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Who should attend?
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Conference Location  (host site)

Jackson State University
JSU E-Center (click here for map)
1230 Raymond Road
Jackson, MS 39204

Conference Date and Time:

Thursday and Friday, October 4 - 5, 2001
12:00 noon - 8:00 pm. Thursday, October 4, 2001
7:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 5, 2001
Central Standard Time

Conference Title and Theme

The title of the Fourth HBCU Digital Divide Conference is  A Summit Conference on Accelerating the Closing of the Digital Divie on HBCU Campuses. This event is sponsored by the AOL Time Warner Foundation Digital Divide program through a grant to Tennessee State University, Nashville TN.  

This  final conference under this project will be hosted by Jackson State University at the JSU E-Center, which is located two miles southwest of the main JSU campus.

The "digital divide" refers ominously to the differences in access to, and use of, technology.  The equivalent of a "divide" exists among HBCUs according to two published reports since 1999.  Notably, in March 2001, legislation was introduced in the House (HR 414) and in the Senate (S 1034) that "...may help minority-serving institutions address the digital divide." 

The objective of this conference is reflected in its theme, which is "Accelerating the Closure of the Digital Divide on HBCU Campuses".  In particular, other academia are moving to Internet 2, broad band, E-commerce, distance education, and other technology-driven areas as many HBCUs push for basic campus network infrastructures. To close this gap, there is a need to accelerate the pace of events on HBCU campuses. 

Conference Agenda Overview
(Click here for expanded agenda)

Listed below are some of the topics to be accented during this conference:    

Who should attend?

This conference is targeted to high-level decisionmakers at HBCUs in the administrative, fiscal, academic, technology, and research areas; this includes management, administrators and faculty. High-level management from industry, other academia, and other stakeholders should attend. HBCU students are especially welcomed, as are students from all other academia.

Background Events:

The first HBCU Digital Divide conference was held in Atlanta on October 29 - 30, 2000.  This event  yielded excellent feedback from  HBCU CEOs, administrators, faculty,  students, industry and government, which  is documented in the 1st Conference Proceedings (Atlanta).

The second event of this project was held at the 26th Annual Conference of NAFEO on March 22, 2001 featuring student-panelists from Tennessee State University and Howard University.  A PowerPoint overview of this event is provided at 2nd Conference Proceedings (DC).

The third event of this project was held at Tennessee State University on July 12 - 13, 2001.   Click here for the 3rd Conference Proceedings.

Conference Registration

There is no fee for this conference.  However, registration will be effected over the Internet exclusively.  Click here for the registration  form. 

Conference Logistics 

Maps of the Jackson MS hotel locations are located at  Hotel Information.

Contact us ... if there are questions!

Please contact any of the conference program and planning staff  by Email or phone as follows:

Eugene Jones, Co-Project Director
Telephone: 937- 477-7137

Michael Busby, Co-Project Director
TSU Center of Excellence
Information and Systems Engineering Management 
615-963-7013

Paula Pixler
JSU E-Center Coordinator
601-371-9153

Willie Brown,
VP for Information Technology
JSU E-Center
601-594 3288

Dr. Joseph Stevenson
JSU Provost and VP for Academic Affairs
601 979 2943

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