Schedule

Karmen Rajamani

VP, Government Affairs

Wireless Infrastructure Association

Nathan Halbach

Principal

HB Strategies

Rebecca Hussey

Associate General Counsel, Government Affairs

Crown Castle

Jacob Sjostrom

Chief of State Broadband Initiatives

FloridaCommerce’s Office of Broadband

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

Investing for the Future: How Carrier Capex Enables Network Capabilities

Michael Rollins

Managing Director

Citi

Richard Lukaj

Senior Managing Director

Bank Street Group

Gordon Mansfield

VP, Global Technology Planning

AT&T

Arvin Singh

CEO & Founder, NextGen Technologies

(Former VP 5G Innovation, Verizon)

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

Critical Connectivity: Why Communities and Public Institutions are Welcoming Towers

Christopher Fisher

Partner

Cuddy & Feder LLP

Bill Davison

COO

Harmoni Towers

Jeffrey Johnson

Chief Emeritus

Western Fire Chiefs

Doug Lodder

CEO

Public Safety Towers

Location: W183A

Insights from WIA’s In-Building Wireless and Private Networks Survey

Iain Gillott

Senior Technical Advisor

Wireless Infrastructure Association

Sponsored By:

Location: W183B

Understanding AI-RAN

Serge Gofman

Northeast Region RAN Technical Expert

Boost Mobile

Cole Crawford

Co Founder

Open19/SSIA

Dr. Tommaso Melodia

Director, AI-RAN Alliance

Northeastern University

Tanveer Saad

Global AI-RAN Cloud and New Tech Incubation Lead, Mobile Networks.

Nokia

Sponsored By:

Location: W183C

Understanding How Proper Application of the ANSI/TIA-222 Standard Impacts Cost to Market for Structure Owners & Mobile Network Operators

Bryan Lanier

VP, Operations

Congruex

John Bozzetto

VP, Structural Engineering

Vertical Bridge

Michelle Kang

Discipline Leader, Telecommunications

Colliers Engineering & Design

Scott Kisting

EVP

Proactive Telecommunications Solutions

Esha Modi

Director of Structural Engineering

American Tower

Sponsored By:

Location: W178A

9:40 am - 10:25 am

Breakout Sessions

Permitting in the Fast Lane: Accelerating Deployment Through Smarter, More Efficient Processes 

David Bronston

Special Counsel, Telecommunications Practice Team Lead

Phillips Lytle, LLP

Tom Anderson

Managing Counsel

Crown Castle

Meghan Riley

Managing Associate General Counsel

Verizon Wireless

Sean Shahini

CEO

Inorsa

Karen Sprung

Senior Corporate Counsel

T-Mobile

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

Cross-Border Perspectives: Contrasting the U.S. and International TowerCo Markets

Kristin Allen

Managing Director

Greenhill

Charles Duntze

VP Corporate Development

Phoenix Tower International

Daniel Pataki

CRO & EU Affairs

Cellnex Telecom

Flavio Siqueira

President Europe

Everest Infrastructure

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

Converging on Growth: How Operators Combine Mobile and Fixed Broadband Services

Mike Dano

Editorial Director, 5G and Mobile Strategies

Light Reading

Jonathan Chaplin

Managing Partner

New Street

Kohposh Kuda

SVP, Mobile

Comcast

Jonathan Nikols

SVP, Global Enterprise Sales

Verizon Business

Location: W183A

Can MORAN/MOCN Neutral Host Networks Change the In-Building Connectivity Game?

Kyung Mun

Principal Analyst, Mobile, Wireless, Cable

Mobile Experts

Slavko Djukic

VP, Product Line Management and Technology , Americas

SOLiD

JR Wilson

Vice President Towers, Roaming, In-Building

AT&T

Eric McClanahan

Senior Director, Private 5G Networks

Verizon

Allwyn Sequeira

CEO

Highway 9 Networks

Sponsored By:

Location: W183B

Get with the Program: Understanding the Programmable Network

Sarah Haque

Director/Analyst

Recon Analytics

Cody Bowman

Vice President, Solution Consulting

Nokia

Shane McClelland

Head of Account Solutions

Ericsson

Sponsored By:

Location: W183C

Stack to the Future: Will Wireless Keep Growing or Hit a Plateau?

