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Monday, June 2, 2025
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
Breakfast _{Full Conference Attendees Only}

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT

Breakfast _{Full Conference Attendees Only}

Location: Delta Ballroom BCD

Sponsored By

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
LATAM Breakfast Meet Up

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT

LATAM Breakfast Meet Up

Location: Delta Ballroom BCD

7:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
Exhibitor Setup Continued

7:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT

Exhibitor Setup Continued

Location: Ryman C

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT
Registration Open

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT

Registration Open

Location: Delta Lobby BCD

Sponsored By

8:00 AM – 11:55 AM CT
Monday General Session

8:00 AM – 8:05 AM CT

Welcome to Fiber Connect

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Speaker: Evann Freeman (he/him/his) – EPB

General Session - Monday

8:05 AM – 8:10 AM CT

Welcome to Tennessee

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Speaker: Bill Lee – State of Tennessee

General Session - Monday

8:10 AM – 8:20 AM CT

State of the Association

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Speaker: Gary Bolton – FBA

General Session - Monday

8:20 AM – 8:30 AM CT

Board and Committee Chair Recognition

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Speaker: Gary Bolton – FBA

General Session - Monday

8:30 AM – 8:38 AM CT

Chairmans Award

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Award Presenter: Ariane Schaffer (she/her/hers) – GFiber

General Session - Monday

8:38 AM – 8:40 AM CT

Fireside Chat Introduction

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Sponsor Speaker: Jeremy Harris – Adtran

General Session - Monday

9:05 AM – 9:25 AM CT

Operator Light Talk: Lighting Up Saskatchewan

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Charlene Gavel – Sasktel

General Session - Monday

9:25 AM – 9:55 AM CT

Panel: Light It Up: Long and Winding Road: Bringing Fiber to the Most Remote Locations on Earth

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Moderator: Kathryn de Wit (she/her/hers) – Pew Charitable Trusts

Panelist: Jason Thune – Hawaiian Telcom

Panelist: Donna E. Hilty (she/her/hers) – Whidbey Telecom

Panelist: Bill Hetherington (he/him/his) – Bandera Electric Cooperative

Panelist: Andrew Butcher (he/him/his) – Maine Connectivity Authority

General Session - Monday

9:55 AM – 10:25 AM CT

Panel: Light It Up - Innovation: Expanding Fiber's Reach

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Moderator: Derek Kelly – Lumos

Panelist: Sreekala Bajwa – Montana State University

Panelist: Amber Humphrey – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Panelist: Andrew Donaldson (he/him/his) – Center for Connected and Automated Transportation, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

Panelist: Chris Shilling (he/him/his) – Chickasaw Nation

General Session - Monday

10:25 AM – 10:30 AM CT

Fiber Song Introduction

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Speaker: Mark Boxer – Lightera

General Session - Monday

10:30 AM – 10:35 AM CT

Fiber Song Performance - Performed by Golden West

Location: Presidential Ballroom

General Session - Monday

10:45 AM – 10:50 AM CT

Music Sponsor Remarks, intro OLT

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Sponsor Speaker: Eric Van Dusseldorp – Vermeer Corporation

General Session - Monday

10:50 AM – 11:10 AM CT

Operator Light Talk

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: CJ Ehrenreich, MBA, Vet – Ting Internet

General Session - Monday

11:10 AM – 11:15 AM CT

Panel Introduction and Teaser Video

Location: Presidential Ballroom

General Session - Monday

11:15 AM – 11:50 AM CT

Fiber Broadband Hotseat with Sean Evans

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Host: Sean Evans

Panelist: Trent Edwards – TAK Communications

Panelist: David Eckard – Nokia

General Session - Monday

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
State Broadband Lounge

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT

State Broadband Lounge

Location: Presidential Lobby

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
Tribal Broadband Lounge

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT

Tribal Broadband Lounge

Location: Governor's Ballroom B

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CT
AM Break

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CT

AM Break

Location: Delta Lobby BCD

Sponsored By

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM CT
Lunch in Expo Hall _{Full Conference Attendees Only}

