Portland Broadband

Connecting Our Future: Portland Strategic Broadband Plan Kick-Off

Event Streamed Live by Portland Community Media

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Meeting Purpose

Kick-off the planning process for Portland’s Strategic Broadband Plan

Goals

• Engage key stakeholders to commit to develop the plan over the next 6 months.
  
• Raise awareness of the importance of broadband infrastructure, access and adoption for Portland’s future.
  

Welcome

Our Agenda

Mary Beth Henry, City of Portland

A Little History

David Olson, City of Portland

Setting Priorities

Commissioner Saltzman, Portland City Council

Broadband as Foundation for Future

Michael Liebhold, The Institute for the Future, Co-Author of The Future of Cities, Information and Inclusion

Why Having a Broadband Strategy Is Not Optional

Joanne Hovis, CTC

Broadband Survey Key Findings

Alan Alexander, Chair Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission

Industry Outlook – Plans for the Future of Broadband in Portland

Adam Grzybicki, AT&T Wireless Oregon
Hank Fore, Regional Sr. VP, Comcast
John Nee, VP Corporate Communications, Integra
Chris Denzin, CenturyLink – General Manager, Portland

The New Age of Broadband

Steven Bass, CEO Oregon Public Broadcasting

Broadband as a Tool to Accomplish Local Goals

Economic Development

Gerald Baugh, Portland Development Commission

Public Safety

Chief Klum, Fire Bureau

Education and Health

Don Westlight, OHSU

Digital Inclusion

Julia Meyer, Coalition of Communities of Color (invited)

Planning, Sustainability, Transportation

Michelle Crim, PDX Climate Action Plan

Broadband, Opportunity and Inclusiveness

Lew Fredericks, State Representative

Portland’s BB Strategic Plan Process

Mary Beth Henry & Nancy Jesuale

Last Words

Commissioner Fritz