[governance] FW: [Inclusion] Plenary Speakers Announced - Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide

[Michael Gurstein]

Maybe it is WSIS but the Digital Divide seems to be back on multiple agenda's... I'll be speaking at this one.

M

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From: Digital Inclusion Network [mailto:inclusion at forums.e-democracy.org] On Behalf Of Angela Siefer
Sent: September 30, 2015 6:08 AM
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Subject: [Inclusion] Plenary Speakers Announced - Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide

*Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide**: *2015 International Conference

Creating Connections, Building Bridges: Advancing the Digital Divide Research, Policy, and Practice Agenda
21-22 October 2015
Arizona State University SkySong
Scottsdale (Phoenix), Arizona USA


Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide <http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2015/>, the only academic conference taking place in the United States focused upon the digital divide, is happy to announce our plenary speakers <http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2015/program/> include:

   - Douglas Kinkoph, Associate Administrator, Office of Telecommunications
   Information and Applications, NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce
   - Jay Schwarz, Acting Deputy Division Chief, Telecommunications Access
   Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau
   - U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Laura Breeden, former Program
   Director for Public Computing and Broadband Adoption, NTIA, U.S. Department
   of Commerce
   - Michael Gurstein, Executive Director, Centre for Community Informatics
   Research, Development, and Training and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of
   Community Informatics

The interdisciplinary Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD)
2015 International Conference brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to strategize actions and catalyze solutions to this pressing societal concern.

If you would like to present and discuss your work during PPDD 2015 and have it included in the online PPDD 2015 Conference Proceedings and/or if you would like to provide a Position Paper for inclusion in the PPDD 2015 E-Book, please see the Call for Participation (
http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2015/cfp/) for instructions on how to submit your work for consideration. The deadline for abstracts (or, for practitioners - a summary of what you want to talk about) is October 4.

If you would like to just attend PPDD 2015 to explore the issues and grow your knowledge and network of connections, please know that you are very welcome and valued in the PPDD Conference Community. The deadline for registration <http://ppdd2015.brownpapertickets.com/> is October 7 and the deadline for hotel room reservations <http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/S/SCTGIGI-PPDD-20151017/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG>
is October 2.


Angela Siefer
Director
National Digital Inclusion Alliance <http://digitalinclusionalliance.org/>
614-537-3057


Angela Siefer
Columbus
About/contact Angela Siefer: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/angelasiefer



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