Global Connect & Community Well-Being: An Opportunity for Synergy Mei Lin Fung May

Mei Lin Fung Shell, Intel and Oracle corporations Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Customer Lifetime Value Federal Health Futures : Networked Improvement Communities – Douglas Engelbart Networked Leadership Competencies California Health Medical Reserve Corps People Centered Internet: Chair Vint Cerf – Father of the Internet

Can Connectivity assist Community Well-Being?

“An investment in the Internet is an investment in People” Secretary of State John Kerry 1.5 Billion online by 2020

Reconfiguring Development: GCI-IEEE-World Bank 160 of the top connectivity network engineers, regulatory experts and representatives from government helped create a road map for region-specific action plans, including: (1) recommendations for which areas and populations to focus initial efforts (2) technical solutions in every region (3) getting past regulatory and tax barriers (4) successful integration of connectivity into country development plans. Finance Ministers from all continents, along with technology CEOs, NGO presidents, and heads of the major Multilateral Development Banks (MDB)

Connect All Initiative Connect All Initiative – White House Initiating a national service effort to deliver digital literacy skills. Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Increasing access to affordable devices – GSA led inter-agency. Bringing together private sector companies helping to deliver affordable connectivity. Marshaling philanthropic support for digital inclusion. later this year the Administration will convene leaders in the philanthropic, non-profit, and private sectors to a summit focused on building on our progress to date and delivering on ConnectALL’s vision of connecting 20 million more Americans to broadband by

Connect America – FCC Broadband has gone from being a luxury to a necessity for full participation in our economy and society -$9 Billion in subsidies to serve 4 million homes-$9 Billion in subsidies to serve 4 million homes FCC has adopted comprehensive reforms of its Universal Service Fund (USF) and Intercarrier Compensation (ICC) systems to accelerate broadband build-out to the approximately 23 million Americans who lack access by transforming the existing USF into a new Connect America Fund focused on broadband. Consumers everywhere – both urban and rural – will benefit. Reform will not only drive economic growth in rural America, but will expand the online marketplace nationwide, creating jobs and businesses opportunities across the country. _connect_america_fund_phase_ii_commitments.pdf

"When you think about the social contract after World War II, government and capital business and labor came together to rebuild a continent," Marcela Manubens, Global vice president of Social Impact at Unilever. Is this an Opportunity for National and Global Leadership in Community Well-Being? Private Sector & Tech Sector seeking leadership to bring us together for the common good

People Centered Internet

DESIRABLE PROPERTIE S OF THE PEOPLE- CENTERED INTERNET Complete universal Internet coverage that enables functionality that is otherwise unreachable or ineffective The Internet is affordable, open, available and accessible to all Fosters digital literacy, local content in local language to achieve widespread usage and increased value to people, families, communities and countries The system achieves a level of trust that meets the users’ expectations of affordability, privacy, safety The quantity and quality of educational and information services is increasingly available to families and communities Anyone can contribute to improvement of the utility of the global Internet. Personal information in the digital environment is protected by law and controlled by the individual

Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE’s mission: Advancing Tech for HumanityIEEE’s mission 425,000 membership 160 countries IEEE-Sight is a volunteer arm - Tunisia People Centered Internet is working closely to set up project templates for local communities where technical volunteers can be involved. How can we leverage this for community well-bring?

Can Community Well-Being assist Connectivity?

Technology Adoption Cycle – Tech & Health Community Well-Being? 3 out of 5 people In the World are not connected to the Internet

Community Well-Being Measures Essential Effective financial investment for development In ways that improve human outcomes REQUIRES: 1. Project Financing Frameworks incorporating open data with Internet-time feedback. 2. Precision phase-by-phase evaluation that filters funding to the most effective projects REQUIRES: Simple agreed to measures for individual and community well being

Thank you for the opportunity to engage! Mei Lin Fung