[applause] >> our final presentation for this first panel is from beth noveck, deputy chief technology officer for open government. >> i want to thank the entire broadband team for having me here today. and my co-panelists. i have to do cleanup, if you will. so i will try to cover other examples. but i will make many of the similar points, points that have been echoed by the president, which is that broadband is helping us to create a platform, allowing us to fulfil our commitment to tap but intelligence and expertise for the american people -- of the american people. looking outside washington to find new ways of tapping the intelligence and expertise and experience of ordinary americans to solve the problems of our time. more americans today own cell phones than own dishwashers. the question is, what does this growth of technology, the internet and the devices that allows us to connect to the broadband superhighway that the fcc is working to put in place, what does it mean for political institutions? what does it mean for government and the future of our democracy? i am really deligh

[applause] we have beth noveck, occupying a new position in the white house, deputy chief technology officer for opening government. [applause] drama richard, one of the most innovative mayors in the history of the country, especially around digital, creative digital solutions to problems that americans face. gramm and richard, thank you for coming. [applause] and we have, let me do this because we want to get to the workshop. let me do the names, all of whom are great and save their well deserved applause at the end but we have extraordinary do worse and thinkers working around engaging in the public, thinking about these targets shears. norm ornstein, and from personal democracy, ellen goodman, who i see some rare, i hope she's here, john wonderlich from the sunlight foundation, and beth white, who somehow in order to make sure that the country receives the olympics in 2016 in chicago had the great idea seeing if we could elect a president from chicago. that worked out. [laughter] next step is the olympics. the immediate next step is to ask eugene huang to take over. i want to welc