8:00 AM
BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION OPEN
9:00 AM
DEMO SHOWCASE OPEN
9:00am
IP Optical Breakout
Room: Cottonwood E
Monetize your Broadband Network
David Stokes, Ribbon
Ric Jones, Ribbon
What Transport Technology is Right for You
David Stokes, Ribbon
Andrew Nelson, Ribbon
Conversations on the Industry Outlook for Rural Broadband Leaders
Terry Chevalier, Sunstone Associates
Dee Herman, Herman & Whiteaker, LLC
Cloud and Edge Breakout
Room: Cottonwood F
Where Is the Industry Heading - A Discussion of Future Trends
Ram Ramanathan, Ribbon
What's Next for Voice
Francois Caron, Ribbon
Using Analytics to Solve Complex Issues
John Loretz, Ribbon
11:00 AM
Break
11:30 AM
IP Optical Breakout
ROOM: COTTONWOOD E
Open Access and Innovative Broadband Deployment Models Customer Panel
Moderator: Filipe Correia, Ribbon
Phil Roberts, Valo Networks
Josh Leonard, Burns McDonnell
Ashley Poling, COS Systems
ROOM: COTTONWOOD A
IP Routing and Packet Transport Evolution (NPT)
David Stokes, Ribbon
Cloud and Edge Breakout
ROOM: COTTONWOOD F
Microsoft Direct Routing and Operator Connect
Scott Rendell, Microsoft GPS
12:15 PM
IP Optical Breakout
ROOM: COTTONWOOD E
Exceptional support - How to best engage with your support team, how to leverage the tools available to you.
Tony Gomez, Ribbon
ROOM: COTTONWOOD A
Connecting the World with Light (Apollo)
Jonathan Homa, Ribbon
ROOM: COTTONWOOD B
Monetizing your IP Metro Network
Ivan Bykov, Ribbon
1:00 PM
Lunch
2:15 PM
IP Optical Breakout
ROOM: COTTONWOOD A
What's Hot in IP Optical Technologies. EVPN, SR-TE, Evolution of Optics
Ivan Bykov, Ribbon
Andrew Nelson, Ribbon
Jonathan Homa, Ribbon
ROOM: COTTONWOOD B
Monetize your Broadband Network
David Stokes, Ribbon
Ric Jones, Ribbon
3:00 PM
IP Optical Breakout
ROOM: COTTONWOOD E
IP Wave Customer Case Study
Ric Jones, Ribbon
ROOM: COTTONWOOD F
What IP Wave can do for you
David Stokes, Ribbon
Jonathan Homa, Ribbon
3:45 PM
Break
4:00 PM
IP Optical Breakout
ROOM: COTTONWOOD E
Automating your Network (Muse) with Demo
Jonathan Homa, Ribbon
Live Demo by Krishna Chaitanya, Ribbon
ROOM: COTTONWOOD F
What Transport Technology is Right for You - examining the economics of IP and Optical IP Transport
David Stokes, Ribbon
Andrew Nelson, Ribbon
5:00 PM
DEMO SHOWCASE CLOSES
6:00 PM
Topgolf Allen
5:30 PM - Meet at the hotel entrance to catch a shuttle bus for the short trip to Topgolf Allen.
6:00 PM - Golf Bays open for play.
6:30 PM - Dinner will be served at Sky Bar at Topgolf Allen.
