BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Linked Nation (CN) is marking 20 years of service in 2021 by internet hosting “A nationwide dialog on the Digital Divide.”
Be a part of us as we discover the place we have been, the progress made, and what nonetheless must be achieved to shut the Digital Divide
This one-of-a-kind, stay occasion will happen Wednesday, November 17, from 11 a.m. to three p.m. (jap). Registration is free at cn20.org.
Panelists will study matters starting from “what 2020 means to the way forward for the Digital Divide” to broadband “infrastructure and rising know-how.” The record of panelists could be discovered right here and contains specialists on broadband applied sciences in addition to schooling, library sciences, digital inclusion, GeoAnalytics, telehealth, broadband analysis, and different industries instantly impacted by web entry — or lack thereof.
“We invite everybody to affix us as we discover the place we have been, the progress made, and what nonetheless must be achieved to shut the Digital Divide,” mentioned Jessica Denson, Communications Director, Linked Nation. “That is an unprecedented time for our nation — there may be an consciousness of the necessity to increase web connectivity in contrast to some other time in our historical past. That coupled with the extent of broadband-related funding now out there makes this occasion not solely well timed however necessary. Proper now, selections at each the native and federal ranges about tips on how to spend billions of {dollars} in funding are being made. These selections will impression people, households, and communities for years to come back.”
The occasion is titled “20 years of connecting the nation: A nationwide dialog on the Digital Divide” and the stay panel discussions might be hosted from TV studios in three US cities: RFD-TV and American Farm Bureau studios in Washington, D.C.; Fort Bend Impartial Faculty District in Sugar Land, Texas (simply outdoors Houston); and KGW8-TV in Portland, Oregon.
Along with knowledgeable panels, Linked Nation will take you throughout America to satisfy these instantly impacted by the Digital Divide — and learn the way these with higher connectivity are utilizing the web to enhance lives. You may hear tales from enterprise homeowners and farmers working in rural communities; lecturers and college students affected by distant studying; medical doctors and psychological well being practitioners who’re leveraging telehealth in new methods; and others.
You may stroll away with a real-world understanding of how web connectivity instantly impacts our nation and what could be achieved to increase entry to all.
Registration is free and the occasion could be seen from wherever on the earth just about. Register now or head to https://cn20.org/ to study extra in regards to the panel matters and knowledgeable panelists.
About Linked Nation: The nationwide nonprofit, based mostly in Bowling Inexperienced, Kentucky, is celebrating 20 years of service in 2021. Our mission is to enhance lives by offering modern options that increase entry to and improve the adoption and use of broadband (high-speed web) and its associated applied sciences for all folks. Everybody belongs in a Linked Nation. To study extra head to www.connectednation.org.
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