MUNICIPAL BROADBAND
Conference in Detail
Tuesday • August 17, 2004
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| 8:30 | The Planning Process: Needs, Existing Infra structure Capabilities, and System Design |
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Preliminary Needs Assessment |
Thomas Duchen, Esq. President River Oaks Communications Corporation Colorado Springs, CO |
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| • Tips for conducting an inventory of current assets (determining what's in place, who owns it, and whether it's useful) |
Thomas Asp Consulting Manager Virchow Krause & Company, LLP Madison, WI |
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| • Evaluating your Technological Options and Establishing Performance Specifications: Practical approaches for designing study and planning processes |
Douglas A. Dawson President and Chief Technical Officer CCG Consulting, Inc. Riverdale, MD |
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| 10:15 | Break |
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| 10:30 | The Planning Process: Other Factors |
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| • Integrating municipal broadband into economic development plans – The Cedar Falls Story |
Doris Kelley Director-Business Development Black & Veatch Overland Park, KS |
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| • Addressing emergency response and Homeland Security issues |
Joel Mulder Director-Business Development Adesta LLC St. Charles, IL |
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| • Dealing with competitive responses (and perhaps even anti-competitive practices) from existing service providers |
Joel Paisner, Esq. Ater Wynne LLP Seattle, WA |
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| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:15 | Financing Options |
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| • Traditional and non-traditional methods of financing municipal broadband projects |
Ernest Bray Chief Technical Officer U.S. Metronets Provo, UT |
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| • Federal loan and grant opportunities (including funds for Homeland Security upgrades) |
Christpher A. McLean Vice President National Strategies, Inc. Washington, DC |
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Key bond and tax considerations |
Scott J. Robertson Principal Lewis, Young, Robertson & Burningham, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 2:45 | Break |
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| 3:00 | Entering Into The Fray: Who Really is in the Best Position to do What? |
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Cable Industry Perspective |
Burt Braverman, Esq. Cole, Raywid & Braverman, L.L.P. Washington, DC |
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Telecommunications Industry Perspective |
Charles L. Ward, Esq. Vice President Policy and Law Qwest Communications Denver, CO |
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Municipal Perspective |
James Baller, Esq. Program Co-chair Nicholas P. Miller, Esq., Program Co-chair |
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| 4:30 | Adjourn |
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