Click below to view archived footage as the Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics hosted a briefing titled “Improving Access for Rural and Underserved Communities through Health and Information Technologies: Issues and Opportunities in Economic Stimulus and Health Care Reform” on March 13.
Click below to view archived footage of the Media Institute’s Communications Forum featuring Association of Public Television Stations President and CEO Larry Sidman on March 10. The Communications Forum is a luncheon program held in Washington eight times per year that gives newsmakers from government and the communications industry an opportunity to address an audience of media, corporate executives and journalists on key policy issues. It has partnered with NextGenWeb to live stream the 2009 series.
Join Walter B. McCormick, Jr., with USTelecom, The Broadband Association, as he addresses The Media Institute’s Communication Forum at 1:00 pm EST, Wednesday, May 14th.
This event is now over. Please click below to watch an archived version
Yesterday NextGenWeb attended the Freedom to Connect Conference in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Kathy Brown, Senior Vice President for Public Policy at Verizon, gave a speech talking about all innovative ways broadband can create a cleaner environment. She emphasized the importance of a continued dialogue focused on the ways broadband can reduce our carbon footprint. “The more people that become aware of the great ways broadband technology can contribute to the challenges of climate change, the better,” she said
One of the examples highlighted was telecommuting. People working from home utilizing a broadband connection takes cars off the road and saves billions of dollars in fuel cost. Further, it drastically reduces traffic, greenhouse gas emissions and America’s dependence of foreign oil. Additionally, office-to-office teleconferencing applications allow workers to have a real virtual presence from home.
Bottom line: Broadband can play a greater role in facilitating energy efficiency. It is the “Green Network”.
Click here to read the full ACI study Kathy referenced in her speech. We invite you to learn more about the ways broadband is green!
Click here to watch Kathy’s speech and below to view her presentation.
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