IERB Consortium Broadband Update Meeting:

We had awesome speakers with vital information related to Broadband in the Inland Empire. 

• First-hand information on the game-changing Digital 395 High-speed Broadband Fiber Highway.
• New Broadband grant opportunities through the passage of SB740 and AB1299, which add funding and expand eligibility for CPUC California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Broadband projects.
• Local Broadband Policy in your community--are we planning for the future, or face being left behind?
• Broadband being used by the medical community, especially in rural areas.
• Broadband Technology that can be used in our extremely remote communities.
• Broadband priorities in the IE.
• IERB Consortium and its work to improve broadband access in the region.

DATE:	Tuesday, November 19, 2013
TIME:	10:00 am to 2:30 pm
AGENDA:	Time Item/Topic 10:00 Welcome & Introductions --Lea Deesing, IERB Consortium Executive Committee Chair    City of Riverside Chief Innovation Officer & SmartRiverside Executive Director 10:15 IERB Update --Martha van Rooijen, IERB Consortium Manager 10:30 SB740 and AB1299 signed by Governor! New Funding and Eligibility for Broadband Infrastructure and Publicly Supported Housing Communities --John Baker, California Public Utilities Commission 10:45 Value of Local Broadband Policy Development --Steve Blum, Tellus Venture Associates 11:15 Visionary Project: "Digital 395" High-Speed Broadband Fiber Highway from Reno to Barstow --Michael Ort, PhD, President, Praxis Associates, Inc. and California Broadband Cooperative (CBC)  11:45 Impact of Connectivity and new Telehealth Opportunities within the IE --Dr. Earl Ferguson, MD, Inland Empire Health Information Exchange and NRACO 12:15 Lunch served in the Courtyard 1:30 Loma Linda Connected Community Program--Fiber to the Home (FTTH) --Konrad Bolowich, IT Director, City of Loma Linda 2:00 Hands-on Broadband Technology for Extremely Remote Areas --Julie Langou, Eastern Sierra Connect Regional Broadband Consortium (ESCRBC) 2:30 Follow-up Items --Martha van Rooijen, IERB
LOCATION:	Santa Barbara Room 3649 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA  92501

Attendees, among them Mayor Pete Aguilar of Redlands, John Empey of BSE, and Michael Mack of Netreva
John Baker, CPUC
Steve Blum, Tellus Venture Associates	Lan Saadatnejadi, Los Angeles County METRO and Cindy Morton, California Telehealth Network
Michael Ort, CEO, Praxis Associates (Digital 395)
Dr. Earl W. Ferguson, MD PhD
Konrad Bolowich, City of Loma Linda
City of Redlands Council Member Jon Harrison and Sam Sudhakar of Cal State San Bernardino	Julie Langou of ESCRBC and Bill Bayne, PE

 
 

Below is information from the November 19, 2013 IERB Consortium Broadband Update Meeting:

• IERB Consortium Update and Can the IE create a Gig Region??--Martha van Rooijen
• CPUC - CASF Funding and Eligibility for Broadband Infrastructure - Public Housing--John Baker, CPUC
• Value of Local Broadband Policy - Fiber is Gold!--Steve Blum, Tellus Venture Associates
• Digital 395 - Vision and Value--Michael Ort, Praxis Associates
• Broadband Health Information - Technology Applications--Dr. Earl W. Ferguson, MD, PhD
• Loma Linda Connected Community Program - Fiber to the Home (FTTH)--Konrad Bolowich, IT Director 
• Broadband Technology for Extremely Remote Areas--Julie Langou, Eastern Sierra Connect Broadband Consortium

Below are web links discussed at the November 19, 2013 Meeting:

• SmartRiverside Digital Inclusion Program (IERB Consortium Fiscal Agent)
  
• CPUC CASF Consortia
• City of Loma Linda Connected Community Program
• Digital 395