
Every Wednesday from April 7 – June 2 at 1 PM ET
The Net Inclusion Conference has been a staple in the Digital Inclusion community since 2016, bringing hundreds of practitioners, advocates, academics, internet service providers, and policymakers together to share their knowledge. With social distancing still in place, NDIA will once again hold an online version of Net Inclusion to substitute the in-person conference. We look forward to seeing our community in person again as soon as it is safe for everyone to travel and gather.
This Series will include nine one-hour webinars, every Wednesday from April 7th through June 2nd at 1 PM ET. All webinars include an additional 30-minute wrap-up for conversation and Q&A with panelists and fellow participants.
April 7th – The Structural Racism Behind Digital Inequity

Alisa Valentin, Ph.D.
Special Advisor, Office of FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks
MODERATOR

Chrissie Powell
Executive Director, Byte Back Baltimore

James (יעקב) Walker, II
Founder/CEO, Informative Technologies Inc.

Quincy B., DSW, MSW
Founder & Director, EraseTheRedline Inc.

Rebecca F. Kauma, MPA
Economic and Digital Inclusion Program Manager, City of Long Beach
April 14th – Digital Navigators: Models, Partners, Assessment, and Funding

Paolo Balboa
Program Manager, NDIA
MODERATOR

Andrew Au
Director of Operations, Digital Charlotte

Shauna (McNiven) Edson
Digital Inclusion Coordinator, Salt Lake City Public Library

Christa Wagner Vinson
Program Officer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Priyanka Sharma
Project Director, World Education, Inc. and Co-Lead, Digital US.
April 21st – Coalitions and Digital Equity Planning

amalia deloney
RW Deutsch Foundation
MODERATOR

Colin Rhinesmith
Associate Director and Director, Community Informatics Lab at Simmons University iSchool

Curt Williams
Digital Innovation Fellow, Cleveland Foundation

Sharonne Navas, C.E.F.
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Equity in Education Coalition

Aaron Schill
Director - Regional Data and Mapping, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
April 28th – Local Government and State Digital Inclusion Funding, Offices, Coordination, and Policy

Burt Cohen
Broadband Policy Coordinator & Staff Attorney, State of Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel
MODERATOR

Deb Socia
President & CEO, The Enterprise Center

Amy Huffman
Policy Director, NDIA

Lauren Moore
New York State Librarian

Candelaria Mendoza
Smart City Coordinator, City of San Antonio
May 5th – Weaving Digital Inclusion into Existing Community and Government Programs

Leana (Yelena) Mayzlina
Sr. Program Manager at NTEN
MODERATOR

Essey Workie
Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute

Autumn R. Glover
President, PACT - Wexner Medical Center

Kate Harkin
Diretor, VANTAGE Aging

Krysti Nellermoe
Education Program Supervisor, International Rescue Committee
May 12th – Why People Say No to “Free Internet” and What To Do About It

Regina D. Cooper Benjamin
Deputy Director at NDIA
MODERATOR

Daniel Noyes
Co-CEO at Tech Goes Home

Heather Tsavaris
Principal Consultant at The Columbus Foundation

Bret Perkins
Senior Vice President, External and Government Affairs at Comcast

Hon. Lloyd Levine (ret.)
Senior Policy Fellow at UC Riverside School of Public Policy

Hannah Hill
Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group
May 19th – Filling the Gap – Building Subsidized & Affordable Broadband

Joshua Breitbart
Leadership in Government Fellow, Open Society Foundations
MODERATOR

Angela Thi Bennett, Esq
Administrative Director, DigitalC

Sharon Lee De La Cruz
Director of Sustainability, The Point Community Development Corporation

Casey Sorensen
CEO, PCs for People

Sam Orth
Director of Technology/CTO, City of Columbus
May 26th (1.5 hours) – Digital Equity Benton Awards Announcement &
Current and Potential Federal Policy and Funding for Digital Inclusion

Angela Siefer
Executive Director, NDIA
MODERATOR

Olivia Wein
Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center

Francella Ochillo
Executive Director, Next Century Cities

Yosef Getachew
Director Media and Democracy Program, Common Cause

Jenna Leventoff
Senior Policy Counsel, Public Knowledge
June 2nd – Partnering with Healthcare Organizations to Increase Digital Equity

April L. Mims
Vice President of Public Policy, hims & hers
MODERATOR

Shaletha Mitchell
Director, Cleveland-Region Interprofessional Area Health Education Center (CRI – AHEC)

Amy Sheon
President, Public Health Innovators LLC

McClain Bryant Macklin, JD MBA
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Health Forward Foundation

Dianne Connery
Special Projects Librarian, Pottsboro TX Library