Indigenous Connectivity Summit
1st-Mile Institute was a co-organizer and host of the Internet Society’s Indigenous Connectivity Summit,
held Nov. 6–9, 2017, at Hotel Santa Fe, in Santa Fe, NM.
held Nov. 6–9, 2017, at Hotel Santa Fe, in Santa Fe, NM.
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Over 150 registrants attended the free (live-streamed) program, from the far reaches of Arctic Canada and Alaska to the U.S. Southwest to Oaxaca to Argentina, plus Africa and beyond, gathering to shed light on digital divides and to explore issues and themes around community networking and sustainability, over four days of panels, presentations, storytelling and open discussions.
The Indigenous Connectivity Summit was an initiative of the Internet Society (ISOC), the Internet Society New Mexico Chapter, 1st-Mile Institute, New Mexico Techworks, and the First Mile Connectivity Consortium. The ISOC web site, for program information, agenda plus streaming video links and more: Go Here |
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Indigenous Connectivity Summit Interviews (in no particular order)
Short videos of selected program participants were recorded by R.J. Ward for 1st-Mile Institute.
Just click to see the video.
Just click to see the video.