This year's FOCAS, News Cities: The Next Generation of Healthy Informed Communities, will take place in Aspen, Colorado from August 15-18, 2010.

Government officials, media and business executives, civic leaders, consumer/user representatives, and other thought leaders will meet in roundtables and working groups to arrive at specific action steps that communities can take to improve their information health.

For more information on the 2010 FOCAS, please visit www.aspeninstitute.org/FOCAS2010.

The 2010 FOCAS will be broadcast live at www.aspeninstitute.tv beginning Monday, August 16, at 8:30 a.m. Mountain Time (10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time).