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Agenda

All times are Eastern. All events will take place at the Grand Hyatt Washington unless otherwise noted. Times are tentative and subject to change.

Mar
05
Tuesday, March 5
1:00pm – 6:00pm
Summit Registration & Information Desk
Independence Foyer
Refreshments sponsored by Maxxian and REELZ
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Master Class: Strength-Based Leadership
Presented by The Syndeo Institute

Constitution CDE
7:00pm – 9:30pm
Welcome Reception
Constitution AB
Sponsored by GSS, Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery
Mar
06
Wednesday, March 6
7:30am – 5:00pm
Summit Registration & Information Desk
Independence Foyer
8:30am – 5:00pm
Cyber Café in Farragut
Sponsored by Calix
7:30am – 8:30am
Breakfast
Independence Foyer
8:30am – 8:45am
Opening Video/Welcome
ACA Connects President & CEO Grant Spellmeyer
ACA Connects Chairman Patricia Jo Boyers, President & CEO, BOYCOM Communications
8:45am – 9:30am
Investing & Innovating to Connect American Communities
Patrice Carroll, President & CEO, ImOn Communications
Dave Heimbach, President & CEO, Metronet
Brian Hurley, Chief Regulatory Counsel, ACA Connects
Dave Hymas, VP, Legal & Regulatory and Deputy General Counsel, GCI
9:30am – 10:00am
Accelerating America’s Broadband Buildout
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr
10:00am – 10:30am
Advancing Our Broadband Future
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez
10:30am – 11:00am
Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30am – 11:45am
Exclusive Exhibit Hours
Independence FGHI
11:45am – 12:55pm
Lunch & Session Hosted by Calix
Sponsored by Calix
1:00pm – 1:30pm
The 2024 Regulatory Outlook
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks
1:30pm – 2:15pm
Closing the Broadband Gap
Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator
2:15pm – 2:45pm
NCTC Update
Lou Borrelli, CEO, NCTC
2:45pm – 3:00pm
Refreshment Break
Independence Foyer
3:00pm – 4:00pm
A Frank Look at the Election
Frank Luntz, Communications Advisor and Pollster
4:00pm – 4:30pm
A View from the Senate
Senator Markwayne Mullin
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Lobbying Briefing
(no press, please)
5:00pm – 5:10pm
Attendee Group Photo
Grand Staircase
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Independence FGHI
Sponsored by Evolution Digital
Mar
07
Thursday, March 7
7:30am – 10:00am
Summit Registration & Information Desk
Grand Foyer
8:00am – 8:45am
Breakfast
Declaration AB
8:55am – 9:10am
Buses Depart for Capitol Hill
Meet in Grand Hyatt Lobby
9:30am – 5:00pm
Congressional & FCC Appointments
9:30am – 5:00pm
ACA Connects Lounge
Dirksen Senate Office Bldg – Basement Level, Room 48
Sponsored by Adara Technologies
11:30am – 1:30pm
Lunch in ACA Connects Lounge
Dirksen Senate Office Bldg – Basement Level, Room 48
Sponsored by Adara Technologies
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Closing Reception
Cabinet Restaurant in Grand Hyatt

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