> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition to Meet in Washington This Week - URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/schools-health-libraries-and-broadband-coalition-to-meet-in-washington-this-week/ - Published: 2014-05-06T08:22:33.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-11T06:31:45.000Z - Description: WASHINGTON, May 6, 2014 – Efforts to construct Gigabit Networks will be featured prominently at the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition meeting this week in Washington, the fourth annual event for this community of broadband users. The even will run from Wednesday, May 7 through Friday - Author: Drew Clark - Tags: events, FCC, E-Rate, USF, Education and Distance Learning, Health, National Broadband Plan, NTIA, BTOP, C Spire, California Telehealth Network, Connect Arkansas, ConnectED, Gigabit Libraries Network, Google, Health Care Connect Fund, ICF International, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 10:23, #added-preview-divider WASHINGTON, May 6, 2014 – Efforts to construct Gigabit Networks will be featured prominently at the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition meeting this week in Washington, the fourth annual event for this community of broadband users. The even will run from Wednesday, May 7 through Friday, May 9. [Registration](https://www.fbcinc.com/e/SHLB/attendeereg.aspx?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) and the [agenda](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/75678215/Conference%20Agenda?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) for the event demonstrate a strong interest in the federal eRate fund to connect schools and libraries to high-speed broadband, the Federal Communications Commission’s Health Care Connect fund created in 2012, and [ConnectED](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/president-obama-unveils-ultra-high-speed-initiative-for-broadband-in-education-at-middle-school-in-north-carolina/), the ultra-high speed initiative unveiled by the White House in June 2013. John Windhausen, executive director of the SHLB Coalition, said that this year’s conference will demonstrate how community broadband groups are going “beyond BTOP,” the acronym from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, and which concluded last year. BTOP was funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed just as President Obama was beginning his first term in office. Among the more than 260 people [registered to attend](http://www.shlb.org/index.cfm?action=page&page=103&ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) include officials from the California Telehealth Network, Connect Arkansas, C Spire, the Fiber Utilities Group, Gigabit Libraries Network, Google, ICF International, Internet2, the Kansas Fiber Network, Mobile Pulse, MOREnet, Time Warner Cable Business Class, and the Zayo Group. The scheduled program is displayed below: | **SHLB Coalition 2014 Annual Conference** **“The Premier Conference on Anchor Institution Broadband Policy.”** **May 7-9, 2014** **Agenda** **Click on the Titles of the Sessions for Descriptions and Bios of the Speakers** **Speakers listed below are confirmed (M) = Moderator** | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Wed. May 7th** | | | | | | **Workshop #1** **[FCC’s Healthcare Connect Fund Consortia](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/75234857/Healthcare%20Connect%20Fund%20Consortia?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.** **Featuring:** **Matthew Quinn, FCC** **Christi Barnhart, FCC** | **Workshop #2** **[Building a Gigabit Nation](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/75234923/Building%20a%20Gigabit%20Nation?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **1:00 – 5:30** **Featuring:** **Craig Settles** | **Workshop #3** **[Regulatory Compliance](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76292114/Regulatory%20Compliance?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Noon – 2 p.m.** **Featuring:** **Jim Baller, Baller Herbst Law Firm** **[NTIA: Sustainability of PCC/SBA projects](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76292303/PCC%20and%20SPA%20Sustainability?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **2:30 – 6 p.m.** **Featuring:** **Gwenn Weaver, NTIA** | | **6:00-7:30 p.m.