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| Monday, September 12, 2005 |
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| 11:00 - 5:00 |
Registration Desk Open
Location: Pre-Function Area |
| Noon - 1:20 |
Kickoff / Welcome
Workshops/Presentations
Location: Merchants |
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Primer on FCC Inside Wiring Rules
Bill Burhop, Esq. – Executive Director, IMCC
Carl Kandutsch, Esq. Former FCC Lawyer |
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| 1:30 - 2:20 |
Generating Broadband Revenue in Home Developments
Moderator: Max Kipfer – President, FOCUS
Lou Balla – Founder & Principal, Capital Broadband
John Schultz – General Manager, FTTH Communications
Thomas Reiman – Founder & President, The Broadband Group
Jeff Hesla – Residential Real Estate, Sunset Summits |
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| 2:30 - 3:20 |
State of Broadband I
Moderator: Steve Ross - Editor-in-Chief, Broadband Properties Magazine
Albert Diehl – Executive Vice President, Telkonet , Telkonet
Ben Gould – Chief Marketing Officer, Dynamic City
Mike Serrano, Director, Product Marketing, Alloptic
Srini Kola – Founder & CEO, C9 Networks |
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| 3:30 - 4:20 |
State of Broadband II
Moderator: Steve Ross – Editor-in-Chief, Broadband Properties Magazine
Kent Brown – Director of Access Technologies, AFL Telecommunications
Takeo Osawa – Manager, IT & Telecommunications, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
John Hewa – Utilities Director, City of Manassas , VA
Walt Adams – Vice President Commercial Services, COMTek |
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| 4:30 - 5:30 |
Editor’s Choice: Solutions Symposiums
Passing Fad Or New Paradigm? Underlying Trends in High-End FTTH
Michael C. Render — President, Render, Vanderslice & Associates Media Conversion In The Ethernet First Mile
Bill Schultz – Vice President of Marketing, Transition Networks
FTTH For MDUs, Planned Communities and Small Municipalities
Pete Daly – Vice President of Sales, Blonder Tongue
Legal Transactions With Incumbents
Jim MacNaughton, Esq. – Law Office of W. J. MacNaughton |
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Association Meetings/Receptions |
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| 5:30 – 6:15 |
IMCC Members Meeting (Open to IMCC Members only)
Location: Carrollton |
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| 6:15 – 6:45 |
IMCC BOD Meeting (Open to IMCC BOD Members only)
Location: Carrollton |
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| 6:45 – 7:30 |
IMCC Cocktail Reception |
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| Sponsored by: Broadband Properties Magazine |
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& NorthStar TeleSolutions
Location: Brown |
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| TUESDAY, September 13, 2005 |
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| 7:00 - 6:00 |
Registration Desk Open
Location: Pre-Function Area |
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| 7:30 |
Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by: Comcast
Location: Merchants Foyer |
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| 8:00 - 8:50 |
State of Triple Play
Location: Merchants
Bryan Rader - President & CEO, MediaWorks
Steve Sadler - Director, Ancillary Services, Post Properties
Henry Pye - Director of Resident Services and Technology, JPI Partners, LLC
Richard Muller - Consultant, Atlas Consulting
Toy Belcher - Project Manager, FreemanWhite, Inc. |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Keynote: The Wired City
Location: Merchants
Introduction: Leonard Ray – Chairman, FTTH Council
Speakers:
The Hon. Graham Richard - Mayor, Fort Wayne , Indiana
The Hon. Lewis Billings – Mayor, Provo , Utah |
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| 9:40 - 10:30 |
Developments in Broadband Public Policy
Location: Merchants
Moderator: Stan Fendley - Director of Legislative and Regulatory Policy, Corning Inc.
