session Presentations
Broadband: The Innovation Engine for
Retaining and Creating Jobs in Your Community – Mayor Graham Richard
The Four Best/Worst Ideas in Broadband Planning – Blair
Levin, Aspen Institute
Peering into the Broadband Crystal Ball – Jon Peha, White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy
Broadband Adoption and Use in the US – John Horrigan, FCC
Breakout Sessions
Next Generation 911 – Laurie Flaherty, NHTSA, and Robb Wentzel, PEMA
Learning Anytime, Anywhere with Broadband – Dr. Nick Trombetta, President,
PA Cyber School
Ducts, Poles, and
Trenches: Addressing Challenges to Wireless Broadband Buildout in Underserved Areas – George Asimos, Saul Ewing, and Sharon Bader, AT&T Mobility
Rural Health Care Pilot Projects: Lessons Learned and Best Practices – Greg Snyder,
Pennsylvania Mountains Healthcare Alliance
Smart Broadband: Broadband as an Enabler for Communities –
Broadband in Philadelphia – Allan Frank, CTO, City
of Philadelphia
Cambria Connected – PJ Stevens, Cambria County
Commissioner
Next Generation Wireless and 4g Technology – David Barnette, Clearwire
Public Sector Broadband Spectrum –
Wireless Broadband Network – Chief Harlin
McEwen
Public Sector Broadband Spectrum – Jeffrey Cohen, FCC
Broadband Adoption –
Promoting Sustainable Broadband Adoption –
Laura Breeden, NTIA
A Provider's Perspective – Randy Eckels, Sting
Communications
Health Information Exchange (HIE): Connecting PA’s Health Community – James Younkin, Geisinger Health System
Public Computer Centers – Andrew Buss, City of Philadelphia, and Juliet Fink, Philadelphia FIGHT
Rural Broadband Planning: Building Capacity at the Local Level – William Shuffstall, Penn State Rural Extension
Life After E-Fund; Life Under a New E-Rate –
Bringing Broadband to Pennsylvania – Amy Morton, PDE
The National Broadband Plan – Lisa Gelb, FCC
Accessibility and Universal Access –
Accessibility and Universal Access – Bob Loube, Rolka, Loube,
Saltzer
Rural Broadband Deployment – Dave Bonsick,
CenturyLINK
A Day in the Life of a Healthcare CIO – Edith Dees, Holy Spirit Hospital
No Strings Attached: Wireless 101 – Carl Povelites, AT&T Mobility
A Day in the Life of a Municipal CIO –
Broadband and Local Governments – Jack Pond, Montgomery
County
The Lack of Broadband in Sullivan County – Bob
Getz, Sullivan County
Act 183 of 2004 (Chapter 30) Revisited – Joel Cheskis, PA Office of Consumer Advocate
Net Neutrality Roundtable –
Technology Policy Institute’s Aspen Forum – Link
Hoewing, Verizon
Decoding the Network – Rob Frieden, Penn State
