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Municipal Broadband Summit 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress St. , Portland, Maine

MUNICIPAL BROADBAND SUMMIT

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress Street, Portland, ME

 

~ AGENDA ~

 

8:00 a.m.                                Registration ~ coffee/tea/muffins/danish

 

8:30 a.m.                                Panel Member Introductions

 

8:35 – 9:00 a.m.                    Jeff McCarthy, VP, Maine Fiber Company

Fiber Optic Connectivity – Using Open Access Fiber to Drive

Economic Growth

 

9:00 – 9:25 a.m.                    David Maxwell, Broadband Program Director, ConnectME Authority

Developing Broadband in Maine: A comparison of data and other information in support of expanded availability and

Update on broadband legislation for Maine

 

9:25 – 9:55 a.m.                    Fletcher Kittredge, CEO, GWI

Roadmap to Building a Community Gigabit network –

A step-by-step Guide for Maine Municipalities

           

9:55 – 10:15 a.m.                  Richard Bates, Rockport Town Manager

High Speed Internet – Why it matters to Rockport and all of Maine

 

                                                                          Break 10:15 – 10:30 a.m.

 

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.               Jim McKenna, President, Redzone Wireless

                                                4G LTE Advanced Wireless - Fast, affordable municipal broadband

 

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.               Aaron Paul, Director of Broadband Consulting, Tilson Technology

Municipal Broadband: Helping Communities Plan for a Faster

Internet Future

 

11:30 – 11:45 p.m.               Chris Dumais, South Portland IT Director

Municipal Broadband:  Why & How South Portland chose to become an

anchor tenant

 

11:45 – 12:15 p.m.               Michael Edgecomb, Director of Government Relations, Time Warner

Time Warner Cable and Municipal Broadband Options

 

12:15 –  12:45 p.m.              Jeffrey J. Nevins – Director, Regulatory & External Relations

and Community-based Broadband Development,

Fairpoint Communications

A Collaborative Approach to Ensure Your Broadband Development Project Succeeds

 

                                                       Question & Answer Period 12:45 – 1:00 p.m.

 

                                    Buffet Lunch@ 1:00 p.m.

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