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IGF-USA 2015 Plenary - Connecting the Next Billion at IGF-USA 2015, July 16 2015, George Washington University, Washington DC.

Rough Transcript: http://isoc-ny.org/usaigf15/09-igf-us...

Organized by Marilyn Cade, ­­­­­­­Principal and CEO, mCADE, ICT Strategies @MarilynCade; Judith Hellerstein- Founder/CEO of Hellerstein & Associates @judithh15; and Garland McCoy, Founder, Technology Education Institute

Moderated by: Manu Bhardwaj- Senior Advisory and Staff Coordinator to the Under Secretary for Technology and Internet Policy Matters, Department of State

Speakers:
Cheryl Miller – Director, International Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Verizon @Techiechica;
Christopher Burns – Acting Director, Digital Development team, USAID @cmitchellbums;
Jane Coffin – Director, Development Strategy, Internet Society @jane_coffin;
Will Hudson- Senior Advisor, International Policy, Google;
Sonia Jorge- Executive Director, Alliance for Affordable Internet @SoniaA4AI;
Kevin Martin- Vice President, Mobile and Global Access Policy, Facebook

Three billion people are “connected” to the Internet by 2014—signifying progress since the World Summit on the connectivity aspects toward achieving the Information Society. But connectivity as of 2015 has many aspects, such as how often, how fast, ease of connection, what devices are used to provide access, and whether content is available in multiple languages for multiple applications, which users really find useful. Meanwhile, companies are developing new applications to serve banking, healthcare and other growing sectors of the global digital economy. The digital online world is not a future but the reality that must drive awareness for all stakeholders that a broadened definition of access – connectivity, devices, capability, content and information – is a basic and fundamental requirement. This plenary session will describe how today’s 3 Billion users are connected and advance connectivity solutions and approaches for the next billion and beyond. Panelists share examples of current work and look to the future for what may be needed post 2015 to advance the engagement of suppliers of infrastructure, devices, and content and information, as the post WSIS +10 agenda drives changing roles of users, civil society, governments and the UN agencies. “Connecting the Next Billion” is also a key intercessional activity of the IGF2015, supported by a Working Group of the IGF-USA. The session references a recommendation for Connecting the Next Billion as a work in progress output statement from the Working Group and invites participants to join with the Working Group in further discussions.