Bridging the Digital Divide: Insights from Missouri’s Broadband Stakeholder Summit
Join DED’s Office of Broadband Development on Oct. 23, 2025 for the 4th Annual Connecting All Missourians Broadband Stakeholder Summit to learn about BEAD funding and Missouri’s plan to connect 200,000 unserved and underserved homes and businesses.
DED’s Office of Broadband Development (OBD) invites you to join us on October 23, 2025, for the 4th Annual Connecting All Missourians Broadband Stakeholder Summit.
We hope you’ll attend to hear from DED leadership, OBD team members, and other leaders from the public and private sectors. Learn more about Missouri’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program and what’s next for our BEAD Final Proposal to invest more than $700 million to bring broadband service to more than 200,000 unserved and underserved homes and businesses across the state.
In addition, we will highlight and celebrate Missouri’s broadband deployment and adoption achievements thus far and hear updates about Missouri’s Broadband Infrastructure Programs (BIP), Cell Towers Program, broadband mapping efforts, and much more.
Summit Agenda
Below is a brief overview of the summit’s agenda, with a detailed agenda now available.
- Welcome
- BEAD Awards
- Post-Award BEAD
- Mapping Missouri
- Lunch
- What’s next
- ARPA Awards
- NTIA Update
- Broadband Adoption
- Closing Remarks
Please join us to discuss these important developments and what to expect next from OBD as we continue work to connect all Missourians.
For any questions, please contact us a broadband@ded.mo.gov.
Thursday, October 23 | 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Missouri Farm Bureau Headquarters
701 S. Country Club Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109
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