Visit the 2008 conference website 2008 Conference to be held at Smugglers Notch, Vermont!   {Springfield, IL} ...more on Springfield, IL   10th Annual Conference hosted by Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University, October 14-17 2007. Springfield, Illinois.  Hilton Springfield   2007 RTC photos {photos} {sideline}  "There is no better place than the Rural Telecon for finding resources to make advanced information and communications technologies work for rural development. Greg Laudeman Enterprise Innovation Institute Georgia Institute of Technology, read more... {sideline}

2007 Keynote Speakers {quinn} Pat Quinn, Lt. Governor of Illinois {Andrew} James Andrew, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service {Benton}   Charles Benton, Chairman and Trustee, Benton Foundation   {Cavallo}      David Cavallo, Director, One Laptop Per Child - Central and South America   {Crick}   Gene Crick, Executive Director of the TeleCommunity Resource Center    {Legg}   Hilda Legg, past USDA Rural Utilities Service Administrator   {McCormick}   Walter B. McCormick, Jr., President & CEO, United States Telecom Association {Nelson}  Rex Nelson, Alternate Federal Co-Chairman, Delta Regional Authority {Patterson} Jane Smith Patterson, Executive Director, The e-NC Authority {Strover} Sharon Strover, Director of the Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute {Wenger} Matt Wenger, President of PacketFront Inc, entertainer, and passionate telecom enthusiast The 10th annual Rural Telecommunications Congress Conference will highlight broadband deployment strategies and applications that are improving lives in communities across the country. Come to Springfield and hear about today's best practices in rural telecommunications from others who are capturing the promise of broadband.  List of past conference attendees. Who Should Attend The RuralTeleCon'07 brings together hundreds of small and rural business owners, local, state, and federal officials, as well as professionals from the fields of telehealth, distance learning, community economic development, e-government and public policy. Special topics will be of interest to: Critical Access and rural hospitals State CIOs Health information technology professionals. Community and economic development professionals. Universities and community colleges. Rural emergency management professionals State and rural RHIOs executives. About the RTC The Rural Telecommunications Congress is a national stakeholder organization dedicated to assuring rural communities and rural residents in the United States have access to the information and support they need to obtain and use advanced telecommunications services, particularly broadband digital communications, for community and economic development.