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Tuesday, June 3, 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
Canadian Breakfast Meet Up

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT

Canadian Breakfast Meet Up

Location: Delta Ballroom BCD

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 – 11:50 AM CT
Tuesday General Session

8:00 AM – 8:10 AM CT

Welcome to Fiber Connect

Location: Presidential Ballroom

General Session - Tuesday

8:10 AM – 8:25 AM CT

Chairwoman's Remarks

Location: Presidential Ballroom

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

General Session - Tuesday

8:25 AM – 8:27 AM CT

Keynote Introduction

Location: Presidential Ballroom

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

General Session - Tuesday

8:25 AM – 8:50 AM CT

Keynote

Location: Presidential Ballroom

General Session - Tuesday

8:50 AM – 9:10 AM CT

Operator Light Talk: Restoring Connection and Community: Hawaiian Telcom’s Response to the Lahaina Fires

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Ron Beerman – altafiber

General Session - Tuesday

9:10 AM – 9:40 AM CT

Panel: Light It Up: Creating the Ultimate Smart Home

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Moderator: Elizabeth Parks (she/her/hers) – Parks Associates

Panelist: Robert Conger – Adtran

Panelist: Jeff Manning – Shentel (Glo Fiber)

Panelist: Sean Montgomery – TP-Link Systems

Panelist: Jim Rosema (he/him/his) – Gateway Fiber

General Session - Tuesday

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM CT

Operator Light Talk

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Suzy Hays – C Spire

General Session - Tuesday

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM CT

Live Fiber for Breakfast: Connecting Our AI Future

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Moderator: Gary Bolton – FBA

Panelist: James Feger – Lumen

General Session - Tuesday

10:55 AM – 11:25 AM CT

Panel: Light It Up: Innovation: Architecting for Growth

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Moderator: Scott Jackson – Graybar

Panelist: Jimmy Todd – Nex-Tech

Panelist: Bob Whitman – Corning Optical Communications

Panelist: Tom Maguire – Brightspeed

Panelist: Sandy Motley – Nokia

General Session - Tuesday

11:25 AM – 11:45 AM CT

Operator Light Talk: Empowering Our Community, One Connection at a Time

Location: Presidential Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Clayton Dowell (he/him/his) – Bristol Tennessee Essential Services

General Session - Tuesday

11:45 AM – 11:50 AM CT

Closing Remarks

Location: Presidential Ballroom

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

General Session - Tuesday

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

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
AM Break

10:00 AM – 10:30 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 – 1:30 PM CT
Women in Fiber Luncheon _{Requires a separate ticket ($)}

11:45 AM – 1:30 PM CT

Women in Fiber Luncheon _{Requires a separate ticket ($)}

Location: Delta Ballroom BCD

Sponsored By

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 – 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
Equity Analyst Lunch Roundtable

12:15 PM – 12:40 PM CT

Equity Analyst Lunch Roundtable

Location: Governor's Ballroom A

Moderator: Roger Timmerman – UTOPIA Fiber

Panelist: Ryan Koontz – Needham & Company

Panelist: Nicola Muirhead (she/her/hers) – Rothchild & Co

Executive Experience

12:15 PM – 12:40 PM CT
Wall Street Insights: An Interactive Roundtable Q&A

12:15 PM – 12:40 PM CT

Wall Street Insights: An Interactive Roundtable Q&A

Panelist: Ryan Koontz – Needham & Company

Executive Experience

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

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT

Building Tomorrow's Workforce Today

Location: Canal C

Moderator: Heather Moyer (she/her/hers) – HNM Systems

Panelist: Emily Hale – Tennessee Economic & Community Development

Panelist: James Illicete – Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)

Panelist: Trudy Swain – Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center

Digital Equity and Workforce Development

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT

Fiber Ecosystem: Managing the Customer Experience

Location: Canal D

Moderator: Hayden Beeson – ISE Magazine

Panelist: Mike Roddy – GOCare

Panelist: Jenni Dettman – RouteThis

Panelist: Rachael Wierson – Gila River Telecommunications

Panelist: Jean Lamoureux – PomeGran, Inc.

