Skip to main content
Toggle navigation
Login
Search
Home
Icon Legend
Full Schedule
Home
Full Schedule
All Days
Sun, May 17
Mon, May 18
Tue, May 19
Wed, May 20
Full Schedule
Type here to filter the list
Sunday, May 17, 2026
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
ET
Registration Open
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
ET
Registration Open
Sponsored By
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
Calix Connexions@Local at Fiber Connect
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
Calix Connexions@Local at Fiber Connect
Location: Suwannee 1-2
Hosted By
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
Scaling a Shared Fiber Future: A Full Day on Open Access
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
Scaling a Shared Fiber Future: A Full Day on Open Access
Location: Desoto 4-5
Hosted By
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
Tech & Tee Times: An Afternoon Focused on the Everyday Game
Sponsor Speaker:
Paul Breakman (he/him/his)
– Adtran
Sponsor Speaker:
Jacki Miskimins
– Vantage Point Solutions
Sponsor Speaker:
Barry Walton
– Corning Optical Communications
Sponsor Speaker:
Doug Payauys
– Adtran
Sponsor Speaker:
Benjamin Blackwell
– Corning
Sponsor Speaker:
Ash Brown
– Adtran
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
Tech & Tee Times: An Afternoon Focused on the Everyday Game
Location: Desoto 1-2
Sponsor Speaker:
Paul Breakman (he/him/his)
– Adtran
Sponsor Speaker:
Jacki Miskimins
– Vantage Point Solutions
Sponsor Speaker:
Barry Walton
– Corning Optical Communications
Sponsor Speaker:
Doug Payauys
– Adtran
Sponsor Speaker:
Benjamin Blackwell
– Corning
Sponsor Speaker:
Ash Brown
– Adtran
Hosted By
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
ET
Support, Amplified: See How to Use AI to Transform Your Support Team
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
ET
Support, Amplified: See How to Use AI to Transform Your Support Team
Location: Desoto 3
Hosted By
1:30 PM - 4:55 PM
ET
LATAM
1:30 PM - 4:55 PM
ET
LATAM
Location: Lafayette 2
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
ET
Welcome and Introduction
Location: Lafayette 2
Host:
Edna G. Pruess (she/her/hers)
– Fiber Broadband Association
LATAM
1:40 PM - 2:30 PM
ET
Addressing the Gaps in Broadband Delivery
Location: Lafayette 2
Panelist:
Flavio Lang
– Emerging International
Panelist:
Wanda Perez
– Liberty of Puerto Rico & USVI
Panelist:
Pedro Direne
– Ookla
Panelist:
Jorge Vergara Castillo
– Telemex
Panelist:
Jonas Aldao
– Personal
LATAM
2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
ET
Evolution of Fiber Broadband QoE and QoS in Latin America
Location: Lafayette 2
Speaker:
Lourenço Lanfranchi
– Ookla
LATAM
3:30 PM - 4:10 PM
ET
Fiber to the Data Center and Edge Compute
Location: Lafayette 2
Panelist:
Eduardo Jedruch
– CommScope
Panelist:
Hugo Zanon (he/him/his)
– Data Horizon Americas
Panelist:
Rogerio Lopes
– Sumitomo
LATAM
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM
ET
Break
Location: Lafayette 2
LATAM
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM
ET
How AI Agents are changing how we work
Location: Lafayette 2
Speaker:
Marcelo Christianini
– Oracle Latin America
LATAM
4:50 PM - 4:55 PM
ET
Closing Remarks
Location: Lafayette 2
Host:
Edna G. Pruess (she/her/hers)
– Fiber Broadband Association
LATAM
1:30 PM - 5:15 PM
ET
FBA Fiber Starter Toolkit
1:30 PM - 5:15 PM
ET
FBA Fiber Starter Toolkit
Location: Escambia
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM
ET
Welcome and introduction
Location: Escambia
Host:
Quinn Jordan
Toolkit
1:35 PM - 2:25 PM
ET
Construction Junction: What's Your Function
Location: Escambia
Moderator:
Doug Mohney (he/him/his)
– Fiber Forward magazine
Panelist:
James King (he/him/his)
– Millennium
Panelist:
Bob Whitman
– Corning Optical Communications
Panelist:
Nicholas Pena (he/him/his)
– Fibersmith
Panelist:
Dennis Nolan
– Vice President of Operations
Toolkit
2:25 PM - 2:30 PM
ET
Break
Location: Escambia
Toolkit
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
ET
FTTH Basics and Network Design
Location: Escambia
Panelist:
Mark Boxer
– Lightera
Panelist:
Jeff Bush
– Lightera
Toolkit
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM
ET
New Market 101: Tools and Tips to Make Market Entry Seamless
Location: Escambia
Moderator:
Jade Piros de Carvalho
– Socket Fiber
Panelist:
Michael Woodard (he/him/his)
– NTI, a Network Connex Company
Panelist:
Luke Oborny
– Nex-Tech
Panelist:
Kevin Bush (he/him/his)
– Surf Internet
Panelist:
Collin Rose
– DayStarr Communications
Toolkit
3:40 PM - 3:45 PM
ET
Break
Location: Escambia
Toolkit
3:45 PM - 4:25 PM
ET
OSP Common Obstacles and How to Avoid
Location: Escambia
Moderator:
Rebecca Denman
– UniTek Global Services
Panelist:
Josh Summit
– Shentel/GloFiber
Panelist:
Will Platt
– BHC
Panelist:
Ryan Kudera (he/him/his)
– Finley USA
Panelist:
Jon W. Owen
– RSMI North America, Inc.
