PLEXPOD WESTPORT COMMONS, 300 E 39TH ST, KANSAS CITY, MO

MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2018

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

City PARTNERship workshop

The event will bring together representatives from counties, cities, and towns that are looking for creative solutions in connectivity, data, and smart cities. This half-day pre-conference event will give participants the opportunity to speak one-on-one about the ways in which they can partner to deploy broadband or other services.

The City Partnership Workshop will mainly be set up to provide cities and vendors the opportunity to speak one-on-one to build relationships, discuss assets and needs, and create potential partnerships. The pairings of cities and vendors will be curated based on mutual interest, needs, and priorities between cities and vendors. Possible discussion topics range from fiber builds to 5G deployments to smart city analytics platforms.

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

EARLY ARRIVAL RECEPTION, hilton president hotel

1329 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, MO

TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM

SESSION 1 | MEDALLION THEATER

GIGABIT CITY MAYORS PANEL

Mayor Sly James, Kansas City, MO
Mayor David Alvey, Kansas City, KS
Mayor Pauline Cutter, San Leandro, CA

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

SESSION 2 | MEDALLION THEATER

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Federal/City Relationships and Next Generation Networks

Blair Levin, Brookings Institute Metropolitan Policy Project

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM

SESSION 3 | MEDALLION THEATER

Building an Innovation Ecosystem for Civic Good

Ken Hays, The Enterprise Center, Chattanooga
Aaron Deacon, KC Digital Drive

TRACK A

ORGANIZATIONAL & CAPACITY MODELS

A brand new gigabit network makes it real. Digital transformation is all around us of course. And while “gigabit” may not be the proxy for “new and exciting” that it was in 2012, the communities that have made the enormous investment—public or private—and gone through the headaches of building extensive fiber are forced to reckon with how to re-orient or build new civic capacity, within City Hall and outside it, to evolve alongside new technology infrastructure and applications

TRACK B

GIGABIT CITY INFRASTRUCTURE

The public appetite for gigabit may be part marketing—but only part. The ubiquitous, affordable fiber-to-the-home and fiber-to-the-premise connections that are implied by gigabit are real community assets. As network improvements continue and the federal landscape shifts, it is important to maintain a focus on the actual infrastructure—how fiber and wireless complement one another, who takes responsibility for ensuring the network is available, and how broadband integrates with other emerging network and IT needs.

TRACK C

CIVIC TECH IN A GIGABIT CITY

We’ve closed the gap significantly between the smart city community and the civic tech community over the past several years, but the work isn’t finished. “Smart city” implies IoT, systems engineering and big corporate innovators—a top-down approach to innovation. “Civic tech”, on the other hand, is historically bottom-up—nimble, entrepreneurial, inclusive, community-driven, drawing on humancentered design. With a dual focus on emerging, pre-commercial technology and widespread community impact, gigabit cities offer a unique perspective on how to bring these approaches together.

TRACK D

GIGABIT CITY EVOLUTION

From the outset, the Gigabit City Summit has been an invitation to witness change in action, for better or for worse. Our community of cities does not just represent a collection of ideals and best practices or smart city hype. Gigabit cities have built something new, in place and on purpose. Through our physical locations, our community tours, and our content tracks, year-over-year, we offer a chance to see change over time. While gigabit has been an instrumental catalyst, we recognized from the outset that it’s a starting point not an end. The opportunity for a longitudinal study of a community over time yields a different sort of learning, especially across the many and diverse areas of development spurred on by gigabit, in Kansas City and beyond.