Jennifer Fritzsche

Managing Director

Greenhill

Alex Gellman

Executive Chairman and Co-Founder

Vertical Bridge

Melissa Mullarkey

Senior Vice President of Wireless Solutions

Boldyn

David Yacoub

President & CEO

Site Link Wireless & Site Link Construction

Sponsored By:

Location: W178A

10:40 am - 10:55 am

Keynote

Patrick Halley

President & CEO

WIA

Location: W375AB

10:55 am - 11:15 am

Keynote

Fireside Chat

Lynn Cox

SVP and CNO

Verizon

Catherine Sbeglia

Managing Editor

RCR Wireless News

Sponsored By:

Location: W375AB

11:15 am - 12:00 pm

Keynote

Keynote: Technology Leadership Panel

Scott Lewis

Vice President of Site Development and Next Generation Solutions

Phoenix Tower International

Mike Irizarry

EVP & CTO

UScellular

Jeff McSchooler

Executive Vice President, Wireless Engineering and Operations

Boost Mobile

Location: W375AB

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Emerging Wireless Professionals Fireside Chat Invitation Only

Alex Gellman

Executive Chairman and Co-Founder

Vertical Bridge

Location: W470B

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Lunch Concessions Open

12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Exhibit Hall - Hall F1 West

12:30 pm - 12:55 pm

The Impact of TCPA, Call Blocking, and Labeling on Telecommunications

Eric Troutman

Partner

Troutman Amin, LLP

Sponsored By:

Location: Spotlight Stage, Hall F1 West

1:00 pm - 1:25 pm

Spotlight Stage – Sponsored by Boldyn Networks

Sponsored By:

Location: Spotlight Stage, Hall F1 West

1:30 pm - 1:55 pm

Why One Size Does Not Fit All – Finding The Right Solution For Indoor Connectivity

Amit Jain

Senior Vice President and General Manager

Airspan

Sponsored By:

Location: Spotlight Stage, Hall F1 West

2:00 pm - 2:25 pm

Navigating Challenges: Optimizing Connectivity for Your Building

Emily Butterhoff

Senior Business Development Manager

Wesco

Steven Clyne

AVP, Business Development

LEAF

Rohit Jha

CEO & Co-Founder

Transcelestial

Carla Shaffer

Vice President of Wireless

Wesco

Sponsored By:

Location: Spotlight Stage, Hall F1 West

2:30 pm - 2:55 pm

How AI is Changing the Game in Telecom Deployment

Sean Shahini

CEO

Inorsa

Tom Marciano

Head, Growth Strategy

Inorsa

Sponsored By:

Location: Spotlight Stage, Hall F1 West

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

Breakout Sessions

Spectrum Policy, 2025 and Beyond

Bryan Tramont

Managing Partner

Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP

John Kuzin

SVP, Spectrum Policy and Regulatory Counsel - Government Affairs

Qualcomm

Svetlana Matt

Director, Public Policy

Boost Mobile

Jeff Stewart

AVP, Global Public Policy

AT&T

Jeff Westling

Director, Technology and Innovation Policy

American Action Forum

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

Powering Investment in Data Centers

Greg Rapisarda

Partner

Saul Ewing LLP

William Davidson

Director, Strategic Initiatives

NextEra Infrastructure Solutions

Sean Farney

VP, Data Center Strategies - Americas

JLL

Joe Hummer

SVP, Business Development

ADB

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

FWA Gets Down to Business

Joan Engebretson

Editor-at-Large

Telecompetitor

Tim Courtney

VP Growth and Customer Delivery

Circet USA

George Hellmuth

Head, North American Sales

Tarana

Ron Heron

Senior Director for Business Product, Services and Solutions

UScellular

Location: W183A

It’s Time to Radically Re-Think In-Building Wireless

John Foley

Managing Director

Safer Buildings Coalition

Doug Hatler

VP, Enterprise Sales

Boingo Wireless

Chris Lange

President

Intenna, A Diamond Company

Michiel Lotter

CEO

Nextivity Inc

Dr. Preston Marshal

Director, Wireless Policy and Standards - Google Global Networking, and Chair

OnGo Alliance

Sponsored By:

Location: W183B

Developing 6G Networks with Users in Mind

Lynnette Luna

Senior Research Analyst

S&P Global

Sanjay Dhawan

Vice President, New Business Technology & Operations

SBA Communications

Jaydee Griffith

Managing Director

Next G Alliance

Rashmi Varma

CEO & Founder

QuantaWatt

Sponsored By:

