BUILDING AMERICA’S DIGITAL CROSSROADSreport from Kansas City

March 4, 2013

PLAYING TO WINin America’s Digital Crossroads

A playbook for capitalizingon ultra-high-speed fiber

in Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri

• Distinct mission—action not planning– Supporting the community– Connecting efforts– Driving activity where needed

• Entrepreneurial nature – a civic startup• Network-driven, not hierarchical• Community creation and implementation

Organizational mission and characteristics

Ensuring Universal Access and Capacity

Drive Innovationthrough Demonstration

Expand Economic Opportunities

Establish GlobalLeadership

Cornerstone strategies

what it looks like on the ground

Broad access to serviceEnsuring Universal Access and Capacity

Ensuring Universal Access and CapacityRaising visibility

Ensuring Universal Access and CapacityNew non-profit organizations

Ensuring Universal Access and CapacityRegional digital literacy strategy

Project-focused work groups

• Health care• Education• Next generation home• Gaming• Arts• Libraries• Incubators/accelerators• Smart city

Drive Innovationthrough Demonstration

Digital media lab for youthDrive Innovation

through Demonstration

Drive Innovationthrough Demonstration

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Health care education

Drive Innovationthrough DemonstrationTeleradiology

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Gigabit app developmentDrive Innovation

through Demonstration

• Digital archive/cultural repository

• School-based health care kiosks

• Massive open online course in gig environment

• Application-as-a-service for libraries

• 3D city planning and citizen engagement

Drive Innovationthrough DemonstrationGovernment innovation

Eco devo goes startupExpand Economic

Opportunities

Proof-of-concept labExpand Economic

Opportunities

New startup communitiesExpand Economic

Opportunities

International smart city planningEstablish Global

Leadership

Singapore

Kansas CityAmsterdam

Barcelona

Toronto

Drawing visitors to KCEstablish Global

Leadership

Takeaways

• Focus on cultural, social and economic outcomes, not the technology

• New economy outcomes are not always reflected in traditional metrics (e.g. “job” defined by income or W2; “health care” as service delivered or quality of health)

• Balance organic with organization• Don’t be constrained by geopolitical boundaries• Technology creates an abundance of human

capital, not just bandwidth• Network power, human scale