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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET
Breakfast_{For Full Conference Attendees Only}

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET

Breakfast_{For Full Conference Attendees Only}

Location: Osceola A/B

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

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET

Registration Open

Location: Florida Rotunda

8:00 AM – 11:45 AM ET
GENERAL SESSION

8:00 AM – 8:05 AM ET

Welcome & Fiber Lifetime Achievement Award

Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D

Speaker: Gary Bolton – FBA

General Session - Tuesday

8:05 AM – 8:15 AM ET

Chairman's Remarks

Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D

Speaker: Joseph Jones – On Trac, Inc.

General Session - Tuesday

8:15 AM – 8:35 AM ET

Operator Light Talk: How Fiber Disrupts with Quantum Computing

Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D

Speaker: Jim Ingraham (he/him/his) – EPB

Operator Light Talks

8:35 AM – 9:10 AM ET

Fiber Broadband Triple Check

Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D

Moderator: Bob Knight – Harrison Edwards PR

Panelist: Sachin Gupta – Centranet

Panelist: Nick Maynard (he/him/his) – US Ignite

Panelist: Amol Naik (he/him/his) – Ting Internet

Panelist: Debra Socia (she/her/hers) – The Enterprise Project

General Session - Tuesday

9:10 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Operator Light Talk: How Fiber Disrupts Rural Communities

Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D

Speaker: Gaurav Juneja (he/him/his) – Consolidated Communications

Operator Light Talks

9:30 AM – 9:35 AM ET

Gene Scott Award

Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D

Speaker: Amy Maclean (she/her/hers) – CableFax

General Session - Tuesday

10:00 AM – 10:35 AM ET

Industry Leaders Round Table: Workforce Development

Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D

Moderator: Mark Boxer (he/him/his) – OFS

Panelist: Amelia R. De Jesus (she/her/hers) – The Wireless Infrastructure Association

Panelist: Lesley N. Liarikos – Tower Systems Inc.

Panelist: Brian O'Hara – NRECA

Panelist: Joshua Seidemann – NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association

Panelist: Craig Thomas – The Broadband Forum

General Session - Tuesday

10:35 AM – 11:10 AM ET

Fiber ROI: Making Fiber a Win/Win/Win

Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D

Moderator: Thomas Cohen – Kelley Drye & Warren

Panelist: Robert Conger – Adtran

Panelist: David Eckard – Nokia

Panelist: Ryan Koontz – Needham & Company

Panelist: Ryan O'Sullivan – AFL

Panelist: Scott D. Woods (he/him/his) – Ready.net, Inc.

General Session - Tuesday

11:10 AM – 11:30 AM ET

Operator Light Talk: How Fiber Disrupts the Future of the Internet

Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D

Speaker: Dinni Jain (he/him/his) – Google Fiber

Operator Light Talks

11:30 AM – 11:35 AM ET

Photon Award

Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D

Speaker: Joseph Jones – On Trac, Inc.

General Session - Tuesday

11:35 AM – 11:40 AM ET

CableFax Fiber Provider of the Year (Metronet) and Public Private Partner Awards (altafiber)

Speaker: Amy Maclean (she/her/hers) – CableFax

General Session - Tuesday

11:40 AM – 11:45 AM ET

Closing Remarks

Speaker: Joseph Jones – On Trac, Inc.

General Session - Tuesday

9:35 AM – 10:00 AM ET
AM Break

9:35 AM – 10:00 AM ET

AM Break

Location: Osceola Ballroom Foyer

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM ET
Lunch in Expo Hall

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM ET

Lunch in Expo Hall_{Full Conference Attendees Only}

Location: Florida Exhibition Hall

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM ET
Public Officials Luncheon_{Requires pre-registration}

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM ET

Public Officials Luncheon_{Requires pre-registration}

Location: Citrus Ballroom

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM ET
Women in Fiber Luncheon_{Requires pre-registration}

