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“From Blueprint to Building: Making the Market for Digital Information"

An action congress for trust, identity and Internet information commerce serving newspapers and beyond
June 23-25, 2010 / Reynolds Journalism Institute / Columbia, Mo.

AGENDA / SCHEDULE

The basic schedule is set but some of the specific activities are subject to change. Please consult this page and send any suggestions to blueprint@infotrust.org. / BACK TO HOME PAGE

Wednesday, June 23

• 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Optional tour and introduction to Reynolds Journalism Institute facilities; meet with key staff and researchers.

• 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. – Cocktails and networking at the Hampton Inn.

• 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. – Dinner, the Hampton Inn, sponsored by the Reynolds Journalism Institute. Brief remarks by Bill Monroe, Dean Mills and Bill Densmore; intros and discussion of goals for convening. Organize car-pooling to campus.

Thursday, June 24

(hot breakfast available at Hampton Inn)

• 7:30 a.m. – Car pools leave for RJI Building on campus (1 mile walk or drive)

• 7:45 a.m. – Continental breakfast outside Fred W. Smith Forum, 2nd Floor, RJI Building

• 8:15 a.m. – Welcome and Overview – Bill Monroe/Bill Densmore

The Digital Task Force Business Plan

• 8:30 a.m. – What were our goals (task-force members)
• 8:45 a.m. – The plan for American Newspaper Digital Access Corp. outlined, in multimedia
• 9:30 a.m. – Facilitated reaction and discussion (including via CoverItLive/Twitter)

• 10 a.m. BREAK

The corporate forms

• 10:15 a.m. – The need for the Information Trust Association (Bill Densmore)
• 10:30 a.m. – The need for operating entities like ANDAC (Bill Monroe)
• 10:45 a.m. – Legal features of the association form
• 11:00 a.m. – Legal features of the operating form
• 11:15 a.m. – Facilitated reaction and discussion

• 11:30 a.m. – Pre-lunch networking break

• Noon-1 p.m. – Lunch in RJI 101A (downstairs)

• Speaker – TBD

Breakouts: 1:15 p.m.-3 p.m.

Breakouts charged to return with two to five proposals to vote on.

• Breakout 1 – Confirm direction on association mission, objectives, structure and bylaws/governance
• Breakout 2 – Confirm operating entity ownership, capitalization and services
• Breakout 3 – Scaling and marketing the new digital information ecosystem
• Breakout 4 – Technology tools, trials and tradeoffs for trust, identity, commerce

Report Back: 3:15 p.m.-4 p.m.

• Report out from breakouts

In order to focus discussion and action, we'll operate like an informal legislative body. In this facilitated discussion, each breakout committee will report “bills” for discussion and first reading. Final votes will be taken on Friday morning.

Break time: 4 p.m.-6 p.m.

• Networking time at RJI to review "bills" and possible amendments . . . or . . .
• Return to Hampton Inn

Dinner/discussion -- 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

• Restaurant TBD
• Speaker/presentation -- TBD

Friday, June 25

(hot breakfast available at Hampton Inn)

• 8:15 a.m. – Car pools leave for RJI Building on campus (1 mile walk or drive)

• 8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast outside Fred W. Smith Forum, 2nd Floor, RJI Building

• 9:00 a.m. -- Congress Work / Second Readings

"Bill managers" present the breakout proposals from Thursday for second reading, reflecting any amendatory language worked out informally during on Thursday afternoon or evening. After discussion, proposals are tabled for a final afternoon up or down vote)

• 10:15 a.m. -- Key issues / Situation analysis discussion

Vendors, researchers, technologists, publishers develop a list of key challenges facing the news industry capable of being overcome by collaboration and knowledge sharing. We then "post" break out sessions based upon the identified issues for before- and after-lunch breakout speed presentations. The knowledge learned informs the end-of-day wrap up and consensus voting.

• 10:45 a.m. -- Break

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. -- Vendor/technology/issues breakouts (Round One)

Depending on the overall size of the convening group, three-to-five concurrent roundtable-discussion breakouts in meeting spaces around the Reynolds Journalism Institute. Each breakout nominates a discussion manager and a note-taker for web posting of knowledge shared and any outcomes, proposals or next steps.

• (At mid-day, some participants will leave to catch afternoon flights, proxying their votes to remaining colleagues)

1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. -- Vendor-issues breakouts (Round Two)

• Some participants will leave, proxying their votes to remaining colleagues

3 p.m. -- Report Backs

Note takers and discussion managers from each breakout report in briefly (also posting by email or directly to the wiki). These insights inform the final voting.

4 p.m. -- Final voting actions

• "Bill managers" present final actions for approval. All voting is non-binding but represents a thoughtful consensus for industry and public consideration, and to guide the work of an expanded Midwest Digital Task Force in forming and funding operations.

Saturday, June 26

Congress participants are invited to use the facilities of the Reynolds Journalism Institute during the day on Saturday for ongoing work or discussions as needed. Please consult with event staff on Thursday or early Friday to confirm requirements and schedule.

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