Advancing Access Through Collective Advocacy

The NYSDEN Annual Conference brings together practitioners, policymakers, funders, and grassroots organizations to explore bold solutions for expanding digital access and opportunity in every region.

This year’s theme, Advancing Access Through Collective Advocacy, highlights how through strategic and collective advocacy we can unlock funding, drive outcomes, and fuel meaningful, community-based change. Through interactive panels, skill-building workshops, and case-driven breakout sessions, attendees will dive into urgent issues including AI and digital inclusion, hardware affordability, infrastructure volatility, funding diversification, and reaching underserved populations like people with disabilities and those impacted by incarceration.

Whether you’re working in the field or shaping policy, this conference offers practical insights, real-world strategies, and powerful networking to help advance your mission—and the digital equity movement statewide.

Keynote with Benton Institute for Broadband & Society Executive Director Dr. Revati Prasad