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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, 2018
7:45 – 8:15 am Registration, breakfast and resource showcase set-up. Conley Center room. The breakfast is sponsored by EBSCO.
8:15 – 8:30 am Welcome and brief agenda walk-through: Dr. Paul Resta, chair NCDE board, and Dr. Bob McLaughlin, NCDE
executive director. The Conley Center Room.
8:30 – 8:40 a.m. On the role of philanthropic leaders in fostering systemic collaboration for educational and economic opportunity in low-income communities in the digital age. Ms. Celine Coggins, executive director, Grantmakers For Education. The Conley Center Room.
8:40 – 8:45 a.m. Introduction of Barry Wides. The Conley Center Room.
8:45 – 9:20 a.m. Barry Wides, Deputy Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, United States Treasury Department.
Keynote address (via videoconference): Eliminating Digital Divide Barriers to Financial and Economic Inclusion.
The Conley Center Room.
9:20 – 10:05 a.m. The Digital Equity Walk -- an interactive activity for identifying digital divide barriers to careers in computer science
and other living wage fields. Led by Jackney Prioly Joseph, director, career readiness initiatives, MA Business Alliance for Education. The Conley Center Room..
10:05 – 11:15 a.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions (refreshments available throughout the morning)
LMI Community Teams: What are our communities’ greatest barriers to financial, economic and digital inclusion? Facilitated by Dr. Paul Resta. The New England Room.
State leaders and policy makers: What are the most salient policy and programmatic initiatives in NH to address financial, economic and digital inclusion? Facilitated by Dr. Bob McLaughlin The Conley Center room.
Resource providers: What key resources does each participating provider bring to financial, economic and/or digital inclusion? Facilitated by Susan Ballard, vice-president, NCDE. The Boston Room.
11:15 - 11:30 a.m. Concurrent groups report out. The Conley Center room.
11:30 am – 12:15 p.m. Showcase: Exemplary Economic and Digital Inclusion Resource Providers. The Conley Center Room and The
Bridge.
12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch The Conley Center Room and The Bridge. Lunch is being sponsored by PolicyMap.
12:30 – 1:05 p.m. Luncheon Panel Discussion: Essential Dimensions of a Systemic Approach to Digital Equity. The Conley Center Room
Eileen Belastock, director of academic technology and CTO, Mount Greylock Regional School District, MA
Kristin Crandall, director, business development, PolicyMap
Rebecca Fracassa, director of community impact, greater Boston area, Comcast
Ethel Gaides, assistant superintendent of schools, SAU 48, Plymouth NH
David Gordon, senior director of publications and communications, CAST
Roger Rosen, president and chief executive officer, Rosen Publishing
John Windhausen, executive director, Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB)
1:05 – 1:15 p.m. Panel Q & A. The Conley Center Room
1:15 – 1:25 p.m. Framing the afternoon concurrent breakout discussions. Dr. Paul Resta. The Conley Center Room
1:25 – 2:25 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions (refreshments available throughout the afternoon)
LMI Community Teams: How can we draw on resource providers and state leaders to advance our goals? What do state leaders, policy makers and resource providers most need to know about our priority concerns and goals? The New England Room.
State leaders and policy makers: How can we foster sustained coordination of financial, economic and digital inclusion policy & action? What support do we need? The Conley Center Room
Resource providers: How can we collaborate with one another in order to provide coherent, integrated support to LMI teams, state leaders and policy makers? The Boston Room.
2:25 – 2:40 p.m. Concurrent groups report out. The Conley Center Room
2:40 - 3:00 p.m. Jeanne Milliken Bonds, regional community development team leader, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
"Strategies for spurring CRA investment for broadband infrastructure development"
3:20 – 3:30 p.m. Wrap-up and next steps: Drs. Paul Resta and Bob McLaughlin. The Conley Center Room |