General Session: Wednesday

Fiber Broadband: Economic Enablement at Light Speed

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

8:45am – 9:25am

Location: Presidential Ballroom C/D/E

Public infrastructure investment generates jobs, creates new businesses, and improves existing ones, and increases the local and state tax base, as well as improve property values, be it better roads or broadband. Deployment of gigabit-class fiber in one city has generated billions of dollars of economic value over a decade, producing a substantial return on investment. Increasing fiber speeds and decreasing costs in fiber deployments, and broadband infrastructure funding will deliver substantial fiscal benefits in the years to come. Learn how fiber is an accessible economic engine of growth.

Moderator(s)

Linda Hardesty

Editor in Chief
Fierce Telecom

Panelist(s)

Tarryl Clark

Chair of NACO Telecommunications & Technology Steering Committee; Commissioner, Stearns County, Minn.
National Association of Counties

Panelist (sponsor)(s)

Robert Conger

Senior Vice President, Technology and Strategy
ADTRAN

Panelist(s)

Jessica George

Head of Government & Community Affairs - East Region
Google Fiber
David Wade

CEO
EPB
Jay Winn

Chief Customer Officer
Lumos/NorthState