James Hettrick - Director of Info Systems, Loma Linda , CA
David Kidder – Co-Founder & COO, Renaissance Integrated Solutions
FTTP in Sweden : Users Choose Their Services
Robert Kjellberg – Managing Director, MälarEnergi Stadsnät, Västerås , Sweden |
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| 10:30 - 12:30 |
EXHIBITS OPEN
Location: Planters |
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| 12:30 - 1:40 |
Keynote Awards Luncheon
Location: Merchants
Keynote Speaker: Rey Ramsey - CEO, One Economy Corporation |
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MUNICIPAL AND PRIVATE FTTP |
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| 2:00 - 3:00 |
Municipal Fiber-to-the-Premises
Location: Merchants
Moderator: The Hon. Lewis Billings – Mayor, Provo , Utah
The Hon. Joey Durel – Mayor, Lafayette , LA
Terry Huval – Director, Lafayette Utilities Systems
Jim Baller- Founder, Baller Herbst Law Firm
Doug Dawson – President, CCG Consulting
The Case For Municipal FTTP
Carl Kandutsch, Esq. – Former FCC attorney and BBP Magazine Contributing Editor |
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| 3:10 - 4:00 |
Private Sector Fiber-to-the-Premises
Location: Merchants
Moderator: Fred Cornwall, Founder & President, Municipal Capital Markets
Brad Worthington - COO, NTS Communications
Phillip Clark – President, Paxio
John Andrews – Founder , US Sonet
The Case Against Municipal FTTP
David McClure – President & CEO , US Internet Industry Association |
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| 4:00 - 4:40 |
Networking Break
Location: Pre-Function Area
Sponsored by: Hitachi |
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| 4:40 - 5:30 |
Connected Community Transactions
Location: Merchants
Lawrence Freedman - Partner, Fleischman & Walsh, L.L.P.
Craig Lobel – Vice President of Emerging Technologies, Newland Communities
Bill Dean – President & CEO, M. C. Dean/OpenBand
Stephen Christensen - CEO, Broadweave |
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4:40 - 5:30
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PCOs & MDUs: Open Forum – Discussions of Key Issues and Solutions
Location: Britain/Brown/Carrollton
Moderator: Bill Burhop – Executive Director, IMCC |
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| 5:30 - 7:30 |
Exhibit Hall Open
Location: Planters |
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| 6:00 - 7:30 |
Exhibit Hall Cocktail Reception
Location: Planters
Sponsored by: Alcatel |
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| WEDNESDAY, September 14, 2005 |
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| 7:00 - 2:00 |
Registration Desk Open
Location: Pre-Function Area |
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| 7:30 |
Coffee Service
Location: Merchants Foyer |
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| 8:00 |
Welcome and Overview By Chairperson for Day’s Activities:
Location: Merchants
The Hon. Hilda Legg – Former Administrator USDA Rural Utilities Services
Economic Development through Bandwidth
Moderator: Jim Baller – Founder, Baller Herbst Law Group
Sharon Eisner Gillette – Principal Research Associate, MIT, Broadband Working Group
Dr. George Ford - President, Applied Economic Studies, Inc
Michael Curri - Founder, Strategic Networks Group |
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| 9:20 |
FTTP in Rural America
Location: Merchants
Moderator: Joseph Savage – Sr. Vice President, FTTH Council
Phil Erli – Executive Vice President, Ringgold Telephone Company
Randy Baker – General Manager, Stratford Mutual Telephone Company
Ron Riggle – Customer Service Manager, Rochester Telephone Company |
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| 10:15 - 10:45 |
Break |
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Financing |
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| 10:45 |
Understanding The Financing of FTTP Deployments
Location: Merchants
Bill Johnston – Director of Municipal Finance, Banc of America Securities
Victor Frisch – Project Manager, Telecommunications Global Business Unit, Bechtel Corp. |
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| 11:15 |
Options For Financing Your Broadband Project
Location: Merchants
Moderator: Hilda Legg - Former Administrator, USDA Rural Utilities Service
Curtis Anderson – Acting Administrator, USDA Rural Utilities Services
Laurance Lewis – Founder, Aggregate Capital Networks
Fred Cornwall – Founder & President, Municipal Capital Markets |
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| 12:15 - 2:15 |
Exhibit Hall Open/Box Luncheon
Location: Planters |
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| 2:15 |
Summit Closes! |
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| 1:00 - 4:00 |
Free Broadband Awareness Workshop
Location: Britain/Brown/Carrollton
The USDA Rural Broadband Access Loan and
Loan Guarantee Program
Sponsored by: The USDA Rural Development Group |
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