A special live Webcast presented by National League of Cities TV, TV Mainstream and BroadbandCensus.com
To be followed by Broadband Stimulus Workshop Webcast, on Thursday, July 9th, 2009 or after Notice of Funding Availability released.
NTIA and RUS first Funding Availability notices for the broadband stimulus is expected to be released within the month. What you need to know and what you need to be doing in the period leading up the NOFA.
With special introductory remarks by
Jim Kohlenberger, Chief of Staff, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
AGENDA
Hosts:
Drew Clark, Executive Director, BroadbandCensus.com
Marty Stern, Partner, K&L Gates
The Broadband Stimulus and Tribal Initiatives
Deswood Tome, Executive Director
Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Scoring Grants - The latest thinking on how projects will be evaluated. What we know and what we've learned from other grant programs that can be applied to the Broadband Stimulus:
- Lisa Scalpone, Vice President of Legal and Government Affairs, WildBlue
- Rich Wonders, VP Strategic Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent
- Scott Wallsten, Vice President, Research, Technology Policy Institute
- Joanne Hovis, Columbia Telecommunications Corporation
Show me the Money - What sources of private financing are available to help capitalize broadband stimulus projects
- John Badal, CEO, Sacred Wind Communications
- James Owen, Director, Bank Street Group
- Tim Nulty, Chairman, ECFiberNet, the East Central Vermont Community Fiber-Optic Network
Public Private Partnerships - What are they expected to look like and how important will they be to a successful grant application (invited panelists):
- Jim Baller, Baller Law Group
- John Goodman, President and CEO, A-Vu Media
- Jonathan Banks, Senior Vice President, Law and Policy, US Telecom
- Dan Gillison, National Director, State and Local, and Public Safety Sales,
Sprint Nextel Corporation
* Invited
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