Universal Broadband in America: Media and Policy Leaders Debate

Universal Broadband in America: Media and Policy Leaders Debate
This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email.

Today leaders in media, government, policy, and nonprofit organizations are gathering in Aspen, Colorado to explore efforts towards universal broadband, and how we can bridge the digital divide in broadband. Organized by the Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and Society, the group, whose participants include those listed below, will look at progress on the National Broadband Plan, and the measures necessary to move forward.

Watch the live video stream below, or on http://aspeninstitute.tv.

Participants include:

Marcus Brauchli, The Washington Post
John Carroll, (formerly of) Los Angeles Times
Mark Contreras, The E.W. Scripps Company
Commissioner Michael Copps, Federal Communications Commission
Chairman Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission
Patricia Harrison, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Reed Hundt, Coalition for Green Capital
Alberto Ibarguen, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Paula Kerger, Public Broadcasting Service
Bill Kling, American Public Media
Marissa Mayer, Google, Inc.
Craig Newmark, craigslist.org
Donna Nicely, Nashville Public Library
Paul Sagan, Akamai
Vivian Schiller, National Public Radio
Paul Steiger, ProPublica

Watch live streaming video from aspeninstitute at livestream.com

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot