Broadband Nation Expo 2024: Full Schedule

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9:00am EDT

Keynote - Why Broadband Matters

Friday October 11, 2024 9:00am - 9:20am EDT

Woodrow Wilson A

Community Impact Stories.
Financial benefits for constituents.

Speakers

Darcie L. Houck

Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

Commissioner Darcie L. Houck was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) by Governor Gavin Newsom on Feb. 9, 2021. She formerly served as Chief Counsel for the California Energy Commission since 2019.Commissioner Houck was an Administrative Law Judge at the... Read More →

Friday October 11, 2024 9:00am - 9:20am EDT
Woodrow Wilson A

Keynote

9:20am EDT

Keynote by TWN Communications

Friday October 11, 2024 9:20am - 9:40am EDT

Woodrow Wilson A

Moderators

Diana Goovaerts

Executive Editor, Fierce Network

Speakers

Jonathan Adelstein

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer, TWN Communications

Friday October 11, 2024 9:20am - 9:40am EDT
Woodrow Wilson A

Keynote

9:40am EDT

Fireside Chat with Verizon

Friday October 11, 2024 9:40am - 10:00am EDT

Woodrow Wilson A

Moderators

Dave Stehlin

Chief Executive Officer, Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

Speakers

Kwame Trotman

SVP Wireline Center & Business Operations, Verizon

Kwame Trotman is Senior Vice President of Wireline Network Center & Business Operations (WNO), with responsibility for wireline network Business Operations, Operations Control Centers (OCC), the Fiber Solutions Center (FSC) and the local transport NOCs. His team is focused on leading... Read More →

Friday October 11, 2024 9:40am - 10:00am EDT
Woodrow Wilson A

Keynote

12:00pm EDT

Keynote - Making a Downpayment on the Administration’s Goal of Affordable, Reliable, High-Speed Internet for All

Friday October 11, 2024 12:00pm - 12:20pm EDT

Speakers

Joseph Wender

Director, Capital Project Fund, US Department of Treasury

Joseph Wender currently serves as Director of the Capital Projects Fund, overseeing the $10 billion program at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and helping to ensure that all communities have access to high-quality modern infrastructure, including affordable, reliable high-speed... Read More →

Friday October 11, 2024 12:00pm - 12:20pm EDT

Keynote

12:20pm EDT

Leader's Roundtable- Driving Digital Equity Through Urban Connectivity

Friday October 11, 2024 12:20pm - 12:50pm EDT

Affordability strategies
The role of the administration in driving connectivity
Impact on Digital Inclusion, and Strategies looking Ahead

Moderators

Heather Gate

Executive Vice President, Digital Inclusion, Connected Nation

Heather Gate has dedicated over 17 years of her life to bridging the digital divide and enhancing the lives of vulnerable populations through technology access, adoption, and use. Her unwavering passion for this cause is truly inspiring.Heather Gate's professional journey is a testament... Read More →

Speakers

Ronnie Hammond

Director, Office of Statewide Broadband, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development

Ronnie is a highly accomplished professional with a commitment to enhancing connectivity and digital equity. With a decade-long career spanning both the private and public sectors, Ronnie has been a driving force in Diversity & Equity initiatives. In 2019, he transitioned to the Office... Read More →

Luisa Calumpong

City Broadband Manager, City of Oakland, CA

Luisa has extensive experience working with rural power cooperatives on GPON and XGS-PON network design, engineering, and construction, conducting feasibility studies essential for financial forecasts, designing greenfield fiber-optic networks, and integrating fiber-to-the-home best... Read More →

Juliet Fink-Yates

Broadband and Digital Inclusion Manager, City of Philadelphia, PA

Bio: Juliet Fink Yates has worked on addressing digital equity since 2001 when she managed a small non-profit ISP for 10,000 low-income Philadelphians. In 2010, she wrote, in collaboration with the City of Philadelphia, a broadband stimulus grant that brought $5.4 million to low-income... Read More →

Friday October 11, 2024 12:20pm - 12:50pm EDT

Keynote