The National Rural Conference 2025

Bookings are now officially open for the National Rural Conference 2025, which will take place online from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 September.
This is the Rural Services Network’s flagship event of the year, bringing together rural decision-makers, practitioners, and advocates for four days of live, interactive sessions focused on the future of rural communities.
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28/02/24 - RSN Seminar: Rural Connectivity

- To download the Agenda for this seminar click here

POST EVENT:
PRESENTATIONS


SPEAKERS

To find out more about the speakers click on the following links:

Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/our-team/kerry-booth/

Cristina Luna-Esteban, Policy Director, OFCOM
https://www.iicom.org/profile/cristina-luna-esteban/
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/

Lawrence Palk, Director of B2B Sales & GTM Strategy, Wildanet
https://wildanet.com/about-wildanet

Belinda Fawcett, General Counsel & Director of Property & Estates, Cornerstone
https://www.cornerstone.network/belinda-fawcett
https://www.cornerstone.network/


USEFUL LINKS FROM THE SESSION

RSN Winning the Rural Vote Campaign
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote

RSN Rural Digital Connectivity Chapter
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/manifesto-2023/rural-digital-connectivity-chapter.pdf

LGA report on digital switchover business case
https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/cyber-digital-and-technology/digital-switchover/digital-phone-switchover/digital

Shared Rural Network transforming mobile coverage countrywide
https://srn.org.uk/

Project Gigabit
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/project-gigabit-uk-gigabit-programme

National Data Bank
https://www.goodthingsfoundation.org/databank/   

Connectivity Guide
https://www.goodthingsfoundation.org/data-poverty-lab/supporting-people-with-data-connectivity-broadband-and-mobile-data/

House of Commons Library
The withdrawal of landlines and switch to digital calls
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9471/

OFCOM
Guidance on power cuts
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/access-emergency-organisations-power-cut

OFCOM
The future of fixed telephone services
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/information-for-industry/telecoms-competition-regulation/future-fixed-telephone-services

OFCOM Consultation on resilience guidance closes Friday 1 March 2024
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/resilience-guidance

Wildanet
Connecting Devon – Demonstrating the value of improved connectivity
https://wildanet.com/media/3bjpymh1/curia-report-devon-2023.pdf

The case for Local Authority Digital Champions
https://www.mobileuk.org/digital-champions

RSN 2024 seminar programme
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/meetings/online-seminars/2024/programme.pdf