Senior centers that you live and work in and enjoy yourselves in. Youre going to be able even to read a book online or be able to just have a game and download a game and play with your friends as well. We are all lucky to live in San Francisco, because so many of our Technology Companies have located their headquarters here in San Francisco. [cheers and applause] and because theyre located here, we can always ask them for a favor here and there and make sure no one is left out, because that is what we do in government. David chiu and i come from backgrounds where we do not want to leave anybody behind. We want everybody to enjoy the riches of technology. We want them to enjoy the economy in San Francisco. That is why were working so hard to make sure our central marketplace is welcoming of all these Technology Companies, making sure that we can work with other cities. I am very lucky to be part of the u. S. Conference of mayors, and they allow me to represent San Francisco as the Inno
Communities, but your department has always been looking at four things that would help increase capacity for things that would help increase capacity interconnectivity. This years summits focus on creativity and technology and be sure that we use the wonderful grant from our federal partners in the department of commerce to help us engage healthier, happier, and more connections with our aged community and persons with disabilities. It is a wonderful goal, and we have a lot to talk about today. I also want to welcome all of the businesses that have been partners with this. You know, when it comes to technology, we in the government can never do it alone. Whether it is federal, state, or local government, we have got to work with our private partners so that all of the Media Connections can happen. I want to give a shout out to comcast, verizon, the San Francisco health plan, scan health med, unlock, our media partners, and all the organizations and volunteers working along with us to
What are the technologies and what theyre doing in San Francisco and what the latest discoveries are that we can possibly use to help improve our city. Finally, as someone you know, i celebrated my 60th birthday last week. [applause] and my staff gave me an ipad, and is looking at it i might have to go and join your classes to be able to appreciate all the applications that we have there. So do not be surprised if the guy next to you has a mustache. When i leave here this morning, i will be going to rosa parks Senior Center. We just spent 2 million of federal monies to redo that whole Senior Center and allow that to be one of the sites that will post the Technology Advances you are experimenting with today. Our own residents at every location of our Senior Centers are going to enjoy the Technology Advances that we have as a society. This is why we work in a great city like San Francisco. We want everybody connected. We want to make sure the San Francisco connected Program Reaches all o
Affordable if you have train yourself on some of the equipment that we have and the resources that we have and be able to do that for the various Senior Centers that you live and work in and enjoy yourselves in. Youre going to be able even to read a book online or be able to just have a game and download a game and play with your friends as well. We are all lucky to live in San Francisco, because so many of our Technology Companies have located their headquarters here in San Francisco. [cheers and applause] and because theyre located here, we can always ask them for a favor here and there and make sure no one is left out, because that is what we do in government. David chiu and i come from backgrounds where we do not want to leave anybody behind. We want everybody to enjoy the riches of technology. We want them to enjoy the economy in San Francisco. That is why were working so hard to make sure our central marketplace is welcoming of all these Technology Companies, making sure that we
Derek lamb, an aging Service Program specialist for the newly reorganized administration for Community Living here in region 9, the department of health and Human Services. He has over 23 years of experience in the field of aging and longterm support services. He served as the aging Service Program specialist since 19, ok. Not a kid would say 1906 and in 2006. 20022005. We asked him to join us here with some wise remarks. [applause] good morning, everyone. Can you hear me . All right. Well, on behalf of the original administrator for the newly created administration for Community Living, i would like to congratulate the city and county of San Francisco for launching the 2012 aging and Disability Technology summit. It was approximately a month ago that secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the u. S. Department of health and Human Services announced the creation of this new federal agency, and that is the administration for Community Living. And in her words, she said for too long, too Many A