Schedule

Karmen Rajamani

VP, Government Affairs

Wireless Infrastructure Association

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

Investing for the Future: How Carrier Capex Enables Network Capabilities

Michael Rollins

Managing Director

Citi

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

Converging on Growth: Carriers Combine Mobile and Fixed Broadband Services

Mike Dano

Editorial Director, 5G and Mobile Strategies

Light Reading

Kohposh Kuda

SVP, Mobile

Comcast

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

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

Collier 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 

Peter Saharko

Managing Associate General Counsel

Verizon

Jeff Westling

Director, Technology and Innovation Policy

American Action Forum

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

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

Kristin Allen

Managing Director

Greenhill

Dagan Kasavana

CEO and Founder

Phoenix Tower International

Flavio Siqueira

President Europe

Everest Infrastructure

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

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

Sergio Adames

Director, New Partnerships and Business Development

T-Mobile

Shane McClelland

Vice President Emerging RAN Solutions

Ericsson

Sponsored By:

Location: W183C

10:40 am - 12:00 pm

Keynote

General Session

Lynn Cox

SVP and CNO

Verizon

Patrick Halley

President & CEO

WIA

Sponsored By:

Location: Skyline Ballroom

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Lunch Concessions Open

12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Exhibit Hall - Hall F1 West

1:00 pm - 1:25 pm

Spotlight Stage – Sponsored by Inorsa

Sponsored By:

Location: Spotlight Stage, Hall F1 West

1:30 pm - 1:55 pm

Taking Neutral Host Beyond Multi-Carriers

Shirish Nagaraj

Chief Technology Officer

Corning

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

Jim Swantko

Senior Director, Wireless

Wesco

Sponsored By:

Location: Spotlight Stage, Hall F1 West

2:30 pm - 2:55 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

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

Breakout Sessions

Spectrum Policy, 2025 and Beyond

Jeff Stewart

AVP, Global Public Policy

AT&T

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

Powering Investment in Data Centers

Greg Rapisarda

Partner

Saul Ewing LLP

William Davidson

Director, Strategic Initiatives

NextEra Infrastructure Solutions

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

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

David Tokunaga

General Manager

Boingo Wireless

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

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

Scott Thompson

Communications Infrastructure Litigation Practice

Mintz

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

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

Martha DeGrasse

Technology Journalist

WIA

Bernard Borghei

CEO

Symphony Towers Infrastructure

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

Apurba Tribedi

Senior Director, Tower Products

Bentley Systems

Shylesh Moras

SVP, Operations & Development

Phoenix Tower International

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

Jim Swantko

Senior Director, 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 Corporation

Heather Wilkins

VP and CCO

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

Sponsored By:

Location: W178A

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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

7:30 pm - 10:30 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

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

Patrick Lopez

CEO & Founder

Core Analysis

Mike Irizarry

EVP & CTO

UScellular

Diane Rinaldo

Executive Director

Open RAN Policy Coalition

Location: W183A

IBW Delivers for Venues as Bandwidth Demand Explodes

John Celentano

Business Editor

Inside Towers

Fran Finnegan

VP, Managed Networks

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

K.C. Halm

Partner

DWT

Sean Shahini

CEO

Inorsa

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

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

Vishal Dixit

CSO and Head, Wholesale

Frontier Communications

Paul Weintraub

VP, Fiber Deployment

Watch Hill Wireless

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

The Role of Satellites in the Digital Infrastructure Landscape

Blane Boynton

VP, Product Development

Intelsat

Location: W183A

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

David Gordon

Senior Consultant

STL Partners

Rahul Patel

Group General Manager, Connectivity, Broadband & Networking

Qualcom

Mark Rubin

Vice President, Network Solutions

Amentum

Sponsored By:

Location: W183B

Connectivity Requirements for Secure Applications

Chris Hill

CEO

DataXoom

Muhammad Rashid

Senior Manager, Sales and Distribution

Telenor

Sponsored By:

Location: W183C

10:40 am - 11:15 am

Keynote

General Session

Robert Walters

Senior Vice President, Access Construction and Engineering

AT&T

Sponsored By:

Location: Skyline Ballroom

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

Founder

Fifth Gen Media

Location: W178A

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Lunch Concessions Open

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: Membership Lounge, Hall F1 Lobby

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

ITC Lunch Invitation Only

Location: W182

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

1:55 pm - 3:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Sessions

Location: Spotlight Stage, Hall F1 West

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

Bryan Darr

VP, Government Affairs

Ookla

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

Valeriy Elbert

Managing Director and Partner

Boston Consulting Group

Sponsored By:

Location: W180

Mastering 5G Network Integrity: Tackling Interference from Every Angle

Location: W183A

The Next Generation of Smart Buildings – a NEMA Case Study

John Shubin

Director, Sales and Business Development

ADRF

Sponsored By:

Location: W183B

The Continuing Evolution of the Mobile Edge

Dan Hays

Principal

Stategy&

Sponsored By:

Location: W183C

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Procurement Connect Invitation Only

Location: W178A

3:55 pm - 4:40 pm

Breakout Sessions

FCC Perspectives on Telecom in 2025

Sponsored By:

Location: W179A

Creative Financing Strategies for Telcos and TowerCos

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 and Funding Consultant

TelRep

Location: W183A

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