Panelist: Megan Lukitsch (she/her/hers) – CSG

Service Provider Ecosystem

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT

Going the Extra Middle Mile with Federal, State and PPP Funding Programs

Location: Bayou AB

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

Panelist: Robin Olds – Cisco Systems

Panelist: Sean Stokes – Keller and Heckman, LLP

Panelist: Kevin Czaicki – Millennium

Middle Mile: Keeping It All Connected

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT

Key Considerations for Regional and National Network Builds

Location: Canal E

Moderator: Jaimie Lenderman (she/her/hers) – Omdia

Panelist: Joe Jensen – Corning

Panelist: Jimmy Hall – Velox

Panelist: James King (he/him/his) – Millennium

Panelist: Justin Suhr – Great Plains Communications

Outside Plant Considerations: Digging in as BEAD Doles Out

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT

Rural Market Expansion: Challenges and Opportunities

Location: Bayou CD

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

Panelist: Charlene Noland (she/her/hers) – Virtruvi Software

Panelist: Ryan B. Elswick (he/him/his) – FiberWise

Panelist: Jim Stegeman (he/him/his) – CostQuest

Panelist: Bill Brungardt (he/him/his) – BHC Engineering

Deployment Best Practices

1:00 PM – 2:10 PM CT
Advancements in the Managed Home/Building

1:00 PM – 2:10 PM CT

Advancements in the Managed Home/Building

Location: Bayou E

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

Panelist: Joshua Edmonds – DigitalC

Panelist: Teresa McGaughey (she/her/hers) – Calix

Panelist: Robert Lamb – Aprecom

Panelist: Frank Effenberger – Futurewei

Broadband Forum Technology Deep Dives

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
OpTIC Path Rodeo

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT

OpTIC Path Rodeo

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 854)

Sponsored By

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

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Building Cohesive Teams that Support Scale and Success

Location: Canal D

Moderator: Ian Doescher – Telecompetitor

Panelist: Katherine Latham – Talman Consultants, LLC

Panelist: Glenn Paul – Innovative Systems

Panelist: Drew Peele – 3-GIS

Panelist: Lexi Christensen (she/her/hers) – UTOPIA Fiber

Service Provider Ecosystem

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Creating Connections to Support AI, Data Center and Evolution at the Edge

Location: Bayou AB

Moderator: Peter Cresse – Entropy, Inc.

Panelist: Jordan Gross – Lumen

Panelist: Mike Emmendorfer – Calix

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

Panelist: Joe W. Baeumel – KGPCo

Middle Mile: Keeping It All Connected

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Fiber Deployment: Building Effective Efficient Networks

Location: Bayou CD

Moderator: John George – Lightera

Panelist: Roger Vaughn – Hexatronic

Panelist: Tom Brooks – Render Networks

Panelist: Joe Kunz – GFiber

Panelist: Anis Khemakhem – Clearfield

Deployment Best Practices

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Rural Market Expansion: Going the Extra Long Last Mile

Location: Canal E

Moderator: Darin Howe (he/him/his) – Corning

Panelist: Joe D. Centobene, Jr. – Brightspeed

Panelist: Jonathan Fitz – Prysmian

Panelist: Dustin Heath – CHR Solutions

Panelist: Colby Humphrey – The Pew Charitable Trusts

Outside Plant Considerations: Digging in as BEAD Doles Out

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Unlocking the Gate to Digital Opportunity

Location: Canal C

Moderator: Tommy Clift (he/they) – Broadband Nation

Panelist: Laura Bonar (she/her/hers) – BHC

Panelist: Ashley Poling – gaiia

Panelist: Jason Hardebeck (he/him/his) – Meridiam Fiber

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

Digital Equity and Workforce Development

2:00 PM – 4:55 PM CT
Fiber Expo Theater Presentations

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT

Digital CX Strategies that Win and Wow Customers

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Kevin Mitchell – GoCare

Exhibitor Presenter: Kristy Lund (she/her/hers) – KUB Fiber

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

2:20 PM – 2:35 PM CT

Paths to NextGen PON for Cable Service Providers - Opportunities & Challenges

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Vijay Raman – Vecima

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

2:40 PM – 2:55 PM CT

The Secondary Market 2.0

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Chris R. Gravitt – Logic Networks

