2023 Forum Agenda
May 23
6:00pm - 10:00pm MT
Welcome Reception
Cacio e Pepe Italian Bistro
5012 50 Avenue
Olds, AB
Tickets to the Welcome Reception are limited and can be purchased here.
Day 1 - May 24
8:00am MT
Breakfast
8:30am MT
Broadband 101 & Broadband Toolkit
Michael B. McNally - Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
9:30am MT
Community Broadband Update
10:15am MT
Coffee & Networking Break
10:45am MT
Community Broadband Update
11:30am MT
Panel Discussion: Precision Agriculture
12:15pm MT
Lunch
1:15pm MT
Panel Discussion: Rogers - Shaw Merger & Competition Policy
Moderated by: Imran Mohiuddin, Policy Advisor, Cybera
Dr. Greg Taylor - Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Media, and Film, University of Calgary
Michael B. McNally - Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
2:15pm MT
Community Broadband Update - Village of Standard
3:00pm MT
Coffee & Networking Break
3:30pm MT
Pikaani Digital Literacy Project
Dr. Rob McMahon - Associate Professor in Media & Technology Studies and Political Science, University of Alberta.
Amy Mack
Herman Many Guns
4:30pm MT
Government Update
Susan Stanford - Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizens Services, Government of British Columbia
4:50pm MT
Closing Remarks to Day 1 of the Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum
5:00pm - 7:00pm MT
Attendee Mixer
Olds College Campus Lounge
Day 2 - May 25
8:00am MT
Breakfast
8:45am MT
Panel Discussion
First Nations Connectivity
Moderated by:ย Derrick Houle, CEO, Smoke Signal Communications Inc.
9:45am MT
Government Update
10:15am MT
Coffee & Networking Break
10:45am MT
Open Speed Test Data and the Digital Divide
Zachary Shand, Data Scientist, Cybera
11:45am MT
Government Update
12:15pm MT
Closing Remarks to Day 2 of the Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum
12:30pm - 1:15pm MT
Lunch
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