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM CT

Lunch in Expo Hall _{Full Conference Attendees Only}

Location: Ryman C

11:45 AM – 6:00 PM CT
Expo Hall Open

11:45 AM – 6:00 PM CT

Expo Hall Open

Location: Ryman C

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
Award Luncheon _{Requires a separate ticket ($)}

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT

Award Luncheon _{Requires a separate ticket ($)}

Location: Delta Ballroom BCD

Sponsored By

12:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
5 O'clock Somewhere Bar

12:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT

5 O'clock Somewhere Bar

Location: Ryman C

Sponsored By

12:15 PM – 12:40 PM CT
State Broadband Officer Roundtable: Lunch and Q&A

12:15 PM – 12:40 PM CT

State Broadband Officer Roundtable: Lunch and Q&A

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

Moderator: Rob Shema (he/him/his) – altafiber

Panelist: Brian Mitchell – Nevada Office of Science, Innovation and Technology

Panelist: Peter Voderberg (he/him/his) – BroadbandOhio

Panelist: Taylre Beaty – Tennessee Economic & Community Development

Panelist: Sally Doty (she/her/hers) – Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi - BEAM

Executive Experience

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT
Monday Breakout Sessions

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT

Coordinating Expectations Among Stakeholders Statewide

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

Moderator: Jessica Koch (she/her/hers) – Calix

Panelist: Tamarah Holmes, PhD (she/her/hers) – Virginia Office of Broadband, Department of Housing and Community Development

Panelist: Bree Maki (she/her/hers) – Minnesota Dept. of Employment and Economic Development

Panelist: Eric Frederick (he/him/his) – Michigan High-Speed Internet Office

Panelist: Brian Thorn (he/him/his) – Rhode Island Commerce Corporation

State Broadband Office: BEAD Funding Progress Update

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT

Fiber Expansion: Deployment Reality Check

Location: Bayou CD

Moderator: Heather Burnett Gold (she/her/hers) – TAK Broadband, LLC

Panelist: Ashley Church (she/her/hers) – GFiber

Panelist: Ashley Travers (she/her/hers) – KGPco

Panelist: Bo Gresham – DYCOM

Panelist: John George – Lightera

Deployment Best Practices

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT

Fiber to the Home Economics: Building Networks with the Capacity to Meet Customer Expectations

Location: Canal AB

Moderator: Jeff Heynen (he/him/his) – Dell'Oro

Panelist: Alap Modi – eero, An Amazon Company

Panelist: Mark Boxer – Lightera

Panelist: Amanda Sosne – GFiber

Panelist: Jason Moore – RouteThis

Networks at Work: The What, When, and How of Expanding Fiber Footprints

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT

Public/Private Partnerships: Creating Connections to Scale

Location: Canal C

Moderator: John Fletcher (he/him/his) – S&P Global

Panelist: Nicole Cottle – UTOPIA FIber

Panelist: Jeff Reiman – The Broadband Group

Panelist: Paul F. Weintraub (he/him/his) – Watch Hill Wireless Solutions

Panelist: Claude Aiken (he/him/his) – NextLink Internet

Fiber Economics: Creating the Connections that Lead to Growth

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT

Tribal Broadband: Architecting for Growth

Location: Governor's Ballroom D

Moderator: Tzeitel Buchanan (she/her/hers) – Lumen

Panelist: Chuck Hogg – All Points Broadband

Panelist: Johnny Hill – Clearfield

Panelist: David B. Fein (he/him/his) – Chumash Enterprises

Panelist: Vinicius Santos (he/him/his) – Ciena

Tribal Broadband: Key Considerations and Expectations

1:00 PM – 2:10 PM CT
State of the Art Fiber Access Technologies

1:00 PM – 2:10 PM CT

State of the Art Fiber Access Technologies

Location: Bayou E

Moderator: Craig Thomas (he/him/his) – The Broadband Forum

Panelist: Andreas Flach – Nokia

Panelist: Guillaume Lavallee – EXFO

Panelist: Kevin A. Noll – CableLabs

Panelist: Frank Effenberger – Futurewei

Broadband Forum Technology Deep Dives

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
OpTIC Path Rodeo

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT

OpTIC Path Rodeo

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 844)