Location: W183C

3:55 pm - 4:40 pm

Breakout Sessions

New Limits on Federal Agency Authority: How the Loper Bright Decision Could Reshape Telecom Policy and the FCC’s Role

Stephen Keegan

Senior Counsel, Government and Legal Affairs

WIA

W. Patton Hahn

Managing Shareholder

Baker Donelson

Scott Thompson

Communications Infrastructure Litigation Practice

Mintz

Joshua Turner

Partner

Wiley Rein LLP

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

Telecom Lease Buyouts and Aggregation: Balancing Growth, Control, and Value

Ric Prentiss

Managing Director

Raymond James

Bernard Borghei

CEO

Symphony Towers Infrastructure

Graeme Kavanagh

Partner & Chief Revenue Officer

Accelerate

David Moore

CEO

NAI Global Wireless

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

Digitization + Artificial Intelligence = Real Cost Savings

Norman Fekrat

Managing Partner

Imagine Wireless

Brant Carter

VP Product

Sitetracker

Shylesh Moras

SVP, Operations & Development

Phoenix Tower International

Apurba Tribedi

Senior Director, Tower Products

Bentley Systems

Dan Zygmunt

VP of Enterprise Sales

Joyous

Location: W183A

Transforming Enterprise Networks: Harnessing Private Cellular for Security and Performance

Phillip Boness

Vice President, Intelligent Infrastructure

Amentum

Josh Arensberg

CTO, Media and Entertainment

Verizon Business

Bill Beesley

Principal Wireless Solutions Architect

Fujitsu Network Communications

Louis Jacob

CTO and SVP, Technology

iBwave

Carla Shaffer

Vice President of Wireless

Wesco

Sponsored By:

Location: W183B

The Innovations Powering Greener Networks

Mike Robuck

U.S. Editor

Mobile World Live

Dale Carey

EVP of Strategy and Convergence

Vertical Bridge

Tuoyo Ebigbeyi

VP, Network Operations, U.S. Tower

American Tower

Randall Rene

Industry Solutions Director for Telecommunications

Esri

Heather Wilkins

Former CCO & Strategic Advisor

HCI Energy

Sponsored By:

Location: W183C

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Opening Reception

Sponsored By:

Location: Exhibit Hall - Hall F1 West

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

In-Building Connectivity Summit VIP Passholders or Additional Ticket Required

Kamal Sadarangani

VP and Head, Telecommunications

LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Jeff Rubin

Senior Vice President for Digital Transformation and Chief Digital Officer

Syracuse University

Location: W178A

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Emerging Wireless Professionals Happy Hour Must be new to the industry (10 years or less)

Sponsored By:

Location: Fatpour Tap Works

7:00 pm - 10:45 pm

9th Annual Music Movement & Connect (X) Charity Concert VIP and Full Access Passholders or Additional Ticket Required

Sponsored By:

Location: House of Blues

Wednesday, May 14

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration Open

Sponsored By:

Location: West Center Lobby

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Speaker Ready and Media Room Open Open to Speakers and Media

Location: W181C

8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Member Lounge Open WIA Members Only

Sponsored By:

Location: West Center Lobby

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

VIP Lounge Open VIP Passholders Only

Sponsored By:

Location: W471A

8:45 am - 9:30 am

Breakout Sessions

Telecom Policy and Priorities in a New Administration

Paul Kirby

Senior Editor, TR Daily

Wolters Kluwer

Will Adams

VP, Strategic Policy and Planning

T-Mobile

Rhonda Johnson

EVP, Federal Regulatory Relations

AT&T

Jake Lopes

Senior Attorney, U.S. Tower Government Affairs

American Tower

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

Funding Digital Infrastructure: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t

Clayton Funk

Managing Director

Houlihan Lokey

Jack Barry

CFO

Harmoni Towers

Jason Caliento

CCO

Boldyn Networks

Patrick Fear

Senior Managing Director

AB Private Credit Investors

Howard Mandel

Co President

Peppertree Capital Management

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

Open RAN Progress – No Longer Just a Greenfield Opportunity

Stéphane Téral

Founder & Chief Analyst

Téral Research

Mike Irizarry

EVP & CTO

UScellular

Diane Rinaldo

Executive Director

Open RAN Policy Coalition

Art King

Director, Product Management & Marketing

Cohere Technologies

Location: W183A

IBW Delivers for Businesses as Bandwidth Demand Explodes

John Celentano

Business Editor

Inside Towers

Leighton Carroll

CEO

Galtronics Corporation Ltd

Dale Bertucci

Director, Sales

Crown Castle

Fran Finnegan

Senior Vice President, Product and Strategy

American Tower Corporation

Bob Gorman

Senior Director, Technical Operations

United Center Chicago

Sponsored By:

Location: W183B

What is Private AI and What Does it Mean for Wireless?

Frank Louthan

Managing Director

Raymond James

Kevin Curtis

Senior Manager, Business Development

Supermicro

K.C. Halm

Partner

DWT

Awaiz Khan

Principal Solutions Architect - Telco Networking

AWS

Sponsored By:

Location: W183C

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Exhibit Hall - Hall F1 West

9:40 am - 10:25 am

Breakout Sessions

Why Mobile Network Operators and Local Governments are Prioritizing Public Safety

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Likens

Donny Jackson

Editor

Urgent Communications

Assistant Deputy Director

Illinois State Police Department

Bryan Schromsky

Director, Public Sector Solution Architecture

Verizon Wireless

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

Fiber Consolidation: When, Where and How Much?

Jorge Fuenzalida

Managing Partner

JLA Advisors

Bora Goekbora

TMT Partner

BCG

Marissa Mitrovich

VP, Public Policy

Fiber Broadband Association

Paul Weintraub

VP, Fiber Deployment

Watch Hill Wireless

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

The Role of Satellites in the Digital Infrastructure Landscape

Tim Farrar

President

TMF Associates

Blane Boynton

VP, Product Development

Intelsat

Mersad Cavcic

CPO

Globalstar

Location: W183A

Will Wi-Fi 7 Give 5G a Run for its Money?

Martha DeGrasse

Technology Journalist

WIA

Rahul Patel

Group General Manager, Connectivity, Broadband & Networking

Qualcomm

Mark Rubin

Vice President, Network Solutions

Amentum

Raja Shanmugam

Global Head, IoT & Digital Engineering

TCS

Sponsored By:

Location: W183B

Connectivity Requirements for Secure Applications

Charles Thomas

Editor

AGL Information and Technology

Chris Hill

CEO

DataXoom

Muhammad Rashid

Telecom and Fintech Industry Leader

Telenor

Mike Thompson

Principal Managing Partner

SME Cybersecurity

Sponsored By:

Location: W183C

10:40 am - 10:55 am

Keynote

Opening Remarks

Patrick Halley

President & CEO

WIA

Location: W375AB

10:55 am - 11:15 am

Keynote

Fireside Chat

Robert Walters

Senior Vice President, Access Construction and Engineering

AT&T

Daryl Schoolar

Analyst and Director

Recon Analytics

Sponsored By:

Location: W375AB

11:15 am - 12:00 pm

Keynote

View from the Tower

Patrick Halley

President & CEO

WIA

Ron Bizick

President & CEO

Vertical Bridge

Brendan T. Cavanagh

President & CEO

SBA Communications

Ed Farscht

CEO

Diamond Communications

Cathy Piche

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Towers

Crown Castle

Rich Rossi

Executive Vice President & President, U.S. Tower Division

American Tower Corporation

Sponsored By:

Location: Skyline Ballroom

11:00 am - 1:15 pm

The Charged Up! EV Infrastructure Luncheon

Rich Berliner

CEO

Fifth Gen Media, Publisher of Charged UP!

Brad Beauchamp

EV Product Segment Leader

Blue Birds Bus Co.

Ripu Lamba

Senior Account Director

Nexsys-One

Christian Belloso

CEO

TimeCharge

John O’Sullivan

President

PxT Infrastructure Solutions

Graeme Kavanagh

Partner & Chief Revenue Officer

Accelerate

Allan Rakos

SVP

DynaChrg

Stephen Banks

President

KMB Design Group

Steve Sokolsky

Deputy Director

CALSTART

Raymond Kaiser

CEO

EVoke Systems

Art King

Director, Product Management & Marketing

Cohere Technologies

Sponsored By:

Location: W178A

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Lunch Concessions Open

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Emerging Wireless Professionals Fireside Chat

