Keynote given by Program Chairman Jim Baller - President, The Baller Herbst Law Group, PC

Moderator:

Jim Baller -President, The Baller Herbst Law Group, PC

Speakers:

Bill Bates - US Council on Competitiveness

Megan Stull - Telecom Policy Counsel, Google Inc.

Blair Levin - Society Fellow, Aspen Institute and former director, FCC's National Broadband Plan

Metrics/Success Factors/Barriers/Opportunities

Moderator and Speaker:

Lev Gonick - CIO and Vice President, Information Technology Services, Case Western Reserve University

Speakers:

Michael Curri - Founder and President, Strategic Networks Group, Inc.

Adam Bruns - Managing Editor, Site Selection

Nicol Turner-Lee, PhD - Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Dr. Kenneth Peres - Communications Workers of America

Moderator and Speaker:

Joanne Hovis - President, Columbia Telecommunications Corp. (CTC); President Elect, National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA)

Speakers:

Jane Patterson - RTC Director; Executive Director, The e-NC Authority

Katie Espeseth - Vice President, EPB Fiber Optics

Graham Richard - Consultant, Graham Richard Associates; former Mayor and State Senator; nationally known broadband champion

President, Columbia Telecommunications Corp. (CTC); President Elect, National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA)

Vice President, Business Development, Mac-Gray

CEO, ID Insight

How Kansas City Won the Bid for Google Fiber

What's Next for Baltimore and 1,100 Other Cities

Moderator:

Jim Baller - Chairman, Economic Development Program

Speakers:

Brent Miles - President, Wyandotte (Kansas) Economic Development Council

Tom Loveland - baltimore Google Fiber Initiative

Moderator and Speaker:

David Isenberg - Founder, Freedom to Connect, isen.com

Speakers:

Robert Bell - Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum

Scot Rourke - Ceo, One Community

Geoff Daily - Executive Diretor, Fiber Corps

Charles Benton - CEO and Trustee, Benton Foundation

Moderator and Speaker:

Tom Reiman - Founder and President, The Broadband Group

Speakers:

Hunter Newby - Chief Executive Officer, Allied Fiber

Mike Hill - Chairman, FTTH Council

Bill St. Arnaud - Green Broadband Consultant

Desmarie Waterhouse - Telecommunications Representative, American Public Power Association

Moderator and Speaker:

John Windhausen - Coordinator, SHLB Coalition; President, Telepoly Consulting

Speakers:

Andrew Lowenstein - Chief Strategy Officer, Connected Living

Reviewers:

Christopher Mitchell - Director of Telecommunications Commons Initiative, New Rules Project, Institute for Self-Reliance

Robert Jennings - Co-Founder and Co-Owner, Gigabit Squared, and Member, Executive Committee, National Council for Public Private Partnerships