Deb Socia (NCC) & Jeff Christensen (EntryPoint) Introduce Ammon Mayor Dana Kirkham:
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=35m30s
Mayor Dana Kirkham:
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=43m46s
State Senator Brent Hill:
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=47m38s
Keynote: How Does the City of Tomorrow Get ‘Smart’?
Glenn Ricart, Founder and CEO, US Ignite:
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=53m5s
Panel – How do we make ‘smart cities’ a reality?
- Glenn Ricart, Founder and CEO, US Ignite
- Shawn Irvine, Economic Development Director, Independence, Oregon
- Aarushi Sarbhai, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Utah
- Jeff Peterson, CTO, EntryPoint Networks
- Moderated by Deb Socia, Executive Director, Next Century Cities
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=1h14m20s
Bobbi-Jo Meuleman, Chief Operations Officer, Idaho Department of Commerce:
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=2h27m29s
Policy Discussion: Does government have a role to play?
Christopher Mitchell, Director, Community Broadband Networks:
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=2h29m58s
Economic Feasibility: Is it time for a New Model?
Michael Curri, Founder and President, Strategic Networks Group:
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=2h46m27s
Panel – Infrastructure as a Platform:
- Michael Curri, Founder and President, Strategic Networks Group
- Roger Timmerman, Executive Director and CEO, UTOPIA Fiber
- Bruce Patterson, Technology Director, City of Ammon
- David Shaw, Shareholder, Kirton & McConkie
- Moderated by Jeff Gavlinski, Senior Director of Business Development, Ex2
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=2h59m53s
John Wuu at Virtual Gateway Labs:
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=4h18m10s
Video Address – Tom Wheeler, former FCC chairman:
https://youtu.be/YvBTjaoPRuc?t=4h22m57s
Panel – The Ammon Story:
- Bruce Patterson, Technology Director, City of Ammon
- Dana Kirkham, Mayor, City of Ammon
- Brian Powell, City Councilor, City of Ammon
- Scott Hall, City Attorney, City of Ammon
- Matt Hulse, Neighborhood Champion, City of Ammon
- Moderated by Christopher Mitchell, Director, Community Broadband Networks
To learn more about the network, the community’s initiative the create its great open access resource, and the benefits it’s already bringing to Ammon, check out the report by Paddy Leerssen and David Talbot from Harvard University’s Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH). We’ve followed Ammon’s progress as well and have published a number of stories and podcasts with Ammon’s Technology Director Bruce Patterson.
This article was originally published on ILSR’s MuniNetworks.org. Read the original here.