BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20201012T190000Z DTEND:20201012T200000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:"Make it Monday" forum - NewSpace Infrastructure Bringing Affordable Broadband To All Of Alaska DESCRIPTION:Fast\, affordable\, and reliable broadband is not coming fast enough to rural Alaska. Four years ago\, Microcom embarked on a project to provide ubiquitous broadband capacity for all of Alaska. To accomplish this mission\, Microcom formed a new company\, Pacific Dataport\, to procure\, launch\, and operate a Ka-band high throughput satellite (HTS) system to provide low cost and high-speed broadband internet over the entire Alaskan landmass.\n\n\n\nPacific Dataport is seeking to improve telemedicine\, commerce\, distance education\, and general communications in rural Alaska. The means to achieve this mission is chiefly technical and involves efficiently providing satellite-delivered services to Alaska. The business vision of Pacific Dataport is to be a premier provider of broadband service to rural Alaska at competitive prices.\n\n\n\nPacific Dataport has the unique opportunity to provide incredible change within a market that is both underserved and unserved. Technology has given us a set of tools to build an effective solution to serving rural Alaska with a broadband bridge to the world. It can be the catalyst for new business opportunities as well as new job opportunities for all Alaskans. Pacific Dataport's broadband product will play an integral role in the development of emerging economies and internet-based businesses in every community throughout Alaska.\n\n \n \n\nAlexander Schumann is Director of Satellite Broadband at Microcom. Alexander is actively involved in Microcom's satellite television and broadband sales and installation efforts across Alaska\, Hawaii\, and lower 48 states. Currently\, Alexander is working on growing Microcom's rural broadband business and deploying new broadband products across Alaska. He is also engaged in the development of Microcom's Talkeetna Gateway facility. Alexander earned his M.B.A. and M.S. in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado as well as a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Alaska Anchorage.\n \n\n\n \n\nNew to Monday Forum? What to expect\n\n \n\nFOLLOW OUR EVENTS ON FACEBOOK!\n\n\n\nSUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO SPEAK\n\n\n\nBECOME A SPONSOR\n\n\n\nDeadline to register online is 5 pm the Friday directly preceding the forum. But tickets are available at the door\, day-of\, to purchase.\n\n\n\nCancellation Note: There is a 48-hour cancellation policy. To receive a full refund\, registration must be canceled no less than two business days prior to the date of the event. No refunds will be given after this date. All registrations are transferable to another person upon your request. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

\nFast\, affordable\, and reliable broadband is not coming fast enough to rural Alaska. Four years ago\, Microcom embarked on a project to provide ubiquitous broadband capacity for all of Alaska. To accomplish this mission\, Microcom formed a new company\, Pacific Dataport\, to procure\, launch\, and operate a Ka-band high throughput satellite (HTS) system to provide low cost and high-speed broadband internet over the entire Alaskan landmass.
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\nPacific Dataport is seeking to improve telemedicine\, commerce\, distance education\, and general communications in rural Alaska. The means to achieve this mission is chiefly technical and involves efficiently providing satellite-delivered services to Alaska. The business vision of Pacific Dataport is to be a premier provider of broadband service to rural Alaska at competitive prices.
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\nPacific Dataport has the unique opportunity to provide incredible change within a market that is both underserved and unserved. Technology has given us a set of tools to build an effective solution to serving rural Alaska with a broadband bridge to the world. It can be the catalyst for new business opportunities as well as new job opportunities for all Alaskans. Pacific Dataport'\;s broadband product will play an integral role in the development of emerging economies and internet-based businesses in every community throughout Alaska.
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\nAlexander Schumann is Director of Satellite Broadband at Microcom. Alexander is actively involved in Microcom&rsquo\;s satellite television and broadband sales and installation efforts across Alaska\, Hawaii\, and lower 48 states. Currently\, Alexander is working on growing Microcom&rsquo\;s rural broadband business and deploying new broadband products across Alaska. He is also engaged in the development of Microcom&rsquo\;s Talkeetna Gateway facility. Alexander earned his M.B.A. and M.S. in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado as well as a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
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\nFOLLOW OUR EVENTS ON FACEBOOK!
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\nSUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO SPEAK
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\nBECOME A SPONSOR
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\nDeadline to register online is 5 pm the Friday directly preceding the forum. But tickets are available at the door\, day-of\, to purchase.
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\nCancellation Note: There is a 48-hour cancellation policy. To receive a full refund\, registration must be canceled no less than two business days prior to the date of the event. No refunds will be given after this date. All registrations are transferable to another person upon your request.
\n LOCATION:Zoom Webinar The link will be emailed to all registrants before the webinar begins. UID:e.1417.7854 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260421T131324Z URL:https://business.anchoragechamber.org/events/details/make-it-monday-forum-newspace-infrastructure-bringing-affordable-broadband-to-all-of-alaska-10-12-2020-7854 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR