Last chance to save money on RuralTelecon conference

Submitted by acohill on Tue, 09/07/2004 - 10:10

If you have been thinking about attending the Rural Telecommunications Congress 8th Annual Conference, Friday is the last day to save $100 on early bird registration. If you are a vendor, it is a great place to meet the representatives of community and regional broadband projects from around the country. If your community is interested in broadband, it's a great place to hear about what has worked and worked well.

For the past eight years, RuralTeleCon – the annual conference of the Rural Telecommunications Congress – has been the premier venue for understanding the issues surrounding the deployment and use of advanced telecommunications in rural communities. Each year, the event focuses on a critical issue facing rural communities and rural residents as they use telecommunications for community and economic development. This year’s theme is “Putting Broadband to Work.”

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • Anthony (Tony) G. Wilhelm, PhD., Director, Technology Opportunities Program (TOPs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Commerce - Find out the latest on NTIA TOPs programs and initiatives.
  • Hilda Gay Legg, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service (RUS), U.S. Department of Agriculture - Hear RUS success stories demonstrating broadband applications as rural solutions.
  • K. Dane Snowden, Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - The current status of broadband deployment in rural communities.
  • Andrew M. Cohill, President and CEO, Design Nine/Virginia – Discover why community investments in technology and telecommunications often fail to have the hoped-for impact, and how you can integrate technology with other community and economic development goals and objectives.

  • Dane A. Deutsch, President and CEO, and Pete Adams, COO, DCS Netlink – Meet “Bobby Blackhat” and learn why we need to take Internet security seriously today and tomorrow.

  • Plus more Speakers and Panels including experts on telehealth, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, education, e-government, deploying and maximizing the broadband infrastructure, and economic and community development, all focusing on rural issues.

For more info and to register visit www.ruraltelecon.org.

For Sponsor and Exhibitor opportunities, contact: coordinator@ruraltelecon.org

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