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30 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | MAY/JUNE 2014 FTTH CONFERENCE & EXPO 2014 FTTH Conference Schedule Featured speakers in red – sessions, speakers, and timing subject to change. Heather Burnett Gold FTTH Council Americas Jim Baller Baller Herbst Law Group Michael Curri Strategic Networks Group FIBER TO THE HOME DEPLOYMENT TECHNIQUES FTTH COSTS: HOW TO MANAGE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES FTTH NEWORKS FROM A TO Z THE COMMUNITY TOOLKIT: FROM VISION TO INSTALLS FTTH AROUND THE GLOBE Key to Track Sessions: MONDAY, JUNE 23 7:00 am – 5:30 pm Registration Open 7:45 am – 8:45 am Birds of a Feather Breakfast for Network Operators (Open to network operators only. Registration required.) 9:00 am – 10:30 am OPENING GENERAL SESSION: THE FUTURE IS NOW! FTTH Council Americas Awards Presentation FTTxcellence Award Presentation Carrier "Genius Bar" Panel Moderator: Heather Burnett Gold – President, FTTH Council Americas – Christopher Levendos – Vice President, National Operations, Verizon – Ben Lovins – Senior Vice President, Telecommunications, Jackson Energy Authority – George O'Neal – Vice President, Network Services, GVTC 10:30 am – 10:45 am Networking and Refreshment Break 10:45 am – 11:45 am FTTH DEPLOYMENT TECHNIQUES How to Improve Fiber Network Installation and Deployment Operational Efciency with an End-to-End Physical Layer Management System Session Number: 25 / Room: 301/302 – Damon DeBenedictis - Business Development Manager, TE Connectivity FTTH COSTS: HOW TO MANAGE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES Conduit Space Recovery: A No-Dig Solution Session Number: 6 / Room: 317/318 – Jerry Lee Allen – Vice President, MaxCell FTTH NETWORKS FROM A TO Z Owning the Customer Experience Session Number: 32 / Room: 305 – Keith Russell – Staf Marketing Manager, Fixed Network Division, Alcatel-Lucent FTTH NETWORKS FROM A TO Z Utilizing FTTH PON Architecture for Small-Cell Deployments Session Number: 44 / Room: 315 – Roger Vaughn – Product Technology Manager, AFL Global THE COMMUNITY TOOLKIT: FROM VISION TO INSTALLS FTTH Basics and Network Design Session Number: 24 / Room: 316 – Mark Boxer – Applications Engineer Manager, OFS – Jef Bush – Professional Services Manager, OFS FTTH AROUND THE GLOBE FTTH Progress and Impact Around the World Session Number: 45 / Room: Floridian Ballroom – Michael Render – President, RVA, LLC 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch on Your Own 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Women in Fiber Panel Discussion and Luncheon: The Path to Success 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm GENERAL SESSION: ARMCHAIR DISCUSSION WITH FT TH NEWSMAKERS Moderator: Tom Cohen – Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP – Jonathan Chambers – Chief, Ofce of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, FCC – Gigi B. Sohn – Special Counsel for External Afairs for FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm FTTH DEPLOYMENT TECHNIQUES Absorbing the Network Impact of Video Session Number: 39 / Room: 301/302 – Kevin Morgan - Director of Marketing & Communications, ADTRAN Inc. BBC_May14.indd 30 5/29/14 9:16 AM