Program
2009 Midwest Telcom Expo
| TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009 | |
| 8:00am – 11:00pm | Booth set up |
| 2:00pm – 4:30pm | Registration |
| 5:30pm – 7:00pm | Welcome Reception sponsored by Corning Cable Systems and Graybar |
| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28. 2009 | |
| 8:00am – 5:00pm | Registration |
| 8:00am – 10:00am | Continental Breakfast sponsored by Draka Communications |
| 8:00am – 11:30am | 1st General Session |
| 8:15am – 8:45am | The Newly Proposed Net Neutrality Rules Nathan Weber, Vantage Point Solutions |
| 8:45am – 10:00am | FTTP Panel Bart Bretsch, Smithville Telephone, Moderator |
| 10:15am – 11:15am | Preparing for a Smoother USAC Audit Larry Fausett & Kathy Worley, Finley Engineering |
| 11:30am – 5:30pm | Booths Open |
| 11:30am – 1:00pm | Lunch in Exhibit Hall sponsored by Citizens Telephone Company |
| 1:15pm – 3:30pm | Breakout Sessions |
| 1:15pm- 2:15pm | Are my credit card privileges at risk by non-PCI compliance? Wendy Harper, Vantage Point Solutions |
| 1:15pm – 2:15pm | The IPTV Business Case: Profitability In Successful IPTV Deployment Rod Ballard, Power & Telephone Supply |
| 1:15pm – 2:15pm | Open Round Table Discussion Continuation of FTTP panel discussion from morning session |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | What are these Green boxes and why do they jump out in front of my car? John Boggs, Electricom |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Eliminating GPR Threats in Communication Networks Don Sesia, Positron, Inc. |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Open Round Table Discussion FCC Network Neutrality NPRM discussion Continuation of morning session presentation |
| 4:00pm – 5:30pm | Reception in Exhibit Hall |
| 8:30pm – 11:00pm | Hospitality Room and Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament (cash bar) no additional charge to attend/$35 buy-in to participate in tournament |
| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 | |
| 8:00am – 10:30am | 2nd General Session |
| 8:00am – 10:30am | Registration |
| 8:00am – 10:00am | Breakfast sponsored by Electricom, Inc. |
| 8:45am – 9:15am | Keynote Don Banowetz Senior VP and GM for Frontier’s New York Region |
| 9:15am – 10:00am | What’s Up at NECA Teri Kessler, NECA |
| 10:00am – 1:00pm | Booths Open |
| 11:00am – 1:00pm | Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Prize Drawing in Exhibit Hall |