Sponsored By

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT
Monday Breakout Sessions

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Empowering Tribes by Creating Broadband Programs that Respect Sovereignty

Location: Governor's Ballroom D

Moderator: Hayden Beeson – ISE Magazine

Panelist: Andrew Metcalfe – Native Networks

Panelist: Claudia Tarbell (she/her/hers) – Calix

Panelist: Robert Griffin – Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Panelist: Brian Hollister – Bonfire

Tribal Broadband: Key Considerations and Expectations

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Fiber Broadband and the Future of Precision Agriculture

Location: Canal AB

Moderator: Jim Carroll – Converge! Digest

Panelist: Jimmy Todd – Nex-Tech

Panelist: John E. Greene, Jr. – Mytra Consulting

Panelist: Darren Siekman – Valley Irrigation – A Valmont Company

Panelist: Lee Rutherford – connectSCP by South Central Power

Networks at Work: The What, When, and How of Expanding Fiber Footprints

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Hurdling Rural, Urban and Suburban Digital Divides

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

Moderator: Craig Corbin – Broadband Universe

Panelist: Taylre Beaty – Tennessee Economic & Community Development

Panelist: Sally Doty (she/her/hers) – Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi - BEAM

Panelist: Devon Braunstein (she/her/hers) – Illinois Office of Broadband

Panelist: Drew Lovelace (he/him/his) – Connect New Mexico

State Broadband Office: BEAD Funding Progress Update

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Strategic Multifaceted Approach to Fiber Broadband Deployments

Location: Bayou CD

Moderator: Rick Talbot (he/him/his) – ACG Research

Panelist: Greg Wilson (he/him/his) – Ripple Fiber

Panelist: Mitchell J. Campagna – Mitchell J Architecture

Panelist: Ethan Elyasian (he/him/his) – LDA Fiber

Panelist: Adam Kersnowski – AirWorks Solutions Inc

Deployment Best Practices

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Taking Nothing for Granted: State and Federal Funding Best Practices

Location: Canal C

Moderator: Colby Humphrey – The Pew Charitable Trusts

Panelist: Pamela Sherwood (she/her/hers) – Brightspeed

Panelist: Bob Whitman – Corning Optical Communications

Panelist: Bobbie J. Gilbert – Ripple Fiber

Panelist: Lori Adams (she/her/hers) – Nokia

Fiber Economics: Creating the Connections that Lead to Growth

2:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
Smart Home Open House
Smart Home Open House

2:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT

Smart Home Open House

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Smart Home Open House

Sponsored By

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT

Sponsor Product Demonstration: Lightera Home Fiber Kit Demonstration

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Sponsor Speaker: Michael Perry – Lightera

Smart Home Open House

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT

Extending Fiber’s Reach to Every Corner of the Home

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Moderator: Alzbeta Fellenbaum (she/her/hers) – Omdia

Panelist: Anthony Redner – Shentel/GloFiber

Panelist: Robert Wrighter, Jr. (he/him/his) – Hancock Fiber / Archtop

Panelist: Michael Perry – Lightera

Smart Home Open House

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT

Sponsor Product Demonstration: Monetizing the home with Corteca and Wi-Fi 7

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Sponsor Speaker: Michael Quade – Nokia

Smart Home Open House

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM CT

Immersive Applications and Services: What Fiber Lights Up Next

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Moderator: Alzbeta Fellenbaum (she/her/hers) – Omdia

Panelist: Jeff Manning – Shentel (Glo Fiber)

Panelist: Gino Dion (he/him/his) – Nokia

Panelist: Candice Mayberry Storsveen – Calix

Smart Home Open House

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM CT

Sponsor Product Demonstration: Deliver Exceptional Subscriber Experiences with Calix SmartHome

