Partnership for a Connected Illinois to Kick-Off Wednesday Webinar Series on May 4
Published: April 21, 2011
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 21, 2011 – With high speed internet increasingly recognized as the key to improving our economy and enhancing our quality of life, the Partnership for a Connected Illinois is developing tools to ensure better access to and usage of broadband in Illinois.
“Illinois is in a race to foster investment in broadband,” said Drew Clark, Executive Director of Partnership for a Connected Illinois. “Our mission is to ensure that our state leads in the effort to advance broadband deployment and to ensure that this investment has a positive impact on residents in every region of the state.”
Part of that mission is to engage multiple broadband players across the state. On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, PCI will kick-off a series of webinar discussions designed to foster greater involvement in PCI’s efforts to advance broadband in Illinois. At the first webinar, Clark and the staff of PCI will host a discussion of Illinois’ new broadband map, available at http://broadbandillinois.org, and how it will help prepare Illinois for a brighter future.
Following is the Wednesday Webinar Schedule. All webinars will begin at 2 p.m. unless noted otherwise.
Wednesday Webinar Topics and Schedule
- May 4 – The Illinois Broadband Map
- May 18 – Statewide Baseline Data for Research
- June 1 – Community Anchor Institutions and Broadband Access
- June 15 – The PCI eTeams and Broadband Research
The webinars are free and open to those interested in the deployment of broadband as well as the general public.
INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN JOIN IN AND PARTICIPATE WILL BE POSTED ON OUR EVENTS PAGE AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.