TRACK A

ORGANIZATIONAL & CAPACITY MODELS | Aaron Deacon, KC Digital Drive

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

SESSION 4 | MEDALLION THEATER

ELEMENTS OF AN ECOSYSTEM

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

City of San Leandro - A Story of Transformation: Building a Tech & Innovation Ecosystem by Debbie Acosta, former Chief Innovation Officer, City of San Leandro, We Accelerate Women's Impact

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Infrastructure by Kate Hodel, KCSourceLink

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

The Intersection of Entrepreneurship & Civic Tech by Evan Absher, Kauffman Foundation

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Panel Discussion w/ Debbie Acosta, Kate Hodel, Evan Absher

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Break

2:50 PM - 3:05 PM

Building Inclusion into an Innovation District by Ken Hays, The Enterprise Center, Chattanooga

3:05 PM - 3:20 PM

Digital Inclusion Coalition Playbook by Tianca Crocker, National Digital Inclusion Alliance

3:20 PM - 3:35 PM

Civic Tech and Data Collaborative Framework by Elizabeth Reynoso, Living Cities

3:35 PM - 4:00 PM

Panel Discussion w/ Ken Hays, Tianca Crocker, Elizabeth Reynoso

TRACK B

GIGABIT CITY INFRASTRUCTURE | Alison Brooks, IDC

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

SESSION 5 | ROOM 1L

FIBER, 5G, & MORE

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

The State of 5G by Doug Hohulin, Nokia

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Impact of the BDAC & the Future at the FCC by Daniel Friesen, Mayor of Buhler, KS; Sam Cooper, City of New York

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Break

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Public vs Private Assets in a 5G World by Christopher Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Alan Tilles, GWTCA; Mitsi Herrera, Montgomery County, MD

TRACK C

CIVIC TECH IN A GIGABIT CITY | Chelsea Collier, Digi.City

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

SESSION 6 | ROOM 1M

GIGABIT APPS & NEXT GEN INNOVATION

1:00 PM - 1:40 PM

Mozilla-Ignite: Retrospective & Looking Ahead by Bill Wallace, US Ignite and Janice Wait, Mozilla

1:40 PM - 1:50 PM

Gigabit App Video by Mozilla

1:50 PM - 2:00 PM

App Demo: Crisis Eye by Matt Delcambre, UL-Lafayette

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Building a Digital Town Square by Jonathan Wagner, Big Bang; Scott Turnbull, US Ignite; Matt Delcambre

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Break

2:50 PM - 3:00 PM

App Demo: PlanIT Impact by Dominique Davison, PlanIT Impact

3:00 PM - 3:10 PM

App Demo: Gigabots by Jonathan Wagner

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Panel Discussion / Q&A

TRACK D

GIGABIT CITY EVOLUTION | Susan Norris, ECCO Select

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

SESSION 7 | ROOM 1K

ADJACENT NETWORKS: ENERGY & MOBILITY

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

Avis Mobility Lab (Connected Fleet) by Josh Gonzales, Avis Budget Group

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Smart Pavement and Connected Roads by Tim Sylvester, Integrated Roadways

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

Google, Replica, & Sidewalk Labs (Transportation Data) by Jim Hubbell, Mid-America Regional Council; Nick Bowden, Sidewalk Labs

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

RideKC Freedom On-Demand (First Mile/Last Mile) by Tyler Means, KCATA

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Break

2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

Going Green (EV Charging Network) by Jeff Beeson, KCP&L

3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

Clean Energy by Dennis Murphey, City of Kansas City, MO

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Panel Discussion / Q&A

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM

SESSION 8 | MEDALLION THEATER

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

DESIGNING A NEW CITY OPERATING SYSTEM: how locales everywhere are embracing technology and remaking local government

Neil Kleiman, NYU Center for Urban Science & Progress

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

COMMUNITY CONNECTION DINNERS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2018

TRACK A

ORGANIZATIONAL & CAPACITY MODELS | Aaron Deacon, KC Digital Drive

9:00 AM - 12:30 pM

SESSION 9 | ROOM 1L

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WITHIN CITY HALL

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

KCMO Smart City: Pilot to Phase II RFP by Bob Bennett, City of Kansas City, Mo.; Bobby Thompson, Xaqt; Mike Mainthow, Smart City Media

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Organizing an Innovation Office by Bob Bennett, City of Kansas City, Mo.; Alan Howze, Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Ks

