Sessions Archive

Tuesday - Sept 24

SCTE® Broadband Fiber Installer Boot Camp (separate registration required)

9:00 AM

- 5:30 PM

September 23

SCTE® Standards Program Interface Practices Subcommittee (IPS) Plenary

1:00 PM

- 3:30 PM

September 23

B315

The Human Factor

Masterclass: Cultivating Your Ideation Toolkit and Innovation Mindset

2:00 PM

- 3:30 PM

September 23

Michelle Vendelin

Director, Innovation Services & Coaching

CableLabs

Peeking Into the Future

3:00 PM

- 4:30 PM

September 23

B302

Cable TV Pioneers 58th Annual Banquet

6:00 PM

- 10:00 PM

September 23

Chapter Leadership Breakfast

7:30 AM

- 8:45 AM

September 24

B302

Opening Headliners

9:00 AM

- 10:30 AM

September 24

Murphy Ballroom - Main Stage

Balan Nair

President and Chief Executive Officer

Liberty Latin America

Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

Cable One

Technology Policy

View from the Hill

10:45 AM

- 11:45 AM

September 24

Exhibition Open

10:45 AM

- 6:00 PM

September 24

The Human Factor

Interview: AI and the Future of Learning

11:00 AM

- 11:20 AM

September 24

The Loft

The Human Factor

AI Unleashed: Practical Strategies for Your Organization

11:30 AM

- 12:10 PM

September 24

The Loft

Women’s TechConnect Program Graduation Lunch

12:00 PM

- 2:00 PM

September 24

B301

Operations, Construction & Network Planning

Go with the Flow: Upstream

12:30 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 24

Principal Engineer II

Comcast

Frank Wade

Senior Manager, Technical Research and Development, Access Engineering

Comcast - CONNECT

AI & Automation

Making the Most of AI in Broadband Networks

12:30 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 24

Moderator

Dr. Jennifer Andreoli-Fang

Head of Fixed Networks

AWS

Karthik Sundaresan

Distinguished Technologist & Director of HFC solutions

CableLabs

Marco Gagliostro

Manager, PON Technology and Enterprise Network Operations

Rogers Communications Inc.

The Human Factor

Driving Employee Performance: Exploring Training Impacts through Business Metrics

12:30 PM

- 12:50 PM

September 24

The Loft

Abbie O’Dell

Senior Director, Learning Services - Field Operations

Charter Communications

Wireline Network Evolution

Your Network is Talking, Please Listen

12:30 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 24

Distinguished Engineer

Comcast

Belal Hamzeh

Vice President, Technology & System Engineering

Comcast, Inc.

Wireless & Convergence

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)… but Were Afraid to Ask!

12:30 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 24

Dr. Roy Sun

Ph.D., Principal Architect

CableLabs

Dorin Viorel

Distinguished Technologist

CableLabs

Technology Policy

Spectrum Policy: (Re-)Shaping Network Technologies, A Demand-side Conversation

12:45 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 24

Network-as-a-Service

Architecting the Cloud: Orchestrating B2B, Multi-Cloud, and Applications

12:50 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 24

Moderator

Paul Fonte

Director, Future Infrastructure Group

CableLabs

David Olea

Senior Manager B2B Technology

Liberty Latin America

Marcus Miller

Lead Cloud Native Solutions Architect

Cox Communications

Security & Privacy

We Are Not Immune from Attacks and Responsibility

12:50 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 24

Brian Scriber

Distinguished Technologist and VP of Security and Privacy Technologies

CableLabs

Shivam Gupta

Network Specialist

Mediacom Communications Corporation

The Human Factor

Diversity in Construction

1:00 PM

- 1:40 PM

September 24

The Loft

¿Pueden extenderse los beneficios de las arquitecturas distribuidas a los despliegues de pon? Un enfoque latinoamericano

1:45 PM

- 2:05 PM

September 24

The Loft

Marcela Martinez

Sr Engineer Access Network Planning

Claro Colombia

AI & Automation

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on the Cable Industry – Spanish

1:45 PM

- 2:05 PM

September 24

The Loft

Dr. Claudio Righetti

Director of the Artificial Intelligence Department

Universidad Austral

Wireline Network Evolution

Getting the Download on FDX

2:00 PM

- 3:15 PM

September 24

Moderator

Dan Rice

VP, CONNECT Technology Group

Adopting an AI-Powered Approach to Network and Capacity Planning, Part One

2:00 PM

- 3:15 PM

September 24

Distinguished Engineer

Charter

Mohsin Afridi

Lead Communications / Network Engineer

Cox Communications - Core Design Engineering

Wireless & Convergence

Boosting the Performance and Reliability of Wireless Networks

2:00 PM

- 3:15 PM

September 24

Principal Wireless Engineer

Charter Communications

Kamaljit Bal

Wireless Private Network Architect

Rogers Communications Inc.

