About

Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Senior Fellow & Public Advocate. She is the host of the "Tech on the Rocks Podcast." Gigi sits on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable and democratic communications networks. For thirty years, Gigi has worked across the country to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open and protective of user privacy. Most recently,…

Great Lakes Connect Conference, Fairlawn, OH, September 25, 2018


The Great Lakes Connect Conference is the Midwest’s leading conference dedicated to examining how to harness broadband for economic development, community advancement, and innovation.  The 2018 theme was "Creating Intelligent Network Infrastructure to Compete in the Global Economy."  The conference explored creative and collaborative community examples throughout the Midwest as…