[image: YouTube] <https://isoc.live/15797>[Just starting - real time text https://bit.ly/3CbC1al ] On *Monday September 26 2022* at *3-4:15pm EDT* (19:00-20:15 UTC) the *Benton Institute for Broadband & Society <https://www.benton.org/>* and the *National Broadband Mapping Coalition <https://broadbandmappingcoalition.org/>* host a panel ‘*From the Ground Up: Broadband Mapping By and For Communities <https://bit.ly/3BMF07N>*‘. United States communities and states are collecting data on local broadband availability as the Federal Communications Commission rolls out the *Broadband Data Collection <https://www.fcc.gov/BroadbandData>* (BDC) program. BDC data will be used to determine the allocation and distribution of funding to states under the $42.5 billion *Broadband Access Equity and Deployment <https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/resources/grant-programs/broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-bead-program>* (BEAD) program. Panelists will discuss these community data collection and mapping efforts, highlighting promising approaches for collaboration and best practices for speed test surveys. We will also discuss how states and communities can be best prepared for the challenge process to ensure they have access to the federal funds they need to address broadband availability. *PANEL* *Eduard Bartholme*, Senior Outreach Director, Broadband Data Task Force, Federal Communications Commission *Shayna Englin*, Director, California Community Foundation Digital Equity Initiative *Lonnie Hamilton III*, Broadband Planner, Office of Broadband, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) *Sarah Morris*, Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary, NTIA *Lai Yi Ohlsen*, Data Scientist, Measurement Lab *Brian Whitacre*, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University *MODERATOR* *Dustin Loup*, Program Manager,National Broadband Mapping Coalition *LIVESTREAM https://youtu.be/_9oSq09WeXo <https://youtu.be/_9oSq09WeXo>* *REGISTER https://bit.ly/3BMF07N <https://bit.ly/3BMF07N>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3CbC1al <https://bit.ly/3CbC1al>* *TWITTER #broadbandmapping <https://bit.ly/broadbandmapping> @FCC @MeasurementLab @okstate @calfund @VADHCD @MarconiSociety @DustinRLoup * *SIMULCAST* *https://twitter.com/Benton_Inst <https://twitter.com/Benton_Inst>* -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -