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DATE : Monday 12 June / 10:45 - 12:15 EDT/ 14:45 - 16:15 UTC - 90 mins
Moderator: Greg Shatan (NARALO's Chair - TBC)
The NARALO Roundtable will host two panel sessions. Guest speakers will bring a variety of perspectives to these topics and the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions:
- Topic 1 Theme :"Government efforts to expand Broadband Access in the US and Canada" will explore and critique federal, state and local initiatives to make broadband more available, affordable and usable. The panel will look at different approaches taking place in urban, rural and Indigenous communities and how these efforts are progressing, including programs seeking to improve access, financial affordability, device availability and end user activation.
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AGENDA
- Welcome, Panel objective and methodology - Greg Shatan- 5 mins
- Marita Moll - Telecommunities Canada -government programs- 5 mins
- Andrew Martey Asare – (Business and Community Development Manager for National Capital FreeNet) end user perspective in Canada -
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- 5 mins
- Grace Abuhamad, NTIA-USA - 5 mins
- Harold Feld
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- - Senior Vice President at Public Knowledge
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- - 5 mins
- Shane Tews - Non- Resident Senior Fellow for American Enterprise Institute (
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- AEI) - 5 mins
- Panel discussion - 30 minutes
- Questions from the audience - 20 minutes
- Conclusions and takeaways - Greg Shatan and Panel members - 10 minutes