Agenda – Get to Fast Faster NAM 2026

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Arrival and welcome

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Plaza Ballroom A

Welcome Reception

We invite you to join us for our welcome reception in the exhibition. Explore the many demonstrations prepared for you, forge connections and embrace the spirit of the GTFF community. Join us for an evening filled with great conversations, delicious food, and opportunities to connect with fellow professionals.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Conference Day 1

9:00 am – 9:10 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Opening of day 1

Chris Brown – Event Host

9:10 am – 9:20 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Welcome and remarks

Matt Young – Vice President North America Sales, Nokia

9:20 am – 9:30 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

AI runs on fiber

Bassam El-Zakhem – Deputy President, Fixed Networks, Nokia

9:30 am – 9:50 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

South Central Power

Misty Tuttle – Vice President Broadband, South Central Power

9:50 am – 10:10 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Networks for AI, AI for networks

Stefaan Vanhastel – Vice President Marketing and Innovation, Nokia

10:10 am – 10:20 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Introduction to demos and partners

Keith Russell – Portfolio Marketing Director, Nokia

10:20 am – 11:00 am

Plaza Ballroom A

Morning break, partner and demo visits

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Guest speaker: The Economist

Joshua Bailey – Principal Economist, North America and Global, The Economist

12:00 pm – 12:20 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

National Broadband Network Company (NBN) – Australia

Guy Scott – CTO, National Broadband Network Company (NBN) – Australia

12:20 pm – 2:00 pm

Plaza Ballroom A

Networking lunch, partner and demo visits
Join us for lunch on Level 2 and be sure to leave plenty of time to meet our partners and explore the demos in the exhibition area.

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

AI driven operations for fiber

Filip De Greve – Product Marketing Director, Fixed Networks, Nokia

2:30 pm – 2:50 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Open APIs in the AI era

David Eckard – Head of Strategy, Fixed Networks, Nokia

2:50 pm – 3:10 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Corteca AI for experience

Sebastiano Bertani – Head of Corteca Business Line, Nokia

Technical sessions

2:30 pm – 3:10 pm

Pegasus

Altiplno Access controller tips and tricks

Suresh Kumar Harikrishnan – Business Development Leader, Nokia

Pradeep Paraman – Customer Engineer, Nokia

Trinity

In-building wiring solutions

Doug Blue – Residential Broadband Business Development Leader, Nokia

Rich Hofstra – Segment Success Engineer, Nokia

3:10 pm – 3:30 pm

Plaza Ballroom A

Afternoon break, partner and demo visits

3:30 pm – 3:50 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Future opportunities for PON in the AI supercycle

Dora Van Veen – Nokia Bell Labs

Technical sessions

3:30 pm – 4:40 pm

Pegasus

Making 10, 25, 50G PON work for you

Bill Faulkner – Business Development Leader, Nokia

Ruben Catteeuw – Senior Product Line Manager, Nokia

Trinity

Managing the MDU experience

Michael Quade – Home Networking Lead, Nokia

David Zhang – Director of UX & Business Development, Nokia

3:50 pm – 4:30 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Panel: An association view of the industry

Moderator

Lori Adams – Vice President Broadband Policy and Funding Strategy, Nokia

Mike Romano – CEO, NTCA

Colin Andrews – Senior Director of Government Affairs, Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA)

4:30 pm – 4:40 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Close day 1

Chris Brown – Event Host

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Atrium Marriott Hotel

Networking Drinks

Before you head out to enjoy the Dallas evening, join the Nokia team for an informal drinks reception. Continue the conversations from the day, make new connections, and unwind with colleagues, customers, partners, and industry peers.

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Conference Day 2

9:00 am – 9:10 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Opening of day 2

Chris Brown – Event Host

9:10 am – 9:30 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Three (more) common AI misconceptions

Andrew Bender – CTO, Fixed Networks, Nokia

9:30 am – 9:50 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

SLICFiber

Eric Kreckel – CTO, SLICFiber

9:50 am – 10:10 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Building a better user experience

Vimal Kothandaraman – Vice President & General Manager, Broadband Devices, Nokia

10:10 am – 10:30 am

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Operator insights

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Plaza Ballroom A

Morning break, partner and demo visits

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Operator Panel – Subscriber expectations for broadband experience

Moderator

Michael Quade – Home Networking Lead, Nokia

Mike Reid – Fiber Optics Technician, EPB

Jacob Barnard – Amplex

Jeremy Keeney – Lead Network Engineer, Hunter Communications

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Plaza Ballroom A

Networking lunch, partner and demo visits

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Nokia Network-in-a-box combines Fixed, IP and Optical networks in one, easy to deploy solution

Chris Ennis – Senior Business Development Manager Fixed Networks, Nokia

Kurt Raaflaub – Director of Solution Marketing, Nokia

Rapha Goncalves – Senior Director, Nokia

Technical sessions

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Pegasus

Practical agentic engineering

Sebastiano Bertani – Head of Corteca Business Line, Nokia

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Pegasus

Wi-Fi best practices for the best user experience

Jacob Barnard – Amplex

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Plaza Ballroom B/C

Close day 2

Chris Brown – Event Host