Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 10 a.m. EST
The Library of Congress
The Jefferson Building, 10 First Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
Welcome Remarks:
Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS)
Opening Remarks:
Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS), CEO of COMPTEL
Panel One: Broadband Business Leaders and Customers:
Christopher Ancell, CEO of XO Communications
Auzzie Brown, Senior Vice President, WestStar Mortgage *XO Customer
Michael Rouleau, Senior Vice President, Business Development, tw telecom
Oron Strauss, Chairman, Pantheon Software *tw telecom customer
Deb Ward, CEO of TSI
Tim Koxlien, CEO of Rural Health Telecom
Louis Fiore, Chair, Alarm Industry, Communications Committee
Jim Butman, Group President, TDS
Panel Two: Members of Congress (current and former):
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)
Former Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (R-VA)
Former Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ)
Special Guests:
Gene Kimmelman, President, Public Knowledge
Michael Copps, former FCC Commissioner, Common Cause
**The Broadband Coalition is a collection of the nation's premier business broadband competitive service providers, advocating for innovation, connection and competition. For more information, please follow us on Twitter @bbandcoalition and learn more at [ Ссылка ]
**About COMPTEL: Based in Washington, D.C., COMPTEL is the leading industry association representing competitive communications service providers and their supplier partners. COMPTEL members are entrepreneurial companies driving technological innovation and creating economic growth through competitive voice, video, and data offerings and the development and deployment of next-generation, IP-based networks and services. COMPTEL advances its members' interests through trade shows, networking, education, and policy advocacy before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and the courts. COMPTEL works to ensure that competitive communications providers can continue to offer lower prices, better service, and greater innovation to consumers. For more information, visit www.comptel.org or follow on Twitter @COMPTEL.