** | **Opening Night Reception** **M** **arriott Marquis Hotel** **Mezzanine Foye** **r** | | | | **Thurs. May 8th** | | | | | **8:30-8:45 a.m.** | **Plenary #1:** **Opening Comments** **John Windhausen, SHLB Executive Director** **Don Means, SHLB Chairman** | | | | **8:45-9:30 a.m.** | **Plenary #2:** **[Louis Fox, CEO of CENIC](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/74863901/Louis%20Fox?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** | | | | **9:30-10:00 a.m.** | **BREAK** | | | | **10:00-11:00 a.m.** | **E-Rate #1:** **[The $2 Billion Question: Funding for E-rate](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/75272720/The%20%242%20Billion%20Question%3A%20Funding%20for%20E-rate?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Jon Bernstein, Bernstein Strategy Group (M)** **Jon Wilkins,FCC** **Bob Bocher, ALA** **Jeff Campbell, Cisco** | **Wireless Broadband #1:** **[White Spaces and CAIs](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/75273074/White%20Spaces%20and%20Community%20Anchor%20Institutions?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Michael Calabrese, New America Foundation (M)** **Michael Daum, Microsoft** **Don Means, Gigabit Libraries Network** **Toby Bradley, Pascagoula MS School District** | **Health/E-rate:** **[Building a Broadband Network (Part 1](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/75273275/Building%20a%20Health%20Care%20Network?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com))** **Denise Atkinson-Shorey, e-Luminosity (M)** **Duke Horan, Henkels & McCoy** **Randy Lowe, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP** **John Honker, Magellan Advisors** **Scot Eberle, Fiber Utilities Group** | | **11:00-11:15 a.m.** | **BREAK** | | | | **11:15-12:15 p.m.** | **E-Rate #2:** **[E-rate Capital Investment](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/75273518/E-rate%20Capital%20Investment?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Jen Leasure, The Quilt (M)** **Emily Almond, Georgia Public Library Service** **Alan Katz, Sunesys** **Jamie Huber, COPESD** | **Rural Broadband #1:** **[Sustainable Localism](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76346108/Rural%20Broadband?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Sean McLaughlin, Access Humboldt (M)** **Frank Odasz, Lone Eagle Consulting** **Pam Lloyd, GCI** **Edyael Casaperalta, Rural Broadband Policy Group** | **Health/E-rate:** **[Building a Broadband Network (Part 2)](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/75273275/Building%20a%20Health%20Care%20Network?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Denise Atkinson-Shorey, e-Luminosity (M)** **Duke Horan, Henkels & McCoy (M)** **Randy Lowe, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP** **John Honker, Magellan Advisors** **Scot Eberle, Fiber Utilities Group** | | **12:30-1:00 p.m.** **1:00-2:00 p.m.** | **Lunch** **Plenary #3: ConnectED** **Tom Power, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy** **Richard Culatta, U.S. Dept. of Education** | | | | **2:15-3:15 p.m.** | **Broadband Planning #1:** **[Wireless Broadband Innovators: Anchors & Home ](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76356818/Wireless%20Broadband%20Innovators%3A%20Anchors%20and%20Home?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Bob Collie, ENA (M)** **James Ratleff, Applied Research Designs** **Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini, UNH Broadband Center for Excellence** | **ConnectED #1** **[Private Sector Commitments to ConnectED](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76348802/Private%20Sector%20Commitments%20to%20ConnectED?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Karen Perry, Clarion Collaborative (M)** **Charles McKee, Sprint** **Andrew Ko, Microsoft** **Reg Leichty, Counsel to CoSN** | **Digital Inclusion #1:** **[CAIs and the Digital Divide (Part 1)](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76350080/Community%20Anchor%20Institutions%20and%20the%20Digital%20Divide?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Laura Breeden, NTIA (M)** **Jon Gant, Center for Digital Inclusion** **Karen Mossberger, Arizona State University** **Helen Milner, Tinder Foundation** | | **3:15-3:30 p.m.** | **BREAK** | | | | **3:30-4:30 p.m.** | **Broadband Planning #2:** **[Community Broadband Planning](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76353014/Community%20Broadband%20Planning?