Photo Gallery: The 2015 Gigabit City Summit – North America

by | Jan 20, 2015 | Global Roundtables

  • Aaron Deacon

    Aaron Deacon of KC Digital Drive, the organization that created the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Kicking off the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • Making connections at the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • Mike Brown of Brainzooming at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Sly James

    Mayor Sly James of KCMO at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Herb Sih of Think Big Partners at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Mayor Holland

    Mayor Mark Holland of Kansas City Kansas at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Margaret May

    Margaret May of Kansas City at the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook.)

  • Blair Levin

    Blair Levin talks the Early Adopter's Dilemma at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Mike Burke of the Mayors Bistate Innovations Team at the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • community building

    Margaret May, Herb Sih, Jase Wilson and Mike Brown lead a panel on community building at the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • Jase Wilson of Neighborly at the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • Alan Fitzpatrick of Charlotte Hearts Gigabit at the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • Jill Szuchmacher

    Jill Szuchmacher of Google Fiber speaks at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • From left: Rick Usher, Rondella Hawkins and Michael Grover discussed cutting through Red Tape at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Rich Culatta

    Richard Culatta leads a "fireside chat" at the EDU track of the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Boyd Cohen

    Smart City thinker Boyd Cohen keynoted day 1 of the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Cox Communications leads an Inspiration Theater session at the Gigabit City Summit. Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • Bear Communications leads an Inspiration Theater session at the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • MINET

    Oregon's MINET leads an Inspiration Theater talk at the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • The audience for Boyd Cohen at the Gigabit City Summit

  • Kari Keefe

    Kari Keefe of Hive Networks (Mozilla) organized the EDU Track at the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • 1 Million Cups

    Entrepreneurs pitch their early-stage companies as part of 1 Million Cups at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Vander Ark

    Tom Vander Ark keynotes the EDU track at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Will Barkis

    Will Barkis talks gigabit applications at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Kauffman - Scaling Communities

    From left, Catherine Bracy, Christopher Lawrence and Bill Wallace at the Kauffman Foundation for the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • Nate Hill of Chattanoog and Bill Wallace of US Ignite look on attentively at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Deb Socia of Next Century Cities speaks at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Susan Crawford speaks at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Joe Reardon

    Joe Reardon delivers the closing keynote of the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Matthew Marcus

    Matthew Marcus of the KC Startup Village gives a tour to delegates of the Gigabit City Summit.

  • Google Fiber Space

    Delegates at the Gigabit City Summit visit the Google Fiber Space.

  • Delegates visit the new Think Big Partners at the Gigabit City Summit.

  • From left, Aaron Deacon, Ken Hays and Dan O'Neil discuss Connecting Communities within a City at the Gigabit City Summit. (Photo: Lyn Cook)

  • More than 200 attendees gathered at the Gigabit City Summit

  • The Bloch Executive Hall @ Gigabit City Summit

Context: From January 13 through 15 in Kansas City, Missouri, more than 200 delegates from 49 cities gathered to discuss how technology can improve city living. The Gigabit City Summit was organized by KC Digital Drive, with sponsorship from Google Fiber, Cox Communications, Bear Communications, Juniper Networks, US Ignite, Launch KC, the Kauffman Foundation, UMKC and The Brainzooming Group. Read more here.

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