How Community Networks are helping during COVID-19

Access to the Internet has never been more important.

Thank you for joining us on Wednesday, 8 July at 7:00 AM UTC for a one-hour conversation about how Community Networks are helping the remote communities during COVID-19.

The goal of this virtual meeting was to demonstrate the importance of community networks to provide connectivity, and how they are helping rural communities to prepare and respond to COVID-19.

Key topics of discussions were:

  • How community networks connect the unconnected.
  • How community networks are operating during current pandemic.
  • Challenges community networks face today.
  • Support community networks require to continue to connect the unconnected.

If you were not able to join or want to experience it again, here’s the recorded livestream:

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Date and Time

07:00 – 08:00 AM UTC

Wednesday 08 July 2020

Location

Online

Panelists and moderator

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Sarbani Banerjee Belur

APC

Dr. Sarbani Banerjee Belur, is currently the Asia Regional Coordinator for Association for Progressive Communications (APC) for the Community Networks Connecting the Unconnected project. She is also the Senior Research… Read more about Sarbani Banerjee Belur

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Gustaff H. Iskandar

Founder, Common Room Networks Foundation (Common Room)

Gustaff Harriman Iskandar was born in Sukabumi on 16th of August 1974. He graduated from Fine Arts Department, Bandung Institute of Technology in 1999. After finishing his study, he ran… Read more about Gustaff H. Iskandar

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Rajnesh Singh

Former Regional Vice President - Asia-Pacific

Raj was the Regional Vice President - Asia-Pacific at the Internet Society until September 2023. Read more about Rajnesh Singh

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Naveed Haq

Regional Infrastructure and Connectivity Director

I'm Regional Director for Infrastructure and Connectivity, primarily working in the Asia and the Pacific region. I carry a professional appetite to work with people and build Internet infrastructure and… Read more about Naveed Haq

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