[Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY: The Next Three Billion – Initiatives to Bring the Whole World Online

[Joly MacFie]

Unlike NYC, where Thursday has been essentially canceled, snow will be
light in DC so this looks like a go. Along with the regulars noted below,
there will be reps from Google, Microsoft, & Facebook. A great 'state of
connectivity' event.
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joly posted: "Today, Thursday February 9 2017 the Open Technology Institute
will host a half-day forum The Next Three Billion - Initiatives to Bring
the Whole World Online in Washington DC. More than four billion people are
as yet unconnected around the world. To addre"



[image: Open Technology Institute]
<https://www.newamerica.org/oti/>Today, *Thursday
February 9 2017* the* Open Technology Institute
<https://www.newamerica.org/oti/>* will host a half-day forum *The Next
Three Billion - Initiatives to Bring the Whole World Onlin*e
<https://www.newamerica.org/oti/events/next-three-billion/> in Washington
DC. More than four billion people are as yet unconnected around the world.
To address the challenge of getting three out of four of them online, one
panel will examine “moon shot” global innovations, and another, local
community-based networking strategies. Speakers include *Manu Bhardwaj*, *Megan
Smith*, *Chris Yoo*, *Steve Song*, and *Robert Pepper*. The event will be
webcast live on the *New America YouTube Channel
<https://youtu.be/Dz9YNJkh9R4>*.






* What: The Next Three Billion - Initiatives to Bring the Whole World
Online <https://www.newamerica.org/oti/events/next-three-billion/> Where:
Washington DC When: Thursday February 9 2017 10:00-14:00 EST | 15:00-19:00
UTC Agenda: https://www.newamerica.org/oti/events/next-three-billion/
<https://www.newamerica.org/oti/events/next-three-billion/> Webcast:
https://youtu.be/Dz9YNJkh9R4 <https://youtu.be/Dz9YNJkh9R4> Twitter: t.b.a.
maybe #next3billion
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/next3billion?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash>*


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