Security & Privacy

Bad Things Happen with Bad Passwords

2:00 PM

- 3:15 PM

September 24

Dr. Golam Kayas

Technical Research & Development Engineer

Comcast Cables

Serhad Doken

Chief Technology Officer

National Spectrum Strategy Multistakeholder Process and Status

2:00 PM

- 3:00 PM

September 24

Network-as-a-Service

API-Powered NaaS

2:00 PM

- 3:15 PM

September 24

Moderator

Israel Madiedo

Innovation & Technology Director

izzi

De Fu Li

Distinguished Engineer

Comcast Cable

Christopher Aubut

Principal Engineer II

Charter Communications

Wireless & Convergence

Track Keynote: Seamless Migration: A Case Study in Transferring the Wireless Customer

2:00 PM

- 2:20 PM

September 24

Amir Hussain

SVP, Chief Technology and Product Officer

Liberty Latin America

Operations, Construction & Network Planning

The What, Why and How of Using Digital Twins

2:00 PM

- 3:15 PM

September 24

Moderator

Greg White

Distinguished Technologist

CableLabs

Dr. Maher Harb

Distinguished Engineer

Comcast

Steve Condra

Senior Engineering Director and Product Manager

Teleste Intercept LLC

Wireline Network Evolution

PNM Live!

2:30 PM

- 3:10 PM

September 24

The Loft

Technology Policy

Infrastructure Security: Integrating Zero Trust Across Core and Access Networks

3:15 PM

- 4:15 PM

September 24

Wireline Network Evolution

Track Keynote: From the Cloud to the Home – a Smarter, Faster and Most Reliable Network Realized

3:30 PM

- 4:00 PM

September 24

Elad Nafshi

Executive Vice President, Chief Network Officer

Comcast Cable

Wireless & Convergence

Seamless Connectivity: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

3:45 PM

- 5:00 PM

September 24

Moderator

Neel Dayal

Senior Director, Innovation and Partnerships

Rogers Communications Canada Inc

John Bahr

Distinguished Technologist

Adopting an AI-Powered Approach to Network and Capacity Planning, Part Two

3:45 PM

- 5:00 PM

September 24

Senior Software Development Engineer

Comcast

Jiten Patel

Director Network Operations

Altice USA

Network-as-a-Service

Containerization of the Cloud: Why, Where and How?

3:45 PM

- 5:00 PM

September 24

Moderator

Mr. Max Gasparroni

VP Mobile Core – Mobile & Cloud Technology

Liberty Global Technology Limited

Nasir Ansari

Network Architect

Rogers Communications Inc.

Guarding the Gateway: Securing the Infrastructure

3:45 PM

- 5:00 PM

September 24

Moderator

Dr. Tao Wan

Distinguished Technologist

CableLabs

Matt Carothers

Senior Principal Security Architect

Cox Communications

Carl Klatsky

Senior Principal Engineer

Comcast

Operations, Construction & Network Planning

Powering a Greener Future

3:45 PM

- 5:00 PM

September 24

Toby Peck

Senior Director of Broadband Product Management

EnerSys Energy Systems

Mike Wojciechowski

Engineer 3, Critical Infrastructure

Comcast X-Labs

Ivan Perallon

VP Access Power Systems

Technetix

Wireline Network Evolution

A Report Card on Virtual CCAP and Low Latency

4:00 PM

- 5:15 PM

September 24

Manager, Wireline Access Technology & Engineering

Rogers Cablesystem

Jason Livingood

Vice President - Technology Policy, Product & Standards

Comcast

Wireline Network Evolution

Balancing Efficiency and Flexibility: A Comparative Analysis of Home Connect Strategies in FTTH Deployments

