Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Time: 11:15AM - 12:30PM

Room: Cavalier

Description:

The March 2012 TechNet study found that home adoption rates have changed little in the last three years. NTIA’s BTOP awards and state mapping awards, as well as the FCC’s Connect to Compete and revised Lifeline programs, are all trying to improve broadband adoption. These initiatives raise several questions: What is meaningful broadband adoption? How do we define it, measure it, and report it? How can we better coordinate programs and share emergent knowledge in order to maximize and sustain the impacts of these new investments? This panel of experts, representing key sectors and programs, will discuss challenges “along the adoption curve” and their recommendations for improvements.

Moderator: Laura Breeden, SBA PCC Team Leader for Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, NTIA

Panelists:

John Horrigan, Vice President, Policy Research, TechNet
Karen Mossberger, Professor of Public Administration and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
Karen Hanson, Federal Program Officer, BTOP PCC & SBA
James McConnaughey, Chief Economist, Office of Policy Analysis & Development, NTIA

Presenter Slides:

SHLB -- Meaningful Broadband 5 23 12_for SHLB wiki.pptx

Horrigan.Measure.Broadband.pptx

Mossberger Slides

Summary of Presentations: SHLB B3 Measuring Broadband Adoption.pdf

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