Subject: You're Invited - Broadband opportunity: Boosting uptake in America’s cities and metropolitan areas
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:12:59 +0000 (UTC)

Broadband opportunity: Boosting uptake in America’s cities and metropolitan areas

Thursday, December 10, 2015, 9:30 — 11:00 am
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW 
Washington, DC  20036

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While a high-speed Internet connection is already a necessary ingredient for economic prosperity, service quality and adoption remain uneven across the country. Pricing and speeds vary between and within cities and metropolitan areas, limiting growth opportunities for businesses and digital entrepreneurs. There are also significant gaps in broadband adoption rates between high- and low-income households, and many at-risk populations don’t have the kind of Internet access necessary to fully engage in the digital economy.

Local leaders will need an array of policy interventions to create ubiquitous network coverage and promote service adoption in their communities. Yet these places cannot go it alone—they need strong supporting policies from their state and federal partners.

On Thursday, December 10, the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, in collaboration with the National League of Cities’ Center for City Solutions and Applied Research, will host an event examining how a new federalist framework can promote a network build-out that supports local independence while meeting national objectives around economic opportunity. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) will provide a federal perspective and will be followed by a panel of metropolitan and industry leaders.

This event will be live webcast. Join the conversation on Twitter at #MetroBroadband. 

Welcome
Clarence E. Anthony, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, National League of Cities

Opening Remarks
Adie Tomer, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution

Moderated Conversation
Moderator: Robert Puentes, Senior Fellow and Director, Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative, The Brookings Institution
The Honorable Cory Booker (D-N.J.), U.S. Senate

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Alexander B. Howard, Senior Editor for Technology and Society, The Huffington Post
Michael Mattmiller, Chief Technology Officer, City of Seattle
Ted Smith, Chief of Civic Innovation, Louisville Metro Government
Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee, Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer, Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC)

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