4:00 PM

- 4:40 PM

September 24

The Loft

Expo Happy Hour

5:00 PM

- 6:00 PM

September 24

Chairmen’s Reception

6:00 PM

- 7:30 PM

September 24

CEO Dinner

7:30 PM

- 9:30 PM

September 24

Circle of Eagles

7:30 AM

- 8:45 AM

September 25

B301

Operations, Construction & Network Planning

Using AI to Optimize Operations and Energy Consumption

7:30 AM

- 8:45 AM

September 25

Mike Glaser

Principal Architect, Critical Facilities

Senior Technical Sales Representative

EnerSys Energy Systems

AI & Automation

Driving a Proactive Approach to AI-Powered Security

7:30 AM

- 8:45 AM

September 25

Dr. Kyle Haefner

Ph.D., Principal Architect

CableLabs

Jeff Calkins

Lead Data Scientist

Video Development Engineering

Wireline Network Evolution

Practical Strategies for Deploying FTTH

7:30 AM

- 8:45 AM

September 25

Brian Yarbrough

Principal Engineer - OSP Engineering

Cox Communications, Inc

Kevin Noll

Principal Architect

CableLabs

Opening Headliners

9:00 AM

- 10:30 AM

September 25

Murphy Ballroom - Main Stage

Charlie Herrin

President of the Technology, Product, Experience

Comcast

Len Barlik

Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Cox Communications

Justin Colwell

Executive Vice President, Connectivity Technology

Charter Communications

Exhibition Open

10:45 AM

- 6:00 PM

September 25

Technology Policy

A Year After the Artificial Intelligence Executive Order: Current Status & What’s Ahead

10:45 AM

- 11:45 AM

September 25

SCTE Standards Business Continuity Program & Disaster Recovery Update

11:00 AM

- 12:30 PM

September 25

B207

Wireline Network Evolution

Building Tomorrow: Sustainable Fiber Networks for a Greener Future

11:30 AM

- 12:10 PM

September 25

The Loft

Wireline Network Evolution

From Residential to Multi-Service Fiber Access Networks

11:30 AM

- 12:10 PM

September 25

The Loft

Wireline Network Evolution

Navigating the Transition: Operational Insights into Delivering Broadband over Fiber

12:15 PM

- 12:55 PM

September 25

The Loft

Wireless & Convergence

Boosting Your Wi-Fi: Creating a Better Experience for Real-Time Applications

12:30 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 25

Moderator

Lili Hervieu

Principal Architect, Wireless Research & Development

cablelabs

Lei Zhou

Engineer

Charter Communications

Pratyusha Malladi

Principal Engineer

Charter Communications

Wireline Network Evolution

A Photonic Future

12:30 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 25

Moderator

Mr. Fernando Villarruel

Senior Advisor PON Core Group

Ciena- Tibit Technologies

Dr. Zhensheng Jia

Fellow and Director of Advanced Optical Technologies

Optimizing Your Edge

12:30 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 25

Moderator

Bill Warga

Vice President Strategy & Technology

Liberty Global

Dr. Keith Rothschild

Senior Principal Engineer

Cox Communications

Nicholas Dunkin

Director of Architecture and New Product Introduction

Vecima Networks

Operations, Construction & Network Planning

Optimation: Optimizing Operations with Automation

12:30 PM

- 1:45 PM

September 25

VP, Software Architecture

Vecima Networks

Growth & Transformation

Driving Sustainable Growth

12:30 PM

- 1:30 PM

September 25

SCTE Energy 20/20 Update

1:00 PM

- 2:30 PM

September 25

B207

Operations, Construction & Network Planning

Market Expansion: Challenges and Opportunities Encountered in Rural Expansion

1:00 PM

- 1:40 PM

September 25

The Loft

Technology Policy

Cybersecurity 2025: What Should We Expect?

1:15 PM

- 2:15 PM

September 25

Operations, Construction & Network Planning

Transforming a BSP from VDSL to GPON: A Case Study on the Operational Benefits of Overbuilding a Telco’s MSAN

1:45 PM

- 2:05 PM

September 25

Chuck Page

VP, Technical Operations

Liberty Caribbean

Wireline Network Evolution

Coherent PON

2:00 PM

- 2:55 PM

September 25

Vice President, PON R&D

Growth & Transformation

Transformation—Lessons from the Video Game Industry

2:00 PM

- 3:00 PM

September 25

Moderator

Anju Ahuja

Shawn Layden

Former chairman PlayStation Worldwide Studios

Sony Interactive Entertainment

AI & Automation

Developing and Building AI and GenAI Products

2:00 PM

- 3:15 PM

September 25

Dr. Jennifer Andreoli-Fang

Head of Fixed Networks

AWS

Nick Pinckernell

Distinguished Engineer, Machine Learning

Comcast

Jim Prather

Lead Systems Engineer

Cox Communications

Wireless & Convergence

DOCSIS® Meets Wireless: Performance Analysis and Testing

2:00 PM

- 3:15 PM

September 25

Moderator

Josh Redmore

Principal Architect, Wireless Access Technologies

Lightning Talks: Innovation in Action

2:10 PM

- 3:10 PM

September 25

The Loft

Operations, Construction & Network Planning

New Approaches to Network Design

2:20 PM

- 3:35 PM

September 25

Moderator

Jennifer Smardo

Senior Vice President, Network Implementation

Comcast

Sung-eun Kim

Sr Network Planning Engineer

Cox Communications

Kathy Binns

Program Delivery Director

Connect Tools Delivery Team • Comcast Cable‬

Technology Policy

Where in the World are Broadband Programs Now?