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

City Spotlight: Lincoln, NE by David Young, City of Lincoln

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Design Thinking in City Government by Luke Norris, Open Cities; Michael Erickson, Jackson County, Mo.; Tim Stock, scenarioDNA

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Panel Discussion w/ Luke Norris, Michael Erickson, David Young, and Tim Stock, scenarioDNA

TRACK B

GIGABIT CITY INFRASTRUCTURE | Alison Brooks, IDC

9:00 AM - 12:30 pM

SESSION 10 | MEDALLION THEATER

VARIATIONS ON THE FIBER RFP

9:10 AM - 10:10 AM

The Future of Open Access by Deb Socia, Next Century Cities; Jeff Gavlinski, Mountain Connect & Great Lakes Connect; Dennis Leonard, AL-VITA; Paul Pishal, Black & Veatch

10:10 AM - 10:35 AM

Innovative Financing Models by Mike Faloon, Neighborly

10:35 AM - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

City Spotlight: Winthrop, MN by Mark Erickson, City of Winthrop

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Spotlight: Rural Alaska by Phil Glynn, Travois

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Panel Discussion / Q&A

2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

SESSION 13 | ROOM 1L

BEYOND THE HOME: ENSURING A BANDWIDTH-RICH COMMUNITY

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Fiber Optic Master Plan by Debbie Acosta, We Accelerate Women's Impact

2:30 PM - 3:20 PM

Anchor Challenges in Competitive Fiber Markets by Julie Leach, Kansas City, KS Public Schools; David Young, Lincoln, NE; Matthew Simmons, Unite Private Networks

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

Break

3:40 PM - 4:30 PM

Alternative ISP Models by Joe Fasone, Pilot

TRACK C

CIVIC TECH IN A GIGABIT CITY | Chelsea Collier, Digi.City

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

SESSION 11 | ROOM 1M

CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT: DATA, STARTUPS, & INCLUSION

9:00 AM - 9:40 AM

Internet Health & Net Neutrality as Local Priorities by Janice Wait, Mozilla and Chris Brown, Venture Legal

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM

Digital C and the Civic Insights Hub by Dorothy Baunach, Digital C

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel Discussion / Q&A

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Digital Inclusion and Smart Cities by John Horrigan, Tech Policy Institute

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Data as New Infrastructure by Kate Bender, City of Kansas City, Mo.; Stephen Hardy, MySidewalk

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Panel Discussion / Q&A

TRACK D

GIGABIT CITY EVOLUTION | Susan Norris, Ecco Select

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

SESSION 12 | ROOM 1K

PLACEMAKING, EXPERIENCE, & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

Smart Property Management by Blake Miller, Homebase

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Smart Home + Health Care by Joe Colistra, KU School of Architecture & Design

9:50 AM - 10:10 AM

Toward a New Convention Hotel by Mike Burke, KC Hotel Developers

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM

Quindaro Ruins: National Landmark Designation by Marvin Robinson, Community Activist

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM

Strong Towns by Alan Howze, Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Ks.

Densification of the Suburbs by Nick Edwards, City of Lee's Summit, Michael Boehm, Mayor, City of Lenexa, Ks.

11:25 AM - 12:00 pM

Densification of the Suburbs by Nick Edwards, City of Lee's Summit, Michael Boehm, Mayor, City of Lenexa, Ks.

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Panel Discussion / Q&A

2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

SESSION 14 | MEDALLION THEATER

WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY: HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, & EDUCATION

2:00 PM - 2:40 PM

Is Community Health a Government Problem? by John Fitzpatrick, KC Digital Drive; Sarah Martin, City of Kansas City, MO

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM

Smart Cities & Integrated Social Services: Eviction Data, Student Mobility, and Neighborhood Impact by Brent Schondelmeyer, Local Investment Commission; Jerome Williams, Kansas City (Mo.) Public Schools

3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

The Future of Work and Education Innovation by Kari Keefe, KC Social Innovation Center

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Data & the School Board by John Vandewalle, LumenTouch; Julie Leach, Kansas City KS Public Schools; Art Smith, Liberty Public Schools; Erin Rau, Trane