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Wednesday, June 4, 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 – 10:00 AM
CT
Registration Open
7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
CT
Registration Open
Location: Delta Lobby BCD
Sponsored By
8:00 AM – 11:35 AM
CT
The State Broadband Summit
8:00 AM – 8:05 AM
CT
Welcome
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Speaker:
Ariane Schaffer (she/her/hers)
– GFiber
The State Broadband Summit
8:05 AM – 8:30 AM
CT
Keynote
Location: Presidential Ballroom
The State Broadband Summit
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM
CT
Operator Light Talk: Telling the Story
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Keynote Speaker:
Jonathan Restivo
– Cityside Fiber
The State Broadband Summit
8:50 AM – 9:30 AM
CT
Panel: Light It Up: State Broadband Officer Roundtable
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Moderator:
Marcus Moffett
– Cisco Systems, Inc
Panelist:
Angie Bailey
– North Carolina Department of Information Technology
Panelist:
Bree Maki (she/her/hers)
– Minnesota Dept. of Employment and Economic Development
Panelist:
Glen Howie
– Arkansas Department of Commerce
Panelist:
Joseph Le (he/him/his)
– Kansas Department of Commerce
The State Broadband Summit
9:30 AM – 9:55 AM
CT
Keynote 4: From Disparity to Opportunity: The Impact of Uneven Government Funding in Technology
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Keynote Speaker:
Tracy Doaks (she/her/hers)
– MCNC
The State Broadband Summit
9:55 AM – 10:30 AM
CT
Panel: Light It Up - The Community Connection: How Fiber Impacts Economics and Opportunity
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Moderator:
Linda Hardesty (she/her/hers)
– Fierce Network
Panelist:
Brandy Reitter
– Colorado Broadband Office
Panelist:
Scott R. Hendrix (he/him/his)
– Tombigbee Fiber
Panelist:
Scott Neuman (he/him/his)
– Calix
Panelist:
Mary Larkin Furlow
– Heartland Forward
The State Broadband Summit
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
CT
Fireside Chat: Mother Mayor I Deploy Fiber
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Moderator:
Revati Prasad
– Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Panelist:
Juandiego R. Wade (he/him/his)
– Charlottesville, VA
Panelist:
Roberto Alves
– Danbury, CT
Panelist:
Russ Trimble
– West Des Moines, IA
The State Broadband Summit
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
CT
Panel: Light It Up: Taking it to the Streets: Where the Fiber Meets the Road
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Moderator:
Katie Espeseth (she/her/hers)
– EPB
Panelist:
Heath Simpson
– Ritter Communications
Panelist:
Mitch Hibbard (he/him/his)
– Peñasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Panelist:
Rocco Laurenzano (he/him/his)
– GFiber
Panelist:
Erika Lee
– Common Ground Alliance
The State Broadband Summit
11:30 AM – 11:35 AM
CT
Closing Remarks
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Speaker:
Evann Freeman (he/him/his)
– EPB
The State Broadband Summit
