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Net Inclusion 2017 Coming May 16-17
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Net Inclusion 2017 from the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) and hosted by the St. Paul Public Library is less than a month away. The event will be on May 16 - 17 in Minnesota and early bird registration prices are available to April 20th.
From the event website:
Participants will discuss current and potential local, state and federal policies and policy innovations that could increase digital equity, current and potential sources of financial and programmatic support of digital inclusion programs, and share digital inclusion best practices and new strategies from across the USA.
Maya Wiley, Senior Vice President for Social Justice and the Henry Cohen Professor of Urban Policy and Management at the New School will present the Keynote address. Read more about her work here.
The event will start on Tuesday, May 16th, with tours of local inclusion programs and lunch at the historic James J. Hill Center. Participants will then move to the St. Paul Central Library and City Hall for the Break-out Sessions. The Charles Benton Digital Equity Champion Award will be presented on Wednesday along with some other special discussions on local government investment and the digital divide.
Christopher will be speaking on Tuesday at the 2:45 p.m. “Statehouse strategies: State-level digital inclusion advocacy and programs” panel. Other familiar speakers include:
- Chris Lewis, Public Knowlege
- Joanne Hovis, CTC
- Laura Breeden, NDIA
- Nicol Turner-Lee, Brookings Institution
- Bernadine Joselyn, Blandin Foundation
- Matt Wood, FreePress
…and many others.
In addition to speakers from national organizations, the agenda includes quite a few participants from St. Paul and Minnesota groups working toward digital literacy and finding ways to bridge the digital divide.
Break-out sessions discuss a range of issues, including legislation and policy, network neutrality, new technologies to assiste with digital inclusion, wireless advancements, the nuts and bolts of digital inclustion programs, and much more. View a list of all the break-out sessions.
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