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Gigabit City Summit: Takeaways from the Main Conference Sessions + Links to Decks
Day One: Tuesday, Jan. 13 Mayor Sly James and Mayor Mark Holland: Both agreed upon the necessity of broadband access at improving the quality of life of people in the new economy. To many in the audience, this went without saying, but many families — and many small businesses (small business access was a recurring […]
The Kansas City Story at the Gigabit City Summit
Kansas City has energy when it comes to technology. Delegates at the Gigabit City Summit in January 2015 got insight into Kansas City’s gigabit success.
Catalyzing Education at the Gigabit City Summit
This post originally appeared on the Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund blog. The Gigabit City Summit was an experience, both social and technical, that laid out Kansas City’s bi-state Playbook for all to see, poke at, learn from and, when it’s all said and done – take back to their blooming broadband communities. It didn’t hurt […]
Photo Gallery: The 2015 Gigabit City Summit – North America
Context: From January 13 through 15 in Kansas City, Missouri, more than 200 delegates from 49 cities gathered to discuss how technology can improve city living. The Gigabit City Summit was organized by KC Digital Drive.
Exploring the Human Power of Broadband at the Gigabit City Summit
If there was a defining moment to this week’s Gigabit City Summit, it came when an unexpected speaker joined the agenda on Wednesday afternoon. That speaker: President Barack Obama.
Tech Volunteers Wanted: Help Build an App to Map Community Projects
The Community Capital Fund is seeking volunteers to help the Code for America Brigade build an app that will map community projects around the city.
As President Prepares to Address Nation on Broadband Importance, Delegates Gather in Kansas City
As President Obama prepares to give remarks about the economic importance of broadband technology today in Cedar Falls, Iowa, delegates from across the country are already assembled in Kansas City, Mo., for a conference that addresses all aspects of high-speed connectivity.
Delegates from 34 Cities Flock to KC for Gigabit City Summit
This week, nearly 200 delegates from 34 cities across the U.S. and Canada are expected to descend upon the Gigabit City Summit. Organized by KC Digital Drive, the conference positions the KC region as a leader in the conversation of how cities can leverage highspeed, 1Gbps broadband for social and economic impact.
Welcome to the New KCDigitalDrive.org!
We’ve just graduated to a new website, and we’re damn proud. In fact, we’d go so far as to say there’s no site quite like it in the whole town — the whole country, perhaps. And it has very little to do with us — that is, “KC Digital Drive” as an organization. It all […]
Technology advocates discussed collaboration, access at Digital Health Innovation Forum
Collaboration was the theme of KC Digital Drive’s Dec. 4 Digital Health Innovation Forum. At this second event in an ongoing, quarterly series, around 40 participants interested in digital health and innovation gathered at the Sprint Accelerator in Kansas City, Missouri, to share ideas for improving health care.