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT

Luck Grove

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Greg Khanzadian

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

3:20 PM – 3:35 PM CT

Leveraging AI driven automation to accelerate time to market

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Jacob Thomas – Amdocs

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

3:40 PM – 3:55 PM CT

Overcoming Permitting & Regulatory Hurdles

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Thomas Marciano – Inorsa

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CT

From Permits to Penetration - Unlocking the Power of your Data

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Patrick Hutto

Expo Theater Presentations

Presented By

4:20 PM – 4:35 PM CT

General Intro about Lasercomms, Transcelestial, and Capabilities

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Exhibitor Presenter: Mark Harnen – Transcelestial

Expo Theater Presentations

4:40 PM – 4:55 PM CT

SAP

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Expo Theater Presentations

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

2:00 PM – 5:00 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: Deliver Exceptional Subscriber Experiences with Calix SmartHome

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

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

Smart Home Open House

2:20 PM – 2:50 PM CT

Smart Home: The Economic Advantage Hits Home

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Moderator: Emily Trapani – GFiber

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

Panelist: Candice Mayberry Storsveen – Calix

Panelist: Pritam Kerkar – Peak Internet

Smart Home Open House

2:55 PM – 3:10 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

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM CT

Extending Fiber’s Reach to Every Corner of the Home

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

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

Panelist: Anthony Redner – Shentel/GloFiber

Panelist: Michael Quade – Nokia

Panelist: Michael Perry – Lightera

Smart Home Open House

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CT

Sponsor Product Demonstration: Lightera Home Fiber Kit Demonstration

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Sponsor Speaker: Michael Perry – Lightera

Smart Home Open House

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Immersive Applications and Services: What Fiber Lights Up Next

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

Moderator: Elizabeth Parks (she/her/hers) – Parks Associates

Panelist: Jeff Manning – Shentel (Glo Fiber)

Panelist: Roger Timmerman – UTOPIA Fiber

Panelist: Jake Simon – Cityside Fiber

Smart Home Open House

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Broadband Service Provider Network Automation and AI

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT

Broadband Service Provider Network Automation and AI

Location: Bayou E

Moderator: Ken Pyle – The Broadband Forum

Panelist: Sireesha Kora – Nokia

Panelist: Eric T. Wulfsberg – Radisys

Panelist: Phil Fine (he/him/his) – Ciena

Panelist: Cody Calvert (he/him/his) – Metronet

Broadband Forum Technology Deep Dives

2:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Broadband Policy Symposium

2:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT

Broadband Policy Symposium

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

Sponsored By

2:30 PM – 2:35 PM CT

Welcome

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

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

2:35 PM – 3:00 PM CT

Opening Keynote

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

Keynote Speaker: Thomas Kamber (he/him/his) – Older Adults Technology Services at AARP

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT

Federal Broadband Priorities and Opportunities

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

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

Panelist: Chris Champion – C Spire

Panelist: Cristina Chou (she/her/hers) – Altice USA

Panelist: Craig Litteken – The Permitting Council

Panelist: Carsi Mitzner – Brightspeed

3:30 PM – 3:55 PM CT

Fireside Chat: Hill Perspectives from Both Sides of the Aisle

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

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

Panelist: Jennifer Epperson – North Carolina Office of the Governor

Panelist: Michael Hendrix – Office of Gov. Bill Lee

3:55 PM – 4:30 PM CT

A View from the State Broadband Office - Reaching the Previously Unreachable

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

Moderator: Jen Wade – RSM US LLP

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

Panelist: Thomas L. Tyler – ConnectLA

Panelist: Jim Stritzinger – South Carolina Broadband Office

Panelist: Eric Bathras – Maryland Department of Information Technology

4:30 PM – 4:55 PM CT

Fireside Chat: Anchoring Community Broadband Programs

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

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

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

Panelist: Marcus Moffett – Cisco Systems, Inc

4:55 PM – 5:25 PM CT

Tribal Broadband: Ensuring Communities Have the Capacity to Thrive

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

Moderator: Robert Griffin – Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Panelist: Jason Hall – Mohawk Networks

Panelist: Leah Cleve – Southern Ute Shared Services

Panelist: Shannon Legree – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service

Panelist: Jennifer Burkhalter (she/her/hers) – NTTA/Ponderosa

5:25 PM – 5:50 PM CT

Fireside Chat: Fiber to the Last Acre – Providing Farms with a High-Capacity Edge

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

Moderator: Jimmy Todd – Nex-Tech

Panelist: Emily Buckman – American Farm Bureau Federation

5:50 PM – 6:30 PM CT

Closing Remarks and Reception

Location: Governor's Ballroom C

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

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

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Digital Literacy as an Enabler of Economic Growth

