Connected Oklahoma | Rural Broadband Summit
Fiber-to-the-home is transforming rural Oklahoma. We are bringing rural broadband providers together to discuss opportunities for better serving rural Oklahomans.
| 7:15 - 8:00 am | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 8:05 am | Welcome & Introduction, Gary Highley |
| 8:05 - 8:10 am | Diamond Sponsor: Trans-Tel |
| 8:10 – 8:25 am | Session #1 Cooperative Broadband Coalition Update, Hunter Robinson |
| 8:25-8:55 am | Session #2 State of Broadband, Mike Sanders, Oklahoma Broadband Office |
| 8:55-9:30 am | Session #3 The Changing Equation of Rural Broadband – Rural Operators Making it Happen Venkat Banunarayanan, David Goodspeed, Shane Burgess, Moderated by William Graves |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Coffee Break, Sponsored by CableSouth |
| 10:00 - 10:45 am | Session #4 Demystifying the Federal/State Grants Process Earnie Holtrey, Lane Bailey, Drew Lovelace, Moderated by Sachin Gupta |
| 10:45 - 11:30 am | Session #5 Pathway to transitioning to IPV6 by American Registry for Internet Numbers, Jon Worley |
| 11:30 - 11:55 am | Keynote #1 Supercharging the Economy with Broadband, Speaker Charles McCall |
| 11:55-12:00 | Diamond Sponsor: Conexon |
| 12:00 - 12:45 pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:45 - 1:15 pm | Dessert, Sponsored by Fujitsu |
| 1:15 - 1:40 pm | Keynote #2 Community Owned Broadband Networks, Gigi Sohn |
| 1:40 - 2:30 pm | Session #6 BEAD without Equity is Just BAD Abi Waldrupe, Taylor Meriwether, Jarrod Welch, Moderated by Edyn Rolls |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Coffee Break, Sponsored by PLP |
| 3:00 - 3:45 pm | Session #7 Coalition Based Middle Mile Model Sarah Bleau, Doug Maglothin, Moderated by Jerry Haver |
| 3:45 - 4:30 pm | Session #8 Broadband Maps and the Role of GIS in Successful Networks Nick Meiszer, Justin Fazzari, Ph.D., Kimia Nikseresht, Moderated by Mike Sharp |
| 4:30 - 4:35 pm | Closing Remarks, Hunter Robinson |
Hilton Garden Inn and Edmond Conference Center
2833 Conference Drive
Edmond
, OK
US
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