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Monday - Sept 29
  • All timing - Washington, DC

City Tour: The Spies of Embassy Row

3:00 PM
- 5:00 PM
  • September 28

City Tour: National Mall: Monuments & Memorials Architecture Tour

3:00 PM
- 5:00 PM
  • September 28

City Tour: Georgetown Spy Tour

3:00 PM
- 5:00 PM
  • September 28

Cable TV Pioneers 59th Annual Banquet

6:00 PM
- 9:00 PM
  • September 28

Light Reading Breakfast: Generating the Next-Gen Network

7:30 AM
- 9:00 AM
  • September 29
  • 152
Robert Wilmoth
Senior Principal Industry Specialist
Red Hat
JR Walden
CTO & SVP
Mediacom Communications
Bill Chatwell
Sr. Vice President of Technology
Midco
Andy Boyce
Sr. Principal DOCSIS Engineer
Comcast
Chris Bastian
Independent Consultant
Craig Coogan
CTO & VP, Product Management, BNS
CommScope
Asaf Matatyaou
SVP, Broadband Products
Harmonic

Chapter Leadership Breakfast

7:30 AM
- 8:45 AM
  • September 29
  • 140 AB
  • Invitation Only

Headliners

8:30 AM
- 10:45 AM
  • September 29
  • Main Stage
  • Open to All
Maria Popo
President & Chief Executive Officer
SCTE
Phil McKinney
President & Chief Executive Officer
CableLabs
David Watson
Chief Executive Officer, Connectivity & Platforms
Comcast
Charlie Herrin
President, Technology & Product, Connectivity & Platforms
Comcast
Frédéric Perron
President and CEO
Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications Inc.
Bin Haga
Chairman of the Board, Representative Director
J:COM
AI & Automation

Hyper-Skilling the Workforce: AI-Powered Skill Assessment and Training for Operational Excellence

11:00 AM
- 11:20 PM
  • September 29
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Mike O’Dell
Distinguished Engineer
Comcast

Redefining the Last Mile with Cisco Routed PON

11:30 AM
- 11:50 AM
  • September 29
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Mike Kim
Product Sales Consultant
Cisco

From Coax to Multi-Gig Fiber: Best Practices for PON Service Turn-Up

12:00 PM
- 12:20 PM
  • September 29
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Al Ruth
Senior Product Line Manager
VIAVI Solutions

Relentless Innovation: A Look at Today’s Platform of Possibility and Futuristic Vision for Tomorrow

12:00 PM
- 12:25 PM
  • September 29
Rikin Thakker
Chief Technology Officer
NCTA
Elad Nafshi
Executive Vice President, Chief Network Officer
Comcast
AI & Automation

AI on the Job: Training for a Smarter Network

12:30 PM
- 1:10 PM
  • September 29
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Moderator
Cory Pavicich
Head of Product, Professional Learning
SCTE
Abbie O’Dell
Senior Director of Learning Services for Field Operations
Charter Communications
Paul Broadhurst
Founder, President and Group Chief Executive Officer
Technetix
Larry Wolcott
Engineering Fellow
Comcast

Circle of Eagles Luncheon

12:30 PM
- 1:30 PM
  • September 29
  • 149 A
  • Invitation Only

FCC Fireside: In Conversation with the Commissioners

12:30 PM
- 1:30 PM
  • September 29
Anna Gomez
Commissioner
FCC
Russ Hanser
SVP, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer
NCTA
Olivia Trusty
Commissioner
FCC
Wireline

Self-Healing Networks: The New Frontier of DOCSIS Operations

1:00 PM
- 2:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 146 BC
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Dan Rice
Vice President, Access Network Engineering
Comcast
Jason Rupe
Distinguished Technologist
CableLabs
John Downey
Sr. DOCSIS Consultant
Technetix
Mike O’Dell
Distinguished Engineer
Comcast
Robert Lund
Principal Engineer
Comcast
Brady Volpe
Chief Product Officer
Open Vault
Karthik Sundaresan
Distinguished Technologist & Director of HFC Solutions
CableLabs
Differentiated Services

Smart Networks, Seamless Lives: Powering Differentiated Services with Network-as-a-Service

1:00 PM
- 2:00 PM
  • September 29
  • 147 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Chris Corcimiglia
VP, Future Infrastructure Group
CableLabs
Pat Jensen
Distinguished Architect
Zoom Video Communications
Operations, Network Planning & Construction

