8:30 – 8:55 a.m.

CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:55 – 9:00 a.m.

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

– Michael R. Bradley

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Broadband Perspectives from the Dayton Administration

Members of Governor Dayton’s Sub-Cabinet on Telecommunications will discuss the creation of the Sub-Cabinet, the goals of the Sub-Cabinet and the goals of their respective Departments.

– Commissioner Michael Rothman
– Commissioner Carolyn Parnell
– Commissioner Mark Phillips

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Practice Perspectives from the Federal Communications Commission

Hear an insider’s perspective on the practice before the FCC.

– Joseph Cavender

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.

BREAK

10:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Connect America Fund Panel

The new Transformation Order fundamentally changed the allocation of high cost support and intercarrier compensation. This panel will discuss the impact of the Order on ILECs, CLECs and wireless carriers. It will also review the pending appeals.

– Joseph Cavender
– Philip Schenkenberg
– Jim Campbell
– Dan Lipschultz
– Shannon Heim, moderator

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Broadband in Minnesota

Update on broadband enrollment and deployment progress in Minnesota and a review of the impact of BTOP and BIP grants in the state of Minnesota.

– William Hoffman
– Lyle MacVey
– Christopher Sandberg, moderator

12:15 – 1:30 p.m.

BUFFET LUNCH & SPECIAL LUNCH PRESENTATION

12:45 – 1:30 p.m.

SPECIAL LUNCH PRESENTATION

Keynote Address: Assessing Broadband in Minnesota

The former Speaker of the House of Representatives and current Chair of the new Minnesota Broadband Task Force will provide her perspective of the state of broadband in Minnesota

– Margaret Anderson Kelliher

1:30 – 2:15 p.m.

NextGen 911

The shift to broadband and IP is changing the way 911 services are used and delivered. With the explosion of mobile devices and data services, calls for emergency response are not just coming from telephones anymore. In this panel we’ll hear about what is happening at the national and state level regarding how emergency response networks must change to become next generation emergency response networks.

– Trey Forgety
– Jackie Mines
– Anthony Mendoza, Moderator

2:15 – 2:45 p.m.

Municipal Broadband

A review of municipal broadband projects in the state of Minnesota.

– Milda Hedblom
– Christopher Mitchell

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.

BREAK

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Serving the Underserved

A review of the legal requirements and programs designed to serve low-income families with broadband services. The programs of Comcast and CenturyLink will be featured.

– Karly Baraga Werner
– Jim Campbell

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Privacy/E-Commerce

Our speakers will provide an update on developments in privacy law, including a discussion of the new FTC Privacy Report, the EU Privacy Directive, Google’s new privacy policy, the Obama Consumer Privacy Report and the impact of recent developments on mobile applications.

– Jamie Nafziger
– Professor William McGeveran
– Brad Bolin