Photos: 4/24/14 California Digital Access Summit

The California Digital Access Summit was held on April 24, 2014 in Sacramento.

See the morning-long agenda below:

8:30 am

Opening Remarks – Carlos Ramos, Director and State Chief Information Officer, California Department of Technology

8:45 am

Keynote Speaker – Broadband – Anne Neville – Director, State Broadband Initiative, National Telecommunications & Information Administration 

9:00 – 10:00 am

Panel – Broadband Deployment and Economic Viability

Moderator: Barbara O’Connor, Board Member, California Emerging Technology Fund

Panelists:

• Barry Fraser, General Manager, Bay Area Interoperable Regional Communications Systems Authority
• Robert Tse, Ph.D., Rural Development, Community Planning and Development Specialist, United States Department of Agriculture
• Jarrid Keller, State Library, Chief Information Officer
• Trish Kelly, Principal, Applied Development Economics, Inc.

10 – 10:15 am Break

10:15 – 10:30 am

Keynote Speaker – Elaine Carpenter – Vice President of Business Development, ZeroDivide

10:30 – 11:30 am

Panel Digital Literacy – Skills for Workforce and Health

Moderator: Christina Gagnier, CEO TRAIL, Inc.

Panelists:

• Brenda Kempster, CEO, LINK AMERICAS Foundation
• Thomas Adams, Ph.D., Director, Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division, California Department of Education and Executive Director, Instructional Quality Commission
• Edward Proctor, Information Technology Chief, Sacramento Employment and Training Agency 
• Veronica Ortiz-Torres, Deputy Director, Digital Education Office, California Department of Technology

11:30 – 11:45 am

Presentation of the LINK Awards – Sharrell Blakeley, Board Member, LINK AMERICAS Foundation

11:45 am – Noon

Closing Remarks – Adelina Zendejas, Deputy Director, Broadband and Digital Literacy Office, California Department of Technology