Track Keynote: Protecting What Lies Beneath: Advancing Standards for Underground Damage Prevention

1:00 PM
- 1:20 PM
  • September 29
  • 145 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Patrick McLaughlin
Editorial Director
Endeavor Business Media Digital Infrastructure Group
Sarah Magruder Lyle
President & CEO
Common Ground Alliance
StreamTech

Live Streaming at Scale

1:00 PM
- 2:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 146 A
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Rebecca Sirmons
General Manager & Head of NASA+
NASA
Lee Erickson
NASA
Alex Giladi
Fellow
Comcast
Wireless & Convergence

Track Keynote: Building the Converged Future: Fixed + Mobile + Cloud

1:00 PM
- 1:20 PM
  • September 29
  • 150 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Diana Goovaerts
Executive Director, Cloud and AI
Fierce Network
Madalina Suceveanu
Managing Director – Mobile and Cloud
Liberty Global
AI & Automation

Intelligence at the Edge

1:00 PM
- 2:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 151 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Paul Fonte
Director, Future Infrastructure Group
CableLabs
Joe Keller
VP of Operations & Technology Analytics
Cox Communications
Shafi Khan
Principal Software Engineer
CableLabs
Mike Spaulding
Vice President of Network Maintenance
Comcast
Charles Cheevers
Chief Technology Officer
Vantiva
Nader Foroughi
Distinguished Engineer
Comcast
Operations, Network Planning & Construction

Future-Proofing Underground Infrastructure

1:20 PM
- 2:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 145 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Andrew Bundy
Sr Manager, Enterprise Data Engineering
Comcast
Dervon Gaskins
Vice President
ITG
Matt Fragale
Vice President
Irth Solutions
Melissa Watters
Construction Manager
Charter Communications
Chuck Key
Chairman
Tennessee 811
Wireless & Convergence

Analyzing, Managing, and Maximizing Wireless Networks

1:20 PM
- 2:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 150 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Pratyusha Malladi
Director of Wireless Products
Charter Communications
Rahil Gandotra
Lead Architect, Wireless Technology
CableLabs

The Future of Broadband Policy and BEAD Program Implementation

1:40 PM
- 2:40 PM
  • September 29
Moderator
Mike O’Rielly
President
MPORielly Consulting, Inc. and former FCC Commissioner
Arielle Roth
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information
NTIA

The Last 15 Feet: Where Network Performance Meets Customer Experience

2:00 PM
- 2:50 PM
  • September 29
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Camilla Formica
Chief Program Officer
Syndeo Institute at The Cable Center

Networking Break

2:15 PM
- 2:30 PM
  • September 29
StreamTech

Delivering and Boosting QoE

2:30 PM
- 3:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 146 A
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Sean McCarthy
Head of OTT Live Engineering
YouTube
Glenn Goldstein
CTO
Fireside Global
AI & Automation

Track Keynote: From Insight to Impact: Leveraging Broadband Analytics for Smarter Networks and Funding Success

2:30 PM
- 2:50 PM
  • September 29
  • 151 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Chip Strange
Chief Strategy Officer
Ookla
Martin Creaner
Director General
World Broadband Association
Wireline

The Intelligent Access Network: Architectures, Automation, and the Edge

2:30 PM
- 3:45 PM
  • September 29
  • 146 BC
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Shlomo Ovadia
Principal Engineer III
Charter Communications
Marc Morrissette
Sr. Principal Broadband Hardware Engineer
Comcast
Operations, Network Planning & Construction

Smart Construction for a Connected Future

2:30 PM
- 3:45 PM
  • September 29
  • 145 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Dan Levac
Senior New Business Development Manager
Preformed Line Products (PLP)
Moderator
Jennifer Smardo
SVP, Network Implementation
Comcast
Adam Kersnowski
SVP of Strategic Accounts
AirWorks
Bo Gresham
Vice President of Strategy
Dycom Industries
John Fluharty
Project Executive
Troy Construction
Ryan Mountin
Vice President
Midwest Fiber Solutions
Steve Sellenriek
CEO
Sellenriek Construction
Rick Suarez
Group President
MasTec Communications Group
Differentiated Services

