Rva Hampton Roads Mega Region Collaborative

Advancing our global internet hub plan: last year marked our shift from planning to implementation. This included:-running the global internet hub council following our global internet hub strategic plan.- distributing thousands of our global internet hub maps showcasing our megaregion's digital assets see a copy here.- educating the general assembly's technology committee.- speaking at a digital infrastructure conference in portugal the atlantic convergence conference to advance our story. We learned there that we are practicing a model that other cities are trying to emulate, where two nearby cities share and leverage complementary digital assets. -educating stakeholders on the economic benefits of digital infrastructure ecosystems.- preparing and releasing a 14-page white paper identifying barriers to growing our it/tech workforce. This strategy paper is now guiding our work in implementing strategy #10 of our global internet hub's strategic plan developing our it/tech workforce.

Hosting convergence 2024: convergence 2024, held on october 1, was a resounding success. Nearly 200 attendees joined us in a new venue, and we achieved record sponsorship support.