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Telecommunications Policy Review Panel
Access Forum
"Reliable and Affordable Telecommunications in all Parts of the Country"
Westmark Klondike Inn, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
September 9, 2005
Webcast and Webforum Details
Agenda
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8:00 – 8:15 PDT 9:00 – 9:15 MDT 10:00 – 10:15 CDT 11:00 – 11:15 EDT 12:00 – 12:15 ADT 12:30 – 12:45 NDT |
Welcome, First Nations prayer, explanation of procedures and very brief introduction of Telecommunications Policy Panel (Dr. Gerri Sinclair, Hank Intven, and André Tremblay) and introduction of the Moderator, Ellen Godfrey. |
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8:15 – 8:45 PDT 9:15 – 9:45 MDT 10:15 – 10:45 CDT 11:15 – 11:45 EDT 12:15 – 12:45 ADT 12:45 – 1:15 NDT |
Panel 1. Main Access Challenges in Remote and Rural
Areas
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8:45 – 9:15 PDT 9:45 – 10:15 MDT 10:45 – 11:15 CDT 11:45 – 12:15 EDT 12:45 – 1:15 ADT 1:15 – 1:45 NDT |
Questions to Panel 1 speakers from attendees, online attendees, and the Telecommunications Policy Panel |
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9:15 – 9:45 PDT 10:15 – 10:45 MDT 11:15 – 11:45 CDT 12:15 – 12:45 EDT 1:15 – 1:45 ADT 1:45 – 2:15 NDT |
Panel 2. Technology Options
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9:45 – 10:00 PDT 10:45 – 11:00 MDT 11:45 – 12:00 CDT 12:45 – 1:00 EDT 1:45 – 2:00 ADT 2:15 – 2:30 NDT |
Questions to Panel 2 speakers from attendees, online attendees, and the Telecommunications Policy Panel |
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10:00 – 10:30 PDT 11:00 – 11:30 MDT 12:00 – 12:30 CDT 1:00 – 1:30 EDT 2:00 – 2:30 ADT 2:30 – 3:00 NDT |
Break |
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10:30 – 11:15 PDT 11:30 – 12:15 MDT 12:30 – 1:15 CDT 1:30 – 2:15 EDT 2:30 – 3:15 ADT 3:00 – 3:45 NDT |
Panel 3. Lessons Learned
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11:15 – 12:00 PDT 12:15 – 1:00 MDT 1:15 – 2:00 CDT 2:15 – 3:00 EDT 3:15 – 4:00 ADT 3:45 – 4:30 NDT |
Questions to Panel 3 speakers from attendees, online attendees, and the Telecommunications Policy Panel |
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12:00 – 12:30 PDT 1:00 – 1:30 MDT 2:00 – 2:30 CDT 3:00 – 3:30 EDT 4:00 – 4:30 ADT 4:30 – 5:00 NDT |
Lunch Break |
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12:30 – 1:00 PDT 1:30 – 2:00 MDT 2:30 – 3:00 CDT 3:30 – 4:00 EDT 4:30 – 5:00 ADT 5:00 – 5:30 NDT |
Policy Options – An Overview (Ellen Godfrey) |
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1:00 – 2:00 PDT 2:00 – 3:00 MDT 3:00 – 4:00 CDT 4:00 – 5:00 EDT 5:00 – 6:00 ADT 5:30 – 6:30 NDT |
Panel 4. Policy Options – A Discussion
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2:00 – 2:30 PDT 3:00 – 3:30 MDT 4:00 – 4:30 CDT 5:00 – 5:30 EDT 6:00 – 6:30 ADT 6:30 – 7:00 NDT |
Questions to Panel 4 speakers from attendees, online attendees, and the Telecommunications Policy Panel |
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2:30 – 2:45 PDT 3:30 – 3:45 MDT 4:30 – 4:45 CDT 5:30 – 5:45 EDT 6:30 – 6:45 ADT 7:00 – 7:15 NDT |
Break |
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2:45 – 3:00 PDT 3:45 – 4:00 MDT 4:45 – 5:00 CDT 5:45 – 6:00 EDT 6:45 – 7:00 ADT 7:15 – 7:30 NDT |
The Yukon Story (Terrance Hayden, Government of Yukon) |
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3:00 – 3:15 PDT 4:00 – 4:15 MDT 5:00 – 5:15 CDT 6:00 – 6:15 EDT 7:00 – 7:15 ADT 7:30 – 7:45 NDT |
Questions to Speaker |
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3:15 – 3:30 PDT 4:15 – 4:30 MDT 5:15 – 5:30 CDT 6:15 – 6:30 EDT 7:15 – 7:30 ADT 7:45 – 8:00 NDT |
Wrap up of Key Points (Ellen Godfrey) |
Speaker Biographies
Terrance E. Hayden
Terry Hayden is currently the Assistant Deputy Minister for the Department of Economic Development for the Yukon Government. Helping to bring Internet to the Yukon in 1994 and to rural Yukon communities in 1996, he was also a key player in developing a recently completed major "made in Yukon" partnership broadband project to expand and improve the rural Yukon telecommunications infrastructure. His other initiatives include forming the Yukon Technology Innovation Centre, co-developing the Yukon Community Internet Access program and assisting last year in bringing a high speed research and education network connection to the Yukon.
