November 16-17, 2000, Arlington, VA, USA
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November 16-17, 2000, Arlington, VA, USA Proceedings: Creating Digital Opportunity |
Opening Speech by Thomas Kalil, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Thomas Kalil will address efforts by the Clinton-Gore Administration to bridge the digital divide and create "digital opportunity." His remarks will cover key Administration initiatives such as the President's recent event focused on making IT more usable for people with disabilities, and the creation of the Digital Opportunity Taskforce to address the digital divide between developed and developing countries. He will also discuss Administration efforts to substantially increase federal support for long-term IT research, including Human-Computer Interaction.
Thomas Kalil serves as a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and is the National Economic Council's "point person" on a wide range of technology and telecommunications issues. The NEC is a White House organization created by President Clinton to coordinate economic policy. In addition to his role in shaping the Administration's National Information Infrastructure agenda, he also serves as the U.S. representative to the Digital Opportunity Taskforce, and the White House Co-chair of the Administration's National Nanotechnology Initiative. Tom served as an advisor to the Clinton-Gore campaign on technology and competitiveness issues, and helped organize the Little Rock Economic Summit.
Prior to joining the campaign, Tom was a trade specialist at the Washington offices of Dewey Ballantine, where he represented the Semiconductor Industry Association on U.S.-Japan trade issues and technology policy.
Tom received a B.A. in political science and international economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and completed graduate work at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is the author of articles on nuclear strategy, U.S.-Japan trade negotiations, U.S.-Japan cooperation in science and technology, the National Information Infrastructure, distributed learning, and electronic commerce.
Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Association for Computing Machinery, the Internet Society, and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.