Proposed Agenda

November 15, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm MDT

• State Update on Implementation of Federal Broadband Programs
• Coordination on Infrastructure Expansion
• Strategies for Broadband Infrastructure Development
• Creating Smart Cities with Broadband
• Digital Access Challenges and Solutions for Idaho
• Think Locally, Plan Regionally (Panel with Chief Communications and Operations Officer, Caty Solace)
  • Local and regional government representatives will discuss partnerships and solutions they have developed to meet their communities’ digital equity needs and how a regional approach to broadband can help create efficiencies and leverage expertise from a wide and diverse stakeholder group.
• Workforce Development Strategies (Panel with Business Partnership Manager, Matthew Thomsen)