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Entrepreneurship, Telecommunications, and Social Change

AGENDA

Thursday, June 9, 2005
4:00-5:30 pm
Registration - Foyer

5:30-6:30 pm
Orientation
John A. Baden, Ph.D.
FREE

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - West Dining Room

Friday, June 10, 2005
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Colonnade

8:30-10:00 am
Session I - Rural Development
Discussion Leader:
Robert Thompson
University of Illinois

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session II - New Policy and Institutional Frameworks to Support Rural Entrepreneurship
Discussion Leader:
Karl Stauber
Northwest Area Foundation

12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch - West Dining Room

1:00-2:30 pm
East Dining Room
Session III - Telecommunications for Rural Areas: What Are the Options?
Discussion Leader:
Richard Wolff
Montana State University

2:30-6:00 pm
Free Time

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - West Dining Room

Saturday, June 11, 2005
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Colonnade

8:30-10:00 am
Session IV - Entrepreneurship and Telecommunications
Discussion Leader:
Klein Gilhousen
Qualcomm

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session V - Digital Technology and Rural Communities
Discussion Leader:
Jerry Johnson
Montana State University

12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch - West Dining Room

1:00-2:30 pm
Session VI - Golf Shoes and Caulk Boots: Reassessing the Rural-Urban Divide
Discussion Leader:
Don Snow
Whitman College

2:30-6:00 pm
Free Time

6:05 pm
Group Picture

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - West Dining Room

Sunday, June 12, 2005
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Colonnade
As Necessary
Shuttle to Airport


DISCUSSION LEADERS

John A. Baden, Ph.D.
Chairman
FREE
945 Technology Blvd.
Suite 101F
Bozeman, MT 59718

Mr. Pete Geddes
Program Director
FREE
945 Technology Blvd.
Suite 101F
Bozeman, MT 59718

PARTICIPANTS
Professor Steven J. Eagle
Professor of Law
George Mason University
School of Law
3301 Fairfax Dr .
Arlington, VA 22201-4498

Dr. John C. Freemuth
Department of Public Policy and Administration
Boise State University
Mail Stop 1935
Boise, ID 83725-1935

Dr. Douglas S. Gale
President
Information Technology Associates
P.O. Box 161667
Big Sky, MT 59716

Mr. Klein S. Gilhousen
Senior Vice President
Qualcomm
5775 Morehouse Dr .
San Diego, CA 92121-1714

Dr. William R. Gillis
Director
Center to Bridge the Digital Divide
Washington State University
223 Hulbert Hall
Pullman, WA 99164

Mr. Todd Graetz
CTO & VP Network Operations
TransAria
7330 Shedhorn Drive
Bozeman, MT 59718

Professor L. Lynn Hogue Professor of Law
Georgia State University
College of Law
P.O. Box 4037
Atlanta, GA 30302-4037

Dr. Jerry D. Johnson
Department of Political Science
Montana State University
Wilson Hall 2-138
Bozeman, MT 59717

Dr. Arnold Kling
11517 Daffodil Lane
Silver Spring, MD 20902

Mr. Montgomery Kosma
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

Professor Edward Larson, Ph.D.
Talmadge Chair of Law and Richard B. Russell Professor of American History
Department of History
University of Georgia
0334 Leconte Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1602

Mr. Jeff Marlow
President
TransAria
7330 Shedhorn Drive
Bozeman, MT 59718

Dr. Kim Obbink
Executive Director
Burns Telecom Center
Montana State University
P. O. Box 173860
Bozeman, MT 59717-3860

Dr. Michael J. Oudshoorn
Professor and Department Head
Department of Computer Science
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717

Ms. Jane Shaw
Senior Associate
Property and Environment Research Center
2048 Analysis Drive Suite A
Bozeman, MT 59718

Mr. Ken Siebert
New Media Manager
Yellowstone Public Radio
1500 University Drive
Billings, MT 59101-0298

Professor Donald Snow
Visiting Mellon Professor of Environmental Humanities
Environmental Studies Department
Whitman College
145 Maxey Environmental Studies Center
Walla Walla, WA 99362

Dr. Karl N. Stauber
President and CEO
Northwest Area Foundation
60 Plato Boulevard East, Suite 400
St. Paul, MN 55107-1832

Dr. Robert L. Thompson
Gardner Chair in Agricultural Policy
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics
University of Illinois
412 Mumford Hall, MC-710
1301 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801-3605

Dr. Richard S. Wolff
Gilhousen Telecommunications Chair
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
Montana State University
P.O. Box 173780
Bozeman, MT 59717-3780