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Digital Northwest Broadband Summit: March 20 - 21, 2016 in Seattle
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Next Century Cities (NCC) is hosting Digital Northwest: A Broadband Summit for Regional Broadband Leaders at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, Washington. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is co-hosting the event.
The summit will bring together federal, state, and local officials, industry representatives, and community leaders to celebrate successes and share resources. The summit will examine gaps that remain and strategize on how to expand high-speed Internet access.
After a welcome reception in the evening of Sunday, March 20th, there will be a daylong summit on Monday, March 21st featuring workshops on a variety of topics ranging from rural Internet access to the digital economy.
Conference attendees are invited to stay a little longer. In the morning of Tuesday, March 22nd, government officials, industry representatives, and other experts will be on hand to answer questions in an “office hours” session.
What: Digital Northwest: A Broadband Summit for Regional Broadband Leaders
Where: Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle, Washington, 98121.
When: March 20-21, 2016 (optional: the morning of March 22, 2016)
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