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2026 Session Tracks

ISP Economics & Sustainability This track examines how ISPs remain competitive and financially resilient as grants wind down, competition intensifies, and power/compute demands reshape middle-mile and metro networks. Topics include post-BEAD compliance, wholesale opportunities, diversified service models, and capital strategies that support durable growth.

Deployment, Workforce & Execution
This track examines the real-world execution challenges of getting networks, data centers, and supporting infrastructure built, powered, and staffed. Topics span labor shortages, permitting cycles, make-ready processes, power interconnects, and the emerging overlap between fiber technician and data center technician roles.

Networks, Operations & Compute Infrastructure
This track focuses on the practical evolution of network architectures, automation, data center interconnect (DCI), and resilience. With AI compute workloads driving low-latency requirements, operators are rethinking fiber topology, power adjacency, and operational tooling.

Policy, Security & Critical Infrastructure Description: This track addresses regulatory shifts, critical infrastructure protections, cybersecurity, and the policy consequences of rapidly growing compute and power demand. It connects broadband policy to national security, data center zoning, environmental constraints, and quantum-era standards.