Beyond Connectivity: Creating Value with Next-Gen Broadband and Edge Innovation

2:30 PM
- 4:00 PM
  • September 29
  • 147 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
John-Michael Cortez
Head of Government and Community Affairs for the South and Southwest
GFiber
Chris Ostertag
Chief Technology Officer
Austin PBS
Geert Heyninck
Vice President & General Manager, Broadband Networks Business Unit
Nokia
Nick Saporito
Head of Product
GFiber
Bob Titus
CTO
Netcracker Technology
Dave Smith
Sr. Director, Platform, Cloud and OSS Strategy and Architecture
Rogers Communications
Brad Carpenter
COO
C Spire
Wireless & Convergence

The Reliability Revolution in Wi-Fi

2:30 PM
- 3:45 PM
  • September 29
  • 150 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Josh Redmore
Principal Architect
CableLabs
Loay Kreishan
Charter Communications
Carol Ansley
Senior Lead Architect
Cox Communications
Chris Ross
Manager, Systems Engineering
RUCKUS Networks
Ian Wheelock
CTO Europe
Vantiva
Colleen Szymanik
Distinguished Engineer
Comcast
AI & Automation

Agentic AI and the Metrics That Matter

2:50 PM
- 3:45 PM
  • September 29
  • 151 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Rohan Khatavkar
Director Data Science
Spectrum
Brock Bose
Vice President Data Science
Charter Communications
Dr. Veronica Bloom
Vice President Data Science
Charter Communications
Dr. Jennifer Andreoli-Fang
Sr. Manager Solutions Architecture
AWS
Nameet Dutia
Sr. Solutions Architect (AI/ML)
AWS

Old and New Spectrum Paradigms – A View from Policymakers

2:50 PM
- 3:20 PM
  • September 29
Robin Colwell
Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy Director
National Economic Council
Dave Wright
Global Policy Director
Spectrum for the Future

Architecting the Future: AI’s Role in Shaping Global Network Infrastructure.

3:00 PM
- 3:20 PM
  • September 29
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Nay Newell
Senior Director, Strategic Solutions Sales, Americas
Ciena
Tech Policy

New Spectrum Paradigms and the Promise of Seamless Connectivity

3:20 PM
- 3:50 PM
  • September 29
  • NCTA Stage
  • Open to All
Moderator
Dave Wright
Global Policy Director
Spectrum for the Future
Christopher Szymanski
Director of Product Marketing
Broadcom
Kurt Jacobs
Vice President, Federal Markets
JMA Wireless
Monisha Ghosh
Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of Notre Dame

Plug Into the Future: 100G QSFP28 DCO for Brownfield & Beyond

3:30 PM
- 3:50 PM
  • September 29
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Ray Hagen
VP, Product Line Management
ProLabs

Networking Break

3:45 PM
- 4:00 PM
  • September 29
Differentiated Services

Architecting Trust and Security in Next-Gen Networks

4:00 PM
- 5:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 147 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Tao Wan
Distinguished Technologist
CableLabs
Cesar Amaro
Sr. Program Manager IT Security & Compliance
Liberty Latin America
Rohith Kumar Punithavel
Senior Software Engineer
Charter Communications
Operations, Network Planning & Construction

Automating the Future of Operations

4:00 PM
- 5:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 145 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Chantal Blake
Technical Program Manager
Comcast
Amir Leventer
Vice President Product, Cloud Services
Harmonic
Allen Maharaj
Sr Manager, HFC Network Operations
Rogers Communications
Nick Holcomb
Director, Access Network Engineering
Mediacom Communications
Ian Oliver
Technology and Project Consultant
Globema
Jensen McCoy
Sr. Staff Engineer
GCI
Wireline

Speed, Intelligence, and the Future of Fiber: Innovations Driving Next-Gen Transmission

4:00 PM
- 5:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 146 BC
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Scott Ramsdell
MSO Market Development Manager
Corning
Dr. Paul Dickinson
Chairman of FOSA Advisory Council and Strategic Business Consultant for Dura-Line
Smart Infrastructure Solutions
Jordan Gross
Director of Government Affairs
Lumen Technologies
Venk Mutalik
Fellow
Comcast
Dr. Alberto Campos
Fellow
CableLabs

A View from the Hill Top

4:00 PM
- 4:45 PM
  • September 29
Paul Kane
Senior Congressional Correspondent
The Washington Post
Parul Desai
Chief Counsel, Communications and Technology Subcommittee
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Wireless & Convergence

