Business leaders and academics will meet in Grafton today to learn more about the rollout of the National Broadband Network.

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, will meet the representatives and talk about future regional opportunities and benefits of the project.

Page MP Janelle Saffin says the National Broadband Network is an ambitious project to wire up Australia for high-speed broadband.

She says it promises to revolutionise day-to-day activities and the way business is done on the New South Wales north coast.

Ms Saffin says Southern Cross University Professor of Information Technology, Peter Croll, has been building a strong case for the Northern Rivers and mid-north coast to be a high priority area for the rollout.

Senator Conroy will visit the village of Coutts Crossing, local businesses and outline the plan at a lunch meeting.