Visions of Telecom Future

By KAREN KAPLAN

May 18, 1998 12 AM PT

Los Angeles business leaders will get a chance to sound off on the future of the city’s telecommunications infrastructure this week during the inaugural meeting of the recently created Telecommunications Task Force.

Mayor Richard Riordan and Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas will host the Telecommunications Roundtable Forum on Thursday at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. They will hear from business leaders and other members of the public about their telecommunications needs. The input will be used to “sketch a vision for Los Angeles in the Information Age,” Riordan said.

The task force includes representatives from the Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance, the Information Technology Agency, the Public Resources Advisory Group, UCLA and IBM.

The forum is open to the public. For more information, call (213) 473-2370.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

Visions of Telecom Future

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