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Phil Lindley, ConnectME Authority (M)** **Joshua Broder, Tilson** **Chris Tamarin, Oregon BB Outreach** **Tim Scott, Axia** | **Broadband Mapping:** **[The Key to New Knowledge Creation for CAIs](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76357238/Broadband%3A%20The%20Key%20to%20New%20Knowledge%20Creation%20for%20Community%20Anchor%20Institutions?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Marijke Visser, ALA (M)** **Ken Wall, Geodata Services** **Stacey Aldrich, PA State Library** **Jarrid Keller, CA State Library** | **Digital Inclusion #2:** **[CAIs and the Digital Divide (Part 2)](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76353788/Community%20Anchor%20Institutions%20and%20the%20Digital%20Divide%20%28Part%202%29?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Francine Alkisswani, NTIA (M)** **Samantha Becker, U. of Washington** **Rodney Hopson, George Mason University** | | **5:00-5:30 p.m.** **5:30-5:45 p.m.** | **Plenary #4** **[Network Nebraska- Education; Success through Collaboration](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/75272228/Tom%20Rolfes?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Tom Rolfes, Education I.T. Manager, State of Nebraska** **Zach Leverenz, CEO, EveryoneOn** | | | | **6:00-7:30 p.m.** | **Reception** | | | | **Friday. May 9th** | | | | | **8:30-9:30 a.m.** | **Plenary #5** **Dr. Dallas Dance, Superintendent of Schools, Baltimore County Public Schools** | | | | **9:45-10:45 a.m.** | **E-Rate #3** **:** **[E-rate Benchmarks and Data](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76355366/E-rate%20Benchmarks%20and%20Data?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Larra Clark, ALA (M)** **Mark Walker, FCC** **John Harrington, Funds for Learning** **Jake Cowan, ULC** | **Wireless Broadband #2:** **[It Takes a Mobile Village to raise a Mobile Child:](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/77719181/It%20Takes%20a%20Mobile%20Village%20to%20Raise%20a%20Mobile%20Child?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **[Developing Mobile Learning across the Community](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/77719181/It%20Takes%20a%20Mobile%20Village%20to%20Raise%20a%20Mobile%20Child?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Sarah Morris, New America Foundation (M)** **Kevin Capp, Mobile Pulse** **Sheryl Abshire, Calcasieu Parish Schools** **Lindsey Harmon, Connect Nevada** | **Digital Inclusion #3:** **[Kansas City, Google, Digital Divide](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76355597/Kansas%20City%2C%20Google%2C%20Digital%20Divide?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Angela Siefer, Center for Digital Inclusion (M)** **Erica Swanson, Google Fiber** **Cheptoo Kositany-Buckner, KC Public Library** **Crosby Kemper, KC Public Library** **Michael Liimatta, Connecting for Good** | | **10:45-11:15 a.m.** | **BREAK** | | | | **11:15-12:15 p.m.** | **Gigabit Cities #1:** **[Beyond BTOP: Partnerships for Gigabit](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76355759/Beyond%20BTOP%3A%20Partnerships%20for%20Gigabit?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)**[ ](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76355759/Beyond%20BTOP%3A%20Partnerships%20for%20Gigabit?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)**Brian Proffit, Zayo Bandwidth (M)** **Jim Stewart, Utah Education Network** **Laura Spining Dodson,NTIA** **Mark Johnson, MCNC** | **Rural Broadband #2:** **[Rural Broadband Experiments and the CAF](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76356554/Rural%20Broadband%20Experiments%20and%20the%20Connect%20America%20Fund?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Heather Gold, Fiber to the Home Council (M)** **Jonathan Chambers, FCC** **John Gillispie, MOREnet** **Alyssa Clemsen, Utilities Telecommunications Council** | **Digital Inclusion #4:** **[Sustaining Digital Inclusion](http://shlb.pbworks.com/w/page/76346339/State%20and%20Local%20Broadband%20Planning?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)** **Kami Griffiths, CTN (M)** **Allison Walsh, Broadband Rhode Island** **Dionne Baux, Smart Communities Chicago** **Stu Johnson, ConnectOhio** | | **12:30-1:00 p.m.** **1:00-2:00 p.m.** | **Lunch** **Plenary #6** **Tony Wilhelm, Chief of Staff, NTIA** **Blair Levin, Executive Director, Gig.U** | | |