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Our theme this year is Revisiting NY’s Digital Divide: Solutions for Reaching the Disconnected. Through this convening, we aim to strengthen collaboration, share promising practices, and build a more coordinated statewide movement to close the digital divide.
We look forward to an exchange of ideas that will help educate, connect, and mobilize leaders across the state as we continue working together to expand digital opportunities for all New Yorkers.
Tickets: $50 | Information about Sponsorship Levels
Venue
ETEC Building
1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
Date: September 29, 2026
Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Lodging
Hilton Garden Inn Albany/SUNY Area
1389 Washington Ave., Albany, New York, 12206, USA
Reserve your room as part of NYSDEN’s hotel block!
This event made possible by our sponsors:
Gold
Digital Equity Coalition of
the Capital Region
Workforce Development Institute
United Way of the
Greater Capital Region
Silver
The STEM Alliance
Bronze
Columbia Economic
Development Corporation
Ajumi Networks
Agenda
Join us for a day of plenaries, panels, and workshops designed to educate, illuminate, and spur continued progress and innovation in digital equity throughout New York State
| Time | Session | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30AM – 9:00AM | Breakfast & Networking | Room 100F |
| 9:00AM – 9:15AM | Welcoming/Electeds/UAlbany GREETING | Main Room 151/149 |
| 9:15AM – 10:00AM | Fireside Chat: Learning From Massachusetts: How Sustained Investments Center Digital Equity Priorities | Main Room 151/149 |
| 10:00AM – 10:50AM | Your Playbook for Digital Opportunity: A Hands-On Planning Workshop | Main Room 151/149 |
| Beginner Digital Skills: A New Curriculum You Can Use Today Workshop | Room 303 | |
| 11:00AM – 11:50AM | Digital Inclusion, AI Literacy and an equitable Quantum Future in NYS a Panel Plenary | Main Room 151/149 |
| 12:00PM – 12:50PM | Lunch | Room 100F |
| 1:00PM – 1:50PM | A Minimum Digital Standard Of Living Panel | Main Room 151/149 |
| Behind the Scenes of NYC’s Broadband Adoption Plan Panel | Room 303 | |
| 2:00PM – 2:50PM | From Digital Divide to AI Literacy Chasm: Reaching NY’s Disconnected Fair Chance Workforce Workshops | Main Room 151/149 |
| AI Safety Awareness Project | Room 303 | |
| How to Hit a Moving Target: Preparing All Workers for the AI Economy | Room B10 | |
| 2:50PM – 3:00PM | Refresher Break | Room 100F |
| 3:00PM – 4:00PM | Aligning New York State Associations to Advance Digital Inclusion and Workforce Equity | Main Room 151/149 |
| 4:00PM – 4:30PM | Closing | Main Room 151/149 |
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