| 7:15AM |
Registration Open - Sponsored by Millennium |
| 7:15AM - 8:00AM |
Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors - Sponsored by Entrust Solutions |
| 8:00AM - 8:05AM |
Welcome & Introduction |
| 8:05AM - 8:20AM |
Fiber Broadband: Leave No Community Behind - Gary Bolton, President & CEO, Fiber Broadband Association |
| 8:20AM - 8:40AM |
Redefining Connectivity: Marketing Research on FTTH and Canada’s Digital Horizon - Michael Render, RVA LLC |
| 8:40AM - 9:10AM |
Opening Keynote – Connecting for Success: How Broadband is Transforming Accessibility and Socioeconomic Realities - Chelsey Legge, Senior Research Specialist | Future of Canada Centre, Deloitte Canada |
| 9:10AM - 9:35AM |
All in on AI, and What About Sustainability? Bradford Stimpson, Director - Network Technology, Bell Canada |
| 9:35AM - 10:00AM |
Keynote: The Virtual Health Hub and the Future of Healthcare Delivery - Dr. Ivar Mendez, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery and Director of Virtual Care and Remote Presence Robotics Program, University of Saskatchewan Director, Virtual Health Hub |
| 10:00AM - 10:05AM |
Breakfast Sponsor Remarks - Tim Scott, Entrust Solutions |
| 10:05AM - 10:55AM |
Networking Break with Exhibitors - Sponsored by AFL |
| 10:55AM - 11:00AM |
Networking Break Sponsor Remarks - Sean Wood, Regional Sales Manager, AFL |
| 11:00AM - 11:40AM |
Best Practices for Broadband Deployment in Indigenous Lands |
| 11:40AM - 12:15AM |
Fibre in Remote Locations – Deployment Challenges & Opportunities - Christine Marion, President, DigiCom |
| 12:15PM - 12:20PM |
Lunch Sponsor Remarks – Sponsored by Sterling |
| 12:20PM – 12:50PM |
Networking Lunch |
| 12:50PM - 1:30PM |
Networking Dessert with Exhibitors |
| 1:30PM - 1:55PM |
Afternoon Keynote: CRTC's Broadband Fund Update: Accelerating the Deployment of Broadband
Mr. Ian Baggley, Director General of Strategic Planning, Broadband Fund and Networks, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission |
| 1:55PM - 2:30PM |
Fireside Chat: Telecom Priorities - Richard Waterhouse, Director of Technology Initiatives, Ontario Centre of Innovation with Gary Bolton, President & CEO, Fiber Broadband Association |
| 2:30PM - 2:40PM |
Sip & Stretch Coffee and Snack Break |
| 2:40PM - 2:45PM |
Networking Reception Sponsor Remarks |
| 2:45PM - 3:25PM |
Fiber Economics in Canada: Enabling an Industry at Scale |
| 3:25PM - 3:30PM |
Closing Remarks |
| 3:30PM - 4:45PM |
Networking Reception in Expo Hall – Sponsored by PomeGran |