Kelly Lazuka

CEO

Fullerton

Location: W470B

1:00 pm - 1:25 pm

Towering Opportunities: Speaking a Common Language to Accelerate 5G Network Expansion

J.C. Ortiz

Principal for Corporate Business Development

Iconectiv

Sponsored By:

Location: Spotlight Stage, Hall F1 West

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Meet and Greet with WIA President and Senior Staff WIA Members Only

Location: Member Lounge, Hall F1 Lobby

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

ITC Lunch Invitation Only

Location: W470B

1:30 pm - 1:55 pm

From Poles to Possibilities: Transforming Infrastructure with Smart Pole Assessments

Klaus Metnitzer

Head, Deploy Execution Excellence & Serviceability, North America

Nokia

Saleem Abdullah

Head Sales, US Major Accounts

Nokia

Craig Cavey

Executive, Telecom & Software Industries

Talon Aerolytics

Sponsored By:

Location: Spotlight Stage

2:00 pm - 2:25 pm

In-Building Connectivity – How Digital Transformation has Evolved Mission-Critical In-Building Infrastructure (DAS)

Tom Cooper

Senior Sales Director

Avari Wireless

Sponsored By:

Location: Spotlight Stage, Hall F1 West

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

Unpacking Administration Procurement Directives and Broadband Programs

Scott Woods

President, Public-Private Partnerships

Ready.net, Inc.

Ronald Johnson

Senior Advisor & Chief Strategist

WIA

Location: W178A

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Procurement Connect Invitation Only – Suppliers, Exhibitors, Sponsors

Location: W182

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

Breakout Sessions

Optimizing BEAD “Non-Deployment” Dollars – From Improving Mobile Networks in Unserved Areas to Training the Broadband Workforce

Scott Wallsten

President & Senior Fellow

Technology Policy Institute

Bryan Darr

VP, Government Affairs

Ookla

Christian Hoefly

Senior Corporate Counsel, Policy Strategy and Analytics

T-Mobile

Chandler Vaughan

Associate Director

Virginia Office of Broadband

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

Are You Ready for the ‘Year of M&A’ in Telco?

Gregory Williams

Director, Equity Research

TD Cowen

Aaron Blazar

Principal

Freedom3 Capital

Valeriy Elbert

Managing Director and Partner

Boston Consulting Group

Scott Soden

Managing Partner

Alpina Capital

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

Mastering 5G Network Integrity: Tackling Interference from Every Angle

Iain Gillott

Senior Technical Advisor

Wireless Infrastructure Association

Serge Gofman

Northeast Region RAN Technical Expert

Boost Mobile

Chris Hristov

AVP, Network Engineering

AT&T

Keith Radousky

President and CTO

RadVisory5G, LLC

Location: W183A

Blurring the Boundaries: Evolving Hybrid Indoor/Outdoor Wireless Networks

John Bramfeld

Principal Consultant

xG Consulting

Moe Beydoun

Director, Enterprise Connect

T-Mobile

Charlie Cobb

Head of Cellular

Meter

Jamaal Smith

Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Private Networks

Kajeet

John Shubin

Director, Sales and Business Development

ADRF

Sponsored By:

Location: W183B

The Continuing Evolution of the Mobile Edge

Dan Hays

Principal

Stategy&

Awaiz Khan

Principal Solutions Architect - Telco Networking

AWS

Nadine Manjaro

AVP, Digital Enterprise Sales

Sutherland Global

Arvin Singh

CEO & Founder, NextGen Technologies

(Former VP 5G Innovation, Verizon)

Sponsored By:

Location: W183C

3:55 pm - 4:40 pm

Breakout Sessions

Creative Financing Strategies for Telcos and TowerCos

Eric Luebchow

Director & Sr. Analyst, Equity

Wells Fargo

Andy Grapowski

SVP, Strategy, Corporate Development and M&A

Diamond Communications

Alda Licis

COO Infrastructure

Tilson Infrastructure

Bob Paige

EVP Mergers and Acquisitions

Vertical Bridge

Colby Synesael

Managing Director, Investment Banking

TD Securities

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

Beyond Grants and Capex: Bridging the Digital Divide Sustainably

John Elsbernd

Broadband Consultant

LtD, LLC

Jonathan Adelstein

EVP & CSO

TWN Communications

Eric Hudson

RF Engineer

Mountain Wireless

Ronald Johnson

Senior Advisor & Chief Strategist

WIA

Location: W183A

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