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8 Agenda at a Glance MONDAY, APRIL 7 7:00 am – 1:00 pm Contractor Move-In (Rio Grande Hall) 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm Exhibitor Move-In (Rio Grande Hall) 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm Registration Open (Atrium Foyer) 8:00 am – 5:00 pm COURSE: Certifed Fiber-to-the-Home Professional (CFHP) – Day One. Hosted by The Light Brigade (additional fee required) (Brazos Room) WORKSHOPS (Grand Ballroom A) WORKSHOPS (Grand Ballroom B) 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Hands-on Financial Modeling for MDU Broadband Networks Maximize Payof From Your Community's Broadband Investment 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Public Ofcials' Workshop on Demand Aggregation Connect ED and Distance Education 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Gigabit to the MDU: The New Standard? Intro to Fiber-to-the-User Networks: FTTH & FTTB TUESDAY, APRIL 8 7:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration Open (Atrium Foyer) 7:00 am – 1:00 pm Exhibitor Move-In (Rio Grande Hall) 7:30 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast (Grand Ballroom Foyer) 8:00 am – 4:00 pm COURSE: Certifed Fiber-to-the-Home Professional (CFHP) – Day Two. Hosted by The Light Brigade (additional fee required) (Brazos Room) MULTIFAMILY TRACK Sponsored by Google (Grand Ballroom A) EDITOR'S CHOICE: LEVERAGING ASSETS FOR BROADBAND SUPER SESSION (Grand Ballroom B) 8:00 am – 9:00 am Infrastructure in and to the Building: Inside Wiring Leveraging Assets and Creating Partnerships for Building Fiber Networks 9:10 am – 10:10 am Broadband in Student Housing Lowering Costs by Making Use of Existing Fiber 10:20 am – 12:30 pm A 2030 Vision For Broadband: By Rouzbeh Yassini – Executive Director, Broadband Center for Excellence, University of New Hampshire Discussion of Yassini talk by executives of Verizon, AT&T;, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox, Google Fiber (Grand Ballroom A) Keynotes: Gigabit Austin: Mark Strama – Director of Business Operations – Google Fiber, Austin AT&T; GigaPower: Dahna L. Hull – Vice President and General Manager – Austin, AT&T; Services, Inc. (Grand Ballroom A) Power 1000: Matt Murphy – President, Grande Communications 12:40 pm – 1:50 pm Working Lunch: What Will a Gigabit do for Austin? Rondella Hawkins – Telecommunications & Regulatory Afairs Ofcer and Austin City Leaders (Grand Ballroom A) 1:50 pm- 2:50 pm World-Class Broadband in Exciting Real Estate Developments of Tomorrow and Today: • The Babcock Ranch, Florida • Avalon, Georgia (Grand Ballroom A) MULTIFAMILY TRACK (Grand Ballroom A) EDITOR'S CHOICE TRACK (Grand Ballroom B) ECONOMIC DEV TRACK Sponsored by Fujitsu (Wedgewood Ballroom) 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Cloud-Based Access Control and Security Options Gigabit Apps – How Applications Facilitate Adoption Blue Ribbon Panel: Economic Development Is the Killer App 4:10 pm – 5:00 pm The Consultant's-Eye View of Multifamily Housing Vendor/Audience Roundtable: Network Planning Solutions Building the Economic Case for Fiber Broadband 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall Opens – Sponsored by Comcast (Rio Grande Hall) 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Opening Night Cocktail Reception – Sponsored by AT&T; Connected Communities (Gazebo & Trinity Patio) Country & Western Themed Party with Live Entertainment MULTIFAMILY TRACK EDITOR'S CHOICE TRACK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRACK RURAL BROADBAND TRACK WORKSHOPS EXHIBIT HOURS FOOD/SOCIAL FUNCTIONS BBC_SummitPromo_Feb14.indd 8 2/12/14 5:24 PM