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Agenda at a Glance

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Day 1 - Wednesday, October 2

Time Location Session
12:00PM -  1:00PM Salon 2 Insights Track Lunch *Add on
1:00PM  -  4:00PM Salon 1 Anchors Rock Showcase 
1:00PM  -  3:45PM Salon 2 Insights Track 
1:00PM  -  2:15PM Salons 3-4 Pre-Conference Workshop: Insights and Requirements to Apply for the FCC's Cybersecurity Pilot Program *Add on
2:45PM  -  4:00PM Salons 3-4 Pre-Conference Workshop: Preparing for the FCC's Hotspot Lending Initiative at Your School or Library *Add on
4:00PM  -  4:15PM Foyer Networking Break
4:15PM  -  5:00PM Salons 3-4 Women in Telecom Plenary Session 
5:00PM  -  5:45PM Salons 5-6 Speed Networking 
5:45PM  -  7:00PM Foyer  Women in Telecom Networking Reception 
7:00PM  -  9:00PM Various Locations Insights Track Dine Around *Add on

Day 2 - Thursday, October 3




Time Location Session
8:00AM  -  8:45AM Foyer Breakfast 
8:45AM  -  9:30AM Salons 3-4 Cindy Hohl Plenary Session 
9:30AM  -  9:45AM Foyer Networking Break
9:45AM  -  11:00AM Salon 1 The Future is Universal: Inclusive Changes to E-rate
9:45AM  -  11:00AM Salon 2 How will States use BEAD funding to maximize connectivity for all? 
9:45AM  -  11:00AM Salon 5 Indigenizing the Internet and how to bring broadband to tribal communities 
9:45AM  -  11:00AM Salon 6 Rural Health Care Workshop: USAC Listening Session 
11:00AM  -  11:15AM Foyer Networking Break
11:15AM  -  12:15PM Salon 1 E-rate Fiber Success Stories
11:15AM  -  12:15PM Salon 2 Empowering Communities: Unpacking the Digital Equity Act Grant Programs 
11:15AM  -  12:15PM Salon 5 Wireless Success Stories and the Technology Driving Them
11:15AM  -  12:15PM Salon 6 Understanding and Navigating Audits for Rural Health Care and E-rate Participants 
12:15PM  -  1:00PM Salons 3-4 Lunch 
1:00PM  -  1:30PM Salons 3-4 Commissioner Anna Gomez  and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Fireside Chat Plenary Session
1:30PM  -  1:45PM Foyer Networking Break
1:45PM  -  2:45PM Salon 1 Open Access Broadband Networks: Are they the Future? 
1:45PM  -  2:45PM Salon 2 Success Stories from the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program 
1:45PM  -  2:45PM Salon 5 Cybersecurity for Healthcare Networks and Opportunities for Positive Impact 
1:45PM  -  4:00PM Salon 6 E-Rate Workshop: USAC Listening Session and "Enhancing the E-rate Program: Collaborative Insights and Recommendations for the Next Budget Cycle." 
2:45PM  -  3:00PM Foyer Networking Break
3:00PM  -  4:00PM Salon 1 After We Flip the Switch: RHC Funding to Support Growing Networks
3:00PM  -  4:00PM Salon 2 Leading the Charge: Countywide Innovative and Equity Best Practices for Digital Inclusion 
3:00PM  -  4:00PM Salon 5 Reaching the Unserved: Leveraging Partnerships for Statewide Broadband Expansion
4:00PM  -  4:15PM Foyer Networking Break
4:15PM  -  5:00PM Salons 3-4 Member Meeting (Members Only)
4:15PM  -  5:00PM Skyview E-Rate Meet and Greet
5:00PM  -  6:30PM Skyview  Anchors Rock Reception Sponsored by Zayo 
6:30PM  -  8:30PM Pentagon SHLB Board Dinner (Invite Only) 


Day 3 - Friday, October 4

Time Location Session
8:00AM  -  8:30AM Foyer Breakfast 
8:30AM  -  9:15AM Salons 3-4 Dr. Nicol Turner Lee Plenary Session 
9:15AM  -  9:30AM Foyer Networking Break
9:30AM  -  10:45AM Salon 1 Next Gen Firewalls and Beyond: What Do Schools and Libraries Need to Protect Their Networks? 
9:30AM  -  10:45AM Salon 2 Connecting Communities: How Black Church Leaders Are Driving Digital Equity 
9:30AM  -  10:45AM Salon 5 Research & Education Networks: Your Partners in State and Local Infrastructure and Digital Equity Projects 
9:30AM  -  10:45AM Salon 6 Judicial Jiu-jitsu - Update on Federal Broadband Litigation 
10:45AM  -  11:00AM Foyer Networking Break
11:00AM  -  12:00PM Salon 1 The Future of the USF: Round 3 
11:00AM  -  12:00PM Salon 2 Breaking Barriers: Championing Digital Equity for Black Women and Women of Color 
11:00AM  -  12:00PM Salon 5 Innovative Rural Anchors: A Texas Roundtable on Community-Minded Broadband
11:00AM  -  12:00PM Salon 6 AI for education - Exploring research, trends, and resources on the use of AI in education
12:00PM  -  1:45PM Salons 3-4 Lunch and Joey Wender Plenary 
1:45PM  -  3:30PM Salon 2 Reimagining Connectivity Workshop: Establishing Key Principles to Guide Universal Service Fund Reform (Members Only)
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