Smart Gigabit Community Lighting Round

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HelpingBurlingtonandthewidercommunityTHRIVEina21stcenturydigitaleconomy

  Gignetworkacatalystforstakeholderpartnership  Uncoverandalignourtalentsandresources  Holis9cstrategy:Entrepreneurship,gigapps,jobsandskills,STEMandthearts,branding  Makingdigitaldisrup9onhappenFORus,notTOus

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Cleveland, OH S M A R T G I G A B I T C O M M U N I T I E S

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Takeitfromus,a“siloed”approachwon’twork

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Madison / Lance Hartung

A city moving forward

•  Collaboration between academia, industry, and government

•  Building a city-scale wireless and edge computing test bed

•  Applications to benefit users, businesses, and public safety

•  Open-source platform is available for interested communities

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NCNGN - North Carolina Next Generation Network

Collaboration of Municipalities and Universities

NCNGNandSGCfocusoncommongoals•  Accelerateadop9onofhigh-speedbroadband

•  Fiberinfrastructure•  Applica9ondevelopment(GIG,GENI)

NCNGNandSGCsharecollabora5onastheircore•  Universi9esandCi9escloselyaligned

•  Suppor9ngstrategieswithdefinedobjec9ves

SharedSuccesses

UniversityResearch•  Collabora9ve360VR•  GISDronesandCloudServices

ReversePitch•  SmarterIntersec9ons•  CityParking

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SmartCityHackCompe55onas

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® Re-igniting the Telecom Corridor

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Community Matters Collaborating with Diverse Groups in the Digital Realm

Urbana-Champaign, ILUC2B Smart Gigabit Community

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Improve Digital Inclusion and Digital Equity Digital Inclusion refers to the activities necessary to ensure that all individuals and communities, including the most disadvantaged, have access to and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).

Digital Equity is a condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed

for full participation in our society, democracy and economy.

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Smart Gigabit Applications in Urbana-Champaign

•  Healthcare •  Reduce language, health literacy, and cultural barriers

between patients and doctors

•  Research & Education •  Improve real-time microscope data curation among

researchers across research institutions

•  Education •  Enable high-definition video sharing and communication

between informal learning spaces

•  Public Safety •  Increase physical, cyber, and social safety in

neighborhoods and public places in the community

Safety In Publics

Virtual Fab Lab

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Urbana-Champaign, IL

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Utah IgniteState-wide education, research, telehealth network. Connects (GigE+) schools, higher-ed, libraries, state govt, remote research project sites. Collaborates with local telcos to leverage impact on communities.

Live / Learn / Launch housing at University of Utah. Develops competitions to help students build apps and launch companies

Utah’s Technology Catalyst - State agency that runs RiOT events, supports research commercialization, provides seed grants, runs hack-a-thons, connects entrepreneurs to community needs, etc

Smart Cities cross-discipline research group. Works with metro and rural cities, USTAR, Lassonde to create research projects, educational materials, apps for air quality, IoT technology, energy and water management

Develop applications to help cities interpret the data they collect from sensors. Works with local organizations to build apps to help citizens act on the collected data.

Lehi Tech Council / Silicon Slopes - Chamber of Commerce and Tech Industry group in tech-hub center of metro area - looking for better ways to connect with tech community

Works with Governor’s Office of Economic Development and high-tech companies in metro areas to create jobs in rural Opportunity Hubs.

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