Mr. Hayden has participated and provided evidence in many telecommunications regulatory and review proceeding on the North. He currently is a member of a senior steering committee examining the feasibility of a northern innovation cluster and research centre and is a special advisor to the Northern Research Institute of the Yukon College.
Prior to coming to the Yukon government in 1991, Mr. Hayden worked 11 years for AGT then Telus in Edmonton Alberta.
Kim Martinsen
Kim is a Community Economic Development Practitioner employed by Community Futures Development Corporation of Nadina in Smithers, British Columbia. She has been involved in bringing broadband technology to North Western BC for the past 4 years and is currently administrating an Industry Canada Broadband for Rural and Northern Development project. This Broadband Pilot Project covers an area of approximately 74,000 sq, km from Cluculz Lake to Hazeltons, and includes four district municipalities, one town, five villages and 15 First Nations communities. Kim is a founding director (Treasurer) with the British Columbia Community Connectivity Co-op (BC 3), an organization that works in consultation with local communities for the delivery of information about planning, developing and operating community networks. She is very involved in her community as a director with the Smithers and District Chamber of Commerce, and a Business Development Committee member. Kim regularly assists community groups in the planning and development of projects, reviewing and writing proposals, budgets and funding applications. She creates, coordinates and delivers business training seminars and workshops and has served in many volunteer capacities for over 25 years.
Andrew Cohill
Dr. Andrew Michael Cohill is the President and CEO of Design Nine. He is an information architect with an educational background in architecture, ergonomics, and computer science. Cohill has an international reputation for his work advising rural communities on technology and telecommunications issues. In the United States, he has worked with rural communities across the country, with recent work in New Hampshire, Virginia, Illinois, New Mexico, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Texas. In recent years, his international work has taken him to British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Quebec, France, the Guernsey Isles, and Japan.
He is a widely published writer, and author and co-editor of the popular book about Blacksburg (Community Networks: Lessons learned from Blacksburg, Virginia), now in its second edition. He is working on a new book on communities and technology that will be published in the fall of 2005 (Understanding Broadband: The Future of Everything, Fire in the Mountain Press).
Cohill's work in Blacksburg became a widely copied model for "connected communities" and community Web portals around the world. Cohill was the architect of the now widely imitated broadband MSAP (Multimedia Services Access Point) concept; Blacksburg was the first community to have a working MSAP.
Much of Cohill's recent work has been closely connected to telecommunications master planning and economic development. He works closely with communities leaders and economic developers on technology master planning, telecom infrastructure development, and strategies for getting communities connected to the new Knowledge Economy.
Brian Beaton
Brian is the K-Net Coordinator of Keewaytinook Okimakanak's Kuh-ke-nah Network (K-Net – http://knet.ca). The K-Net program began in 1994 under the direction and vision of the First Nation Chiefs. Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) was Industry Canada's Aboriginal Smart Communities Demonstration project starting in April, 2001 until March, 2005.
His background involves a number of community development, system management, and wide area team-building initiatives. His applied experience in the implementation and operational stages of Contact North, Wahsa Distance Education Centre, Keewaytinook Internet High School, KO Telehealth and other broadband applications highlight his personal commitment to community-driven delivery strategies and outcomes-based approaches to project leadership. Brian has an intensive and concrete knowledge of community needs and issues and has worked extensively with local and regional stakeholders to design and implement appropriate First Nation driven telecommunications partnerships and solutions.
As the Coordinator of the First Nations SchoolNet's Regional Management Organization in Ontario, Brian and the RMO team are working with First Nations to develop and sustain appropriate community broadband infrastructure and applications that support local economic and social innovation required in all First Nations. Ensuring community leaders have the proper information and resources required for the creation of the necessary telecommunication infrastructure that supports effective use of these communication tools and broadband applications are important components of this challenging work.
Matt Wenger
Matt's primary passion is helping communities and governments capitalize on technology to set and achieve their social and economic goals. Over the years he has received a number of recognitions for his work in North American community networking, open-access, and ICT-based community development.
Prior to joining PacketFront in North America, Matt served as Vice-President of the Pacific Community Networks Association, as the Director of Information Technology for the Columbia Basin Trust (a large not-for-profit economic development organization) and as founding chair of the BC Community Communications Cooperative.
Matt also founded and served as President of the Columbia Mountain Open Network, a community networking initiative spanning 137 rural communities over 90,000 sq kms in western Canada.
With PacketFront, Matt serves as North American Vice President and Director of Business and Strategic Development. In this role Matt has had the pleasure of working telecommunications champions around the globe examining the economics and impacts of networks in a wide variety of environments and helping their champions capitalize on best practices.
In addition to his role with PacketFront, Matt serves as an advisor to corporate boards and governments throughout North America and Europe on telecommunications economics and policy.
Paul Flaherty
Paul Flaherty is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwestel Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bell Canada, and provider of telecommunications solutions for the 110,000 residents of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon and northern British Columbia.
