Broadband Wireless Digital Divide Panel

May 15, 2024 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

  • Madison
  • DySPAN, NSMA, Spectrum Week, SpectrumX Meeting

About Session

This session is open to all IEEE DySPAN and Spectrum Week attendees.

This session will be held in Madison from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

The broadband wireless digital divide is a wickedly complex problem that is due to many different factors that spans both demand-side and supply-side aspects as well as rural and urban regions. However, this divide has also resulted in and perpetuates socioeconomic and racial disparities that impact the ability of individuals and communities to fully participate in society and the economy. This panel will explore some of the underlying origins of this part of the digital divide and invite the audience to consider ways in which they can develop creative solutions to the barriers that maintain the broadband wireless digital divide.

Speakers

Monisha Ghosh

Monisha Ghosh

Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Policy Outreach Director, SpectrumX, and University of Notre Dame
Ashutosh Dutta

Ashutosh Dutta

Senior Scientist and 5G Chief Strategist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)
Edward Oughton

Edward Oughton

Professor, George Mason University
Darrah Blackwater

Darrah Blackwater

Indigenous Law and Policy Fellow, University of Arizona College of Law

Matthew Sprintson

High-School Senior, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology