Upcoming Events

• June 11, 2013: Utah Digital Government Summit, located at the Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown at City Creek, 75 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• July 18, 2013: Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting, from 2 – 4 PM at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, 60 East South Temple, 3rd Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• July 30-August 1, 2013: Tri-State Telecommunications Conference, located at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho.
• August 8-9, 2013: Utah Rural Summit, located at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, UT.
• August 14-15, 2013: Native American Summit, Utah Valley University
  800 W. University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058

Past Events

• May 16, 2013: Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
• May 16-18, 2013: Startup Weekend
• May 2-3, 2013: Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition Conference
• April 16-18, 2013: Broadband Communities Summit 2013
• April 11, 2013: Governor’s Economic Development Summit 2013
• April 10-12, 2013: Utah League of Cities and Towns Mid-Year Conference
• March 17-20, 2013: Utah Rural Telecom Association Annual Meeting
• February 20, 2013: Utah Broadband Advisory Council
• January 28, 2013: Maps on the Hill 2013
• January 10-11, 2013: Governor’s Energy Development Summit
• December 14, 2012: Southern Utah Technology Council Meeting
• December 13, 2012: Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
• November 28-29, 2012: Small Business Resources Workshop
• November 19, 2012: Indigenous Day
• November 16, 2012: E-Rate for Libraries and Head Start Programs
• November 10-16: SC12 Conference
• November 8, 2012: WEBINAR: How Social Networking Can Promote Local Economies
• November 5, 2012: WEBINAR: Incorporating Interactive Web Techniques with Public Engagement and Community Decision Making
• November 2, 2012: E-Rate for Charter Schools Training
• October 24, 2012; Millard County Council of Governments
• October 22-26, 2012: WISPAPALOOZA
• October 23, 2012: 7th Annual Procurement Symposium
• October 22, 2012: International Summit
• October 18, 2012: Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
• October 17, 2012: Public Utilities and Technology Interim Committee Meeting
• October 12, 2012: E-Rate for Rural Schools Training
• September 14, 2012: E-Rate for Urban Schools Training
• September 11-14, 2012: Utah League of Cities and Towns Annual Conference
• August 28, 2012: E-Rate Training Seminar
• August 16, 2012: Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
• August 14-15, 2012: Utah Native American Summit
• August 9-10, 2012: Utah Rural Summit
• July 31-August 2, 2012: Tri-State Telecommunications Conference
• June 21, 2012: Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
• June 14, 2012: Utah Digital Government Summit

• May 22-24, 2012:  Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition

• May 17, 2012:  Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
• April 24-26, 2012: Broadband Communities Summit (Dallas, TX)
• April 19, 2012: Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
• April 12, 2012: 2012 Rural Business Summit
• April 10, 2012: Governor’s Economic Development Summit
• March 14, 2012:  Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting   
• March12-14, 2012: Utah Rural Telecom Association Annual Meeting
• March 8, 2012: Utah Get Your Business Online with Google
• March 1, 2012: Signing of H.B. 318 The bill will provide funding to be used to promote business and economic development in rural Utah with the Business Expansion and Retention Initiative.
• March 1, 2012: Governor’s Rural Partnership Board Meeting
• February 16, 2012: Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
• January 12, 2012: Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
•  December 14, 2011: Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
• October 19, 2011: Presentation to the Public Utilities and Legislative Interim Committee.  Listen to the archived testimony on the Committee’s website: here.
• October 17-19, 2011: Rural Telecommunications Congress Annual Conference (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• September 21, 2011: Utah Broadband Provider Roundtable.  For video, audio, and presentations from this event, please see our Broadband Blog post here: Broadband Project Hosts 2nd Annual Broadband Provider Roundtable.

• August 10-11, 2011: Tri-State Telecommunications Conference (Midway, Utah)
• August 11-12, 2011: Utah Rural Summit (Cedar City, Utah)
• April 26-28, 2011: Broadband Properties Summit (Dallas, Texas)
• April 8, 2011: Southern Utah Technology Council Meeting (Cedar City, Utah)
• March 28, 2011: Governor’s Economic Development Summit, Broadband Breakout Panel from 9:30-10:30. (Grand America Hotel, SLC).  See the Utah Broadband Project slideshare.net page for the presentations and documents discussed by the panelists.

• March 13-16, 2011: Utah Rural Telecom Association Annual Conference (St. George)
• February 17, 2011: Release of National Broadband Map (Nationwide)
  February 4, 2011: Rural Utah Legislative Day (Utah State Capital Building)
• October 4, 2010: Inaugural Utah Broadband Provider Roundtable (Salt Lake City Public Library) MORE INFORMATION BELOW
  

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Agenda

Remarks:

• Featured Speaker: Governor Gary Herbert
• Spencer Eccles, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Economic Development
• Stephen Fletcher, Chief Information Officer, State of Utah; and President , National Association of State Chief Information Officers

Project Update and Future Plans:

• Tara Thue, Broadband Mapping and Planning Coordinator, Governor’s Office of Economic Development
• Bert Granberg, GIS Analyst, Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center

Panel Discussion:

Topic: The Role of Broadband in Growing Business in Utah

• Derek Miller, Managing Director, Governor’s Office of Economic Development
• Natalie Gochnour, Chief Economist & EVP/Policy and Communications, Salt Lake Chamber
• Steve Corbató, Director of Cyberinfrastructure, University of Utah
• Moderated by Dr. John Harvey, Economist and Commission Telecommunications Analyst, Utah Public Service Commission

Video

For questions about upcoming or past events, contact Tara Thue at tthue@utah.gov.