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
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