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:
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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TIME:
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10:00 am to 2:30 pm
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AGENDA:
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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
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10:30
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SB740 and AB1299 signed by Governor!
New Funding and Eligibility for Broadband Infrastructure and Publicly Supported Housing Communities
--John Baker, California Public Utilities Commission
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10:45 |
Value of Local Broadband Policy Development
--Steve Blum, Tellus Venture Associates
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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
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Impact of Connectivity and new Telehealth Opportunities within the IE
--Dr. Earl Ferguson, MD, Inland Empire Health Information Exchange and NRACO |
12:15
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Lunch served in the Courtyard |
1:30
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Loma Linda Connected Community Program--Fiber to the Home (FTTH)
--Konrad Bolowich, IT Director, City of Loma Linda |
2:00
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Hands-on Broadband Technology for Extremely Remote Areas
--Julie Langou, Eastern Sierra Connect Regional Broadband Consortium (ESCRBC) |
2:30
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Follow-up Items
--Martha van Rooijen, IERB |
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LOCATION:
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Santa Barbara Room
3649 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
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Attendees, among them Mayor Pete Aguilar of Redlands, John Empey of BSE, and Michael Mack of Netreva |

John Baker, CPUC
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Steve Blum, Tellus Venture Associates
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Lan Saadatnejadi, Los Angeles County METRO and
Cindy Morton, California Telehealth Network
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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
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Julie Langou of ESCRBC and Bill Bayne, PE |