Agenda
The Great Lakes Technology Showcase offers 225,000 feet of 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 2017 Showcase will be held on October 24-26 in Ft. Wayne, IN.
The 2017 agenda is below:
Tuesday, October 24
| 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | Booth Set Up |
| 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Registration |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception |
Wednesday, October 25
| 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | First General Session/Booth Set Up/Registration Call to Order: John E. Koppin, IBTA President Presiding: Arik Lee, VP Marketing and Business Development, Electricom |
| 8:15 a.m. | Federal Policy Speaker: Derrick Owens, VP-Federal Policy WTA |
| 8:45 a.m. | Causalities of Cyberwarefare: What You Don't Know Can and WILL Hurt You Jon Brown, Sr. Technology Leader Vantage Point Solutions |
| 9:15 a.m. | Panel: The Network Moderator: Bart Bretsch, President, Yates Engineering Economics of Rural Broadband Kim Stumpp, Consortia Consulting The Year of 10 Gbps Broadband Kurt Raaflaub, ADTRAN Rural Broadband Providers Technical Prowess Aaron Holtz, CNI |
| 10:15 a.m. | Panel: Technology Growth Moderator: William Soards, President, AT&T - Indiana Cloud Living Tracy Hankins, Cloud Solutions Specialist, Callix Virtualized Networks Kevin Dundon, Alianza Developing Social Network Spheres Jessica Golden, Foundation of Rural Services |
| 11:30 a.m. | Adjournment |
| 11:15 a.m. - 5:03 p.m. | Exhibits Open |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch Served in Exhibit Hall |
| 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Breakout Sessions (1) (1) Plant Protection & Safety Teresa Kennedy, Regional Director, Rep Com (2) Social Media Advertising Shawn Herring, CEO, Torchlite |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions (2) (3) Connected Home and Monetizing Gigabit Jeremey Harris, ADTRAN (4) Dealing with Railroads and Property Rights Jeremey Fettey, Attorney at Law, Parr-Richey Law Firm |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Hospitality Reception |
| 5:30 pm. | Exhibits Close |
| 8:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. | Night at the Ballpark Parkview Field-Owner's Suite |
Thursday, October 26
| 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 8:15 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. | General Session Call to Order: John E. Koppin, IBTA President Presiding: Arik Lee, VP Marketing and Business Development, Electricom |
| 8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. | US Telecom Report Jonthan Spalter, President, US Telecom |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Technology Keynote Speaker: John McDonald, CEO Clear Object (Internet of Things Company) |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.>/td> | Panel: The Bottom Line: Income for the Future Moderator: August Zehner, VP-Marketing, IFN Big 10 of Revenue Marc Matthews, Director Sales Engineering Accedian SD-WAN: An Important Future Service Justin Rice, Solution Lead-NaaS &SD-WAN, Cincinnati Bell Thriving as a Telco Facing Bandwidth Price Erosion Srinivasan Ravikumar, Dir. Solutions Architech Juniper |
| 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Panel: Improving Rural Living Telehealth Moderator: Jessica Golden, NTCA Using Telehealth to Improve Rural Living Jessica Golden, NTCA Telehealth Medical Center Outreach John Wooten, Senior Outreach Coordinator, Virtual Health Technology, Ohio State University Early Stroke Technology Lana Hinders, MHA, BSN, RN, Director of Emergency and Ambulatory Care Services Joint Township District Memorial Hospital |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Exhibits Open |
| 12:00 p.m. | Prize Drawing Exhibitor Drawings/Prize Drawings |
| 1:15 p.m. | Adjournment |