Connected Oklahoma – Rural Broadband Summit 2024
Connected Oklahoma – Rural Broadband Summit will return this Fall! Mark your calendars for October 8-9, 2024. The conference will take place at the Embassy Suites – Oklahoma City Northwest. Don’t miss your chance to network with other rural broadband operators and hear from a great lineup of speakers on a variety of issues affecting the rural broadband industry. Registration is complimentary for stakeholders in the rural broadband industry.
Oklahoma has received nearly $1.4 billion in federal broadband funding. $372 million has been awarded through the Oklahoma Broadband Office, with the remaining expected to be awarded in 2024 and 2025.
The CBC unites 11 distribution electric cooperatives with fiber subsidiaries in the state of Oklahoma. Collectively, these cooperatives have reached the milestone of connecting 100,000-plus households in rural areas, a significant investment in the quality of life for rural Oklahomans and the statewide economy.
Agenda
| Tuesday, October 8, 2024 | |
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| 10:00 a.m. - Noon | Vendor Setup |
| 10:00 a.m. - Noon | Group Museum Outing, TBD |
| 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | Pre-conference Session #1 |
| 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. | Pre-conference Session #2 |
| 2:30 - 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45 - 3:30 p.m. | Pre-conference Session #3 |
| 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. | Pre-conference Session #4 |
| 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception |
| Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | |
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| 7:15 - 8:00 am | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 8:05 am | Welcome & Introduction, CBC Chair |
| 8:05 - 8:10 am | Diamond Sponsor: Calix |
| 8:10 – 8:25 am | Session #1 |
| 8:25-8:55 am | Session #2 |
| 8:55-9:30 am | Session #3 |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:00 - 10:45 am | Session #4 |
| 10:45 - 11:30 am | Session #5 |
| 11:30 - 11:55 am | Keynote #1 |
| 11:55-12:00 | Diamond Sponsor: Ervin Cable Construction LLC |
| 12:00 - 12:45 pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:45 - 1:15 pm | Dessert |
| 1:15 - 1:40 pm | Keynote #2 |
| 1:40 - 2:30 pm | Session #6 |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:00 - 3:45 pm | Session #7 |
| 3:45 - 4:30 pm | Session #8 |
| 4:30 - 4:35 pm | Closing Remarks |
Speakers
Executive Director
American Association of Public Broadband
Acting Director
New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion
General Manager
United Fiber
Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications and Professor of Telecommunications,
Bellisario College of Communications, Penn State
Broadband Grants Program Manager
The Arkansas State Broadband Office
VP of Business & Technology Strategies,
Centranet
Associate Director
Virginia Office of Broadband
Senior Principal, Distribution Automation
NRECA
Professor and Jean & Patsy Neustadt Chair,
Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
Director of the Public Utility Division and Consumer Services
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Technology and Digital Accessibility Officer
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Director
NRECA Broadband
Tribal Leader
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CEO,
NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association
CEO
Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative and CVEC Fiber
Executive Director
Oklahoma Broadband Office
Farmer and inventor,
CamdenCastle
Director of Broadband Strategy
Oklahoma Broadband Office
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