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Gigabit City Summit – North America

by Jason Harper | Jan 2, 2015 | Global Roundtables

Organized by KC Digital Drive, the Gigabit City Summit is your chance to learn how to make your own city smarter, faster, and better. The conference is designed especially for leaders in “gigabit cities,” where a fiber-optic broadband network is available...

Gigabit City Summit

by KCDD Admin | Dec 9, 2014 | Global Roundtables

Gigabit City Summit A Growing Gathering of Smart City Leaders Learn More Global Smart City Experts, U.S. Broadband City Leaders The Gigabit City – North America, January 12-15, 2015 Organized by KC Digital Drive, the Gigabit City Summit is is designed especially for...

by KCDD Admin | Dec 9, 2014 | Global Roundtables

Global RoundtablesEstablish Kansas City as an Emerging Global Leader in Smart City Discussions Get Involved cities represented at the Gigabit City Summit telepresence events city leaders at the 2014 Gigabit City Summit-KC U.S. metros expected at the Gigabit...

Kansas City Looks to the Connected Future with Next Century Cities

by Jason Harper | Nov 5, 2014 | Global Roundtables

When we started to ask two years ago what our success metrics should be for the gigabit fiber rollout in Kansas City, I was looking for a number of households—how many gigabit homes should be a marker of a successful experiment? A conversation with Blair Levin, author...

Announcing the 2015 Gigabit City Summit – North America, Jan. 13-15 in Kansas City

by Jason Harper | Oct 15, 2014 | Global Roundtables

Ultrafast internet will change the way cities work, making towns smarter, faster, and ultimately better places to live. It’s already demonstrating a measurable impact on GDP. While 143 U.S. communities have gigabit access, most of these cities lack metro-wide...

Gigabit City Summit Identifies 5 Key Areas for Regional Tech Advancement

by Jason Harper | Aug 1, 2014 | Global Roundtables

On July 29, 2014, more than 75 local technology advocates and civic leaders gathered at the UMKC Bloch School Executive Hall for the first-ever Kansas City Regional Gigabit City Summit. In addition to representatives from Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City,...

The Skills in the States Forum recently hosted by the National Skills Coalition brought together professionals from all over the country in the workforce, government and education sectors as well as those supporting them through credentialing and other related services to talk about trends, best practices and innovative solutions. Much of the conversations focused on […]

Bridging the Digital Divide through Digital Divide Simulation

The first Digital Divide Simulation event on Nov. 9 at the Central branch of the Kansas City Public Library increased awareness for the socioeconomic setbacks faced by Kansas Citians living on the wrong side of the Digital Divide. Participants were asked to take on the persona of an individual to complete tasks for “one month” measured as four, 15-minute long, “weeks.” Tasks assigned to participants included enrolling their children in school, finding housing information online, and applying to government programs, such as the Affordable Connectivity Program.

Missouri and Kansas Publish Broadband and Digital Equity Plans, Look Towards Implementation

The following is a recap of a presentation by Kimberlyn Jones, Kansas Office of Broadband Development, and D’mitri Farthing, Jr., Missouri Office of Broadband Development given to the Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion on November 3, 2023. Important Links: Missouri BEAD Five-Year Action Plan Missouri BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 1 (comments close 11/26) Missouri […]

Gigabit City Summit – North America

Gigabit City Summit