Redefining the Wireless Edge

4:00 PM
- 5:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 150 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Mahmoud ElMeligui
Principal Designer
Rogers Communications
Dorin Viorel
Distinguished Technologist
CableLabs
Dr. Robert Howald
Fellow
Comcast
AI & Automation

Operationalizing LLMs in the Network Ecosystem

4:00 PM
- 5:15 PM
  • September 29
  • 151 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Shyam Sridharan
Lead Data Engineer
Cox Communications
Rohit Kuruppath
Director of Data Engineering
Cox Communications
Randy Levensalor
Distinguished Technologist
CableLabs
Lisa Pinkey Coleman
AVP, Process Intelligence and Data Effectiveness
Cox Communications
Marco Valero
Director Technology
Cox Communications
StreamTech

Network Management and Streaming Architectures

4:00 PM
- 5:15 PM
  • September 29
  • NCTA Stage
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Glenn Deen
Distinguished Engineer
Comcast
Robert Gaydos
Comcast Fellow
Comcast
Sanjay Mishra
Associate Fellow
Verizon
Dan Newman
CTO Content Delivery Platform
Viasat

Expo Happy Hour

5:00 PM
- 6:00 PM
  • September 29

SCTE Industry Awards

5:30 PM
- 6:00 PM
  • September 29
  • The Loft
  • Open to All

Chairman’s Reception

6:15 PM
- 8:00 PM
  • September 29
  • Invitation Only

Light Reading Breakfast: Smart AMPS, Smarter Networks

7:30 AM
- 9:00 AM
  • September 30
  • 152
Jeff Heyen
Vice President, Broadband Access & Home Networking
Dell'Oro
Nader Foroughi
Distinguished Engineer
Comcast
Steve Pederson
Chief Product Officer
AOI
Steve Williams
GVP, Access Network Engineering
Charter Communications
Scott Weinstein
Vice President, ANS Product Management
CommScope
Hanno Narjus
Senior Fellow
Teleste Networks

Headliners

8:45 AM
- 10:30 AM
  • September 30
  • Main Stage
  • Open to All
Maria Popo
President & Chief Executive Officer
SCTE
Elad Nafshi
Executive Vice President, Chief Network Officer
Comcast
Tom Monaghan
Executive Vice President, Field Operations
Charter Communications
Justin Colwell
Executive Vice President, Technology Strategy & Innovation
Charter Communications
JR Walden
CTO & SVP
Mediacom Communications
Damian Poltz
Senior Vice President, Wireline Network and PMO
Rogers Communications
Mark Bridges
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
CableLabs

Reliable. Flexible. Simplified. Collaborating to Deploy the Industry’s Most Innovative vCMTS

11:30 AM
- 11:50 PM
  • September 30
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Krista Thompson
Regional VP, Tier 1 Operators
Vecima
Dave Ririe
Senior Director, Wireline Access Engineering Design
Cox Communications

Artificial Intelligence and Policy: Guardrails for Innovation

11:30 AM
- 12:30 PM
  • September 30
Mike Baldino
SVP, Data and Infrastructure Solutions
Charter Communications

Advancing Coherent Pluggables: The Road Ahead

12:00 PM
- 12:20 PM
  • September 30
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Tim Doiron
Vice President, Solution Marketing
Nokia
Venk Mutalik
Fellow
Comcast

TechConnect Program Graduation Luncheon

12:00 PM
- 2:00 PM
  • September 30
  • 148
  • Invitation Only
AI & Automation

AI-Powered Fiber Observability

12:30 PM
- 1:45 PM
  • September 30
  • 151 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Curtis Knittle
VP, Wired Technologies
CableLabs
Maryam Niknamfar
Distinguished Engineer
Charter Communications
Douglas Blue
Business Development - North America
Nokia
Robert Gaydos
Comcast Fellow
Comcast
Karthik Choutagunta
Principal Architect
CableLabs
StreamTech

Futureproofing Your Tech Stack

12:30 PM
- 1:45 PM
  • September 30
  • 146 A
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Weidong Mao
Senior Fellow
Comcast
Josh Arensberg
CTO M&E
Verizon Business
Wireline

Track Keynote

12:30 PM
- 1:00 PM
  • September 30
  • 146 BC
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Elad Nafshi
Executive Vice President, Chief Network Officer
Comcast
Operations, Network Planning & Construction