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Sponsor Speaker: Bryan Taylor (he/him/his) – Calix

Smart Home Open House

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT

Smart Home: The Economic Advantage Hits Home

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Moderator: Jeff Heynen (he/him/his) – Dell'Oro

Panelist: Kim Smithers (she/her/hers) – IQFiber

Panelist: Walker Hinshaw – Lumiere Fiber

Panelist: Strider Denison – Cityside Fiber

Smart Home Open House

2:00 PM – 5:35 PM CT
Fiber Expo Theater Presentations

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT

Actifai

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

2:20 PM – 2:35 PM CT

Vitrifi

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

2:40 PM – 2:55 PM CT

Esri

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT

Tackling uncertainty with tight budgets: How simulation modeling helps you quantify financial risk before committing to detailed field engineering and an operations budget

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Ray Diaz

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

3:20 PM – 3:35 PM CT

Fiber Deployment in 2025

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Jason Miscicka – Watch Hill Wireless Solutions

Exhibitor Presenter: Ken LaBrusciano – Watch Hill Wireless Solutions

Exhibitor Presenter: Paul F. Weintraub (he/him/his) – Watch Hill Wireless Solutions

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

3:40 PM – 3:55 PM CT

Cisco Routed PON

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Michael Kim – Cisco

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CT

Sumitomo Electric's Ribbon Splicing Innovations

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Andrew Degidio – Sumitomo Electric Lightwave

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

4:20 PM – 4:35 PM CT

On Clouds, Heavy Lifting, Ecosystems and Simple Logic

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Karsten Gewecke – Zyxel Communications

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

4:40 PM – 4:55 PM CT

Strategies for Tackling Your Billing & Payment Priorities in 2025

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Erick Alvarez (he/him/his) – Paymentus

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM CT

De-risk your customers fiber network experience with One ONT for any OLT

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Kajsa Arvidsson (she/her/hers) – Genexis

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

5:20 PM – 5:35 PM CT

Prodapt

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Expo Theater Presentations

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
How to Architect a Monetized Network

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT

How to Architect a Monetized Network

Location: Bayou E

Moderator: Ken Pyle – The Broadband Forum

Panelist: Jhuli Meire Takahara (she/her/hers) – Incognito Software Systems

Panelist: Randy R. Van Buren (he/him/his) – Motive Software Solutions

Panelist: Mike Emmendorfer – Calix

Panelist: Patrick McCaw – Breezeline

Broadband Forum Technology Deep Dives

2:30 PM – 5:45 PM CT
C-Suite Forum _{by invitation only}
C Suite Forum & Executive Experience

2:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT

C-Suite Forum _{By Invitation Only}

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

C Suite Forum & Executive Experience

Sponsored By

2:30 PM CT

Welcome

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

Speaker: Gary Bolton – FBA

2:30 PM – 2:35 PM CT

Executive View

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

Speaker: Scott Neuman (he/him/his) – Calix

2:35 PM – 3:00 PM CT

Micro and Macro Fiber Economics

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

Panelist: Gary Bolton – FBA

Panelist: David E. Altig – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

3:00 PM – 3:25 PM CT

M&A Lens on Fibre Value Creation

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

Panelist: Meaghan Kappel – PwC

3:25 PM – 3:50 PM CT

The Inside Scope on BEAD Progress

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

Moderator: Evann Freeman (he/him/his) – EPB

Panelist: Veneeth Iyengar – ConnectLA

Panelist: Tamarah Holmes, PhD (she/her/hers) – Virginia Office of Broadband, Department of Housing and Community Development

