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<NIC.MERIT.EDU> /nren/nii.1993/nii.universal.service.931015
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 11:48:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andrew Blau <ablau@cap.gwu.edu>
Subject: Universal Service Symposium Announcement
To: com-priv@psi.com
Forwarded To Com Priv on behalf of the author of the message:
The Administration's NII "Agenda for Action" calls "a broad, modern
concept of Universal Service" a top priority in its infrastructure
development plans; the document also announced a series of public
hearings, beginning by the end of this year, to explore the issue of
defining and sustaining universal service in the future.
In light of the renewed interest in defining and supporting universal
service, the Benton Foundation and the Columbia Institute for
Tele-Information announce the following one-day symposium:
Universal Service:
New Challenges and New Options
in Tomorrow's Network of Networks
A seminar for policymakers, public interest advocates
and nonprofit leaders
Jointly sponsored by
The Benton Foundation
&
The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
Columbia University
Friday, October 15, 1993
8:30 - 5:00
at
1333 H St., N.W.
(The AAAS Building)
Main Conference Room
Washington, DC
Universal service -- ensuring that basic communications services are
available to all -- is fast moving to the forefront of communication
policy issues. Competition threatens to erode the traditional means by
which universal telephone service has been supported. At the same
time, the popular definition of what services should be universal may
expand as health, education, and other civic sector functions are
delivered through communications networks that will integrate voice,
video and data. On September 15, the White House released "The
National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action," which
announced that the effort to develop "a broad, modern concept of
Universal Service" will be a leading goal of this Administration.
In order to bring public interest advocates, nonprofit leaders and
policymaking staff the latest analyses of these issues, the Benton
Foundation and the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) at
Columbia University invite you to join leading academic experts and
policy makers to:
o explore what universal service has meant and why current programs to
achieve it may unravel;
o consider recent findings on who remains without basic service
today;
o hear new proposals to define and support universal service in the
future; and
o address the special challenge of extending service affordably
to rural areas.
We are proud to have a distinguished panel of experts addressing these
issues, including:
Nolan Bowie
Associate Professor of Communications, Temple University
Bruce Egan
Research Fellow, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
Michael Einhorn
Economist, US Department of Justice
Susan Hadden
Professor of Public Affairs, LBJ School, University of Texas, Austin
Koichiro Hayashi
President & CEO, NTT America
Heather Hudson
Director, Telecommunications Management & Policy Program,
University of San Francisco
Milton Mueller
Assistant Professor of Communications, Rutgers University
Eli Noam
Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
Professor of Economics & Finance, Columbia University
Jorge Schement
Associate Professor of Communications, Rutgers University
Steven Wildman
Director,
Program In Telecommunications Science, Management & Policy
Associate Professor of Communications Studies,
Northwestern University
We hope you can join these and other experts to explore fresh analyses
and new proposals for addressing what policymakers, industry leaders
and public interest advocates all agree will be a top issue in
communications policy as the information superhighway is built.
Please RSVP by October 7, either by faxing back the attached reply
form to the Benton Foundation (202-638-5771) or by email to
ablau@cap.gwu.edu, so that we may plan accordingly. Attendance is
limited.
[ ] Yes, I will be able to attend the symposium on Universal Service
on Friday, October 15, at 1333 H St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
[ ] No, I can't make it, but please keep me informed about Benton
Foundation and Columbia Institute for Tele-Information events.
Name: _________________________________________________________
Organization: ___________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________
Telephone number: _____________________ Fax: __________________
email: _____________________________
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About the Benton Foundation's Communications Policy Project
Founded in 1980, the Benton Foundation is dedicated to "media in the
public interest." For the last 13 years, the foundation has initiated
a number of communications policy projects designed to make media
access and diversity subjects of widespread discussion and public
decision making. In early 1993, Benton launched an initiative in
collaboration with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
to strengthen public interest advocacy in communications policy and
recruit nonprofit involvement to these issues. The Communications
Policy Project has several interrelated goals:
o to build a new constituency among nonprofit groups to participate in
policy advocacy initiatives;
o to advance analysis of selected policy issues to help nonprofits see
their stake in the policy debate and to equip them with leading edge
research and policy options in support of public interest values;
o to provide concrete illustrations of the social benefits these new
technologies can deliver; and
o to encourage demonstrations of nonprofit uses of new technologies that
will help create an expanded vision of the new electronic environment.
Questions about the program may be directed to Andrew Blau, Program
Coordinator (202-638-5770, x31; ablau@cap.gwu.edu), or Larry Kirkman,
Executive Director (202-638-5770, x22).
About the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) celebrates its
tenth anniversary this year. The Institute's precursor, The Center for
Telecommunications and Information Studies, was the first research
center for communications established at a business school in the
United States.
CITI supports the independent study of economic, policy and management
issues involving the telecommunication, computer, and electronic mass
media industries. It provides a research environment and national
meeting ground in New York City for academic researchers, government
policymakers, and private and non-profit sector experts.
Economics and allied disciplines are the analytical methodologies
central to CITI research. The Institute has published over 650 working
papers and 18 books.
For more information, contact CITI, c/o Columbia University, Graduate
School of Business, 802 Uris Hall, New York, NY 10027, tel: 212-854-4222.
Andrew Blau
Communications Policy Project
The Benton Foundation
One Farragut Sq. South, N.W., 12th Fl.
Washington, DC 20006
v: 202.638.5770, x31 f: 202.638.5771 ablau@cap.gwu.edu