Disaster Resilience and Power Continuity for Broadband Infrastructure

12:30 PM
- 1:45 PM
  • September 30
  • 145 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Derek DiGiacomo
Senior Director, Energy Management Programs and Business Continuity
SCTE
Victor Valentine Davis
Deputy Executive Assistant Director, Emergency Communications Division
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Chris Anderson
Principal Advisor, National Security & Emergency Preparedness
Lumen Technologies
Joe Viens
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Charter Communications
Alexander Falcon
Senior Product Manager
Comcast
Kevin Domer
National Security/ Emergency Preparedness Manager
Comcast
Wireless & Convergence

Converging Networks, Expanding Horizons

12:30 PM
- 1:45 PM
  • September 30
  • 150 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Chris Stengrim
VP, Technology Strategy
CableLabs
Hans Geerdes
Principal Strategist
CableLabs
Filip Liharik
VP, Wireless Strategy & Product Planning
Comcast
Simon Clement
Director, Technology Strategy
Liberty Global
Roy Williams
Integrator
Rogers Communications

Broadband Forum BASe – The Proactive Broadband Provider: Leveraging AI for Exceptional Network Performance and Customer Experiences

12:30 PM
- 1:15 PM
  • September 30
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Josh Angotti
VP of Product
Uniti
Ladi Astrab
Head of Pre Sales
Incognito
Randy Van Buren
Senior Solutions Engineer
Motive

Connecting for Resilience: Broadband’s Role in Disaster Recovery and Response

12:40 PM
- 1:20 PM
  • September 30
Justin Cain
Division Chief, Operations & Emergency Management Division
FCC
Mike Matson
SVP of Field Operations
Charter Communications
Wireline

The Future of FTTx: How Does PON Fit Into the Equation?

1:00 PM
- 2:00 PM
  • September 30
  • 146 BC
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Belal Hamzeh
Vice President, Technology and Systems Engineering
Comcast
Jason Combs
Network Engineer
Comcast
Hy Huynh
Vice President, Fiber Products
Harmonic
Ed Boyd
VP of PON R&D
Ciena
Israel Madiedo
Innovation and Technology Director
izzi (Televisa Group)

Under Attack: Protecting America’s Communications Networks from Criminal Threats

1:30 PM
- 2:10 PM
  • September 30
Moderator
Mike O’Rielly
President
MPORielly Consulting, Inc. and former FCC Commissioner
Andrew Cordiner
Unit Chief, Counterintelligence, Critical Infrastructure
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jane Rhoads
SVP, Corporate Physical Security
Charter Communications
Alex Minard
Vice President & Lead Legislative Counsel
NCTA

Networking Break

1:45 PM
- 2:00 PM
  • September 30
StreamTech

Next Generation Linear Channel Assembly: Scale FAST, Stream Smarter, Earn More

2:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
  • September 30
  • 146 A
  • Full Access Pass Holders

Building Influence Without Authority

2:00 PM
- 2:50 PM
  • September 30
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
AI & Automation

Operational Intelligence at Scale

2:00 PM
- 3:15 PM
  • September 30
  • 151 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Todd Musat
Director, Critical Infrastructure
Rogers Communications
Ryan Capone
VP, Network Facilities & Energy
Comcast
Ken Nickel
Vice President
Quest Controls
Mike Glaser
Principal Architect, Critical Facilities
Cox Communications
Bill Leslie
Chief AI Acceleration Oficer
Nrby
Gavin Mitchell
VP Product Operations and Quality
Altice USA
Wireline

From Tap to CPE: Strategies to Unlock DOCSIS 4.0 Performance at Scale

2:00 PM
- 3:15 PM
  • September 30
  • 146 BC
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Stephane Raimbault
Sr. Manager, DOCSIS Engineering Operations
Rogers Communications
Matthew Olfert
Principal Network Architect
Rogers Communications
Wireless & Convergence

Seamless by Design: Innovative Paths to Scalable, Always-On Networks

2:00 PM
- 3:15 PM
  • September 30
  • 150 AB
  • CableLabs Members Only
Madalina Suceveanu
Managing Director – Mobile and Cloud
Liberty Global
Tommy Fad
Vice President, WiFi
Charter Communications
Hans Geerdes
Principal Strategist
CableLabs
Haynes Taylor
VP, Strategy
Cox Communications
Sanjay Patel
Sr. Director Strategy
CableLabs
Operations, Network Planning & Construction

