Join us at NCMR 2011

Here at the New America Foundation we are excited to head to Boston this weekend (April 8-10) for The National Conference for Media Reform ( NCMR) 2011. For those who want to learn more about the future of media, technology, and democracy, now is your chance! Our team members from the Open Technology Initiative will be participating in the following sessions:

Friday April 8, 2011

• 9.00 am Putting the ‘Public’ Back in Public Airwaves: Wireless Policy in the Broadband Era (Michael Calabrese)
• 9.00 am The National Broadband Plan: A Bold Start or Missed Opportunity? (Sascha Meinrath)
• 9.00 am Building a People-Powered Movement for Internet Freedom (Knight Media Policy Fellow Amalia Deloney)
• 11.00 am Face to Face with the Future of Public Media (Knight Media Policy Fellows Sean McLaughlin and Jessica Clark,)
• 11.00 am Creating and Sustaining Citizen Journalism (Google Fellow Colin Rhinesmith,)
• 11.00 am Connecting Communities: Did the Recovery Act Stimulate More than Debate? (Joshua Breitbart)
• 2.30 pm The FCC at NCMR: A National Town Hall ( Knight Media Policy Fellow Amalia Deloney)
• 7.00 pm Information Exchange Forum for Ethnic Media and Media Advocates (Joshua Breitbart)

Saturday April 9, 2011

• 11.00 am, Sandbox: Building Community Wireless (Joshua King, Dan Meredith)
• 2.00 pm, The Lobby Game: Kicking Butt in the Halls of Power (Hannah Sassaman)
• 4.00 pm, Emerging Technologies for Community-Controlled Infrastructure (Joshua Breitbart)
• 4.00 pm Tools for Change: Mapping Media in Your Community (Knight Media Policy Fellows CW Anderson, Jessica Durkin, Tom Glaisyer, Fiona Morgan)
• 7.30pm Change the Media, Change the World (Hannah Sassaman)

This is an exciting opportunity to learn about the pertinent issues surrounding public media and technological change. You will not only have the opportunity to listen to some fantastic speakers, but you will also be able to attend book signings, parties, films, and hands-on workshops. This is going to be a great weekend full of information sharing and excitement. Don’t miss out! Check out the full list of events and presenters here NCMR 2011
You can still register!