3:50 PM – 4:15 PM CT

Tribal Broadband: Sovereignty, Culture, Connectivity

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

Moderator: Josh Snow – Trace Fiber Networks/ Chickasaw Nation

Panelist: Allyson Mitchell

Panelist: Rachael Wierson – Gila River Telecommunications

4:15 PM – 4:40 PM CT

Wired to Win: A Perspective on Digital Infrastructure

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

Panelist: Vishal Dixit – Frontier Communications

Panelist: Marissa Mitrovich (she/her/hers) – FBA

4:40 PM – 4:45 PM CT

Closing Remarks

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

Speaker: Ariane Schaffer (she/her/hers) – GFiber

4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT

Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT
Monday Breakout Sessions

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Building Goodwill and Local Stakeholder Support for Fiber Expansion Projects

Location: Canal AB

Moderator: Ashley Brown (she/her/hers) – Adtran

Panelist: Todd Way (he/him/his) – Douglas Fast Net

Panelist: Antwon T. Alsobrook – A2D, Inc. dba eCommunity Fiber

Panelist: Chukwuma Agba – Panduit

Panelist: Drew Pappas – Bonfire

Networks at Work: The What, When, and How of Expanding Fiber Footprints

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Creating the Framework for Innovation and Enhanced Connectivity

Location: Governor's Ballroom D

Moderator: Sean P. Buckley (he/him/his) – Lightwave/Broadband Tech Report

Panelist: Sachin Gupta – Centranet

Panelist: Randle Carter – Sac and Fox Nation

Panelist: Meade Harbison – Southern Ute Growth Fund

Panelist: Josh Snow – Trace Fiber Networks/ Chickasaw Nation

Tribal Broadband: Key Considerations and Expectations

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Fiber First, Connectivity Always

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

Moderator: Ian Doescher – Telecompetitor

Panelist: Rebecca Dilg – State of Utah

Panelist: Peter Voderberg (he/him/his) – BroadbandOhio

Panelist: Eric Bathras – Maryland Department of Information Technology

Panelist: Brian Mitchell – Nevada Office of Science, Innovation and Technology

State Broadband Office: BEAD Funding Progress Update

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Making Any Connection Work: Urban, Suburban, MDU and Rural Fiber Broadband Considerations

Location: Bayou CD

Moderator: Brad J. Randall (he/him/his) – Total Telecom

Panelist: Roger Timmerman – UTOPIA Fiber

Panelist: Denzel Davis – Biarri Networks

Panelist: Lauren Marcucci (she/her/hers) – BHC

Panelist: Erika Rogers – Mainstream Fiber

Deployment Best Practices

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Private Equity: Public Markets and Fiber Expansion

Location: Canal C

Moderator: Craig Corbin – Broadband Universe

Panelist: Paul J. Connolly – Entropy, Inc.

Panelist: George Stegall – Kinetic Ventures

Panelist: Shapur Izadiyar – Calix

Panelist: Jade Piros de Carvalho (she/her/hers) – Bonfire Infrastructure Group

Fiber Economics: Creating the Connections that Lead to Growth

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
Speaker Meet Up

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT

Speaker Meet Up

Location: 5 O’clock Somewhere Bar – Expo Hall

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
Tribal Broadband Meet Up

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT

Tribal Broadband Meet Up

Location: 5 O’clock Somewhere Bar – Expo Hall

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Exclusive Look at the FBA documentary, ThoughtWaves

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT

Exclusive Look at the FBA documentary, ThoughtWaves

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

6:00 PM – 6:10 PM CT

Welcome and Introductions

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

6:10 PM – 6:30 PM CT

ThoughtWaves Exclusive First Look Showing

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

6:35 PM – 7:00 PM CT

ThoughtWaves Cast and Crew Q&A

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

Moderator: Richard Williams

Panelist: Kathryn de Wit (she/her/hers) – Pew Charitable Trusts

Panelist: Gary Bolton – FBA

Panelist: Katie Espeseth (she/her/hers) – EPB

Panelist: Joseph Wender – Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition

8:30 PM – 10:00 PM CT
FBA Live Karaoke Dive Bar and Late Night Bytes, hosted by Adtran & Calix

8:30 PM – 10:00 PM CT

FBA Live Karaoke Dive Bar & Late Night Bytes _{hosed by Adtran & Calix}

Location: Delta Ballroom BCD

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