Based in Whitehorse, Yukon, Mr. Flaherty has served as President of Northwestel since March 2000. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company in June 2003. Prior to joining Northwestel, Mr. Flaherty was President of Northern Telephone and NorTel Mobility, in northeastern Ontario. Previously, he held various senior management positions at Bell Canada. He has extensive experience in all aspects of telecommunications, including operations, finance, marketing and engineering. Mr. Flaherty has been an active volunteer in community activities for many years. Since moving to the North, he has been coaching minor hockey, is serving as the Chairman of the Yukon Arts Centre Foundation Board, is an elected school council member and a member of the 2007 Canada Winter Games organizing team.
A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Mr. Flaherty holds a Bachelor of Engineering Science (Civil) degree, as well as a Civil Engineering Technology designation from Fanshawe College.
Ellen Godfrey
Ellen Godfrey was until recently Vice President of New Business Development at Navigata Communications, a Vancouver based telecommunications company, a subsidiary of SaskTel. Previous to her stint at Navigata, she was one of the co-founders and the CEO of Entirety Communications, a Victoria based ISP. Ellen served on the Premier's Advisory Council on Science and Technology and the advisory board of the Working Opportunity Venture Fund, as well as many other public and private boards. She has been involved for many years with entrepreneurial and community technology initiatives in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada.
Bob Hersche
Bob has extensive policy and planning experience in the field of telecommunications, as well as Information Technology (IT). In the early 1980s, he worked as part of the team that developed the Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN), and he continued on as SCN's Executive Director of Operations in its founding years.
Bob was also the Executive Director of Saskatchewan's Information Technology Office and government's Senior Advisor on telecommunications representing the province on various federal-provincial telecommunications committees and working groups. Internationally, Bob was a member of the Canadian UNESCO Commission on Communications, Information and Informatics reviewing projects and requirements in developing nations.
On behalf of the Government of Saskatchewan, Bob has had the opportunity to work extensively on key telecommunications issues over the years, including being one of the original planners for Saskatchewan's CommunityNet Program, arguably one of the most advanced rural and remote broadband networks in North America. He has promoted the construction of the largest wireless broadband network in Canada; and worked with various northern and First Nations communities to ensure broadband access.
Bob has degrees in Education and History. He also has a Masters degree in Economic Anthropology. This educational experience and his work in the research, planning and managing of telecommunications and IT projects and agencies, helps him to bridge technological and economic issues facing people today. He has worked in a variety of departments and crown corporations, addressing an ever-widening range of questions regarding telecommunications and how it can benefit all citizens by providing more opportunities to communicate and learn.
Nicolas Kauser
Mr. Kauser is President of Clearwire International LLC, and CTO of Clearwire, Inc., two affiliated private companies that provide non-line-of-sight ("NLOS") broadband wireless network equipment and service to customers in a growing number of countries around the world.
He has spent over 40 years in the communications industry, including EVP and CTO for AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (formerly McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc.), Sr. VP of Operations and VP of Engineering of Cantel, Inc., and 20 years in Venezuela where he first worked for the National Telephone Co. ("CANTV") and subsequently co-founded two companies in the communications industry.
In l998, Mr. Kauser received the prestigious Gold Prize awarded by The Carnegie Melon Institute and American Management Systems for excellence in the application of information technology.
Mr. Kauser is a Director of Clearwire Inc., RadioFrame Networks, Inc. and TriQuint Semiconductors, Inc.
He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec in 1963 and successfully completed graduate courses in Logic Design and Random Signal and Noise in Telecommunications Systems.
Susanna Reardon
Susanna is currently employed as a Senior Account Director for Alcatel Canada Inc. She joined Alcatel in 1999 and as part of her sales duties, offers engineering and business advice to Alcatel's private networking customer base in BC. She has a wide range of customers in BC including several First Nations communities and several small telecommunication carriers. Alcatel is a telecommunications equipment manufacturer with a large equipment and services portfolio spanning solutions for broadband optical and wireless networks, traditional telephony networks and data networks. Most of Susanna's customers operate private data and telephony networks using a mix of wireless, fiber optics, Ethernet technologies, voice over IP and traditional telephony technologies. Prior to joining Alcatel, Susanna was Director Technical Services for Telus Entertainment Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary formed to address the feasibility of video distribution for Telus.
Prior to joining to Telus, Susanna was Engineering Manager for Rogers Cable TV – Surrey (now Shaw) from 1988 to 1994. She managed a large engineering department that designed and constructed a variety of systems including some 2000km of new and rehab HFC plant in the Fraser valley, inside wiring for some 30,000+ new and existing multiple dwelling units, new and rehab subscriber drops for some 20,000+ single family subscribers. She also was responsible for headend and signal acquisition systems, broadband microwave systems, live-eye microwave systems and VHF radio systems. Prior to Rogers, Susanna spent her first 2 years out of university as a project engineer for a telecommunications consulting firm and worked on a wide range of projects most of which involved licensing of radio systems and preparation of CRTC applications. Susanna received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1986 and is a registered member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.
