September 24.2009

Federal Communications Commission, Commission Hearing Room 445, 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC
US Broadband Coalition Website

The US Broadband Coalition will issue a report that identifies the key issues and a range of policy options that the U.S. should consider in determining its broadband future.

The report is especially relevant and timely because the Federal Communications Commission must submit a national broadband plan to Congress by February 2010. The report builds on the Coalition's December 2008 "Call to Action for a National Broadband Plan" that not only provided a policy framework for a national broadband plan but also committed the signatories to work together to address key issues and policy priorities.

The Coalition's membership includes representatives of many prominent communications providers, high technology companies, manufacturers, consumers, labor unions, public interest groups, educators, state and local governments, utilities, content providers and other groups concerned about America's broadband future.

Speakers and Panelists Include:

Welcome
Blair Levin
Coordinator of the National Broadband Plan
Federal Communications Commission

Introductions
Jim Baller
President, US Broadband Coalition
Principal, Baller Herbst Law Group

Kenneth Peres
Vice President, US Broadband Coalition
Economist, Communications Workers of America
President, Alliance for Public Technology

Panel One
Charles Benton
President
Benton Foundation

Michael Calabrese
Vice President and Director, Wireless Future Program
New America Foundation

Larry Cohen
President
Communications Workers of America

Joanne Hovis
President-Elect
National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors

Diana Oblinger
President
EDUCAUSE

Rick Whitt
Legal and Policy Counsel
Google, Inc.

Rich Wonders
Senior Vice President
Alcatel-Lucent