Workshop
on Broadband in the Rural Economy |
| September 29-30 (Monday and Tuesday),
2008
Waugh Auditorium
Economic Research Service, USDA
1800 M Street NW
|
The workshop highlights current research on the value of information technology (IT), with specific focus on the agriculture, food, and rural sectors. A host of questions will be addressed on the economic effect of IT use in the rural economy, including the household, business, education, and health sectors. Broadly, the questions addressed include:
- Who uses IT or broadband Internet? which businesses? which households?
- For what purpose is IT used?
- How is IT used?
- What are the economic effects?
At the end of each presentation, a brief question and answer period will allow for audience participation.
AGENDA
Monday, September 29, 2008 |
Welcome |
Moderator
Peter Stenberg, Economic Research Service
|
8:15-9:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:00-9:15 a.m. |
Introduction and Welcome
Peter Stenberg-Economic Research Service
Mary Bohman-Economic Research Service |
9:15-10:00 a.m. |
Keynote: Rural Digital Economy
Edward Malecki, The Ohio State University |
10:00-10:15 a.m. |
Break |
Internet and Rural Business Activity: Moderator-Kenneth Kuchno, USDA, Rural Development |
10:15 am-10:45 am |
Broadband Deployment and Economic Development in Kentucky and North Carolina
Mitch Renkow, North Carolina State University |
10:45 am-11:15 am |
Rural Broadband Internet Use and Rural Economy
Peter Stenberg, Economic Research Service |
11:15-noon |
Comparing Rural Retailer Internet Users and Non-Users: Access Speed, Demographics, Attitudes and Beliefs.
Leslie Stoel and Stan Ernst, The Ohio State University
Rural Grocers and Technology Adoption: Attitude Maters, Size Matters More
Stan Ernest and Leslie Stoel, The Ohio State University |
Noon-1:00 p.m. |
Lunch at ERS (catered) |
Food and Nonfarm Rural Business: Moderator - TBD |
1:00-1:30 p.m. |
Internet Marketing of Nursery and Greenhouse Products
Enefiok Ekanem and Fisseha Tegegne
Tennessee State University |
1:30-2:00 p.m. |
Positive Examples and Lessons Learned from Rural Small Business Adoption of E-Commerce Strategies
David Lamie, David Barkley, Clemson University, and Deborah Markley, University of Missouri |
2:00-2:30 p.m. |
IT and E-Commerce Companies
John Leatherman, Kansas State University, and Hanas Cader, South Carolina State University |
2:30-2:45 p.m. |
Break |
Farm and Rural Households: Moderator - Anthony Crooks, USDA, Rural Development |
2:45 pm-3:15 pm |
Farm Businesses and Broadband Internet Use
Mitchell Morehart and Peter Stenberg, Economic Research Service |
3:15 pm-3:45 pm |
Farming and the Internet: Reasons for Nonuse
Brian Briggeman and Brian Whitacre, Oklahoma State University |
3:45 pm-4:15 pm |
What Skills Are at the End of Broadband Cables in Rural America? Do They Match Up with Firms Wishing to Engage Rural Sourcing? Doug Morris and Lyndon Goodridge, University of New Hampshire |
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
Welcome |
8:15-9:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
9:00-9:05 a.m. |
Introduction to today's sessions
Peter Stenberg, Economic Research Service, RRED
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Digital Economy: Moderator-TBD |
9:05-9:45 a.m. |
IT in the Global Economy
Catherine Mann, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Brandeis University |
9:45-10:15 a.m. |
Effects of Broadband Deployment on Output and Employment
Robert Crandall, Brookings Institution |
10:15-10:45 a.m. |
Home Broadband Adoption in the United States: Patterns, Barriers, and Consequences
John Horrigan, Pew Internet & American Life Project |
10:45-11:00 a.m. |
Break |
Community Internet Use: Moderator - Mary Campanola, USDA, Rural Development |
11:00-11:30 a.m. |
The Role of the Internet in Rural Community Participation—Examples from Recent Survey Data
Michael Stern and Alison E. Adams, Oklahoma State University |
11:30 a.m.-noon |
Rural Distance Education
Janet Poley, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and President of the American Distance Education Consortium |
Noon-12:30p.m. |
Economic Impact of Rural Telemedicine
Brian Whitacre, Oklahoma State University |
Adjournment |
The workshop is free and open to all, but space is limited.
Please
register to attend.
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