TPS: Broadband Innovation
Co-located with the 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit, TPS: Broadband Innovation was held on May 11, 2009 at the San Mateo Marriott hotel.
Hosted by App-Rising.com editor Geoff Daily, co-chair of the U.S. Broadband Coalition's implementation committee, the daylong program was designed to assist community and business leaders by highlighting broadband applications and offering best practices for improving Internet access and adoption in the United States.
TPS: Broadband Innovation also examined federal efforts to improve broadband deployment and the call for a comprehensive national broadband strategy. Speakers included, among others:
- Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
- Congressman Mike Honda
- Raymond Blair, Director, Advanced Networking, IBM
- Chris Boyer, AVP of Internet & Technology Policy, AT&T
- Phillip Brown, National Policy Director, Connected Nation
- Alan Greenlee, VP, One Economy
- Joanne Hovis, President, Columbia Telecommunications Co.
- Allen Hammond, Professor, Santa Clara Law
- Bill Hunt, VP, Public Policy, Level 3
- Milo Medin, Chairman and CTO, M2Z Networks
- Barbara O' Connor, Professor, CSU Sacramento
- Emy Tseng, Project Director, City and County of SF
Videos of conference sessions are available in the Media Vault.
Thank you to the following TPS: Broadband Innovation for their support:
- AT&T
- Ericsson
- One Economy Corporation
- BroadBand Institute of California
- TechNet
- App-Rising.com
- Connected Nation
- NCTA
- TechAmerica
- WCAI
