Take Back the Net workshops are open community forums at which citizens can learn how to stay safe online.People learn tips for safe computing; hear the latest on cyber security legislation; and what Congress is doing to help them stay safe.Industry partners present easy step by step demonstrations on how to stay safe online and “how to” guides to follow these practices at home.ATL partners with local elected officials and leading technology companies to present these workshops across the country.
ATL hosted a Boston Hub Event titled, “Building an Innovation Hub: Massachusetts Healthcare IT Reform and the Economy.”Panelists included:Randy Skoglund, Executive Director, Americans for Technology Leadership; David Bowen, PhD, Majority Staff Director for Health, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Office of Senator Edward Kennedy; Jennifer Sun, MD, MPH, Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center; Clifford Goldsmith, MD, Health Plan Solutions Strategist, Microsoft Corporation and John Kelly, Chief Business Architect for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care e-Commerce Solutions.
Joining ATL Executive Director Randy Skoglund on the panel were K.C. Chanmugan and Katie Westepal from the United States Secret Service, Tom Grezek from Microsoft, Marsali Hancock from ikeepsafe.org, Cordelia Anderson from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson.
