The document provides an agenda for a Smart Gigabit Communities Kickoff Event taking place on January 26, 2016 in Washington DC. The agenda includes presentations and workshops from 8:30am to 1:45pm on topics such as an overview of the Smart Gigabit Communities program, community presentations from various cities, technical outlines, funding, and next-generation networks. There will be separate morning sessions for community leaders and technical leaders, followed by additional community presentations, discussions, and a project Q&A session in the afternoon. The event aims to bring together community leaders and technical experts to discuss high-speed internet initiatives and best practices.

1. Smart Gigabit Communities
Kickoff Event
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
JW Marriott, Washington DC

2. Time Duration Speaker(s)
8:30a
Item
Agenda overview and
SGC program overview
30 mins
Glenn Ricart and
Bill Wallace
9:00a SGC project outline 15 mins
9:15a Community presentations
3 x 5
mins
Nishal Mohan
Community leaders
from Chattanooga,
Cleveland, Kansas
City
9:30a 15 mins Scott Turnbull
9:45a
SGCtechnical outline
Finance/administration
overview 15 mins Joe Kochan
10:00a Community presentations 3 x 5
mins
Community leaders
from Burlington,
NC, Utah
10:15a Break 15 mins
OVER BREAK, DIVIDE INTO
2 GROUPS IN SEPARATE ROOMS
COMMUNITY LEADERS
10:30a 10 mins
Susannah Spellman,
Internet2
10:40a
Working with community
anchors
Mozilla Hives and SGC 15 mins
Ben Moskowitz,
Mozilla
10:55a 15 mins
11:10a
Funding app development
Next-generation networks
and the innovation
economy: an investor's
perspective
10 mins
Bill Wallace
Ron Weissman,
Band of Angels
11:20a
Panel of community best
practices
30 mins
Bill Wallace,
community leaders
Workshop Agenda

3. Time Item Duration Speaker(s)
TECHNICAL LEADERS
10:30a 20 mins Glenn Ricart
10:50a
Digital town square
design
Connectivity options 10 mins Glenn Ricart
11:00a Paradrop 15 mins Suman Banerjee
11:15a Docker 10 mins Rick McGeer
11:25a
Viavi performance
measurement
15 mins Michael Bangert
11:40a Technical Q and A 10 mins Technical presenters
11:50a LUNCH
12:30p Community presentations
3 x 5
mins
Community leaders
from Austin,
Richardson, Urbana
12:45p
Expectations exchange:
the first hundred days
20 mins
1:05p Importance of the Gigabit 5 mins
Glenn Ricart,
Nishal Mohan,
Scott Turnbull, and
Participants
Dave Lambert
1:15p 15 mins
1:30p
Community presentations
Project Q&A and
feedback
10 mins
Community leaders
from Flint, Lafayette,
Madison
Participants
1:45p
Closing comments and
depart for White House 15 mins
Bill Wallace,
Glenn Ricart