Surfing the Small Cell Tsunami & Smart City: Managing your 5G Future and Beyond the SMART CITY
This is a two-part session that addresses ways to maximize the coming wave of 5G and the Smart Cities movement. Part 1. Explore your local control over the implementation of 5G expansion by providers. Learn how proactive communities are developing new methods to encourage 5G to drive economic development and other local goals. Develop an understanding of how state law and FCC regulations have significantly preempted local authority over small cell tower deployment. The FCC wants to expedite the rollout of new cell towers for 5G, and many community leaders have been surprised that it is mandatory for them to approve hundreds of new small cell towers. Also, the required "shot clock" gives municipalities only a few weeks to review plans causing confusion about cost recovery, aesthetics, public safety, and managing rights-of-way. Creating effective public policy can help you maximize your local control over the coming wave of 5G expansion. New partnerships are being discussed with industry as a partner instead of the traditionally adversarial permitting relationships. Learn tips from a municipal attorney, and experienced technical/industry consultants about how to leverage innovative tactics to improve aesthetics, capture innovation, enhance economic development, minimize costs and prepare for this exciting technology.
Part 2. Learn about how public officials are managing today’s and planning for tomorrow’s technologies. New techniques are having a profound effect on the way officials are managing their transportation infrastructure. Here’s a glimpse into the future of innovative technologies:
• Autonomous cars – What secondary effects, consequences, and impact will they have on the public?
• What other impacts will these technologies have and how will they change our urban fabric?
• How can you repurpose your underused utility, street lighting and traffic signal infrastructure to support 5G small cells and provide gigabit speed broadband?
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
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$33 Single; $10 NIU Student
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Janiece Bollie
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