2:30 PM

- 3:30 PM

September 25

The Human Factor

AI Strategy Arena: Master the Game of Integration

2:30 PM

- 4:00 PM

September 25

B302

Building a Services-Platform Beyond Simple Connectivity

3:15 PM

- 3:55 PM

September 25

The Loft

Growth & Transformation

CMO Insights: The North American Perspective

3:30 PM

- 4:30 PM

September 25

AI & Automation

Finding the AI Advantage in Customer Experience

3:45 PM

- 5:00 PM

September 25

Moderator

Asit Tandon

Vice President, Network Technology

Rogers Communications

VP Product Quality Assurance

Altice USA

Wireline Network Evolution

HFC Continues to Deliver

3:45 PM

- 5:00 PM

September 25

Sercomm Technology Inc.

Operations, Construction & Network Planning

Making Sense of Plant Data

3:45 PM

- 5:00 PM

September 25

Moderator

Dr. Jason Rupe

Distinguished Technologist

Manager - HFC Network Operations

Rogers Communications

Wireless & Convergence

Connectivity for the Enterprise Customer

3:45 PM

- 5:00 PM

September 25

Rohith Kumar Punithavel

Sr. Software Engineer

Charter Communications

Jeff Hales

Principal Architect

Cox Communications, Inc.

Samian Kaur

Technology Policy

Broadband Networks and Disaster Planning

3:45 PM

- 4:45 PM

September 25

Wireline Network Evolution

The Three Laws of Broadband

4:00 PM

- 4:20 PM

September 25

The Loft

John Chapman

CTO Broadband & Fellow

Industry

Wireless & Convergence

Spectrum Utilization: Nationwide Measurements for New Spectrum Opportunities and Government Policy

4:30 PM

- 5:00 PM

September 25

Mark Poletti

Director Mobile Networks and Principal Architect

CableLabs

Expo Happy Hour

5:00 PM

- 6:00 PM

September 25

International Cable-Tec Games Registration & Breakfast

8:00 AM

- 9:00 AM

September 26

SCTE International Cable-Tec Games

9:00 AM

- 12:45 PM

September 26

Exhibition Open

9:00 AM

- 1:00 PM

September 26

Wireline Network Evolution

Operationalizing and Automating PON

9:30 AM

- 10:45 AM

September 26

Moderator

Dr. Curtis Knittle

Vice President, Wired Technologies

CableLabs

Jon Schnoor

Principle Architect, Wired Technologies

CableLabs

Michael Emmendorfer

Vice President of Technology

Calix

AI & Automation

AI-Driven Insights for Outside Plant and Customer Premises

9:30 AM

- 10:45 AM

September 26

Distinguished Engineer

Comcast

AI & Automation

Introducing RAG: How Can Retrieval Augmented Generation Fine-Tune your LLM

9:30 AM

- 10:45 AM

September 26

Paul Fonte

Director, Future Infrastructure Group

CableLabs

Dr. Santhana Chari

VP, Broadband Analytics and Data Science

OpenVault

David Suh

Lead Software Engineer

Cox Communications

Wireline Network Evolution

Driving End-to-End IP Networking

9:30 AM

- 10:45 AM

September 26

Moderator

John Chapman

CTO Broadband & Fellow

Industry

Mark Goodwin

Lead Network Engineer

Cox Communications, Inc

Deependra Malla

Network Design Engineer

Cox Communications Inc.

