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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
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Breakfast
For Full Conference Attendees Only
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
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Breakfast
For Full Conference Attendees Only
Location: Osceola A/B
7:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Registration Open
7:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Registration Open
Location: Florida Rotunda
8:00 AM – 11:20 AM
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The State Broadband Summit
State Broadband Summit
8:00 AM – 11:20 AM
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The State Broadband Summit
Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D
State Broadband Summit
8:00 AM – 8:08 AM
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Welcome and Awards - PoC and All Fiber Network Providers
Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D
Speaker:
Joseph Jones
– On Trac, Inc.
Speaker:
Gary Bolton
– FBA
State Broadband Summit
8:08 AM – 8:35 AM
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NTIA Update
Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D
Speaker:
William Arbuckle
– National Telecommunications and Information Administration
State Broadband Summit
8:35 AM – 9:10 AM
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The Five-Year Plan: A Conversation with State Broadband Officers on What Comes Next
Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D
Moderator:
Evann Freeman
– EPB
Panelist:
Glen Howie
– Arkansas Economic Development Commission
Panelist:
Drew Lovelace (he/him/his)
– Connect New Mexico
Panelist:
Jade Piros de Carvalho (she/her/hers)
– Kansas Department of Commerce
Panelist:
Katie Smith (she/her/hers)
– Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
Panelist:
Thomas Tyler
– ConnectLA
State Broadband Summit
9:10 AM – 9:30 AM
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Fireside Chat: Permit Me To Ask
Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D
Moderator:
Marissa Mitrovich (she/her/hers)
– FBA
Speaker:
Claude Aiken
– NextLink Internet
Speaker:
Ariane Schaffer (she/her/hers)
– Google Fiber
State Broadband Summit
9:30 AM – 10:05 AM
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Creating Coalitions to Move Fiber Forward
Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D
Moderator:
Jimmy Todd
– Nex-Tech
Panelist:
Katie Espeseth
– EPB
Panelist:
John E. Greene, Jr.
– New Lisbon Holdings
Panelist:
James Tanneberger
– Accord Telecommunications Collaborative
Panelist:
August Zehner (he/him/his)
– myTRA Consulting
State Broadband Summit
10:05 AM – 10:40 AM
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State Broadband Policy: Walking the Halls with Legislators
Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D
Moderator:
Kathryn de Wit
– Pew Charitable Trusts
Panelist:
Louis Riggs
– Missouri House of Representatives
Panelist:
Ray Sorensen, II
– Iowa House of Representatives
State Broadband Summit
10:40 AM – 11:15 AM
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Rationalizing Broadband Funding Options
Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D
Moderator:
Carol Mattey (she/her/hers)
– Mattey Consulting
Panelist:
Nicolette Gerald (she/her/hers)
– U.S. Department of the Treasury
Panelist:
Lakeisha Hood Moise
– USDA Rural Development
Panelist:
Morgan Rodman
– White House Council on Native American Affairs at the Department of Interior
Panelist:
Savin Ven Johnson (she/her/hers)
– U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
State Broadband Summit
11:15 AM – 11:20 AM
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Closing Remarks
Location: Osceola Ballroom C/D
Speaker:
Joseph Jones
– On Trac, Inc.
Speaker:
Gary Bolton
– FBA
State Broadband Summit
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
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FBA Board Meeting & Lunch
11:45 AM – 2:30 PM
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FBA Board Meeting & Lunch
By invitation only
Location: Citrus Ballroom