BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210511T200858Z UID:6B9A2B68-CF81-495D-B15D-63937DAD6FEB DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20210421T190000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20210421T210000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Broadband Forum is a free\, virtual event addressing t he challenges of providing broadband internet access to sparsely populated states such as New Hampshire. The forum will discuss the network technolo gies used and proposed for broadband access and address the technical and economic viability of each for urban\, suburban\, and rural areas.\n\nThe goals for the event are to provide attendees with (1) an understanding of the demographic and economic issues hampering wide deployment of broadband access\; (2) the technology options currently proposed for delivering bro adband\; and (3) the status and outlook of state and federal programs to e xtend broadband access to unserved areas of New Hampshire.\n\n============ =============\n\nPanelists:\n\nEric Burger\n\nEric Burger is Research Prof essor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. In addition to his ten ure at Georgetown\, he has completed several roles in government\, includi ng Assistant Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy\, with the Communications and Cybersecurity portfolios\; and Chief Technology Officer at the Federal Communications Commission. In both gover nment roles\, he focused on bringing broadband to underserved communities. More about Eric [here](https://people.cs.georgetown.edu/~eburger/Eric_Bur ger_@_Georgetown_CS/About_Me.htm) and [here](https://www.linkedin.com/in/e burger/).\n\nSteve Camerino\n\nSteve Camerino is President and Chief Execu tive Officer of [New Hampshire Electric Cooperative](https://www.nhec.com/ ) (NHEC)\, founded in 1939 to bring electricity to rural New Hampshire. No w\, NHEC is working to [expand high speed internet service](https://www.nh broadband.com/) to its members. Before joining NHEC\, Steve was a sharehol der and director of McLane\, Graf\, Raulerson & Middleton\, P.A.\, a regio nal New England law firm based in New Hampshire\, where he worked for over 30 years. There\, he represented New Hampshire and regional energy and ut ility clients and companies with interests in the energy industry.\n\nLarr y Press\n\nLarry Press is a Professor Emeritus of Information Systems at C alifornia State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)\, where he teaches a cl ass on the applications\, implications\, and technology of the internet. L arry has followed LEO satellite broadband projects since Teledesic — the first generation of LEO constellations — and has long studied and consu lted on the internet in developing nations\, with an emphasis on policy an d technology. Larry shares many of his perspectives on his [blog](http://c is471.blogspot.com/).\n\nAgenda: \n7:00\n\nWelcome\, Introductions\, Forum Goals\n\nGary Lerude\n\n7:05\n\nThe Challenge of Universal Broadband\n\nE ric Burger\, Georgetown University\; formerly Assistant Director of the Wh ite House Office of Science and Technology Policy\, Communications and Cyb ersecurity\; and CTO of the FCC\n\n7:30\n\nInternet by Satellite\n\nLarry Press\, California State University\, Dominguez Hills\n\n7:55\n\nBroadband Access in Rural New Hamsphire\n\nSteve Camerino\, President and CEO\, New Hampshire Electric Coop\n\n8:20\n\nAudience Q&A\, Panel Discussion\n\nMan chester\, New Hampshire\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.i eee.org/m/269186 LOCATION:Manchester\, New Hampshire\, United States\, Virtual: https://even ts.vtools.ieee.org/m/269186 ORGANIZER:NHIEEE@JimIsaak.com SEQUENCE:6 SUMMARY:IEEE NH Broadband Forum URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/269186 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The IEEE Broadband Forum is a free\, virtu al event addressing the challenges of providing broadband internet access to sparsely populated states such as New Hampshire. The forum will discuss the network technologies used and proposed for broadband access and addre ss the technical and economic viability of each for urban\, suburban\, and rural areas.<br /><br />The goals for the event are to provide attendees with (1) an understanding of the demographic and economic issues hampering wide deployment of broadband access\; (2) the technology options currentl y proposed for delivering broadband\; and (3) the status and outlook of st ate and federal programs to extend broadband access to unserved areas of N ew Hampshire.</p>\n<p>=========================</p>\n<p><span style="font- size: 14pt\;"><strong>Panelists:</strong></span></p>\n<h1><span style="fon t-size: 14pt\;">Eric Burger</span></h1>\n<p class="Paragraph">Eric Burger is Research Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. In add ition to his tenure at Georgetown\, he has completed several roles in gove rnment\, including Assistant Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy\, with the Communications and Cybersecurity portfol ios\; and Chief Technology Officer at the Federal Communications Commissio n. In both government roles\, he focused on bringing broadband to underser ved communities. More about Eric <a href="https://people.cs.georgetown.edu /~eburger/Eric_Burger_@_Georgetown_CS/About_Me.htm">here</a> and <a href=" https://www.linkedin.com/in/eburger/">here</a>.</p>\n<h1><span style="font -size: 14pt\;">Steve Camerino</span></h1>\n<p class="Paragraph">Steve Came rino is President and Chief Executive Officer of <a href="https://www.nhec .com/">New Hampshire Electric Cooperative</a> (NHEC)\, founded in 1939 to bring electricity to rural New Hampshire. Now\, NHEC is working to <a href ="https://www.nhbroadband.com/">expand high speed internet service</a> to its members. Before joining NHEC\, Steve was a shareholder and director of McLane\, Graf\, Raulerson &amp\; Middleton\, P.A.\, a regional New Englan d law firm based in New Hampshire\, where he worked for over 30 years. The re\, he represented New Hampshire and regional energy and utility clients and companies with interests in the energy industry.</p>\n<h1><span style= "font-size: 14pt\;">Larry Press</span></h1>\n<p class="Paragraph">Larry Pr ess is a Professor Emeritus of Information Systems at California State Uni versity Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)\, where he teaches a class on the applicat ions\, implications\, and technology of the internet. Larry has followed L EO satellite broadband projects since Teledesic &mdash\; the first generat ion of LEO constellations &mdash\; and has long studied and consulted on t he internet in developing nations\, with an emphasis on policy and technol ogy. Larry shares many of his perspectives on his <a href="http://cis471.b logspot.com/">blog</a>.</p>\n<p class="Paragraph">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;< /p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width="60">\n<p>7 :00</p>\n</td>\n<td width="264">\n<p>Welcome\, Introductions\, Forum Goals </p>\n</td>\n<td width="300">\n<p>Gary Lerude</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width="60">\n<p>7:05</p>\n</td>\n<td width="264">\n<p>The Challenge of Un iversal Broadband</p>\n</td>\n<td width="300">\n<p>Eric Burger\, Georgetow n University\; formerly Assistant Director of the White House Office of Sc ience and Technology Policy\, Communications and Cybersecurity\; and CTO o f the FCC</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width="60">\n<p>7:30</p>\n</td>\n<t d width="264">\n<p>Internet by Satellite</p>\n</td>\n<td width="300">\n<p> Larry Press\, California State University\, Dominguez Hills</p>\n</td>\n</ tr>\n<tr>\n<td width="60">\n<p>7:55</p>\n</td>\n<td width="264">\n<p>Broad band Access in Rural New Hamsphire</p>\n</td>\n<td width="300">\n<p>Steve Camerino\, President and CEO\, New Hampshire Electric Coop</p>\n</td>\n</t r>\n<tr>\n<td width="60">\n<p>8:20</p>\n</td>\n<td width="264">\n<p>Audien ce Q&amp\;A\, Panel Discussion</p>\n</td>\n<td width="300">\n<p>&nbsp\;</p >\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR