Agenda - Day Two | Time Zone EST | Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies

10:00am - 10:10am10 mins

Welcome Back & Day 2 Intro

Alan Breznick - Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading
Jeff Finkelstein - Executive Director of Advanced Technologies, Cox Communications
Jana Henthorn - President & CEO, The Cable Center

10:10am - 10:25am15 mins

Interactive Case Competition Winners

Craig Leddy - Contributing Analyst, Heavy Reading
Micah Feigelson - MBA Student, University of Denver – Daniels College of Business
Hasib Nasirullah - MBA Student, University of Denver – Daniels College of Business
Joules Snopek - MBA Student, University of Denver – Daniels College of Business
Jacob Thomson - MBA Student, University of Denver
Brendan Yonke - MBA Student, University of Denver

10:25am - 10:45am20 mins

Cable Operator Keynote: Cox Communications

Guy McCormick - SVP of Engineering, Cox Communications

10:45am - 11:00am15 mins

Back in the Game: Using your data to compete and win

Tyson Marian - Chief Commercial Officer, Plume

11:00am - 11:45am45 mins

Panel: Switching to Software: Cable Goes Virtual

Kelsey Ziser - Senior Editor, Light Reading
Randy Levensalor - Principal Architect, CableLabs
Asaf Matatyaou - Vice President of Solutions and Product Management, Harmonic
Christian Martin - VP, Customer Engineering and Chief Architect Service Provider Business, Arista
Rob Wilmoth - Chief Architect, Service Provider Team, Red Hat
Bryan Beal - Senior Director, Strategy and Solution Innovation, VMware

11:45am - 12:00pm15 mins

Networking Break

12:00pm - 12:15pm15 mins

Afternoon Track I – Network Architecture/Infrastructure

Cable Market Outlook: Dell'Oro Group

Jeff Heynen - Research Director, Broadband Access and Home Networking, Dell’Oro Group

12:00pm - 12:15pm15 mins

Afternoon Track II – New Cable Technologies

Fireside Chat: Spectrum Enterprise

Alan Breznick - Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading
Satya Parimi - Group Vice President, Enterprise Data Products and Smart Cities, Spectrum Enterprise

12:15pm - 12:30pm15 mins

Afternoon Track I – Network Architecture/Infrastructure

Cable Operator Keynote: Cox Communications

Harj Ghuman - Principal Strategic Access Architect, Cox Communications

12:15pm - 12:30pm15 mins

Afternoon Track II – New Cable Technologies

Fireside Chat: Up Close & Personal

Jana Henthorn - President & CEO, The Cable Center
Balan Nair - President and Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Latin America

12:30pm - 1:15pm45 mins

Afternoon Track I – Network Architecture/Infrastructure

Panel: Fiddling With Fiber

Jeff Baumgartner - Senior Editor, Light Reading
Douglas Clague - Solutions Marketing Manager, VIAVI Solutions
John Dickinson - President & Founder, Just Digital Transformations
Curtis Knittle - Vice President, Wired Technologies Research and Development, CableLabs
Catherine McNaught - Director, Market Development, Corning
Kevin Morgan - Chief Marketing Officer, Clearfield, Inc.

12:30pm - 1:15pm45 mins

Afternoon Track II – New Cable Technologies

Panel: Smarter Than the Average Home

Alan Breznick - Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading
Ralph Brown - Founder, Brown Wolf Consulting LLC
John Busby - Managing Director, InMyArea Research
Charles Cheevers - Chief Technology Officer, Home Networks Solutions, CommScope
Adam Hotchkiss - Co-founder & Vice President, Product, Plume

1:15pm - 1:30pm15 mins

Afternoon Track I – Network Architecture/Infrastructure

Networking Break

1:15pm - 1:30pm15 mins

Afternoon Track II – New Cable Technologies

Networking Break

1:30pm - 1:45pm15 mins

Afternoon Track I – Network Architecture/Infrastructure

Cable Keynote: CableLabs

Jennifer Andreoli-Fang - Distinguished Technologist, CableLabs

1:30pm - 1:45pm15 mins

Afternoon Track II – New Cable Technologies

Keynote: Glimpsing the Immersive Media Future

Arianne Hinds - Principal Researcher, Tencent America Media Lab

1:45pm - 2:30pm45 mins

Afternoon Track I – Network Architecture/Infrastructure

Panel: Minding the GAP

Alan Breznick - Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading
Chris Bastian - CTO and SVP of Engineering, SCTE/ISBE
Colin Howlett - Chief Technology Officer, Vecima
Jay Lee - Chief Technology & Strategy Officer, Broadband Access, ATX
John Williams - Vice President of Engineering & Architecture, Charter Communications

1:45pm - 2:30pm45 mins

Afternoon Track II – New Cable Technologies

Panel – Dreaming of Streaming

Jeff Baumgartner - Senior Editor, Light Reading
Todd Achilles - Co-Founder, President and CEO, Edge Networks/Evoca
Shane Cannon - CEO, Vidgo
Jeffrey DeSarno - CTO, Access Communications
Michael Roark - Principal Solutions Architect, WISI

Day Two | Time Zone ESTThursday, 27 August 2020

Day Two | Time Zone ESTThursday, 27 August 2020