Just as the pandemic changed the American workplace, it had a major disruptive effect on colleges and universities across the country, forcing them to adopt new remote learning initiatives and revealing the technological shortcomings that campuses faced.

At the same time, it opened opportunities. During the pandemic, Carnegie Mellon University used a rapidly deployed private wireless solution to power live video streams on high definition cameras to monitor and track CDC guideline compliance on-campus. Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville, set up an interactive virtual reality lab for pre-med and biology-related majors that enables students to study human anatomy through virtual cadavers, something the university could not offer before because of cost and maintenance requirements for real human remains.

Join thought leaders from higher education and industry as we outline the potential for 5G private wireless networks to power new innovations for students in areas as diverse as classroom education, research on highly data-intensive projects, and sports arenas across the country.