parry's speech on online content: june 1998

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I sat here at my computer one morning, reading my e-mail. (I get more than 1000 e-mail messages I need to respond to each day.) Included in my e-mail was a message from Dr. Nancy Faulkner, a noted psychologist and fellow board member for SOC-UM (Safeguarding Our Children - United Mothers), a non-profit organization devoted to keeping kids safe online and helping abused children and their families.

The White House Internet Summit (WHIS '98) was held in LA on June 10-12, 1998. Topics included quality content for new media, strategies to make information easier to find and use, marketing and advertising online, and the Internet as a tool for education.

"The purpose of the conference [was] to identify concrete action by private companies, nonprofit organizations, educators, government, and kids that will enrich online learning for America's children and teens."

The above was excerpted/paraphrased from the WHIS '98 website; visit it for more information.

The keynote speaker was vice-president Al Gore. The distinguished speakers included Jake Winebaum, chairman of Buena Vista Internet Group, and responsible for Disney online; Elizabeth Monk Daley, Dean of the University of Southern California's School of Cinema and Television and Executive Director of the Annenberg Center for Communication; our own Parry Aftab; Mozelle W. Thompson, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission; Dr. Milton Chen, executive producer of the George Lucas Educational Foundation; Larry Irving, assistant secretary for communications and information in the U.S. Department of Commerce; Larry Gross, president of Knowledge Software and senior vice-president of Cendant Software; and Kevin Wall, vice chairman of iXL Holdings.

A video and audio clip of Parry's speech is available online courtesy of PCWeek Radio.

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