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2024 Digital Inclusion Research Webinar Series: Roundtable Discussion
October 11 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm CDT
We will wrap up the Digital Inclusion Research webinar series with a roundtable discussion to further explore the session topics and network.
Space is limited.
The 2024 Digital Inclusion Webinar Series
Join us during Digital Inclusion Week for a series of webinars highlighting the latest research on digital inclusion. Each webinar focuses on a timely topic, elevating policy-driven scholarship. The presentations will feature emerging methodologies, best practices and needs for future research.
Academics, researchers, policymakers, and community development practitioners are encouraged to register for one or more of the sessions:
- Following the Dollars: Measuring the Efficacy of Federal Broadband Funding (October 8, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CT)
- The Broadband Affordability Burden: Exploring Research and Policies for Affordable High-Speed Internet for All (October 9, 10:00 am – 11:30 am CT)
- Evaluating Digital Skills: Data, Measurement Tools, and Outcomes (October 10, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CT)
Why this matters
Access to the internet is vital to economic inclusion. However, many Americans lack access to affordable home broadband or the skills and devices needed to use it.
Recent federal funding programs provide a singular opportunity to address these issues. This has driven an interest in relevant research on digital inclusion among policymakers and practitioners, as well as academics and researchers. The heightened attention has also revealed research gaps in some areas.
About this series
This webinar series is a follow-up to the Digital Inclusion Research Forum hosted by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City and Philadelphia in 2023.
The forum serves as a platform to share digital inclusion research and provide context for practitioners to understand and apply research to their work. It also highlights opportunities for new research.