Community Forum Agenda - September 8, 2008
A project of the Aspen Institute and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy Community Forum Agenda Mountain View, California · September 8, 2008
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Forum on Meeting the Public's Information Needs in Silicon Valley
Google Headquarters · Tunis Room · Building 43 · 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway ·
Mountain View, CA 94043
Roundtable Format: Each speaker will offer no more than seven minutes of prepared remarks. Members of the Commission will pose questions (and panelists will exchange views with one another) for 30 minutes. We will then be open to comments and questions from the floor.
Webcast: Introduction and Panel I
9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introductions
9:30-11:30 Roundtable on Unmet Community Information Needs
Chava Bustamante, Staff Coordinator, SEIU Local 1877
Emmett Carson, CEO and President, Community Foundation of Silicon Valley
Muhammed Chaudhry, President and CEO, Silicon Valley Education Foundation
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Matt Hammer, Executive Director, People Acting in Community Together (PACT)
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Judy Nadler, Senior Fellow in Government Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University. Click here for written remarks.
Kim Walesh, Chief Strategist, City of San Jose, CA. Click here for written remarks.
Discussion
Question & Answer
11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:45-2:30 Roundtable on Media
Introduction
Jim Bettinger, Director, John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalism, Stanford University. Click here for written remarks.
Linjun Fan, Albany Today blog. Click here for written remarks.
Raj Jayadev, Founder, Silicon Valley De-Bug. Click here for written remarks.
Linda O'Bryon, Chief Content Officer, KQED Public Television. Click here for written remarks.
George Sampson, News and Program Director, KLIV Radio Station
Dave Satterfield, Managing Editor, San Jose Mercury News. Click here for written remarks.
Discussion
Question & Answer
2:45-4:30 Roundtable on Technology and Innovation
Introduction
Richard Adler, President, People & Technology, Institute forthe Future
Mike McGuire, Vice President of Research, Gartner. Click here for written remarks.
Chris O'Brien, Project Manager, NextNewsroom and Reporter, San Jose Mercury News. Click here for written remarks.
Amra Tareen, AllVoices.Com. Click here for written remarks.
Holmes Wilson, Co-Founder, Participatory Culture Foundation. Click here for written remarks.
danah boyd, Commissioner, Knight Commission
Discussion
Question & Answer
4:30-5:00 Final Comments and Questions
