General Sessions

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024
8:00 AM – 8:08 AM CT
Day 1 Recap Video, Welcome, Fiber Lifetime Achievement Award
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Speaker: Gary Bolton – FBA
8:08 AM CT
Fiber Lifetime Achievement Award Recepient
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
8:08 AM – 8:23 AM CT
Chairman's Remarks
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Speaker: Jimmy Todd – Nex-Tech
8:24 AM – 8:42 AM CT
Operator Light Talk: Working 9 to 5: The People Behind UTOPIA Fiber
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Speaker: Kim McKinley – UTOPIA Fiber / FBA
Speaker: Nicole Cottle – Utopia Fiber
8:42 AM – 8:45 AM CT
Diamond Sponsor Remarks
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Speaker: Ash Brown – Adtran
8:45 AM – 9:10 AM CT
Keynote: Land O’Lakes Planting Fiber for Sustainable Returns
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Speaker: Teddy Bekele (he/him/his) – Land O' Lakes
9:10 AM – 9:40 AM CT
Panel: Applying AI to Network Operations: Strategies to Optimize Network Functions and Growth
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Moderator: Robert Conger – Adtran
Panelist: Rima Alameddine – IonQ
Panelist: Scott Pell – TEC
Panelist: Prabhu Maragathavannan (he/him/his) – Ubiquity
Panelist: Jason Thune – Hawaiian Telcom
9:40 AM – 9:58 AM CT
Operator Light Talk: Faith, Family, Culture & Broadband - Preserving Language with Fiber Connectivity
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Speaker: Robert Griffin – Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
9:58 AM – 10:20 AM CT
Break
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Performer: Clare Cunningham – Clare Cunningham Music
10:20 AM – 10:50 AM CT
Live! Fiber For Breakfast
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Moderator: Gary Bolton – FBA
Speaker: Sean Henry (he/him/his) – Nashville Predators
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM CT
Operator Light Talk: Breaking Barriers with Fiber
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Speaker: Brian Bond (he/him/his) – Brightspeed
11:10 AM – 11:40 AM CT
Panel: Innovation and Disruption: Where Fiber Goes Next!
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Moderator: Derek Kelly – Lumos
Panelist: Sandy Motley – Nokia
Panelist: Kevin Sheehan (he/him/his) – Ciena
Panelist: Liz Hsu (she/her/hers) – GFiber
Panelist: Gaurav Juneja (he/him/his) – Consolidated Communications
11:40 AM – 11:45 AM CT
Day 2 Closing Remarks
Location: Delta Ballroom A, Level 2
Speaker: Evann Freeman (he/him/his) – EPB