Location: Canal C

Moderator: Mary Larkin Furlow – Heartland Forward

Panelist: Takiyah J Thomas – Clayton County Office of Digital Equity

Panelist: Curtis Dean (he/him/his) – Community Broadband Action Network

Panelist: Dr. Jill Weber (she/her/hers) – Roseburg Public Schools

Panelist: Oneisha Freeman Rojales (she/her/hers) – Georgia Technology Authority

Digital Equity and Workforce Development

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Key Deployment Considerations Above the 49th Parallel

Location: Bayou CD

Moderator: Meaghan Kappel – PwC

Panelist: Tim Ludwar – SaskTel

Panelist: Barry Walton – Corning

Panelist: Christine Marion – Digicom

Panelist: Joe Hickey (he/him/his) – PomeGran Inc.

Deployment Best Practices

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Managing the Project, Promoting the Value

Location: Bayou AB

Moderator: Erik Keith – SPG Global

Panelist: Robert Conger – Adtran

Panelist: Justin Forte – INDATEL Services

Panelist: Chris Bailey – Wesco

Panelist: J. Brent Legg – Connected Nation

Middle Mile: Keeping It All Connected

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Operating at Peak Performance: Network Partnerships at Work

Location: Canal D

Moderator: Robert Griffin – Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Panelist: David Eckard – Nokia

Panelist: Jim Rosema (he/him/his) – Gateway Fiber

Panelist: Jay Cadman – IQGeo

Panelist: Marc-André Campagna – gaiia

Service Provider Ecosystem

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Streamlining the Outside Plant Deployment Process from Construction to Service Turnup

Location: Canal E

Moderator: Jeff Baumgartner – Light Reading

Panelist: Kevin Morgan (he/him/his) – Clearfield, Inc.

Panelist: Rob Laudati – Render Networks

Panelist: Scott Casey – Spatial Business Systems

Panelist: Yaniv Ben-Soussan – Harmonic

Outside Plant Considerations: Digging in as BEAD Doles Out

3:25 PM – 5:00 PM CT
Overbuilder Toolkit

3:25 PM – 3:30 PM CT

Welcome and Introduction

Location: Governor's Ballroom D

Host: Trish Ehlers (she/her/hers) – Fiber Broadband Association

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT

Broadband vs. Value-Add: Factors Critical for Success

Location: Governor's Ballroom D

Moderator: Will Novak – GFiber

Panelist: Chuck Hogg – All Points Broadband

Panelist: Justin Soileau – Cox Communications

Panelist: Tanna Hanna – ALLO Fiber

Panelist: Jeff Bankston (he/him/his) – Underline Inc.

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT

Open Access Networks: Fad or Future?

Location: Governor's Ballroom D

Moderator: Doug Mohney (he/him/his) – Fiber Forward magazine

Panelist: Josh Orlowitz – Bonfire Fiber

Panelist: Brian Riley – Hexatronic

Panelist: Jason Jenkins – Silverlight Fiber Networks

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Adoption Challenges: Breaking Through in Crowded Markets

Location: Governor's Ballroom D

Moderator: Jessica George – GFiber

Panelist: Derek Kelly – Lumos

Panelist: Matt Krueger – GoNetSpeed

Panelist: Steve Decaspers – Brightspeed

Panelist: Brian Worthen – Visionary Broadband

5:00 PM CT

Closing Remarks

Location: Governor's Ballroom D

Host: Trish Ehlers (she/her/hers) – Fiber Broadband Association

4:40 PM – 5:40 PM CT
Women in Fiber Meet Up

4:40 PM – 5:40 PM CT

Women in Fiber Meet Up

Location: 5 O’clock Somewhere Bar – Expo Hall

5:20 PM CT
Drawing of Passport Winners

5:20 PM CT

Winners Circle: OpTIC Path Rodeo, Proof of Concept, and Passport Drawing Winner!

Location: Expo Floor (Booth 343)

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT
Exhibitor Teardown

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT

Exhibitor Teardown

Location: Ryman C

8:30 PM – 10:00 PM CT
Light It Up Glow Party _{hosted by AirWorks}

8:30 PM – 10:00 PM CT

Light It Up Glow Party _{hosted by AirWorks}

Location: Delta Ballroom BCD

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