From the Office of Broadband Development…

Celebrating 10 years of broadband in Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development (DEED) Office of Broadband Development is hosting the Celebrating 10 Years of Connecting One Minnesota-Broadband Event on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. This hybrid event will bring together people in Minnesota from Internet Service Providers, the federal, state, tribal, local governments, and advocates from across the state. Connecting people to people, people to information, and people to resources in Minnesota is critical to our economic stability and digital opportunity.The event will start at 8:30 am with registration and coffee and a light breakfast, and end with closing remarks at 4:15pm. There will be an opening and welcome from DEED and State leadership, a networking lunch, and 8 different panels and fireside chats throughout day.

There is no fee to attend this event, however, to ensure we are utilizing funds appropriately, please cancel your in-person registration by Friday, March 1, 2024, so that you aren’t included in our final guarantee for catering. You may change your registration to attend virtually if this accommodates your availability. 

Registration to attend in-person or virtually is available here.  

Event center details

Connecting One Minnesota-Broadband Annual Conference will be at the Heritage Center of Brooklyn Center’s Carriage Hall (6155 Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center, MN 55434).  

Free parking will be available at the venue.  

Important links & reminders

Visit the Connecting One Minnesota-Broadband webpage for full information on the agenda, session and speaker biographies, and reserving a hotel room. Please note: Reservations made in the room block must be made by Tuesday February 27th, 2024, at 11:50 PM CST.  
Register to attend the event in-person and virtually here.
Visit the event center’s webpage for directions accessing the Heritage Center of Brooklyn Center’s Carriage Hall

We are committed to providing equal access to this conference for all participants. If you need alternative formats or other reasonable accommodations, pleasecontact Christine.Pribbernow@state.mn.us by the close of business on Friday, March 1, 2024.