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Released:  October 6, 2015
FCC CONNECT2HEALTH TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES ITS
NEXT BEYOND THE BELTWAY EVENTS IN OHIO AND MICHIGAN
Washington, D.C.  – Today, the FCC’s Connect2Health Task Force announced that the next stops in its 
“Beyond the Beltway Series” of events and activities will be Cleveland, Ohio, on October 26, 2015; and 
Detroit, Michigan, on October 27-28, 2015. The various broadband health events and activities will be 
hosted and/or co-sponsored by the Global Center for Health Innovation, Cleveland Clinic, Wayne State 
University, the Henry Ford Innovation Institute, and TechTown Detroit.  
The Connect2Health
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“Beyond the Beltway Series” relates to the Task Force’s ongoing efforts to 
promote the transformative power of broadband technologies and next-generation communications 
services to improve access to health care services regardless of geography, time, distance, or socio-
economic factors.  The focus in these Midwest cities will be on leveraging broadband technology to help 
reduce health disparities and on identifying opportunities to further encourage innovation and 
entrepreneurship in the broadband health technology space.         
October 26, 2015 – Cleveland, Ohio
? Commissioner Mignon Clyburn to keynote at Cleveland Clinic’s 2015 Medical Innovation Summit
? Connect2Health
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Task Force to hold data-gathering roundtable on how broadband technology 
is shaping the future of health and care in urban, underserved environments and on what gaps and 
challenges remain.
October 27, 2015 – Detroit, Michigan
? Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commissioner Clyburn to host a Broadband Inclusion Roundtable, 
at the Henry Ford Innovation Institute, featuring local government, innovators, industry, 
educators, advocacy groups, community and other thought leaders to discuss the pressing societal 
concern over digital inclusion issues.  The FCC seeks to ensure that all consumers can benefit 
fully from information and communications technologies in health.
October 28, 2015 – Detroit, Michigan
? Connect2Health
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Task Force, in collaboration with Wayne State University and TechTown 
Detroit, will hold a public event that focuses on how broadband can be used to expand access, 
help reduce urban health disparities in Michigan, and foster innovation and entrepreneurship in 
the broadband and health technology space.
Further details about the Connect2Health
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Task Force’s Beyond the Beltway visits to Cleveland and 
Detroit will be released as they become available.  Press inquiries should be directed to Katie Gorscak, 
Communications Director, Connect2Health
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Task Force, at (202) 418-2156, or via e-mail at 
Katie.Gorscak@fcc.gov.  For additional information about the Connect2Health
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Task Force, please 
visit the FCC’s broadband health hub at http://www.fcc.gov/health.              
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