The 2024 edition will be held May 6-8 at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center in Texas. With 150 speakers, 1500 attendees, and 100 exhibitors, Broadband Communities Summit will gather the leading professionals who are working to deliver connectivity for communities and properties across the US.
From public officials to service providers to innovative technology providers to property owners, stakeholders from across the industry will meet to explore how better broadband can drive positive socioeconomic outcomes across the country.
Free tickets are available for a range of sectors including; real estate, academia, healthcare professionals and public officials. If you think you qualify, apply for a free pass here!
Broadband Communities Summit 2024 Speaker Lineup
John Burchett, Director Communcations Policy & Comm, GFiber
Evan Feinman, Director, Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program, U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIA
Lisa Moore, Director, Design Innovation, JPI Companies
Laurel Leverrier, Assistant Administrator, Telecommunications Programs, Rural Utilities Services (RUS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Joseph Wender, Director, Capital Projects Funds, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Guillermo Alvarez-Rivas, VP of New Business Development, Cox Communities
Caroline Stolle Luxhoj, PMP, Program Manager, Virginia Department of Housing & Community Development
Sachin Gupta, Director of Government Business & Economic Development, Centranet
Garner Duncan, Vice President of Sales, Ezee Fiber
Cindy Fisher, Senior Broadband Coordinator, Texas Broadband Development Office
Angela Siefer, Executive Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance
Vincent Scipione, Smart City Manager, Mayor’s Office, City of Syracuse
Amy Wheelus, CTIO, Gigapower
Thomas Tyler, Deputy Director, ConnectLA
Robert Griffin, Tribal Broadband Coordinator, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Kimberly McKinley, CMO, UTOPIA Fiber
Adam Falk, SVP State Govt Affairs, Charter Communications
Adam Moore, GVP Community Solutions, Spectrum Community Solutions
Revati Prasad, Vice President of Programs, Benton Institute
Bo Gresham, VP Strategy, Dycom Industries
Michael Watson, VP and Deputy General Counsel, Extenet
Chad Crank, Managing Director, Grain Management
Andrew Entrikin, Broadband Manager, WHATCOM PUD
Lori Reeves, Managing Director, RETA, National Multifamily Housing Council
Sean Gonsalves,Associate Director for Communications, Community Broadband Network Initiative, Institute for Local Self Reliance
Even better: A limited number of free tickets are available for a range of sectors including; real estate, academia, healthcare professionals and public officials.
What will you learn at Broadband Communities Summit 2024?
There's no event like it...Broadband Communities is the best event in the US market for bringing property owners together with community leaders, government officials and telco service providers to discuss strategies for connecting communities.
Across 5 key themes, Broadband Communities Summit will shine a spotlight on how service providers, vendors and suppliers can best support the connectivity needs of communitiesandproperties as they work to deliver better broadband for people and businesses across the country.
Keynotes: Hear updates from Federal Government representatives, State Broadband Offices, and service providers on the state of play for community broadband rollout in America.
Technology & Operations: Focusing on the technology innovations which are revolutionizing network deployment as well as taking a deep dive into strategies for overcoming supply chain issues, operational challenges, and more.
Multifamily: Covering the technical, operational, legal, and commercial challenges for the multifamily sector.
Communities: Showcasing the wide range of communities which make up the United States and how to connect them from cities to rural towns to tribal nations.
Strategy: Exploring the investment, regulatory, and policy context for broadband deployments including the progress of BEAD, partnership models, commercial strategies.
