Jason's Industry Insights
Jason's Industry Insights
Podcast Description
Welcome to Jason's Industry Insights - your go-to podcast for crisp, 30-minute conversations with the fascinating folks shaping today's tech landscape. With a focus on broadband, telco, space communications and AI, we're talking to a diverse mix of professionals who impact these fields in big and small ways.
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The podcast explores crucial themes around digital connectivity and technological advancements, addressing topics such as the digital divide in rural areas, innovative broadband solutions, and the potential impacts of AI in telecommunications. Examples include episodes discussing barriers to broadband in Northern Ontario, alternative approaches to solving the 'last mile' problem, and the future of space-based data centers.
Welcome to Jason’s Industry Insights – your go-to podcast for crisp, 30-minute conversations with the fascinating folks shaping today’s tech landscape. With a focus on broadband, telco, space communications and AI, we’re talking to a diverse mix of professionals who impact these fields in big and small ways.
In this episode, I reconnect with Amedeo Bernardi, founder of the Canadian Rural and Remote Broadband Community Conference and Expo (CRRBC), to preview the 2026 conference season and explore this year’s theme: “the infinite build.”
Born from a coffee conversation in 2019, CRRBC has evolved from a regional North Bay gathering into Canada’s premier platform for addressing digital equity in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities, attracting over 400 conference attendees in 2025.
Amedeo traces the conference’s journey through pandemic-era supply chain challenges, the critical focus on Indigenous reconciliation in 2023, and last year’s exploration of what comes after initial connectivity.
The 2026 theme, “the infinite build,” addresses a crucial reality: building and maintaining rural infrastructure isn’t a one-and-done project—it’s an ongoing commitment that requires sustainable business models, continuous investment, and evolving technology solutions.
Amedeo shares exciting updates, including enhanced sponsorship packages with dedicated meeting spaces, new breakout session opportunities for vendors, expanded year-round webinar series opportunities, and the return of the third annual golf tournament at Hawk Ridge.
Plus, lessons learned from 2025: the conference now starts on Tuesday, so Casino Rama’s restaurants are actually open on arrival night!
Registration is now open for CRRBC 2026 East (June 9-111, Casino Rama, ON).
Watch for CRRBC West (November 1-3, Saskatoon, SK).
https://crrbc.ca/eastern-canada-2026 for more information
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