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2022

**Subject to Change**

Time & Location	Session
8:00am - 8:55am Exhibition Hall	Hot Breakfast & Vendor Showcase
8:55am - 9:00am Exhibition Hall	"Welcome" Rob Shema, CNI
9:00am - 10:15am Exhibition Hall	Keynote Address: Change is Inevitable: Growth is Optional, Dr. Bob Ash Sponsored by Shultz Huber & Associates
10:15am-10:30am Exhibition Hall	Networking Break & Vendor Showcase
10:30am-11:00am Exhibition Hall	CNI Update Panel Discussion Aaron Holtz, Randy Plaisier & Nathan Zehringer, CNI
11:00am - 11:30pm Exhibition Hall	Neighbor Statewide Network Updates Scott Randall, Peninsula Fiber Network & John Greene, New Libson Telephone
11:30am - 1:00pm Exhibition Hall	Lunch & Vendor Showcase
Breakout Sessions	West One and Two	West Three and Four
1:00pm - 1:45pm	Wi-Fi 101 James Scherz, NCTI	2022 Broadband Trends: Era of Home Services Elizabeth Parks, Parks and Associates (CEOs & GMs only)
1:45pm - 2:30pm	The New Era of High-Speed Networking Patrick Walsh, Ciena	Navigating Federal, State and Local Funding Greg Dunn, Ice Miller LLP & Kevin Kloehn, Vantage Point (CEOs & GMs only)
2:30pm - 2:45pm Exhibition Hall	Networking Break & Vendor Showcase
2:45pm - 3:30pm Exhibition Hall	Industry Keynote: Washington D.C. Update & The Future of Broadband in the Industry Matt Polka, ACA Connects
3:30pm Exhibition Hall	Snacks to Go

2021

Time & Location	Session
8:30am - 9:15am	Keynote Address: Frontline Service Pro, Scott Brown Sponsored by Shultz Huber & Associates
9:15am - 10:00am	A Deeper Dive into STIR/SHAKEN REDCOM
10:00am - 10:30am	Vendor Session
10:30am - 11:15am	Network Enhancements to Improve the Customer Experience ADTRAN
11:15am - 12:00pm	Routed Optical Networking Journey (RON) CISCO
12:00pm - 12:30pm	CNI Updates and Wrap-Up CNI

2020

Time & Location	Session
8:50am - 9:00am Exhibition Hall	"Welcome" David Frey & Rob Shema, CNI
9:00am - 10:15am Exhibition Hall	Keynote Address: Change is Inevitable: Growth is Optional, Dr. Bob Ash Sponsored by Shultz Huber & Associates
10:15am-11:00am Exhibition Hall	Independents Fiber Network Roadmap - 100G/200G and beyond - Sales Marketing & Technology Nathan Zehringer, Markus Howell, Randall Webb & Randy Plaisier, moderator, CNI
11:00am - 11:30pm Exhibition Hall	CNI - State of Services (SoS) CNI Staff & Aaron Holtz, moderator, CNI
11:45am - 1:00pm Exhibition Hall	Luncheon
Breakout Sessions	West One and Two	West Three and Four
1:00pm - 1:45pm	ABR to Legacy at the Edge Michael Roark, WISI	"5G Rural First" (5g to the Cow) Jimmy Shake, Cisco
1:45pm - 2:30pm	"XGS-PON" Andrew Soldano, Sr. Systems Engineer, Adtran	Fiber Plant Testing & Care (best practices) JDSU & KG Myers
2:45pm - 4:00pm Exhibition Hall	Video Discussion - Multicast, ABR, Streaming, Time Shift, Programmers Randy Plaisier, Drew Plaugher, Matt Shaffer, CNI
4:00pm - 5:00pm Exhibition Hall	Reception Sponsored by First Federal Bank