Conference

From the University of Vermont:

The Leahy Public Policy Forum at the University of Vermont is an exchange of ideas and perspectives on major US public policy issues of the 20th and 21st century, especially those in which Senator Patrick Leahy was closely involved during his impactful 48-year career in the US Senate.

The forum seeks to engage the university community and the people of Vermont with thought leaders in the national and global arenas, subject area experts, and first-hand accounts of relevant history. The forum is sponsored and hosted by UVM’s Patrick Leahy Honors College. 

For more information visit: www.uvm.edu/honorscollege/leahy-public-policy-forum

Panel Three

• Moderator Tim Rieser – Foreign Policy Aide to Senator Leahy; Former Democratic Clerk, Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations (Norwich, VT)
• Susan Hammond – Founder, War Legacies Project (Chester, VT)
• Chuck Casey – Major, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.); Former U.S. Defense Attache, Hanoi
• Sera Koulabdara – CEO, Legacies of War; Chair, U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions Coalition (Chair, USCBL-CMC)
• Andrew Wells-Dang – Senior Expert, Southeast Asia, U.S. Institute of Peace

From the University of Vermont:

The Leahy Public Policy Forum at the University of Vermont is an exchange of ideas and perspectives on major US public policy issues of the 20th and 21st century, especially those in which Senator Patrick Leahy was closely involved during his impactful 48-year career in the US Senate.

The forum seeks to engage the university community and the people of Vermont with thought leaders in the national and global arenas, subject area experts, and first-hand accounts of relevant history. The forum is sponsored and hosted by UVM’s Patrick Leahy Honors College. 

For more information visit: www.uvm.edu/honorscollege/leahy-public-policy-forum

Opening Remarks

• Hosted by David Jenemann, Dean of the Patrick Leahy Honors College
• Senator Patrick Leahy - Opening Remarks
• His Excellency Nguyen Quoc Dzung, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam - Remarks

Panel One

• Moderator Jane Lindholm – Host & Executive Producer, But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids, Vermont Public
• Ernest “Rusty” Sachs – Captain, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), helicopter pilot (Norwich, Vt.)
• William J. Donahue – Captain, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), infantry platoon leader (Hartland, Vt.)
• John Tracy – Sergeant U.S. Army (Ret.), helicopter door gunner and crew (Burlington, Vt.)   

• Welcome: Bill Falls, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences & Richard Watts, Director, Center for Community News 
• Discussion with U.S. Senator Peter Welch
• Panel 1: Incentivizing Sustainability With Public Policy - Anna Brugmann, Director of Policy, Rebuild Local News Sarah Copeland-Hanzas, Vermont Secretary of State Andrew Perchlik, Vermont State Senate. Moderator: Meg Little Reilly, UVM Center for Community News
• Panel 2: Sparking Local Support - Dale Anglin, Director, Press Forward, Dan Smith, President and CEO, Vermont Community Foundation. Moderator: Scott Finn
• Closing remarks: CCN Director Richard Watts, Meg Little Reilly

CCTVFY24-103

Moderator: Timothy Egan, Board of Governors – NATAS

Panelists:
Patrick Heltz, Content Manager – Media Factory
Kate Heppner, Scheduling & Content Curator – CCTV

The challenge of populating public access channels with consistent content has increased in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and digital competitors such as YouTube. What strategies are being employed by programmers to increase and diversify content? What are some sources that can be adopted immediately to help fill channel schedules? Are traditional media classes a robust enough pipeline or do we need to think of non-traditional ways in which to capture content? How can public access leverage today’s digital content explosion?

For more information visit: https://www.acm-ne.org/2023-conference-and-trade-show/