Thursday,
December 6, 2001 |
| 8:00-9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Welcome by Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, Associate
Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) |
| 9:15-9:25 |
Opening
Remarks by The Honorable Nancy J. Victory,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and
Information, NTIA |
| 9:25-9:45 |
Introduction to TOP 2002 Grant Round: Program Mission
and Strategy — Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera and Stephen
J. Downs, Director, TOP |
| 9:45-10:30 |
Technology for Capacity, Capacity for Technology, a
presentation by Dr. Tracy Gray, Vice President for
Youth Services, Morino Institute |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Refreshment Break |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Plenary Panel:
Broadband — Strategies for Non-Profit and Public
Sector Success |
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- James R. Coltharp,
Senior Director of Public Policy, Comcast Corporation
- Norris E. Dickard,
Senior Associate, The Benton Foundation
- Bruce Cox, Cellular Telecommunications and
Internet Association
- Jon
Eisenberg, Computer Science and
Telecommunications Board, National
Academy of Sciences
- Larwrence
E. Sarjeant, Vice
President for Regulatory
Affairs & General Counsel,
United States Telecommunications
Association
- Curtis
White,
Allied Communications
Panelists include representatives from industry and the
non-profit community. The panel will discuss the application
of broadband technologies to such areas as public safety,
education, and community development. Discussion will include
the panelists' thoughts on greater access to broadband
services in underserved communities and how it can make
a difference to those communities. |
| 12:00-1:30 |
Lunch [included in cost of conference] will feature the
Vermont Millennium Arts Project: Arts Education Online,
William Hays, Project Director, Sandi McLeod, Vermont
MIDI Project coordinator, and a live performance of
students' compositions.
|
| 1:30-3:00 |
First Afternoon Concurrent Sessions: |
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Session A1:
The
Rural Challenge — Providing Vital Services Online
|
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Session A2:
Healthy
Results
|
| 3:00-3:30 |
Refreshment Break |
| 3:30-500 |
Second Afternoon Concurrent Sessions: |
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Session B1:
Community
Crises and the Online Response
|
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Session B2:
Tapping
Community Resources
|
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Friday, December
7, 2001 |
| 8:30-8:45 |
Welcome and Order of the Day |
| 8:45-9:15 |
The 2002 Competition
Basics: Funding,
Stages, Deadline |
| 9:15-9:45 |
Project Planning and Evaluation
Problem(s), Solution(s),
Outcome(s) |
| 9:45-10:15 |
Break for Coffee and Snacks |
| 10:15-11:00 |
Writing the Project Narrative
Review Criteria |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Developing the Budget
What Costs Can
Be Included?
How Do You Structure
Your Budget? |
| 12:00-12:30 |
Q&A: One-on-One with TOP Staff |
| 12:30 |
Adjourn |
