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- Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Private Investment (8/26/09)
- Job Training (8/26/09)
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- State and Local Governments: Toolkits and Best Practices (9/1/09)
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- The Role of Content in the Broadband Ecosystem (9/17/09)
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- Cyber Security (9/30/09)
- Diversity and Civil Rights Issues in Broadband Policy (10/2/09)
- Economic Issues in Broadband Competition (10/9/09)
- Broadband Accessibility for People with Disabilities II: Barriers, Opportunities and Policy Recommendations (10/20/09)
- Capitalization Strategies for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses (11/12/09)
- Future Fiber Architectures and Local Deployment Choices (11/19/09)
- Research Recommendations for the Broadband Task Force (11/23/09)
- Lessons for the National Broadband Plan from Local Officials Representing Under-served Communities (12/9/09)
- Global Broadband Connects America and the World: Infrastructure, Services and Applications (12/10/09)
- Review and Discussion of Broadband Deployment Research (12/10/09)
- Broadband and New Media Strategies for Minority Radio (1/26/10)
- The Broadband Availability Gap (5/6/10)
Workshop: Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Private Investment
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Location & Coordinators
Date: 8/26/09
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Room TW-C305 (Commission Meeting Room)
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20554
Directions
Coordinator: Nick Maynard
Phone: (202) 418-2047
Agenda and Participant Bios
Frequently Asked Questions
The goal of this workshop is to evaluate the potential effects of increased broadband penetration and speed on U.S. productivity growth, economic growth, and employment. In addition to examining the potential effects of broadband on the macro-economy, the workshop will also examine studies that address how broadband is likely to affect specific sectors of the economy, including specific industries and geographic areas. In this regard, the workshop will consider the potential effects of broadband on capital investment, employment and innovation within particular sectors. The workshop will also consider how these sector-specific effects will affect the larger economy.
The workshop will also consider the likely benefits of broadband to consumers, particularly those in rural areas, such as providing greater access to consumer information and services, expanded educational and job training opportunities, and improved access to healthcare, via telemedicine - each of which will be explored in more detail in other workshops. Finally, the workshop will consider how these studies of the impact of broadband on economic growth, employment and investment can inform the design of the national broadband plan.
Topics
The following are some of the preliminary topics that will be covered at this workshop. If you would like to discuss any other topics, please send us your suggestions.
- Approaches for determining the macroeconomic effects of increased broadband penetration on US productivity, economic growth, and employment
- Approaches for examining the sector-specific effects of increased broadband penetration on capital investment, sector employment, and innovation.
- Limitations of these broadband analyses
- Adapting these methodologies to the specific needs of national broadband plan
- Capital investment patterns
- Venture capital patterns
- Projected investment patterns
Agenda
9:30 am | Workshop Introduction, Moderator, Scott Wallsten, Economics Director, Omnibus Broadband Initiative |
9:35 am | Presentations from Panelists James E. Prieger, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy Brent Goldfarb, Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Chris Forman, Associate Professor and the Robert and Stevie Schmidt Term Professor of IT Management at the College of Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology Tom Wheeler, Managing Director, Core Capital Partners Ryan C. McDevitt, Ph.D. candidate in economics, Northwestern University |
10:40 am | Questions from Moderator |
10:50 am | Questions from audience/Responses from panelists |
11:30 am | Closing Statements, Moderator |
11:35 am | Adjournment |
Related Documents
August 26, 2009
Designing and Assessing Studies of the Impact of Broadband on Productivity
James E. Prieger, Pepperdine University, School of Public Policy, Malibu, California
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Broadband as a General Purpose Technology
Brent Goldfarb, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Click here to download presentation
Economic Growth, Job Creation & Private Investment
Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
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The Internet and Local Wages? Convergence or Divergence?
Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb, Shane Greenstein
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FCC National Broadband Plan Workshop
Tom Wheeler, Managing Director, Core Capital Partners, LLC
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The Broadband Bonus: Accounting for Broadband Internet’s Impact on U.S. GDP
Shane Greenstein and Ryan McDevitt, Northwestern University
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Workshop Transcript
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