Appalachian Regional Commission conference on telecommunications in Abingdon this week

As described here, this week Abingdon's Southwestern Virginia Higher Education Center will be the site for the annual conference of the Appalachian Regional Commission, with a focus on the role of telecommunications in the development of the Appalachian Region, which in Virginia includes (according to the government) the Counties of Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Highland, Lee, Montgomery, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe, and the Cities of Bristol, Buena Vista, Covington, Galax, Lexington, Norton, and Radford.