PNM Live! 2025: Proactive Maintenance Makes Reliable Networks

2:00 PM
- 3:15 PM
  • September 30
  • 145 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Brady Volpe
Chief Product Officer
Open Vault
Jason Rupe
Distinguished Technologist
CableLabs
Larry Wolcott
Engineering Fellow
Comcast
Mike O’Dell
Distinguished Engineer
Comcast
Foad Towfiq
CEO
Promptlink
James Medlock
Founder & CEO
Akleza
Arni Lundale
NFT Lead Hand, Niagara Region
Cogeco Connexion
Mark Trudeau
CEO
OpenVault

Cybersecurity Policy Priorities

2:40 PM
- 3:20 PM
  • September 30
Brian Scriber
Chief Information & Security Officer
CableLabs

Smarter Networks: AI Powered Intelligence from Access to Core

3:00 PM
- 3:50 PM
  • September 30
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Moderator
Dr. Rob Thompson
System Architect
Sercomm Corporation
Will Berger
Vice President of Telemetry Development
Charter Communications
Jason Levy
Senior Director of Transport, PON, Performance & EON
Rogers Communications
Dan Rice
Vice President, Access Network Engineering
Comcast

Networking Break

3:15 PM
- 3:30 PM
  • September 30
Operations, Network Planning & Construction

Mastering Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM)

3:30 PM
- 4:45 PM
  • September 30
  • 145 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Ron Hranac
Jason Rupe
Distinguished Technologist
CableLabs
Arni Lundale
NFT Lead Hand, Niagara Region
Cogeco Connexion
Alexander Podarevsky
Chief Technology Officer
Promptlink Communications
James Medlock
Founder & CEO
Akleza
Differentiated Services

The Programmable Network: Automation, Interoperability, and Intelligence

3:30 PM
- 4:45 PM
  • September 30
  • 147 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Andrii Vladyka
Vice President of Growth and Technologies
Harmonic
Greg White
Distinguished Engineer
CableLabs
Ben Hepworth
Principal Architect
CableLabs
Dr. Sebnem Ozer
Distinguished Engineer
Charter Communications
Wireless & Convergence

Spectrum Innovation: Advancing Wireless Frontiers

3:30 PM
- 4:45 PM
  • September 30
  • 150 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Rikin Thakker
Chief Technology Officer
NCTA
Lakhbir Singh
Principal Engineer III
Charter Communications
Rob Alderfer
Vice President of Technology Policy
Charter Communications
Wireline

DOCSIS Deep Dive: Mastering the MAC Layer and Full Duplex Architecture

3:30 PM
- 4:45 PM
  • September 30
  • 146 BC
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Dr. Richard Prodan
Fellow
Comcast
Karthik Sundaresan
Distinguished Technologist & Director of HFC Solutions
CableLabs
StreamTech

Winning Cloud Models

3:30 PM
- 4:45 PM
  • September 30
  • 146 A
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Thomas Edwards
AWS
AI & Automation

Harnessing AI for Experience and Efficiency

4:00 PM
- 5:15 PM
  • September 30
  • 151 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Yvette Kanouff
Partner
JC2 Ventures
Megan Collins
Lead AI/ML Engineer
CableLabs
Brandy Riherd
Director, Data Science
Cox Communications
Amrit Shaswat
Manager, Data science
Cox Communications
Dr. Jennifer Andreoli-Fang
Sr. Manager Solutions Architecture
AWS
Bhanu Krishnamurthy
SVP Software and Engineering
Comcast

Optimizing DOCSIS 4.0 Upstream: RF Path Testing Techniques

4:00 PM
- 4:20 PM
  • September 30
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Dan Coode
Vice President of Terrestrial Networks
Calian

Expo Happy Hour

5:00 PM
- 6:00 PM
  • September 30
  • Exhibition

Maintaining a Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Converged Service Offerings

5:00 PM
- 5:45 PM
  • September 30
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Energy 20/20 Summit

Energy 20/20 Summit Reception

6:30 PM
- 9:30 PM
  • September 30
  • Invitation Only

Broadband Championship Check-In & Breakfast

8:00 AM
- 9:00 AM
  • October 1
  • Exhibition
  • Invitation Only
Energy 20/20 Summit

