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Agenda at a Glance

New in 2025 - we are starting the conference at noon on Wednesday for all attendees!

Check out the schedule outline below*:

                                                                                                            *Schedule is subject to change

Day 1 - Wednesday, October 29

Time Location Session
9:00AM - 12:00pm Offsite at USAC HQ USAC Open House (Rural Health Care)
12:00PM -  1:00PM Salon X Lunch & Opening Plenary
1:00PM - 2:15PM Salon X Breakout: The Pole Attachment Problem: How to Prevent Delays in Broadband Deployment Caused by Utility Poles
2:45PM - 4:00PM Salon X Breakout: In The Air: Current State-Of-Play Around Spectrum, Fixed Wireless and LEO Satellite 
1:00PM  -  4:00PM Salon X Workshop: Sustaining Digital Opportunity
1:00PM  -  4:00PM Salon X Workshop: AI in Education: Exploring the Intersection Between AI, Infrastructure, and Public Trust
4:00PM  -  4:15PM Salon X Networking Break
4:15PM  -  5:00PM Salon X Plenary
5:00PM  -  6:30PM Salon X Reception 
6:30PM - 8:00PM Offsite Dinner on Your Own
8:00PM  -  10:00PM Offsite After Party

Day 2 - Thursday, October 30




Time Location Session
8:00AM  -  8:45AM Salon X Breakfast
8:45AM  -  9:30AM Salon X Keynote With Tracie D. Hall: Information Islands: The Rise of Co-intelligence, the Necessity of Civic Fluency, and the Decline of Human Literacy
9:30AM  -  9:45AM Salon X Networking Break
9:45AM  -  12:00PM Salon X Rural Healthcare Workshop
9:45AM  -  10:45AM Salon X Breakout: Extreme Conditions. Extraordinary Response: Recovery After Natural Disasters 
9:45AM  -  10:45AM Salon X Breakout: Better Broadband Data Mapping with Crowd-Sourced Speed Testing
9:45AM  -  10:45AM Salon X Breakout: A Conversation on Propelling Digital Transformation in Education with Digital Promise’s State Digital Equity Framework
10:45AM  -  11:00AM Salon X Networking Break
11:00AM  -  12:00PM Salon X Breakout: E-Rate Efficiency: Maximizing E-Rate as a Statewide Consortium
11:00AM  -  12:00PM Salon X Breakout: Getting to $30: ACP’s Lessons for the Future of Universal Service
11:00AM  -  12:00PM Salon X Breakout: What's Next for BEAD? A conversation with State Broadband Leaders 
12:15PM  -  12:45PM Salon X Lunch
1:00PM  -  1:30PM Salon X Plenary: Fireside Chat with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez
1:30PM  -  1:45PM Salon X Networking Break
1:45PM  -  4:00PM Salon X E-Rate Workshop
1:45PM  -  2:45PM Salon X Breakout: A Cities Journey to Revitalization through Digital  Opportunity and Inclusion
1:45PM  -  2:45PM Salon X Breakout: A Comprehensive Strategy for Federal Broadband Funding: Where We've Come and What is Still Left to Do  
1:45PM  -  2:45PM Salon X Breakout: Enhancing Rural Health Resilience 
2:45PM  -  3:00PM Salon X Networking Break
3:00PM  -  4:00PM Salon X Breakout: USF Contribution Reform: How Do We Solve That Problem? 
3:00PM  -  4:00PM Salon X Breakout: Leveraging Infrastructure and Edge Data Centers
3:00PM  -  4:00PM Salon X Breakout: Closing the Gap: Broadband Affordability, State Innovation, and the Connectivity Imperative
4:00PM  -  4:15PM Salon X Networking Break
4:00PM - 5:00PM Salon X Tentative: USAC Meet and Greet
4:15PM  -  5:00PM Salon X Speed Networking
5:00PM  -  6:30PM Salon X Reception
6:30PM  -  8:30PM Salon X SHLB Board Member Dinner (Invite Only)


Day 3 - Friday, October 31

Time Location Session
8:15AM  -  8:45AM Salon X Breakfast
8:45AM  -  9:15AM Salon X Plenary
9:15AM  -  9:30AM Salon X Networking Break
9:30AM  -  10:30AM Salon X Breakout: Fortifying The Tk-12 Education Infrastructure: District-Wide Cyber Defense Strategy: Optimizing E-Rate Pilot in Education Cybersecurity Infrastructure
9:30AM  -  10:30AM Salon X Breakout: R&E Networks Advancing Community Healthcare and Telehealth Connectivity
9:30AM  -  10:30AM Salon X Breakout: HTTP - Bridging the Digital Divide With Cultural Awareness
10:30AM  -  10:45AM Salon X Networking Break
10:45AM  -  11:45AM Salon X Breakout: Impact of Federal Dollars on Library Connectivity
10:45AM  -  11:45AM Salon X Breakout: Broadband in Action: Empowering Anchor Institutions and Advancing Community Impact
10:45AM  -  11:45AM Salon X Breakout
11:45AM - 1:00PM Salon X Grab & Go Lunch - SHLB Strategic Planning
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