Toolkit
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
ET
Break
Location: Escambia
Toolkit
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM
ET
Now You've Built It, Will They Come
Location: Escambia
Moderator:
Doug Mohney (he/him/his)
– Fiber Forward magazine
Panelist:
Ashley Church (she/her/hers)
– GFiber
Panelist:
Lexi Christensen (she/her/hers)
– UTOPIA Fiber
Panelist:
Sarah Davis (she/her/hers)
– Fidium
Panelist:
Christine Marion
– NIVO, Inspired by Digicom
Toolkit
5:10 PM - 5:15 PM
ET
Closing Remarks
Location: Escambia
Host:
Quinn Jordan
Toolkit
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
Marketing & Customer Experience
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
Marketing & Customer Experience
Location: Lafayette 4
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
ET
Welcome and Introduction
Location: Lafayette 4
Host:
Max Hahn
– Fiber Broadband Association
Marketing
1:40 PM - 2:30 PM
ET
Marketing Metrics That Matter: The Numbers Every CMO Should Track
Location: Lafayette 4
Moderator:
Shapur Izadiyar
– Calix
Panelist:
Linda Richardson
– CMO Architect
Panelist:
Shiloh Vance
– INDATEL Services
Panelist:
Kim McKinley
– TAK Communications
Panelist:
Kim Smithers (she/her/hers)
– IQFiber
Marketing
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
ET
Break
Location: Lafayette 4
Marketing
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
ET
The Power of Local
Location: Lafayette 4
Moderator:
Stacie McDonald (she/her/hers)
– Harry Marketing
Panelist:
Mitchell Shook
– Advanced Stream
Panelist:
Jess George
– GFiber
Panelist:
Joseph Tierney (he/him/his)
– Lantech Communications LLC
Panelist:
Nicole Paterson (she/her/hers)
– Execulink Telecom
Marketing
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM
ET
Break
Location: Lafayette 4
Marketing
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
ET
Driving Subscriber Growth: Marketing Strategies for Fiber Expansion
Location: Lafayette 4
Moderator:
Derek Kelly
– Lumos
Panelist:
Jeff Auman
– Truvista Fiber
Panelist:
Meghan Woodlief
– Fidium
Panelist:
Maggie Basgall
– Nex-Tech
Panelist:
Ashley Gustafson
– GoNetSpeed
Marketing
4:30 PM - 4:40 PM
ET
Break
Location: Lafayette 4
Marketing
4:40 PM - 5:25 PM
ET
Winning Customer Loyalty: Proven Strategies to Reduce Churn in Broadband
Location: Lafayette 4
Moderator:
Katherine Songster
– Harry Marketing
Panelist:
Jessica Tuatonga (she/her/hers)
– Utopia Fiber
Panelist:
Stacey Thomas (she/her/hers)
– TEC
Panelist:
Mary Savery
– Savery Solutions
Panelist:
Dan Siemon (he/him/his)
– Preseem (Aterlo Networks Inc)
Marketing
5:25 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
Closing Remarks
Location: Lafayette 4
Host:
Max Hahn
– Fiber Broadband Association
3:00 PM - 4:50 PM
ET
AI Foundations for Infrastructure Leaders
3:00 PM - 4:50 PM
ET
AI Foundations for Infrastructure Leaders
Location: Lafayette 3
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
ET
AI Fundamentals Part 1 - The Technology: AI, Neural Networks, tokens, training, inference and fiber in the machine
Location: Lafayette 3
Speaker:
Allan Isfan
– AI Squared
AI
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
ET
AI Fundamentals Part 2 - The Applications: Practical AI hands on demonstrations of prompting, video, image generation and agents.
Location: Lafayette 3
Speaker:
Allan Isfan
– AI Squared
AI
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
ET
Omdia Insights: What Leading Fiber Providers Are Doing Differently
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
ET
Omdia Insights: What Leading Fiber Providers Are Doing Differently
Location: Desoto 3
Hosted By
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
New Member & First Time Attendee Meet Up
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
ET
New Member & First Time Attendee Meet Up
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
ET
Opening Reception
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
ET
Opening Reception
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
ET
Fiber Under 40 Meet Up
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
ET
Fiber Under 40 Meet Up
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)