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ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday July 21 2021 from 12:00-17:00 EDT (16:00-21:00 UTC) Next Century Cities will host their first virtual conference 'Broadband is the Electricity of the 21st Century. Let’s Light Up Every Community'. An academic pre-conference will take place on" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ncc2021" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ncc2021-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>Wednesday July 21 2021</strong> from <strong>12:00-17:00 EDT</strong> (16:00-21:00 UTC) <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://nextcenturycities.org/" target="_blank"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>Next Century Cities</a></strong> will host their first virtual conference '<strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://nextcenturycities.org/conference/" target="_blank">Broadband is the Electricity of the 21st Century. Let’s Light Up Every Community</a></strong>'. An <strong>academic pre-conference</strong> will take place on <strong>Tuesday July 20 2021 from 11:00-13:00 EDT</strong> (15:00-17:00 UTC). The agenda items and speakers feature local leadership. Participants will be able to engage with federal, state, Tribal and local leaders, policymakers, and advocates through interactive roundtables, fireside chats, and networking sessions. All proceedings will be webcast by the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://isocdc.org" target="_blank">Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society</a></strong>.</p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>LIVESTREAM <a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ncc2021" target="_blank">http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ncc2021</a></strong></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>AGENDA <a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://nextcenturycities.org/conference/" target="_blank"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>https://nextcenturycities.org/conference/</a></strong></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM <a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://bit.ly/3yHWY8l" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3yHWY8l</a></strong></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>REAL TIME TEXT - DAY 1 <a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://bit.ly/3eCAttL" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3eCAttL</a></strong></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>TWITTER <span><a style="color:#2585b2" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCCCon21?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank">#NCCCon21</a></span> <a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://bit.ly/NextCentCit" target="_blank">@NextCentCit </a> @isocdc</strong></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>SIMULCASTS</strong><br><strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/</a></strong><br><strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive</a></strong><br><strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/</a></strong><br><strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.facebook.com/NextCentCit" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/NextCentCit</a></strong></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>ARCHIVE</strong><br><strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://archive.org/details/ncc2021" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/ncc2021</a></strong><br><strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://bit.ly/ncc2021vid" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/ncc2021vid</a></strong></p>
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