[Grovenet] Pacific University Town Hall on Technology and our Changing Communitites

[Cecelia Warner]

TOWN HALL PANEL DISCUSSION

TUNED IN, TURNED ON, SPACED OUT: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING OUR  
COMMUNITIES AND SHAPING OUR FUTURE

Date: Thursday, October 25, 2007
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Place: Hillsboro Civic Center Auditorium, 150 East Main, Hillsboro

Discussion Moderator:

BILL GALLAGHER: News Director of KPAM 860. Oregon Bar, Press
Broadcasters Council. Contributing Editor of Brainstorm
Northwest Magazine

Panelists:

JEFF BARLOW, Ph.D.: Director of Pacific University Berglund Center for
Internet Studies

JERALD BLOCK, MD: Psychiatrist and leading authority on "Internet
addiction"

JANE BRILLHART: Innocent Images National Initiative Task Force, FBI

BARB FREDERICKSEN: Senior Managing Consultant for Johnson-Laird,
Forensic Software Analyst

JACQUI ZARKA: Pacific Student, second-year International Policy
major with a minor in Chinese studies. Staff member,
Berglund Center for Internet Studies, and a Game
Girrl

We are growing up connected. Connected to our iPods, connected to our  
cell phones, and connected to the internet. Do we have a problem? Is  
our technology serving us well? Is the internet your main form of  
communication? Can you protect yourself from predators on the  
internet? Has living the connected life disconnected us from things  
of value? Have we created a Digital Divide? Have teachers integrated  
ICT's into their curricula? Has our technology facilitated happy,  
responsible and satisfying communal life? Do women have equal access  
to participation on the internet? What is the future of the online  
culture? Has technology furthered the essential developmental and  
educational goals of our children? Are we the same person when we go  
online?

This Town Hall will explore the impact of Information and  
Communication Technology (ICT) on culture, human development and  
education.

Sponsored by: The Pacific Institute for Ethics and Social Policy, The  
Center for Gender Equity, The Berglund Center for Internet Studies,  
and Pacific University Division of Student Life