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM ET

Women in Fiber Luncheon_{Requires pre-registration}

Location: Osceola A/B

11:30 AM – 6:00 PM ET
Fiber Connect 2023 Expo Hall Open

11:45 AM – 6:00 PM ET

Fiber Connect 2023 Expo Hall Open

Location: Florida Exhibition Hall

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

12:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

5 O'clock Somewhere Bar

Location: Florida Exhibition Hall

12:30 PM – 1:20 PM ET
BREAKOUT SESSIONS

12:30 PM – 1:20 PM ET

5G Mobile Infrastructure Evolution

Location: Desoto 3

Moderator: Ron Westfall – Futurum

Panelist: Karen McGinley – Wesco

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

Panelist: Abel Ramirez – Cisco

5G & Fiber: Any Device, Anywhere

12:30 PM – 1:20 PM ET

Build America Buy America & Supply Chain Impact

Location: Suwannee 2

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

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

Panelist: Kara Mullaley – Corning Optical Communications

Panelist: Lee Osterman – Wesco

Supply Chain & Manufacturing

12:30 PM – 1:20 PM ET

Follow the String of BEAD

Location: Suwannee 3

Moderator: Brian Hurley – ACA Connects

Panelist: Cristina Chou (she/her/hers) – altice

Panelist: Thomas Cohen – Kelley Drye & Warren

MSO Mandate: How Fiber Goes Further

12:30 PM – 1:20 PM ET

Network Planning Best Practices

Location: Lafayette 4/5

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

Panelist: Russell Agle – Biarri Networks

Panelist: Sam Pratt – Render Networks

Panelist: Ben W. Segura (he/him/his) – Google Fiber

Panelist: Michael White – Congruex

Network Perspective: 50,000' View

12:30 PM – 1:20 PM ET

Operator Case Studies Bringing Fiber into MDU Living Units

Location: Desoto 4/5

Moderator: Patrick McLaughlin – Cabling Installation and Maintenance

Panelist: John George – OFS

Panelist: John Hogie – Google Fiber

Panelist: Michael Janssen – Quantum Fiber

Case Study Central

12:30 PM – 1:20 PM ET

State of the Labor Pool ahead of BEAD

Location: Lafayette 1/2

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

Panelist: Mark Boxer (he/him/his) – OFS

Panelist: Zachary Perconti – Power & Communication Contractors Association

Panelist: Matt Wood – CWA

In The Dirt: Deployment Challenges & Opportunities

12:30 PM – 1:20 PM ET

Where the Connected Home Goes Next

Location: Desoto 1/2

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

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

Panelist: Ishan Patel – Google Fiber

Panelist: MIke Render – RVA

Panelist: Bradley Slipher – On Trac, Inc.

In-Home Experience: The Fully Networked Home

12:30 PM – 3:20 PM ET
TECHNOLOGY DEEP DIVES _{presented by The Broadband Forum}

12:30 PM – 1:50 PM ET

The Middle Mile Technology Deep Dive

Location: Escambia

Moderator: Julie Kunstler (she/her/hers) – Omdia - Informa Tech

Panelist: Rajesh Chundury (he/him/his) – Radisys

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

Panelist: sireesha Kora – Nokia

Panelist: Jason Lauzon – DZS

Technology Deep Dives

2:00 PM – 3:20 PM ET

Optical Distribution Network (ODN) Technology Deep Dive

Location: Escambia

Moderator: Bernd Hesse – The Broadband Forum

Panelist: Timothy Badar – Go!Foton Corporation

Panelist: Joe Jensen – Corning

Panelist: Kevin Morgan – Clearfield, Inc.

Panelist: Roger Vaughn – Hexatronic

Technology Deep Dives

1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET
BREAKOUT SESSIONS

1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET

A Model for Middle Mile Deployment for Rural Operators

Location: Desoto 4/5

Moderator: Sachin Gupta – Centranet

Panelist: John E. Greene, Jr. – New Lisbon Holdings

Panelist: Brent Legg – Connected Nation

Panelist: Doug Maglothin – Diamond State Networks

Panelist: Jerry Haver – Accord Telcom

Case Study Central

1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET

Fiber Broadband for Private Networks - College Campus, Enterprise, Venues, Hospitality, and MDUs

