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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
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Attendee Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
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Attendee Breakfast
Location: Coastal Ballroom
Sponsored By
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Registration Open
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Registration Open
Sponsored By
8:00 AM - 11:55 AM
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General Session: AI and the Emerging Tech Infrastructure Summit
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM
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Welcome to Fiber Connect Day 3
8:05 AM - 8:35 AM
ET
Keynote 3
Speaker:
Michio Kaku
8:35 AM - 8:50 AM
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Keynote Fireside Chat with Dr. Kaku
Speaker:
Michio Kaku
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM
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Panel: Interconnect Insights on the Photonics Enabling AI Factory Scale and Multi-Data Center Future
Moderator:
James Kelly
– Open Compute Project Foundation
Panelist:
Sherwin Cabatic
– NTT Devices America
Panelist:
Jonmichael Hands
– FarmGPU
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
ET
Fireside Chat: TBD
Moderator:
Kelsey Ziser (she/her/hers)
– InformationWeek
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
ET
Fireside Chat: TBD
Moderator:
Geno Flori
– Lumen
11:10 AM - 11:45 AM
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Panel: To Infinity and Beyond: AI, Quantum, and Telecom
Moderator:
Gary Bolton
– FBA
Panelist:
Eric Adolphe
– Forward Edge-AI
Panelist:
Amy Wheelus (she/her/hers)
– Gigapower
Panelist:
Mario Castro
– Cisco
11:45 AM - 11:50 AM
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Closing Remarks
Speaker:
Jessica Koch (she/her/hers)
– CBSOregon
8:05 AM - 8:10 AM
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Keynote Introduction
8:05 AM - 8:10 AM
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Keynote Introduction
Speaker:
Evann Freeman (he/him/his)
– EPB
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
ET
Panel: Reading Player One: Capacity and Energy Requirements to Scale AI
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
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Panel: Reading Player One: Capacity and Energy Requirements to Scale AI
Panelist:
Joshua Turiano (he/him/his)
– Blue Stream Fiber
Panelist:
Sarah Davis (she/her/hers)
– Fidium
Moderator:
Jen English (she/her/hers)
– Informa TechTarget
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