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Breakthrough Solutions Annual Conference 2008
It’s All Connected - Linking Your Local Economy to Global Opportunities
May 1, 2008
Hilton Little Rock Metro Center
Over 115 people registered for this conference,
with the theme "It’s All Connected – Linking Your Local Economy to
Global Opportunities." Those in attendance were treated to the
insights of Jane Smith Patterson, Executive Director of North
Carolina’s e-NC program for rural broadband. They learned of
opportunities for communities, counties and regions offered by the
Breakthrough Solutions program of U of A Cooperative Extension,
Division of Agriculture.
Panels offered information on the Connect
Arkansas Program to deploy and harness the power of broadband
throughout Arkansas, stories of community and regional economic
development and opportunities in developing a skilled workforce for
Arkansas.
PowerPoints from the day’s speakers are
available here, including:
- Jane Smith Patterson, e-NC Executive Director
- Mark Peterson, Breakthrough Solutions program
director, U of A Cooperative Extension Service
- James Winningham, Arkansas Broadband Advisory
Council
- Ed Levy, Principal, Cromwell Architect
Engineers
- Dave Phillips, U of A Community College, Hope
- Susan Norton, CIO, Fayetteville Public Schools
For more information about the Breakthrough
Solutions or Connected Communities programs, contact Dr. Mark
Peterson at
mpeterson@uaex.edu or 501-671-2066.
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