Pre-Conference

Pre-Conference Track: Fiber Playbook for State Broadband Officers

Presentations:

• 12:40pm – 1:30pm

  Pre-Conference: The State Broadband Office
  

  Moderator: Gary Bolton – FBA

  Panelist: Taylre Beaty – Tennessee Economic & Community Development

  Panelist: Veneeth Iyengar – ConnectLA

  Panelist: Jessica Simmons – Georgia Technical Authority
• 1:40pm – 2:30pm

  Pre-Conference: Implementing the BEAD Program
  

  Moderator: Joanne Hovis – CTC Technology & Energy

  Panelist: Chris Champion – C Spire

  Panelist: Heather Burnett Gold – Mears Group, Broadband Division

  Panelist: Jordan Gross – Corning

  Panelist: Ariane Schaffer – Google Fiber
• 2:40pm – 3:30pm

  Pre-Conference: State and Federal Inter-Agency Coordination
  

  Moderator: Rene Gonzalez – Lit Communities
• 3:40pm – 4:30pm

  Pre-Conference: The Role of Public/Private Partnerships
  

  Moderator: Christopher Miller – Ice Miller, LLP

  Panelist: Jessica Fowler – Lit Communities

  Panelist: Sean P. Sikora – Monongalia County, WV
• 4:40pm – 5:30pm

  Pre-Conference: Best Practices Round Table
  

  Moderator: Heather Burnett Gold – Mears Group, Broadband Division

  Panelist: Evann Freeman – EPB

  Panelist: Josh Hildebrandt – Georgia Technology Authority

  Panelist: Tamarah A. Holmes – Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development

  Panelist: Peggy Schaffer – Connect Maine