Monday, November 10, 2025
Arrival and welcome
Welcome Reception
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Conference Day 1
Opening of day 1
Welcome and remarks
Keynote: Broadband for the future now
Operator story
Wired for success
Introduction to demos and partners
Morning break, partner and demo visits
Guest Speaker: An economist’s view on our industry
Operator story
Networking lunch, partner and demo visits
Concurrent sessions
Plenary Room
2:00 – 2:20 pm: Why AI is telecommunications’ defining moment
David Eckard,
2:20 – 2:40 pm: AI odyssey: ​ From rules to reasoning to autonomy​
Sireesha Kora, Head of R&D for Access Controller Applications and AI in Fixed Broadband Networks, Nokia
2:40 – 3:00 pm: Automate fiber rollouts with Broadband Easy
Mari Robertson,
Breakout Room 1
2:00 – 3:00 pm: Managed Wi-Fi with Corteca advanced course
Sunil Mishra, System Support Specialist, Nokia
Michael Quade,
Breakout Room 2
2:00 – 2:30 pm: Nokia Broadband Playbooks to build a rock-solid service
Nathan Scarlett, Customer Engineer, Nokia
2:30 – 3:00 pm: Wi-Fi best practices for the best user experience
Jacob Thomas, Product Line Manager, ONT and WiFi Products, Nokia
Afternoon break, partner and demo visits
Concurrent sessions
Plenary Room
3:30 – 3:50 pm: Elevate your Wi-Fi performance with Corteca AI
Justin Doucette,
3:50 – 4:30 pm: Panel: The future rural broadband funding
Moderator:
Lori Adams, Vice President Broadband Policy and Funding Strategy, Nokia
Panelists:
Tim Ayers,
Breakout Room 1
3:30 – 4:30 pm: Altiplano Access domain controller advanced course – Presentation unavailable
Suresh Kumar,
Pradeep Paraman, Customer Engineer, Nokia
Breakout Room 2
3:30 – 4:00 pm: Lightspan OLT features & functions for your fiber rollout
Ruben Catteeuw, Product Manager, Nolia
4:00 – 4:30 pm: Leveraging Nokia technical expertise with customer engineering – Presentation Unavailable
Lloyd Miller, Customer Engineering Manager, Nokia
Close Day 1
Networking Drinks
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Conference Day 2
Opening of day 2
Three (more) common networking misconceptions
Operator story
Monetizing the home with Wi-Fi
Operator story
Morning break, partner and demo visits
Operator Panel
Moderator:
Volodymyr “V” Chornodolsky, Business Development Partner, Nokia
Panelists:
Robert Kuse, Director Network Engineering, COX
Lee Rutherford, Network Operations Manager, South Central Power
Cameron Kilton, Chief Technology Officer, Nextlink
Paul Arola, Senior Design Specialist, TELUS
Operator story
Networking lunch, partner and demo visits
Concurrent sessions
Plenary Room
2:00 -3:00 pm Nokia Network-in-a-box and BEAD ready solutions
Rapha Goncalves,
Suresh Kumar Harikrishnan, Business Development Leader, Nokia
Breakout Room 1
2:00 – 3:00 pm: Migrating your networks to 10, 25 and 50G PON
Andreas Flach, Bill Faulkner,
Breakout Room 3
2:00 – 2:30 pm: Increase ARPU with Wi-Fi apps
Michael Quade, Home Networking Lead, Nokia
David Zhang, Director of UX & Business Development, Nokia
2:30 – 3:00 pm: Serving MDU’s
Doug Blue,
Jenny Benavides, Pre-sales Solution Associate, Nokia
Close day 2