Energy 20/20 Summit

8:45 AM
- 1:15 PM
  • October 1
  • 146 A
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Katie Flynn
Director of Energy Projects
Comcast
Moderator
Mike Glaser
Principal Architect, Critical Facilities
Cox Communications
Moderator
Derek DiGiacomo
Senior Director, Energy Management Programs and Business Continuity
SCTE
Moderator
Ryan Capone
VP, Network Facilities & Energy
Comcast
Moe Saleh
Regional Technical AM
Vertiv
Stewart Grierson
UpNorth Group (UNG)
Richard Anderson
Siemens
Chris Johnson
Schneider Electric
Ralph Brown
GridVisibility
Rodney Richter
HPE
Nader Foroughi
Distinguished Engineer
Comcast
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Broadband Championship

9:00 AM
- 12:45 PM
  • October 1
  • Exhibition
Wireline

Smarter Networks, Seamless Transitions: Automating Spectrum, Capacity, and Access

9:00 AM
- 10:15 AM
  • October 1
  • 146 BC
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Andrew Robinson
HFC Strategist
Cox Communications
Marco Gagliostro
Senior Manager, PON Technology & Enterprise NetOps
Rogers Communications
Harshita Bhatt
Engineer 3: Data & Network Evolution
Comcast
AI & Automation

Smarter Networks by Design

9:00 AM
- 10:40 AM
  • October 1
  • 147 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Harshita Bhatt
Engineer 3: Data & Network Evolution
Comcast
Ramya Narayanaswamy
Senior Director, Machine Learning
Comcast
John Schlack
Distinguished Architect
Comcast
Jonathan Leech
Principal Engineer II
Comcast
Matthew Wichman
National Director of Network Operations
Comcast

Event-Driven Thinking: The Architecture Behind AI Breakthroughs

9:30 AM
- 9:50 AM
  • October 1
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Bob Dietrich
Director, Solutions Engineering
Wavelo
Paul McCluskey
Head of Marketing
Wavelo
Wireline

Workshop: SCTE 273 Generic Access Platform: The Present and Future of Deploying and Designing for a Universal Node

9:30 AM
- 10:30 AM
  • October 1
  • 145 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Colin Howlett
CTO
Vecima
Kevin Kwasny
Principal Engineer III
Charter Communications

Migrating Cable Access Networks to Next-Gen PON – Opportunities & Challenges

10:00 AM
- 10:20 AM
  • October 1
  • The Loft
  • Open to All
Vijay Raman
Vice President, Products
Vecima
Juan Ramos
Vice President, Wireline Networks
Vidéotron

The Silent Saboteurs of Network Builds: Identifying and Mitigating the Risks

10:30 AM
- 10:50 AM
  • October 1
  • The Loft
Kevin Czaicki
Vice President of Engineering Solutions
Millennium

Networking Break

10:30 AM
- 11:15 AM
  • October 1
Wireline

Architecting the Future Access Platform

11:30 AM
- 12:45 PM
  • October 1
  • 146 BC
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Moderator
Jeff Heyen
Vice President, Broadband Access & Home Networking
Dell'Oro
Moderator
Matthew Schmitt
Distinguished Technologist
CableLabs
Ed Boyd
VP of PON R&D
Ciena
Maryam Niknamfar
Distinguished Engineer
Charter Communications
Hossam Salib
VP Americas Sales
IP Infusion
Christopher Burke
Principal Engineer III
Charter Communications
Colin Howlett
CTO
Vecima
AI & Automation

Masterclass: Accelerate AI Product Launches: Innovation Orchestration Framework

11:30 AM
- 12:45 PM
  • October 1
  • 147 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Asmaa ElTaher
Strategic Data and Transformation Manager
Vodafone Group
AI & Automation

Masterclass: Connecting the Dots: How to Make Graph Algorithms Work for You

11:30 AM
- 12:45 PM
  • October 1
  • 145 AB
  • Full Access Pass Holders
Dr. Matthew Stehman
Sr. Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Comcast
Bob Lutz
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Comcast
Aleksander Hubert
Machine Learning Engineer
Comcast

Broadband Championship Awards

12:45 PM
- 1:00 PM
  • October 1
  • Exhibition
  • Open to All

City Tour: National Mall: Monuments & Memorials Architecture Tour

2:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
  • October 1

City Tour: The Spies of Embassy Row

3:00 PM
- 5:00 PM
  • October 1
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