Wireline Network Evolution

Boosting Performance: PNM for Optical Networks

11:30 AM

- 12:45 PM

September 26

Moderator

Israel Madiedo

Innovation & Technology Director

izzi

Dr. Jason Rupe

Distinguished Technologist

CableLabs

Robert-Jan van Minnen

Senior Manager Network Analytics & Performance Planning

Liberty Global - Liberty Tech

Wireline Network Evolution

Optimizing DOCSIS® Capacity

11:30 AM

- 12:45 PM

September 26

Moderator

Karthik Sundaresan

Distinguished Technologist & Director of HFC solutions

CableLabs

Jay Zhu

Senior Principal Software Engineer

Comcast

Saifur Rahman

Distinguished Engineer

Comcast

AI & Automation

Harnessing AI to Improve Network Reliability

11:30 AM

- 12:45 PM

September 26

Moderator

Damian Poltz

Senior Vice President, Wireline Networks

Rogers Communications

Manager, Data Science

Cox Communications

SCTE International Cable-Tec Games Awards

12:45 PM

- 1:00 PM

September 26

Attend

Conference

Showfloor

Experience

Resources

SCTE® Broadband Fiber Installer Boot Camp (separate registration required)

SCTE® Standards Program Interface Practices Subcommittee (IPS) Plenary

Masterclass: Cultivating Your Ideation Toolkit and Innovation Mindset

Peeking Into the Future

Cable TV Pioneers 58th Annual Banquet

Chapter Leadership Breakfast

Opening Headliners

View from the Hill

Exhibition Open

Interview: AI and the Future of Learning

AI Unleashed: Practical Strategies for Your Organization

Women’s TechConnect Program Graduation Lunch

Go with the Flow: Upstream

Making the Most of AI in Broadband Networks

Driving Employee Performance: Exploring Training Impacts through Business Metrics

Your Network is Talking, Please Listen

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)… but Were Afraid to Ask!

Spectrum Policy: (Re-)Shaping Network Technologies, A Demand-side Conversation

Architecting the Cloud: Orchestrating B2B, Multi-Cloud, and Applications

We Are Not Immune from Attacks and Responsibility

Diversity in Construction

¿Pueden extenderse los beneficios de las arquitecturas distribuidas a los despliegues de pon? Un enfoque latinoamericano

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on the Cable Industry – Spanish

Getting the Download on FDX

Adopting an AI-Powered Approach to Network and Capacity Planning, Part One

Boosting the Performance and Reliability of Wireless Networks

Bad Things Happen with Bad Passwords

National Spectrum Strategy Multistakeholder Process and Status

API-Powered NaaS

Track Keynote: Seamless Migration: A Case Study in Transferring the Wireless Customer

The What, Why and How of Using Digital Twins

PNM Live!

Infrastructure Security: Integrating Zero Trust Across Core and Access Networks

Track Keynote: From the Cloud to the Home – a Smarter, Faster and Most Reliable Network Realized

Seamless Connectivity: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

Adopting an AI-Powered Approach to Network and Capacity Planning, Part Two

Containerization of the Cloud: Why, Where and How?

Guarding the Gateway: Securing the Infrastructure

Powering a Greener Future

A Report Card on Virtual CCAP and Low Latency

Balancing Efficiency and Flexibility: A Comparative Analysis of Home Connect Strategies in FTTH Deployments

Expo Happy Hour

Chairmen’s Reception

CEO Dinner

Circle of Eagles

Using AI to Optimize Operations and Energy Consumption

Driving a Proactive Approach to AI-Powered Security

Practical Strategies for Deploying FTTH

Opening Headliners

Exhibition Open

A Year After the Artificial Intelligence Executive Order: Current Status & What’s Ahead

SCTE Standards Business Continuity Program & Disaster Recovery Update

Building Tomorrow: Sustainable Fiber Networks for a Greener Future

From Residential to Multi-Service Fiber Access Networks

Navigating the Transition: Operational Insights into Delivering Broadband over Fiber

Boosting Your Wi-Fi: Creating a Better Experience for Real-Time Applications

A Photonic Future

Optimizing Your Edge

Optimation: Optimizing Operations with Automation

Driving Sustainable Growth

SCTE Energy 20/20 Update

Market Expansion: Challenges and Opportunities Encountered in Rural Expansion

Cybersecurity 2025: What Should We Expect?

Transforming a BSP from VDSL to GPON: A Case Study on the Operational Benefits of Overbuilding a Telco’s MSAN

Coherent PON

Transformation—Lessons from the Video Game Industry

Developing and Building AI and GenAI Products

DOCSIS® Meets Wireless: Performance Analysis and Testing

Lightning Talks: Innovation in Action

New Approaches to Network Design

Where in the World are Broadband Programs Now?

AI Strategy Arena: Master the Game of Integration

Building a Services-Platform Beyond Simple Connectivity

CMO Insights: The North American Perspective

Finding the AI Advantage in Customer Experience