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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
ET
Attendee Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
ET
Attendee Breakfast
Location: Coastal Ballroom A (Ballroom / Level 2)
Sponsored By
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
ET
Registration Open
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
ET
Registration Open
Location: Florida Rotunda (Exhibit Hall / Level 1)
Sponsored By
8:00 AM - 11:50 AM
ET
General Session: AI and the Emerging Tech Infrastructure Summit
8:00 AM - 11:50 AM
ET
General Session: AI and the Emerging Tech Infrastructure Summit
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Sponsored By
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM
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Welcome to Fiber Connect Day 3
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Speaker:
Gary Bolton
– FBA
8:05 AM
ET
Keynote Introduction
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Speaker:
Evann Freeman (he/him/his)
– EPB
8:05 AM - 8:35 AM
ET
Keynote: The Future of Fiber Optics: AI and the Quantum
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Speaker:
Michio Kaku
8:35 AM - 8:50 AM
ET
Keynote Fireside Chat with Dr. Kaku
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Moderator:
Ryan Harring
– IONQ
Speaker:
Michio Kaku
8:50 AM - 9:20 AM
ET
Fireside Chat: Architecting a Quantum Node Economy
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Moderator:
Kelsey Ziser (she/her/hers)
– InformationWeek
Panelist:
Matthew Cimaglia
– Quantum Coast Capital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM
ET
Panel: Interconnect Insights on the Photonics Enabling AI Factory Scale and Multi-Data Center Future
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Moderator:
James Kelly
– Open Compute Project Foundation
Panelist:
Sherwin Cabatic (he/him/his)
– NTT Devices America
Panelist:
Jonmichael Hands
– FarmGPU
Panelist:
David Hjerpe (he/him/his)
– Databank
Panelist:
Stephen Manley
– Oracle/OCI
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
ET
Panel: Reading Player One: Capacity and Energy Requirements to Scale AI
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Moderator:
Jen English (she/her/hers)
– Informa TechTarget
Panelist:
Joshua Turiano (he/him/his)
– Blue Stream Fiber
Panelist:
Sarah Davis (she/her/hers)
– Fidium
Panelist:
Sachin Gupta
– Centranet
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
ET
Panel: To Infinity and Beyond: AI, Quantum, and Telecom
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Moderator:
Gary Bolton
– FBA
Panelist:
Amy Wheelus (she/her/hers)
– Gigapower
Panelist:
Mario Castro
– Cisco
Panelist:
Juan Colina
– Emtelle Group
11:10 AM - 11:45 AM
ET
Fireside Chat: Fiber Infrastructure: Extending AI's Reach
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Moderator:
Geno Flori
– Lumen
Panelist:
Steven Tims
– Thermo Bond
11:45 AM - 11:50 AM
ET
Closing Remarks
Location: Osceola Ballroom (Ballroom / Level 2)
Speaker:
Jessica Koch (she/her/hers)
– CBS Oregon
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