2023 Forum Agenda
Day 1 - NOVEMBER 6
7:30am MT
Breakfast
Crave Restaurant, Mezzanine Level (2nd floor), Banff Park Lodge
8:30am MT
Broadband 101
Michael B. McNally - Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
9:30am MT
Municipal Owned Fiber Networks
Ryan Angelo - Team Leader, City of Calgary
10:15am MT
Coffee & Networking Break
10:45am MT
Open Access Networking
Greg Potter - President, Foothills Fibre Cooperative
11:30am MT
Community Broadband Update - Village of Standard
Merle Isaacson - Co-founder, Connect Mobility
12:15pm MT
Lunch
1:15pm MT
Update from MLA Sarah Elmeligi
Sarah Elmeligi - NDP MLA Elect, Banff-Kananaskis and Opposition Critic for Tourism, Sport and Recreation
2:15pm MT
Connecting the community through the value and benefits of collaborative IT purchasing
Mary Friedrich - ShareIT Manager, Cybera
Erik Krochak - ShareIT Project Lead, Cybera
Anna Kosmala - ShareIT Project Lead,ย Cybera
3:00pm MT
Coffee & Networking Break
3:30pm MT
Panel Discussion
Building Broadband in Alberta
Joe Hickey - CEO, Rock Networks
Johann Reimer - Director, Sales & Marketing, Canadian Fibre Optic
Jerico Vanbarant - CEO, MCSnet
4:30pm MT
Update from the CRTC
Nirmala Naidoo, CRTC Commissioner for Alberta and NWT
4:50pm MT
Closing Remarks to Day 1 of the Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum
5:00pm - 7:00pm MT
Attendee Mixer
Terrace Lounge, First Floor, Banff Park Lodge
Day 2 - NOVEMBER 7
7:30am MT
Breakfast
8:40am MT
Update from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Mark Saunders - Manager, Spectrum Policy Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada / Government of Canada
9:45am MT
Competition Policy in Canada
Michael B. McNally - Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
Gregory Taylor, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Media and Film, University of Calgary
10:15am MT
Coffee & Networking Break
10:30am MT
Open Speed Test Data and the Digital Divide
Zachary Shand - Senior Data Scientist, Cybera
11:30am MT
The Connectivity Crisis in First Nations Communities
Jason Neepin - Executive Director, Broadband Communications North
12:25pm MT
Closing Remarks to the Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum
12:30pm MT
Lunch
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