Community Forum Agenda – September 8, 2008

Forum on Meeting the Public’s Information Needs in Silicon Valley

Mountain View, California · September 8, 2008

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

Webcast: Panel II

Webcast: Panel III

9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introductions

9:30-11:30 Roundtable on Unmet Community Information Needs

Introduction

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 for the 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