MOUNTAIN CONNECT ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR 7TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Agenda Includes National Leadership Aimed at Uncovering Creative Community Broadband Solutions
Keystone, Colorado – Today Mountain Connect, the West’s leading conference announced its agenda and speaker lineup. The conference is dedicated to accelerating smart city and municipal broadband efforts to promote innovation and drive economic growth. This year’s conference is once again at the Keystone Resort & Conference Center on May 22-24. This year’s conference, with the theme of Building Sustainable Communities through Smart Networks, offers four distinct tracks for attendees , including:
- All things Wireless
- Broadband Beginners’ steps for Community Development
- Broadband Veterans’ guide to P3’s, driving growth, and leveraging investments
- Demystifying Smart Cities
Found online at www.mountainconnect.org, the agenda features sessions and topics not covered anywhere else, including:
- FirstNet: America’s First-ever Nationwide Public Safety Network
- Broadband Policy is Lost in the Woods
- Sterling Ranch: Colorado’s First Ground-up Smart City
- Panel Debate: Are RFIs Impeding Progress?
- Public-Private Partnerships Demystified
- Unique Perspectives for Building a Citywide Fiber Network and Operating a Non-Traditional Fiber Optic Service
Broadband luminaries speaking at the conference include:
- Blair Levin, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute
- Glen Reynolds, Chief of Staff, NTIA
- Aaron Deacon, Founder & Managing Director, KC Digital Drive
- Randy Reznik, Network Program Manager, Colorado Telehealth Network
- Michael Pecot, Principal and CEO, Jiggsa
- Ernie Staten, Deputy Service Director, City of Fairlawn
“This year Mountain Connect is taking a very pragmatic and strategic role to help advance communities’ broadband aspirations,” explains co-conference organizer Jeff Gavlinski. “Unfortunately, resources available including local and federal funds as well as private investment do not seem to be keeping up with community demand. It’s our goal to help communities find creative solutions to serve their communities with robust broadband services.”
Follow highlights on Mountain Connect’s Twitter Feed. Keynotes will be live broadcast via Periscope. If there are additional sessions you would like to view remotely, please contact:
Doug Adams on behalf of Mountain Connect
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