National Broadband Navigator
- Length
- 1 hour
- Language
- English
- Note
- Registration is required for all events, regardless of cost.
The National Broadband Navigator Webinar aims to enhance broadband connectivity and development projects in areas currently underserved by high-speed broadband. The central focus of this webinar will be introducing an innovative public spatial analysis tool, the BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) Broadband Navigator, developed in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation.
Event Details
The hour-long free webinar will provide in-depth insights into underserved regions using the BEAD Navigator, an innovative spatial analysis tool developed in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation.
The Penn State spatial data analytics platform, integrated with demographic and broadband service availability data, is designed to empower local projects with the best available information. Through collaboration with the PA Public Utility Commission and the PA Broadband Development Authority, the team has helped directly secure over $117.6 million and assisted with securing another $418 million in deployment funding for over half a billion dollars in additional broadband funding for Pennsylvania, hopefully demonstrating the tangible benefit of access to high-quality spatial data and mapping visualization.
This webinar will share the free National BEAD Broadband Navigator downloadable data you can access and use to bring together projects for your state, region, county, or local community broadband projects to enhance broadband service for those most at risk of being left out of the digital revolution and the healthcare, workforce, business, and education opportunities developing around the world.
This event is being offered at no charge to participants.
Registration is required to receive the link to access the webinar.
Registrants will also receive access to the webinar recording.
- Land Grant Extension Directors & Associate Directors
- Rural Development Centers
- Broadband Research Community
- Researchers/Extension Educators
- GIS Professionals
- National Association of Counties (NACo)
- National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
- NTIA Precision Ag Working Group
- US House and Senate Ag Committee Staffers
- Nonprofits/Foundations
- ISPs/Industry
- Community leadership
- Project overview
- Spatial Analysis Demo
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