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SUMMARY:Connecting California:  From Community Perspectives to Funded Projects
DESCRIPTION:Part of a Series of State Case Study Virtual Workshops\n\nCalifornia, the world’s fifth biggest economy, is 20 months into the first element of the state’s $6.8B digital equity initiative, the $3.8B middle mile component. Join the Marconi Society and community and broadband leaders from California for a conversation about creating the state’s middle mile network to learn about key strategies, lessons learned and next steps in creating digital opportunities in the world’s fifth-largest economy.\nThis panel will address the following topics:\n\nSuccessful strategies that are applicable in other environments\nBraiding together funding and programs from multiple sources\nStrategies for sustainability beyond federal and state capital funds\nApproach of the state’s Indigenous Tribes\nThe roles and relationships between public and private entities to cover the country’s most populated state\n\nPanelists include:\n\nLouis Fox, Moderator, President & CEO, CENIC; Founding CEO, GoldenStateNet\nKevin G. Harbour, Sr., President, BizFed Institute\nKim Lewis, Director, State Government Relations, CENIC and GoldenStateNet\nSylvie Wong Cosgrove, Executive Director for IT Infrastructure, Stanford University\nBarbara Hayes, Chief Economic Development Officer, Rural County Representatives of California\nErik Hunsinger, VP, Infrastructure, GoldenStateNet\nTony Naughtin, President & Chief Operating Officer, GoldenStateNet\nMatthew Rantanen, Director of Technology, Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association\nConnie Stewart, Executive Director of Initiatives, CalPoly Humboldt, & Chief Policy Advisor, California Center for Rural Policy\n\nMeet the panel\n \nEVENT AGENDA\nEvent begins at 2:30 pm ET. \nWelcome & Overview\nBrief Panelist Remarks\nPanel Discussion\nOpen Q&A\nClosing Remarks\n \nThis is part of our event series, A National Inflection Point: The Intersection of Research & Education Networks and Sustainable Digital Equity Initiatives.\n\n \nOUR EVENT SERIES\nA NATIONAL INFLECTION POINT: THE INTERSECTION OF RESEARCH & EDUCATION NETWORKS AND SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL EQUITY INITIATIVES\nBeginning in March of 2020, access to broadband became a social determinant of health, education, work, and economic security. The world realized that broadband Internet is a utility as essential as electricity and potable water.  \nWhile the federal government and many states have made a wise decision to provide billions in capital funding to achieve broadband equity, the tough part will be sustaining and maintaining (and, ideally evolving) these infrastructures over the next 5, 10, or 20 years. \nWith money going directly to states, territories, and indigenous Tribes, there are now 60 states and territories and 574 Tribal Nations, each organizing their own plan to implement broadband access and adoption in unique cultural, geographic, and demographic areas. This series will help you learn from some of the most progressive.\n
URL:https://marconisociety.org/events/a-national-inflection-point-the-intersection-of-research-education-networks-and-sustainable-digital-equity-initiatives
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