Broadband Development Conference
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7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Desk

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8:00 am - 9:30 am Exhibit Hall

Breakfast

TBA

8:00 am - 9:30 am General Session Ballroom

Welcome and Keynote

TBA

Jeff Gavlinski Jeff Gavlinski Mountain Connect, CEO
10:45 am - 12:30 pm Exhibit Hall

Exhibit Hall Hours

11:00 am - 11:45 am Roundtable Room

Roundtables: Deep-Dive Discussions with Industry Leaders

Mountain Connect Roundtable Topics

  • What’s Actually Slowing Down BEAD Deployment—and How Are You Fixing It?
  • Matching Funds: Creative Ways to Close the Gap Without Killing ROI
  • Winning vs. Losing BEAD Applications: What Are We Learning?
  • Post-Award Reality: What No One Told You About Execution
  • Where Are You Actually Cutting Costs Without Killing Quality?
  • Labor Shortages: What’s Working (and Not) Right Now?
  • Build vs. Buy vs. Partner: How Are You Deciding in 2026?
  • Vendor Overload: How Do You Evaluate Without Wasting Time?
  • What’s Actually Working to Reduce Churn Right Now?
  • Customer Experience vs. Cost: Where Do You Draw the Line?
  • Trouble Tickets: What’s Causing the Most Pain Right Now?
  • Rural vs. Urban Operations: What’s Fundamentally Different?
  • Fiber, Fixed Wireless, or Hybrid—What’s Winning Where?
  • Future-Proofing Networks: What Does That Really Mean in Practice?
  • Edge + AI Demands: Are You Planning for It—or Ignoring It?
  • Where Are You Most Vulnerable Right Now—and What Are You Actually Doing About It?
  • Where Is Real Growth Coming From Over the Next 3 Years?
  • Overbuilding: Threat, Opportunity, or Both?
  • Partnerships That Actually Work (and the Ones That Don’t)
  • Private Equity, Public Funding, or Organic Growth—What’s the Smart Play?
  • What Will Break Your Network in 5 Years That You’re Not Planning For?

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm General Session Ballroom

Keynote and Lunch

TBA

3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Exhibit Hall

Exhibit Hall Hours

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Roundtable Room

Roundtables: Deep-Dive Discussions with Industry Leaders

Mountain Connect Roundtable Topics

  • What’s Actually Slowing Down BEAD Deployment—and How Are You Fixing It?
  • Matching Funds: Creative Ways to Close the Gap Without Killing ROI
  • Winning vs. Losing BEAD Applications: What Are We Learning?
  • Post-Award Reality: What No One Told You About Execution
  • Where Are You Actually Cutting Costs Without Killing Quality?
  • Labor Shortages: What’s Working (and Not) Right Now?
  • Build vs. Buy vs. Partner: How Are You Deciding in 2026?
  • Vendor Overload: How Do You Evaluate Without Wasting Time?
  • What’s Actually Working to Reduce Churn Right Now?
  • Customer Experience vs. Cost: Where Do You Draw the Line?
  • Trouble Tickets: What’s Causing the Most Pain Right Now?
  • Rural vs. Urban Operations: What’s Fundamentally Different?
  • Fiber, Fixed Wireless, or Hybrid—What’s Winning Where?
  • Future-Proofing Networks: What Does That Really Mean in Practice?
  • Edge + AI Demands: Are You Planning for It—or Ignoring It?
  • Where Are You Most Vulnerable Right Now—and What Are You Actually Doing About It?
  • Where Is Real Growth Coming From Over the Next 3 Years?
  • Overbuilding: Threat, Opportunity, or Both?
  • Partnerships That Actually Work (and the Ones That Don’t)
  • Private Equity, Public Funding, or Organic Growth—What’s the Smart Play?
  • What Will Break Your Network in 5 Years That You’re Not Planning For?

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall

Exhibitor Reception