7:15 am |
Registration Opened, sponsored by Millennium |
7:15 - 8:00 am |
Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors, sponsored by Mears Broadband |
8:00 - 8:07 am |
Welcome & Introduction: Gary Bolton, President & CEO, Fiber Broadband Association |
8:07 - 8:10 am |
Platinum Sponsor Welcome & Introductions: Ashley Brown, Senior Director, Field Marketing, Adtran |
8:10 - 8:30 am |
Opening Keynote: NTIA BEAD and the Path Ahead - Cassidy Rasnick, Federal Program Officer, NTIA |
8:30 |
Breakfast Sponsor Remarks: Heather Burnett Gold, Vice President, External Affairs, Mears Broadband |
8:30 - 9:05 am |
A Case in Point: Ting Fiber and the City of Alexandria - A View from the Fiber Trenches |
9:05 - 9:30 am |
Fireside Chat: How Broadband Gives Radford University a Lift with Research, Online Programs and Remote Learning - Dr. Matt Dunleavy, Executive Director of the Vinod Chachra IMPACT Lab, Radford University with Deborah Kish, Vice President of Workforce Development and Research, FBA |
9:30 - 10:00 am |
Networking Break with Exhibitors, sponsored by Panduit |
10:00 |
Networking Break Sponsor Remarks - Mike Vemeer, Broadband Manager, Panduit |
10:00 - 10:40 am |
Finding First Time Fiber Broadband Customers |
10:40 - 11:30 am |
Federal and State Funding: Taking Nothing for Granted |
11:30 - 12:00 pm |
Fireside Chat: Taking Telehealth Further |
12:00 - 12:02 |
Lunch Sponsor Remarks - Scott Jackson, National Market Manager, Graybar, FBA Board Member |
12:02 - 12:45 pm |
Networking Lunch, sponsored by Graybar |
12:45 - 1:15 pm |
Networking Dessert with Exhibitors |
1:15 - 1:50 pm |
Fireside Chat: Virginia Focused on Broadband’s Common Wealth |
1:50 - 2:30 pm |
Deployment Challenges and Opportunities: Virginia is for Lovers of a Deployment Challenge |
2:30 - 3:00 pm |
Afternoon Keynote: Making a Downpayment on the Administration's Goal of Affordable, Reliable, High-Speed Internet for All |
3:00 - 3:30 pm |
Networking Break with Exhibitors, sponsored by Panduit |
3:30 pm |
Networking Reception Sponsor Remarks: Jimmy Carr, CEO, All Points Broadband |
3:30 - 3:55 pm |
Fireside Chat: Advancing Fiber Deployments: A Venture into Closing the Digital Divide |
3:35 - 4:15 pm |
Innovation and Opportunity – Keeping It All Connected |
4:15 - 4:35 pm |
Closing Remarks |
4:35 - 5:15 pm |
Networking Reception, sponsored by All Points Broadband |