SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE

NOTE: Session times and locations are subject to change. Please reference mobile app and onsite materials for final schedules.


Sunday, October 18, 2015
2:00 p.m. -
8:00 p.m.
Registration
Yerba Buena Foyer
5:30 p.m. -
6:30 p.m.

Sunday Keynote - Competition and Investment: Building COMPTEL, Partnerships and Networks for the Future
Moderator: Chip Pickering, CEO, COMPTEL
Joe Eazor, CEO & President, EarthLink 
Kevin Laws, COO, AngelList
Golden Gate Ballroom

6:30 p.m. -
8:30 p.m.
Wine Walk Welcome Reception - Sponsored by Premier Partner Netflix
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall)

Monday, October 19, 2015
 
7:00 a.m. -
6:00 p.m.

Registration
Yerba Buena Foyer

7:30 a.m. -
8:30 a.m. 
Attendee Breakfast
Golden Gate Pre-Function
8:30 a.m. -
9:00 a.m.
Welcome Address and Announcement
Speaker: Chip Pickering, CEO, COMPTEL
Golden Gate Ballroom
9:00 a.m. -
9:30 a.m.
Keynote Conversation with FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel
Speaker: Jessica Rosenworcel
Golden Gate Ballroom
9:30 a.m. -
10:15 a.m. 

CEO Roundtable Keynote: The Future of the Industry - Are You In?
Moderator: Chip Pickering, CEO, COMPTEL
Panelists: 
Chris Ancell, CEO, XO Communications
Randy Brouckman, CEO, EdgeConneX
Laura Thomas, CEO, TNCI
Golden Gate Ballroom

10:00 a.m. -
10:30 a.m. 
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by NTT Communications
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall)
10:00 a.m. -
6:00 p.m. 
COMPTEL PLUS Expo Hall and Deal Center Open
Deal Center sponsored by Bandwidth
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall)
10:30 a.m. -
11:30 a. m.
The Future of Fiber: Gigabit - What's Next?
Moderator: Chip Pickering, CEO, COMPTEL
Panelists:
Heather Gold, President & CEO, Fiber to the Home Council
Kurt Van Wagenen, President & CEO, FirstLight Fiber
Chris Levendos, Head of Network Deployment and Operations, Google Fiber
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - The Hub
11:00 a.m. -
11:30 a.m.
Leveraging New and Innovative Payment Technologies to Help Grow Your Business
Sponsored by EFS

Speakers:
Wayne Conte, SVP Corporate Payments, EFS
Sheila Santos, Vice President, Commercial Card Product Sales, MasterCard 
Scott Widham, CEO, Alpheus Communications
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Over-the-Top Platform Zone
11:30 a.m. -
1:00 p.m.
Lunch Panel - Making the Market: Connecting the Internet of Things
Sponsored by Hogan Lovells

Moderator:
Trey Hanbury, Partner, Hogan Lovells
Mark Brennan, Partner, Hogan Lovells 
Panelists:
Bruce Gustafson, VP Government & Industry Affairs, North America, Ericsson
Ghita Harris-Newton, Assistant General Counsel, Head of Global Privacy Law & Privacy Policy, Yahoo
Golden Gate Ballroom
11:30 a.m. - 
1:00 p.m.
Attendee Lunch
Sponsored by Neustar
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall)
1:00 p.m. -
1:30 p.m.
Simplifying Cloud Connectivity for Enterprises and SMBs
Speaker: Brandon Pemberton, SVP of Global Sales, Global Capacity
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Data Center & Cloud Platform Zone
1:00 p.m. -
1:30 p.m.
Ice Cream Break
Sponsored by Verizon
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall)
1:30 p.m. -
2:00 p.m.
Bridging the Gap: Bringing Large Bandwidth to Underserved Areas
Speaker: Joe Patton, Vice President, Sales and Business Development, Tower Cloud
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Network Platform Zone
2:00 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.
What You Will Be Wearing Tomorrow
Speakers:
Steve Augustino, Partner, Kelley Drye
Derek Kerton, Founder, Kerton Group and Telecom Council Silicon Valley
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Over-the-Top Platform Zone
3:00 p.m. -
3:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by Time Warner
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall)
3:30 p.m. -
4:00p.m.
Enabling Small Cells and Cloud-RAN for Metro Market Connectivity with the New All-Access
Speaker: Ray LaChance, President and Chief Executive Officer, ZenFi Network Solutions
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Data Center & Cloud Platform Zone
3:30 p.m. -
4:30 p.m.
Trends in Technology: The Customer Perspective
Introductory Remarks: Bas Burger, President of Americas and BT Conferencing, BT
Moderator: Jeff Sharp, Founder, Manitou Media
Panelists:
Gray Taylor, Executive Director, Conexxus
Gary Watts, CEO, Broadband Voice
Michael Galvin, General Counsel, Granite Telecommunications, LLC
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - The Hub
3:30 p.m. -
4:30 p.m.
SDN/NFV-enabled Networks: The Dawn of Self-Actualized Communications 
Moderator: Dave Malfara, President/CEO, ETC Group
Panelists:
Shawn Morris, Sr. Manager, IP Development, NTT Communications
Kevin Wade, Director of Product Marketing, Ciena Blue Planet Division
Kevin Vachon, Chief Operating Officer, MEF
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Network Platform Zone
4:30 p.m. -
6:00 p.m.
Beers with Peers Networking Reception
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall)
5:15 p.m. -
5:30 p.m.
ATLANTIC-ACM Awards
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - The Hub
5:30 p.m. -
6:30 p.m.
PAC Reception (Invitation Only)

