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Be Your Own Hero
We each had our own experiences with COVID-19 — the good, the bad, and the unforgettable. Now we’re told it’s post-pandemic. Time to move on and learn. Clearly, that’s easier for some to do than for others.
In terms of business, the telecom industry was lucky in many ways. It was deemed essential. So much so that the result was new federal and local funding to close The Digital Divide and get customers the high-speed broadband connections they need.
As a result, it’s not "back to normal" for the ICT industry. It’s full steam ahead! Improve, grow, and serve, at breakneck speed (literally and figuratively).
That’s why you’re at ISE EXPO 2021! Learning is essential to providing the best service and technology to connect us professionally and personally. School, work, troubleshooting networks, mapping out new fiber, improving upstream and downstream speeds — I could go on and on.
You’re here — IN REAL LIFE (#IRL) — to find solutions, share stories, and learn from each other. You’ve invested in the great education, keynotes, and exhibits. You deserve it — after making everyone else a priority during the last year.
We thank you for joining us to rejuvenate your career while you’re helping your company.
Stay safe. Be well. And take advantage of everything ISE EXPO 2021 has to offer IRL.
Janice Oliva
President/Publisher
P.S. If you aren’t here in person, all registered attendees can take advantage of our post-event, on-demand education. Go to www.iseexpo.com/on-demand-education for more details.
Survey Says!
Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center asked some 915 innovators, developers, business and policy leaders, researchers, and activists, what the future holds as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. They shared, "a nearly universal view that people’s relationship with technology will deepen as larger segments of the population come to rely more on digital connections for work, education, health care, daily commercial transactions and essential social interactions. A number describe this as a ‘tele-everything’ world."
Sources:
https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/
Janice Oliva | VP, Event Business Development, Endeavor Business Media
Janice Oliva is the VP, Event Business Development for Endeavor Business Media. Her primary focus is to develop a comprehensive content strategy for all EBM events that align with the event’s overall goals and objectives and roll out new event launches. Previously, Oliva was VP, Group Publisher Lighting & Digital Infrastructure at EBM and the owner of ISE and ISE EXPO prior to selling to EBM. She has worked with several magazine publishers since 1991 including PCI, Thompson Financial, The Aberdeen Group and Mpls./St Paul Magazine. Oliva has a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa. She resides in St. Petersburg, FL, with her husband and two dogs along with their college age children, Mario and Sydnie, when they come home for rare visits.