Location: Desoto 1/2

Moderator: Patrick McLaughlin – Cabling Installation and Maintenance

Panelist: Chris Ennis – Nokia

Panelist: Sean P. Kelly (he/him/his) – Light Brigade

In-Home Experience: The Fully Networked Home

1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET

Fiber Expansion: When Fiber Gets Everywhere, It Means it Can Go Anywhere

Location: Lafayette 4/5

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

Panelist: David Tanis – AFL

Panelist: Geoff Burke (he/him/his) – DZS

Panelist: Evann Freeman – EPB

Panelist: Derek Kelly – Lumos

Panelist: Brant Carter – Sitetracker

Network Perspective: 50,000' View

1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET

Fiber Frenzy

Location: Suwannee 3

Moderator: Amy Maclean (she/her/hers) – CableFax

Panelist: Tamika Green – altafiber

Panelist: Curtis Knittle – CableLabs

Panelist: Brad Nikkari – ATX Networks

MSO Mandate: How Fiber Goes Further

1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET

Infrastructure Innovation in the Middle Mile

Location: Desoto 3

Panelist: Jesse Martin – Dura-Line

Panelist: Elizabeth Page – Ribbon Communications

Panelist: Albert Garcia (he/him/his) – Cisco

Panelist: Sanjay Bhatia – DZS

5G & Fiber: Any Device, Anywhere

1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET

Microtrenching in 2023

Location: Lafayette 1/2

Moderator: Brendan O'Boyle – PLP.com

Panelist: Jason Smith – Ting Internet

Panelist: Joe Kunz – Google Fiber

Panelist: Bo Gresham – Dycom Industries

Panelist: Daniel Schweizer – Crown Castle

In The Dirt: Deployment Challenges & Opportunities

1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET

Succeeding in the Supply Squeeze

Location: Suwannee 2

Moderator: Jigyasa Sharma (she/her/hers) – US Ignite

Panelist: Rick Arnold – Precision Contracting Services, Inc.

Panelist: Shawn Beqaj – Archtop Fiber

Panelist: Olaf Storaasli – Dura-Line

Supply Chain & Manufacturing

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Meet Your State Broadband Office - East

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET

Meet Your State Broadband Office - Eastern States Forum

Location: Osceola 4-6

Speaker: Evann Freeman – EPB

Moderator: Amanda Cacheris – AT&T

State Broadband Representative: Oneisha Freeman (she/her/hers) – Georgia Technology Authority

State Broadband Representative: Tamarah Holmes (she/her/hers) – Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development

State Broadband Representative: Earnie Holtrey (he/him/his) – Indiana Broadband Office

State Broadband Representative: Jessica Simmons – Georgia Technology Authority

State Broadband Representative: Katie Smith (she/her/hers) – Florida Department of Economic Opportunity

State Broadband Representative: Donovan Spann – Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Meet Your State Broadband Office - Western States Forum

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET

Meet Your State Broadband Office - Western States Forum

Location: Sarasota 1-3

Speaker: Gary Bolton – FBA

Moderator: Meredith Williams – AT&T

Panelist: Steve Greene – Utah Broadband Center, Governors Office of Economic Development

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

Panelist: Jade Piros de Carvalho (she/her/hers) – Kansas Department of Commerce

Panelist: Edyn Rolls

Sponsored By

2:00 PM – 5:40 PM ET
EXPO HALL THEATER SESSIONS

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET

Exhibitor Theater - OpTIC Path - Reduce Time to Benefit and Increase ROI with Training

Location: Fiber Theater | Florida Exhibition Hall

Presenter: Deborah Kish – Fiber Broadband Association

Presenter: Todd Jackson (he/him/his) – Fiber Broadband Association

Fiber Theater - Tuesday

2:20 PM – 2:35 PM ET

Exhibitor Theater - Harmonic Inc. - Solving the Multi-Dwelling Properties Challenge

Location: Fiber Theater | Florida Exhibition Hall

Presenter: Richard Rommes

Fiber Theater - Tuesday

2:40 PM – 2:55 PM ET

Exhibitor Theater - STL - Sterlite Technologies Inc. Fiber Optics Redefined: Navigating the Emerging Trends and Disruptions

Location: Fiber Theater | Florida Exhibition Hall

Presenter: Daniel Romer – STL

Fiber Theater - Tuesday

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

Exhibitor Theater - HFCL - From Homes Passed to Homes Connected: Drop Cable Solutions for Any Deployment Method

Location: Fiber Theater | Florida Exhibition Hall

Presenter: Peter A. Weimann (he/him/his) – HFCL Inc.

Fiber Theater - Tuesday

3:20 PM – 3:35 PM ET

Exhibitor Theater - DeepUp - Saving Installation Time and Costs with Precise As-Built Network Documentation and Digital Workflow Integration.

