Transforming Communities: Broadband Goals for 2017 and Beyond
Next Century Cities, SHLB Coalition, US Ignite
Wednesday, November 30th
8:30am-2pm
http://nextcenturycities.org/transforming-communities-broadband-goals-fo...
The event will feature remarks from Senator Angus King (I-ME), Senator John Boozman (R-AR), and Assistant Secretary in U.S. Department of Commerce Larry Strickling, as well as two panels:
Panel One: Leveraging High-Speed Internet for Success
- Mayor Berke, Chattanooga, TN
- Mayor Kirkham, Ammon, ID
- Ed Bostick, CEO, Colorado Telehealth Network
- S. Dallas Dance, Superintendent, Baltimore County Public Schools
- Crosby, Kemper, Head of Kansas City Public Library
- Chris Mitchell, Policy Director, Next Century Cities and Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative, Institute for Local Self Reliance (moderator)
Panel Two: Broadband Policy Priorities for a New Administration
- Susan Crawford, John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and co-director of the Berkman Center
- Blair Levin, Senior Fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings
- Mark Erickson, Economic Development Director, Winthrop, MN
- Gigi Sohn, Counselor to the Chairman at the Federal Communications Commission
- Clarissa Ramon, Community Impact Manager, Google Fiber (moderator)