Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan: The Environment

Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan:
The Environment

The newest series of the Broadband Breakfast Club continues with a look at the developing National Broadband Plan. What is such a plan likely to resemble? How will it affect deployment, adoption and the use of broadband throughout the United States? How will it affect health care, the environment, the digital divide, and online learning?

Telecommunications advocates, policy-makers, journalists, and top officials seeking to trade insights on these important issue can attend the Broadband Breakfast Club, which includes a full American and Continental breakfast, for as little as $45.00, plus a modest registration fee. The events are on the record and open to the public.

The topic of discussion for this breakfast in the series is:

Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 8 a.m. - The Environment and Telecommuting

How carbon-positive a technology is broadband? What's keeping telecommuting from being more widely adopted as a technology? What are the other "green" benefits of broadband communication, and how can the National Broadband Plan best encourage them?

Panelists for the event include:

• Jennifer Thomas Alcott, Telework!VA Program Manager, Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Jennifer Thomas Alcott has been immersed in telework for 15 years. She is currently the Program Manager for Virginia’s Telework!VA program, a unique state-funded effort that provides expert telework assistance and financial incentives of up to $50,000 to qualified Virginia businesses and non-profit organizations that establish or expand telework programs in an effort to reduce traffic congestion and decrease road maintenance and construction costs. As a result of the success of Telework!VA, the program was awarded the 2009 Best State and Local Government Telework Program award by the Telework Exchange. In addition, Jennifer was personally honored with the 2009 State Government Telework Driver Award by the Telework Exchange, and the 2009 Cathy Cole Memorial Award for Telework by the Association for Commuter Transportation.

• Cynthia Brumfeld, Director of Research, Utilities Telecom Council
  
  • Cynthia Brumfield oversees UTC’s research and business analysis efforts.  Before joining UTC, Brumfield was President of Emerging Media Dynamics, an advisory services firm that consulted with cable, wireless, telco, technology and content companies.  Prior to that, she served as a Senior Analyst at Paul Kagan Associates, Inc.,  where she was lead analyst for several investment newsletters and consulted with leading media, communications and technology clients.  Brumfield also spent ten years as Vice President, Research & Policy Analysis at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and was the Director of Research at the Media Institute.  She holds a B.A. in International Affairs with a concentration in economics from the George Washington University.

• Kevin Moss, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, BT Americas
  • Kevin Moss has responsibility for implementation of BT’s Corporate Responsibility strategy in North America. The role covers a broad scope of sustainability issues including environment and climate change impact, community investment and business ethics. Previously, he held roles in product management, marketing and corporate strategy at BT, Concert and at MCI. Kevin sits on the Corporate Advisory Council of the American Red Cross and is a member of the Global Leadership Network of AccountAbility and the CRO Association’s Board of Governors. Kevin was a recipient of the 2009 PR News; CSR Executive of the Year Award. He is the author of a white paper ‘The Four Dimensions of Sustainability’ and shares his thoughts about the intersection between Information Communication Technology (ICT) services, business and sustainability on his blog “CSR Perspective,” which is found at www.csrperspective.com.

• Steven Ruth, Professor, George Mason University School of Public Policy
  • Stephen Ruth is Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and director of the Telework Study Center at GMU’s International Center for Applied Studies in Information Technology (ICASIT). In an article last year in IEEE Internet Computing, he described telework as seriously missing its potential in the public sector, especially in the federal government. Stephen has received over two dozen grants to study the yield of IT projects, especially in developing nations. He is also currently examining two other topics: Green IT and ROI of postsecondary approaches to distance education. Ruth is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and has a Ph D from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

• Donald L. Thoma, Executive Vice President Marketing, Iridium
  • Donald L. Thoma joined Iridium in 2001, and has held various positions within the organization. Appointed to his current role in 2008, Donald is responsible for strategic marketing of the company's products and services, corporate communications, and leading corporate initiatives related to the company's next generation satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT, including pursuing hosted payload opportunities through which government and private organizations will be able to use Iridium satellites for whole-earth imaging and information-gathering. Prior to joining Iridium, he served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for ObjectVideo,was senior director of ORBCOMM, and was the director of integration and launch operations for Orbital Sciences Corporation. A captain in the U.S. Air Force Space Division, he holds a Bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A.from the Harvard Business School.

The event is moderated by Drew Clark, Editor and Executive Director of BroadbandCensus.com. The breakfast begins at 8 a.m., followed by a discussion, beginning shortly after 8:30 a.m. and ending by 10 a.m. Join the conversation for an engaging and in-depth examination of broadband - one of the most vital topics of our day.

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