2008 Woodie Awards
Digital policy conference a success
Event brought wide range of speakers, attendees to campus
Tommy Conroy
When Kevin Jones heard in his economics class about the Digital Policy Institute's conference, he signed up immediately.
The junior telecommunications major said he was interested in hearing executives from prominent companies discuss important issues about digital policy.
"Me being a student, I felt privileged to attend because not many students had that chance," Jones said.
DPI's conference, Digital Policy in the Information Age, brought people from around the communications industry to Ball State University on Friday at the Alumni Center.
Robert Yadon, professor of information and communication sciences, said people ranging from the president of the Wireless Communications Association to the commissioner of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission formed panels and presented topics related to digital policy, he said.
Jones said seeing the caliber of people at the conference was a great opportunity.
Yadon said most of the students he saw at the conference were predominantly from the College of Communications, Information and Media. People who attended DPI's first conference told him its content and speakers were excellent, he said.
"I think for our first time out of the gate we did pretty well," Yadon said. "... Given the quality of speakers, topics presented and being able to pull this off at Ball State, I'd say we were extremely successful."
Dominic Caristi, associate professor of telecommunications, said he received positive feedback from people attending. People were impressed at the quality of people DPI brought to the conference.
"Without exception, everyone that attended got a lot out of it," he said. "... I think people who attended the event were impressed."
Caristi said he judged the conference's success in two ways. The content of the panels was excellent, he said, and some of them would be posted on the Internet; however, the attendance wasn't as high as he would have liked.
Yadon said, from what he noticed, the most popular panel focused on Net neutrality. The three-person panel, led by economics professor Cecil Bohanon, discussed the potential of congressional legislature regulating Internet usage. That panel was the most widely attended, Caristi said.
The junior telecommunications major said he was interested in hearing executives from prominent companies discuss important issues about digital policy.
"Me being a student, I felt privileged to attend because not many students had that chance," Jones said.
DPI's conference, Digital Policy in the Information Age, brought people from around the communications industry to Ball State University on Friday at the Alumni Center.
Robert Yadon, professor of information and communication sciences, said people ranging from the president of the Wireless Communications Association to the commissioner of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission formed panels and presented topics related to digital policy, he said.
Jones said seeing the caliber of people at the conference was a great opportunity.
Yadon said most of the students he saw at the conference were predominantly from the College of Communications, Information and Media. People who attended DPI's first conference told him its content and speakers were excellent, he said.
"I think for our first time out of the gate we did pretty well," Yadon said. "... Given the quality of speakers, topics presented and being able to pull this off at Ball State, I'd say we were extremely successful."
Dominic Caristi, associate professor of telecommunications, said he received positive feedback from people attending. People were impressed at the quality of people DPI brought to the conference.
"Without exception, everyone that attended got a lot out of it," he said. "... I think people who attended the event were impressed."
Caristi said he judged the conference's success in two ways. The content of the panels was excellent, he said, and some of them would be posted on the Internet; however, the attendance wasn't as high as he would have liked.
Yadon said, from what he noticed, the most popular panel focused on Net neutrality. The three-person panel, led by economics professor Cecil Bohanon, discussed the potential of congressional legislature regulating Internet usage. That panel was the most widely attended, Caristi said.
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