Presentation by US Ignite National Community Leader, Dr. Nishal Mohan on the RFP for new members of the Smart Gigabit Communities program. Part of the US Ignite Tuesday morning sessions at the 2017 Smart Cities Connect conference in Austin Texas.

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The communities most likely to become the first smart communities (cities, rural areas, regions, states) are those
with widespread, open, and flexible advanced networks

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The US Ignite Smart Gigabit Communities (SGC) Program supports community innovation ecosystems to develop and
deploy next generation gigabit applications and services to build the foundation for
smart communities

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G I G A B I T A P P L I C AT I O N S
NEXT GEN APPS & SERVICES
INTEROPEABLE & SHARED
C H A M P I O N S
LEADERS
STEERING GROUP
I N N O VAT I O N E C O S Y S T E M
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
INNOVATION ACTIVITIES
I N F R A S T R U C T U R E
GIGABIT CONNECTIVITY
ADVANCED WIRELESS

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Human and Community Centered Design
Ideation to Deployment/Commercialization
SDN
High Speed
Low latency

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YEAR 1 YEAR 2
2018
TODAYSTART
2017.520172016
GIGABIT APPS AND SERVICES
65+5435

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THE SGC PROGRAMEnabling Smart and Connected Communities
Opportunities, Workshops, Summit, Seminars
CONFERENCES
International visibility, Marketing
PRESS
Next Gen Networking, Apps, Tutorials,
EDUCATION
100+ Gigabit Apps and Services
APPS
Next Gen Networks, DTS
TECHNOLOGY
SGCs, Projects, Groups, Multi-Sector Leaders
MEMBERSHIP
Smart Community, Infrastructure, Grants
FRAMEWORKS
Community, Subject, Technical, Policy
EXPERTISE

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MUNICIPALCORPORATE
FEDERAL
11%
COMMUNITIES
SGC NETWORK OF COMMUNITIES
17%
72%18
35+ by 2019
Salt Lake City
Richardson
Austin
Lafayette
NC Ignite
Kansas City
FlintMadison
Urbana-Champaign
Cleveland
Burlington
Washington
Albuquerque
Jackson
ChattanoogaPhoenixSan Diego
Colorado
Springs

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US Ignite and the National Science Foundation will provide support
for two competitively-selected communities that will increase SGC
diversity in geography, population density, economic position, and
resident demographics
SGC applications proposing locally-generated support
US IGNITE IS SEEKING ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES

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info@us-ignite.org
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nishal.mohan@us-ignite.org
917-703-0318
@drnishal
NISHAL MOHAN, PhD
JOIN OUR PROGRAM
See over 30 Next Generation Apps and Services, meet researchers, city
leaders, entrepreneurs, and SGC sponsors at the 2017 US Ignite Application
Summit
APPLY TO BECOME A SMART GIGABIT COMMUNITY
RFP for 2 NSF funded SGCs
Sponsor a SGC

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US IGNITE ANNOUNCES 5 NEW SGC COMMUNITIES
US IGNITE INC

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