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. - 7:00 p.m. | 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 |
| 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 Edit Kranner, 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 Calix Speaker 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 Rep Com (2) Social Media Advertising |
| 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, Parr-Richey |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Hospitality Reception |
| 5:00 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 |
| 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. | General Session Call to Order: John E. Koppin, IBTA President |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | US Telecom Report Jonthan Spalter, President (Invited) |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Technology Keynote Speaker: John McDonald, CEO Clear Object (IoT Company) |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.>/td> | Panel: The Bottom Line: Income for the Future Moderator: TBA Big 10 of Revenue Accedent Speaker SD-WAN: An Important Future Service Cincinnati Bell Speaker Thriving as a Telco Facing Bandwidth Price Erosion Srinivasan Ravikumar, Dir. Solutions Architech Juniper |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Using Telehealth to Improve Rural Living Rick Schadelbauer, NTCA (Invited) |
| 11:15 a.m. | Adjournment |
| 11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Exhibits Open |
| 12:00 p.m. | Prize Drawing Exhibitor Drawings/Prize Drawings |
| 1:15 p.m. | Adjournment |