sue spradley executive director pcast | 7 sep 2012

Sue SpradleyExecutive Director

PCAST | 7 Sep 2012

Focused in 6 national priority areas

501(c)(3) Public-Private Partnership

60 next-generation applications

200 community test beds

Coordinate & Incubate Best Practices

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OUR GOALS

Infrastructure

Next-Gen Applications

Economic Leadership

Next-Gen Applications

• Meets needs in a priority area

• Makes something new possible

• Uses advanced infrastructure

• Receives foundation, industry, and/or government support

• Has strong local leadership

Infrastructure

Next-Gen Applications

Economic Leadership

Killer App: Natural Collaboration

HealthcareEducationE-governmentWorkforce training

Next-Gen Infrastructure

Software defined networks

Neighborhood Cloud (GENI Racks)

Gigabit to the end user

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Infrastructure

Next-Gen Applications

Economic Leadership

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TRANSFORMING HEALTH

LOCAL AND RESPONSIVE

APPS

NEW STARTUPS

YOUR NEXT-GEN IDEA

LOW-COST, NATURAL, HD VIDEO

GIGABITTO END-USER

IMPROVED URBANTRANSPORTATION

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Killer App: “Remote Surgery”

Doctors can “practice” using real patient data prior to surgery

Can be performed remotely, allowing more doctors’ input

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Killer App: “SimCenter”

Next-generation emergency response

Millions of municipal data points used to move people and resources in real-time

VIDEO: us-ignite.org/Chattanooga-story

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Killer App: “HUBZero”

Next-generation manufacturing

High powered computational modeling

Geographically distributed teams

Founding Partners

Research and Education Networks

Network Operators

Foundations & Nonprofits

Municipalities

Equipment Manufacturers

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Partners• Equipment Providers• Network Providers• Carriers• Venture Capitalists

• Federal Agencies• NSF/GENI• Municipalities

• Anchor Institutions• Universities• Foundations

• Content Providers• Developers• Mentor Networks

ResourcesComplementary Initiatives

Internet2Gig.U

Open Networking Foundation

Start-Up America

Application Development

NetworkInfrastructure National Support

Community Support

Mentoring

Knowledge Sharing

Coordination

Network Test bedsNext-gen Applications

Ecosystem

Federal CommunitiesNon-profitsIndustry

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“Public Apps Library”

What if we made advanced tools publicly available through advanced networks?

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Killer App: “SEVA”

MozillaIgnite.org/ideas/8

Our Team

Sue Spradley Bill Wallace Glenn Ricart Joe Kochan

Jessica Roeder Jake Brewer Nicole Levine

KEYS to SUCCESS

Financial Engagement

Vocal Community Support

New Membership

1/3 government, 1/3 foundation, 1/3 industry

Making US Ignite part of our partners’ communications

Encouraging peer networks to join the Partnership

OUR VALUE

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APPLICATIONS

INFRASTRUCTURE

BREAKTHGOUGHTECHNOLOGY

• New ways to address social challenges

• Provide new revenue models

• Utilize existing investments

• Expand demand for new infrastructure

• Training the next-generation of “gigabit thinkers” and developers

• Leading edge opportunities for R&D

Follow our progress

us-ignite.org/city-stories

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