Tuesday, October 20 2015
 
7:30 a.m. -
3:30 p.m. 
Registration
8:00 a.m. -
9:00 a.m. 
Attendee Breakfast
Golden Gate Pre-Function
8:00 a.m. -
9:00 a.m.
CEO Breakfast
(Open to C-Level executives at COMPTEL member companies); limited seating available and pre-registration is required.
The View at the Marriott Marquis
9:00 a.m. - 
10:00 a.m.
Keynote Panel - The Disruptive Impact of Technology on Traditional Video Delivery
Moderator: Markham Erickson, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson
Panelists:
Milo Medin, VP Access Services, Google
Jill Canfield, VP of Legal and Industry, Assistant General Counsel , NTCA
Genny Morelli, President, ITTA
John Bergmayer, Senior Staff Attorney, Public Knowledge
Golden Gate Ballroom
10:00 a.m. -
10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by Lumos
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall)
10:00 a.m.-
3:30 p.m.
COMPTEL PLUS Expo Hall and Deal Center Open
Deal Center sponsored by Bandwidth
Yerba Buena Ballroom
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Changes in Telephone Number Administration: The FCC’s VoIP Direct Access Order
Sponsored by Neustar
Speaker: William Reidway, Vice President of Carrier Services, Neustar
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Data Center & Cloud Platform Zone
10:30 a.m. -
11:30 a.m.
Looking Ahead: The Future of Content
Moderator: Rob Pegoraro, Tech Columnist, Yahoo, Prose Hacking LLC, USA Today
Panelists:
Corie Wright, Director, Global Public Policy, Netflix
William H. Johnson, VP and Associate General Counsel, Verizon
Zander Lehmann, Writer and Creator of “Casual,” Hulu
Golden Gate Ballroom
11:00 a.m. -
11:30 a.m.
Sensors to Software: the IoT Value Chain
Speaker: Michael Crawford, Partner, Q Advisors
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Over-the-Top Platform Zone
11:00 a.m. -
12:00 p.m.
Fiber Infrastructure: Network Planning Strategies
Moderator: Michael Murphy, President & CEO, NEF
Panelists:
Michael Foor, Vice President of Marketing, NGN
Dawna Qualls, Senior Telecom Specialist, TVA
Randy Brogle, Senior Director, Long Haul Dark Fiber, Zayo Group 
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Network Platform Zone
11:30 a.m. -
1:00 p.m.
Attendee Lunch
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall)
11:45 a.m. -
12:45 p.m.
Networks for Competition and Choice Press Briefing on Video Programming Reform
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - The Hub
1:00 p.m. -
2:00 p.m.
Funding Strategies for All Stages of Your Business
Moderator: Ryan Knutson, Reporter, Telecommunications, The Wall Street Journal
Panelists:
Kevin Laws, COO, AngelList
Paul Iacovacci, Managing Director, Brevet Capital
Ray J. Hernandez, Managing Director, Telecom & Technology, W.G. Nielsen & Co.
Bill Evenson, Senior Director, CIT Communications & Technology Finance
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - The Hub
1:00 p.m. -
1:30 p.m.
Optimizing Infrastructure to Meet the Challenges of the New World Order
Speaker: Tom Kozielski, Senior Director, Consulting Services, Excelacom 
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Global Lounge
1:00 p.m. -
1:30 p.m.
Cyber Exposures: What You Can Expect During a Cyber Incursion, and How to Trim Exposures to Loss
Speaker: Joseph Weipert, Sr.Vice President, UNITEL Insurance
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Network Platform Zone
1:30 p.m. -
2:00 p.m.
Network Performance and Over-the-Top Services 
Speaker: Adam Skala, Head of Network Transformation, Fujitsu Network Communications
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Over-the-Top Platform Zone
2:00 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.
Beyond the CRM: New Advanced Tools to Improve Your Sales Team
Speaker: Ben Hatten, CEO, Insight Signals
Golden Gate Ballroom
2:00 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.
What's Happening at the Edge
Moderator:
Alan Hill, Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Strategic Business Development, COMPTEL
Panelists:
Edward Henigin, CTO, Data Foundry
Phill Lawson-Shanks, Chief Architect & VP of Innovation, EdgeConneX
Sindhu Payankulath, VP, Global Network Engineering & Operations, Equinix
Felipe J. Alvarez, Chief Executive Officer, Axiom Fiber Networks
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Data Center & Cloud Platform Zone
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Expo Drawings
Enter in the Mobile App!
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - The Hub
3:00 p.m. -
3:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by Neustar
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall)
5:00 p.m. -
8:00 p.m.
Closing Party - Sponsored by Premier Partner Google Fiber
Mezzanine
444 Jessie Street (in Mint Plaza)

Wednesday, October 21, 2015
 
8:30 a.m. -
11:45 a.m.

The FCC's Open Internet Order: Key Issues for Carriers and ISPs
Sponsored by Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

Attendees Can Earn 3.25 CA General Credits

8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Open Internet Order 101: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
Chris Savage and Danielle Frappier, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and Joseph Cavender, Level 3 Communications

9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Privacy and Security Under the OIO: New Requirements and Challenges for Telecom Carriers and Broadband Internet Access Providers and Implications for Edge Providers
Jim Smith and Christin McMeley, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and Dale Schmick, COO, YourTel America, Inc. and TerraCom, Inc.

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Reading the Tea Leaves: How Will the DC Circuit Decide the OIO Appeals?
Peter Karanjia, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and Markham Erickson, Steptoe and Johnson LLP

Nob Hill