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This Year's Mountain Connect Conference is in Keystone, Colorado from August 9th-11th
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After pausing for a year, the 2021 Mountain Connect conference is scheduled to return this year, taking place the second week of August in picturesque Keystone, Colorado.
Panel topics are arranged, as usual, on key topics, including: "Intelligent/Smart Infrastructure, Funding, Economic Development, Healthcare, Education, Emerging Technologies, Policy Impacting Broadband, and Broadband 101 Education for Elected Officials."
The agenda is still being finalized, but the conference will feature a list of industry veterans, policy advocates, nonprofit leaders, and local officials, including ILSR's Christopher Mitchell. Other scheduled speakers include Deb Socia (The Enterprise Center), Brian Worthen (Mammoth Networks), Monica Webb (Ting), Matt Rantanen (Arcadian Infracom and Tribal Digital Village), and many others.
Panels at this time range across a variety of timely topics, including municipal partnerships, middle mile challenges, resilient communities, and digital inclusion. It will also present the opportunity to hear about network project efforts and municipal success stories from Wyoming, Colorado's Front Range, Iowa. See the current agenda here.
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