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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On <b>Thursday, October 24<sup>th</sup>, 2013</b>, Connect Michigan and the Library of Michigan will host the 2013 Michigan Broadband Conference to bring together community and economic development professionals, local government officials and staff, libraries, educators, technology providers, and many others to collaborate and share best practices for expanding broadband and technology access, adoption, and use in communities across the state. The conference will be held at the <b>Kellogg Center</b> on the campus of <b>Michigan State University</b> in <b>East Lansing, Michigan</b> from <b>9AM to 5PM</b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>***Library staff can register for free! Use this code: Libraries4Broadband***</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rural infrastructure, technology use by small businesses, digital job creation, and entrepreneurship are a sampling of some of the topics that will be discussed and about which best practices will be shared. See the attached flyer. The conference will feature state and nationally recognized economic development and technology speakers including <b>Blair Levin</b> of the Aspen Institute and chief architect of the National Broadband Plan, as well as <b>Mike Finney</b>, president and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and many more.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Registration for the conference is now open and more information can be found here: <a href="http://www.connectmi.org/broadband-summit"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.connectmi.org/broadband-summit</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>***Library staff can register for free! Use this code: Libraries4Broadband***</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please join us on <b>Thursday, October 24<sup>th</sup>, 2013</b> to help propel Michigan to the forefront of the digital economy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#943634'>Sheryl L. Mase<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Assistant Director <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Statewide Library Services<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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