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Program
Organized by: The Governor’s Innovation Council, the Governor’s Office of Information Technology, and the Silicon Flatirons Center
Co-sponsored by: Action 22, Club 20, Colorado Counties, Inc., Colorado Municipal League, Colorado Rural Development Council, and Progressive 15
In The Colorado Promise, candidate Bill Ritter set forth his commitment that the State of Colorado should play an active role in promoting broadband deployment and adoption as a critical strategy for delivering public services more effectively (such as education and health care) as well as for spurring economic development. After his election, Governor Ritter established the State’s first Innovation Council and chartered it to, among other things, develop and oversee the State’s broadband policy. Last spring, he encouraged the Colorado Legislature to enact Senate Bill 215, which charged the State’s Chief Information Officer, in conjunction with the Innovation Council, with the mapping of where broadband connections are available throughout the State. This effort, which will be completed by the spring of 2009, will encourage broadband providers to serve parts of the State where broadband is not currently available and will enable the State to evaluate future broadband initiatives.
As part of the mapping initiative, the State’s Chief Information Officer and Innovation Council are conducting a statewide outreach campaign that will culminate in the 2008 Colorado Broadband Summit. The Summit will be the second of two related events, the first of which was held in the fall of 2007 and focused on assessing the “State of the State” of broadband in Colorado. This 2008 Summit will bring together leaders in government, academia, and industry to evaluate the importance of broadband to our State and how broadband intensive applications can make a difference in areas ranging from education to health care to energy conservation. In addition to the array of experts and stakeholders who will participate in this event, Governor Ritter will deliver a lunchtime address and Level 3 CEO Jim Crowe will give a keynote address.
Event Moderator: John Conley, Deputy State Chief Information Officer
Sessions
Welcome
- Michael Locatis
Chief Information Officer, State of Colorado - Cathy Fogler
Co-Chair, Broadband Taskforce of the Innovation Council
Opening Remarks
- Bill Ritter
Governor, State of Colorado
Broadband and Energy Conservation
- Raymond Gifford — Moderator
Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP - Adrian Tuck — Panelist
Chief Executive Officer, Tendril - Skip Arnold — Panelist
Executive Director, Energy Outreach Colorado - Ron Binz — Panelist
Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Commission - Scott Binder — Panelist
Regional Senior Vice President, Comcast
Break
Broadband and Healthcare Delivery
- Sandy Rothe — Moderator
Co-Chair of the SB196 Health IT Advisory Committee, Managing Partner - Steve Ward — Panelist
Vice President for Rural Health and Hospitals, Colorado Hospital Association - Suzanne Brennan — Panelist
Senior Program Officer, The Colorado Health Foundation - Dick Thompson — Panelist
Executive Director, Quality Health Network - Jason Greer — Panelist
Health Information Technology Director, Colorado Associated Community Health Information Exchange (Colorado Community Health Centers & CACHIE Program) - Randall Moore — Panelist
Chairman, President & CEO, American Telecare, Inc.
Keynote Address (Lunch)
- James Crowe
CEO, Level 3 Communications
The Colorado Broadband Initiative
- Cathy Fogler — Moderator
Co-Chair, Broadband Taskforce of the Innovation Council - Ken Fellman — Panelist
Former Mayor, Arvada, Colorado - Dara Hessee — Panelist
Legislative Liaison, Office of Information Technology - John Conley — Panelist
Deputy Chief Information Officer, State of Colorado
Distance Learning Opportunities
- Edward VanderTook — Moderator
Executive Director, Mountain BOCES - Julie Carnahan — Panelist
Chief Academic Officer, Colorado Department of Higher Education - Ed Freeman — Panelist
CIO and CTO, Denver Public Schools - Sharon Montgomery — Panelist
Vice President, Government and Education Solutions, Qwest Communications - Kendrick McLish — Panelist
Vice President, Product & Marketing, eCollege - Pamela Hoppe Ice — Panelist
Director of Online Learning, Colorado Department of Education
Break
State and Local Government Perspectives
- Cathy Fogler — Moderator
Co-Chair, Broadband Taskforce of the Innovation Council - Michael Locatis — Panelist
Chief Information Officer, State of Colorado - Don Elliman — Panelist
Chancellor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus - Susan Kirkpatrick — Panelist
Executive Director, Department of Local Affairs - Gail Schwartz — Panelist
Colorado State Senator - Jim Considine — Panelist
IT Director, City of Aspen and Pitkin County
Next Steps
- John Conley
Deputy Chief Information Officer, State of Colorado
Sponsored By
Club 20
Progressive 15
Colorado Municipal League
Colorado Rural Development Council
Colorado Counties, Inc.
Action 22