Agenda
The Great Lakes Technology Showcase offers large floor space featuring some of the most innovative products in the broadband industry. Attendees will also be able to attend technical training sessions designed to increase their productivity and knowledge of next generation technologies. The 2018 Showcase will be held on August 14 - 16 in Columbus, OH.
The 2018 agenda is below:
Tuesday, August 14
| 1:30 p.m. | Welcome |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | General Session Panel 1 What makes a Smart Community? Urban and Rural applications - Peter Voderberg, Managing Director, Drive Ohio - Shirley Bloomfield, Chief Executive Officer, NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association - Liz Brown, Columbus City Council - Charles "Chip" Steiner, Director of Business, Commercial & Development, Cleveland Clinic Innovations |
| 2:40 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | General Session Panel 2 Procedures and practical applications, Best Practices - Mike Stevens, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Columbus - Elliott Hultgren, Deputy Mayor - Administration, Fishers, IN - Collin Boyce, Chief Information Officer, City of Lansing, MI |
| 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Opening Reception and Vendor Time |
| 7:00 p.m. | Columbus Clippers Baseball @ Huntington Park |
Wednesday, August 15
| 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | General Session |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Ohio Congressman Bob Latta |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | FCC Chairman Pai (Invited) |
| 10:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. | Break |
| 10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Everyday uses of Wi-Fi in a 5G World - Moderator - Nokia - Fayyaz Patwa - Calix - John Greene, CEO of New Lisbon Telephone Company |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Capitalizing on Enterprise Digital Transformation Accedian - Marc Matthews |
| 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Lunch and Vendor Time |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions - 45 minute session, each repeated (1) Take Control - Managed Process and Workflow Lake Stockdreher, Mapcom (2) When is the right time to build a FTTH network? Pros and Cons Gordon Caverly - Mid-State Consultants (3) Potential Applications for Li-Lon for Telco Standby Powering David Michlovic - Vertiv |
| 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Reception @ Convention Center |
Thursday, August 16
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Smart City Experience Center |
| 12:00 p.m. | Adjournment |