The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of
Communities in a Democracy
Community Forum Agenda
A project of the Aspen Institute and the John S. and James L.
Knight Foundation
Mountain View, California  September 8, 2008
Forum on Meeting the Public’s Information Needs in Silicon Valley
Google Headquarters · Tunis Room · Building 43 · 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway · Mountain View, CA 94043
Roundtable Format: Each speaker will offer no more than seven minutes of prepared remarks. Members
of the Commission will pose questions (and panelists will exchange views with one another) for 30
minutes. We will then be open to comments and questions from the floor.
9:00-9:30
Welcome and Introductions
9:30-11:30
Roundtable on Unmet Community Information Needs
Chava Bustamante, Staff Coordinator, SEIU Local 1877
Emmett Carson, CEO and President, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Muhammed Chaudhry, President and CEO, Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Matt Hammer, Executive Director, People Acting in Community Together (PACT)
Judy Nadler, Senior Fellow in Government Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics,
Santa Clara University
Kim Walesh, Chief Strategist, City of San Jose, CA
11:30-12:30
Lunch
12:45-2:30
Roundtable on Media
Jim Bettinger, Director, John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists, Stanford
University
Linjun Fan, Albany Today blog
Raj Jayadev, Founder, Silicon Valley De-Bug
Linda O’Bryon, Chief Content Officer, KQED Public Television
George Sampson, News and Program Director, KLIV Radio Station
Dave Satterfield, Managing Editor, San Jose Mercury News
2:45-4:30
Roundtable on Technology and Innovation
Richard Adler, President, People & Technology, Institute for the Future
Mike McGuire, Vice President of Research, Gartner
Chris O’Brien, Project Manager, NextNewsroom and Reporter, San Jose Mercury News
Amra Tareen, AllVoices.Com
Holmes Wilson, Co-Founder, Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF)
4:30-5:00
Final Comments and Questions