On October 30th, MMTC President and CEO Maurita Coley Flippin spoke on inclusion, innovation, smart cities, and MMTC’s apprenticeship and workforce development initiatives at Charter Communications, Inc.’s “Partnering with Communities Today to Build the Smart Cities of Tomorrow” event. Noting the cable industry partnership with local government franchising authorities for over 40 years, Coley Flippin supported public-private partnerships between local governments and their technology partners, emphasizing inclusion first and the use of apprenticeships to ensure that diverse communities have access to career and business opportunities in smart cities innovation.
Watch the video here featuring FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, Steve Falk of Charter Communications, Mayor Steve Benjamin of Columbia, South Carolina and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Bill McGuire of Connected Communities, Brent Skorup of Mercatus Center at George Mason University, MMTC President Maurita Coley Flippin, Jordan Crenshaw of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Jean Rice of NTIA.
Learn more about MMTC’s and apprenticeship and workforce development efforts here.