Location: Fiber Theater | Florida Exhibition Hall

Presenter: Walter Denk (he/him/his) – DeepUp

Presenter: Bastian Dittmar

Fiber Theater - Tuesday

3:40 PM – 3:55 PM ET

Exhibitor Theater - Sitetracker - Boosting Fiber Deployment Efficiency with Sitetracker

Location: Fiber Theater | Florida Exhibition Hall

Presenter: Brant Carter – Sitetracker

Fiber Theater - Tuesday

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET

Exhibitor Theater - MyBundle.TV - Streaming Choice for All: Increase broadband subs, reduce churn and monetize streaming

Location: Fiber Theater | Florida Exhibition Hall

Presenter: Jason Cohen – MyBundle.TV

Fiber Theater - Tuesday

4:20 PM – 4:35 PM ET

Exhibitor Theater - Go!Foton - The Value of Using Patch Panels with Spreadable Adapter Technology

Location: Fiber Theater | Florida Exhibition Hall

Presenter: Brian J. Berdan – Gofoton Inc.

Fiber Theater - Tuesday

4:40 PM – 4:55 PM ET

Exhibitor Theater - Dura-Line - Tackling Telecom Training with Dura-Line Academy

Location: Fiber Theater | Florida Exhibition Hall

Presenter: Madison Carroll

Fiber Theater - Tuesday

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Exhibitor Theater - Tarana - Next-Generation Fixed Wireless: A Cost-Effective Complement to Your Fiber Network

Location: Fiber Theater | Florida Exhibition Hall

Presenter: Steven J. Glapa (he/him/his) – Tarana Wireless, Inc.

Fiber Theater - Tuesday

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM ET
BREAKOUT SESSIONS

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM ET

CGA’s DIRT Report: The Cost of Ignoring Critical Infrastructure

Location: Lafayette 1/2

Moderator: Doug Mohney – Fiber Forward magazine

Panelist: Deborah Kish – Fiber Broadband Association

Panelist: Sarah K. Magruder Lyle (she/her/hers) – Common Ground Alliance

Panelist: Steve Sellenriek – Sellenriek Construction

In The Dirt: Deployment Challenges & Opportunities

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM ET

FBA Supply Chain Workgroup: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Location: Suwannee 2

Moderator: Scott Jackson – Graybar

Panelist: Todd Heyne – ALLO

Panelist: Jeff Manning – Shentel

Supply Chain & Manufacturing

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM ET

Middle Mile Networks: Lessons Learned

Location: Desoto 3

Moderator: Julie Kunstler (she/her/hers) – Omdia - Informa Tech

Panelist: Mark Freeman – Sprout Fiber Internet (Cullman Electric Cooperative)

Panelist: Jill McDaniel (she/her/hers) – Diamond State Networks

Panelist: Mitch Simcoe (he/him/his) – Ciena

5G & Fiber: Any Device, Anywhere

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM ET

Optimizing the Connected Home through End-to-End Network Visibility

Location: Desoto 1/2

Moderator: Douglas Blue (he/him/his) – Nokia

Panelist: Bob Carrick – Calix

Panelist: John George – OFS

Panelist: Cameron Kilton – Nextlink

Panelist: David Smith – Lumos Fiber

In-Home Experience: The Fully Networked Home

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM ET

Public Private Partnerships

Location: Suwannee 3

Moderator: Amy Maclean (she/her/hers) – CableFax

Panelist: Chad Lawson – Murray Electric System

Panelist: Erik Pechuekonis – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Panelist: Justin Soileau – Cox Communications

Panelist: Dwight 'Doc' Wininger – ALLO Fiber

MSO Mandate: How Fiber Goes Further

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM ET

Telco to Techco Transformation: Brightspeed Case Study

Location: Desoto 4/5

Moderator: Jack S. Burton (he/him/his) – Broadband Success Partners

Panelist: Joe Ambeault – Brightspeed

Panelist: Jeff Brown (he/him/his) – Calix

Panelist: Kevin Dundon – Alianza

Case Study Central

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM ET

The Future of Fiber Broadband Industry: Key Challenges and Opportunities for Growth

Location: Lafayette 4/5

Moderator: Kody Pinson – Leverage Broadband

Panelist: Tim Adkins

Panelist: Doug Maglothin – Diamond State Networks

Panelist: Trent Taylor – Leverage Broadband

Network Perspective: 50,000' View

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

4:40 PM – 5:40 PM ET

Women in Fiber Meet Up

Location: 5 O'clock Somewhere Bar | Florida Exhibition Hall

Social Events

5:40 PM ET
Drawing of Passport Winner!

5:40 PM ET

Drawing of Passport Winner!

Location: FBA Booth | Florida Exhibition Hall

6:00 PM ET
Open Evening for Vendor Dinners and Events

6:00 PM ET

Open Evening for Vendor Dinners and Events