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Monday, October 17
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7:00 p.m.
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Meet and Greet (The Oxford, 319 Fayetteville Street)
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8:30 p.m.
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RTC Board Meeting (Pin Oak Room)
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Tuesday, October 18
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8:00 a.m.
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Breakfast (Mezzanine)
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8:45 a.m.
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Welcome (Oak Forest Ballroom)
Galen Updike, President, RTC and Broadband Dev. Manager, ASET
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9:00 a.m.
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Opening Remarks
David Villano, Assistant Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, USDA
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9:15 a.m.
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Keynote Introduction
Jane Patterson, Conference Chair, RTC and Executive Director, e-NC Authority
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9:45 a.m.
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Keynote: Innovation and Technology
Joe DeSimone, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Chemical Engineering, NCSU
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10:30 a.m.
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Networking Break (Mezzanine)
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11:00 a.m.
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TRACK #1, 2 or 3
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12:00 p.m.
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Keynote Panel: Broadband for All
Jim Baller, President, Baller Herbst Law Group
Hilda Legg, Former Administrator, Rural Utilities Service
Blair Levin, Communications & Society Fellow, Aspen Institute
Cynthia Marshall (Moderator), NC President, AT&T
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1:30 p.m.
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CONTINUE TRACK #1, 2 or 3
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2:30 p.m.
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CONTINUE TRACK #1, 2 or 3
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3:30 p.m.
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Networking Break (Mezzanine)
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4:00 p.m.
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Closing (Oak Forest Ballroom)
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5:00 p.m.
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Reception
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Wednesday, October 19
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8:00 a.m.
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Breakfast
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9:00 a.m.
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Welcome
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9:45 a.m.
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Keynote: Shifting a Community’s Focus to Tech-based Economic Development
Mark Wells, Executive Director, Rockingham County Business & Technology Center |
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10:30 a.m.
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Networking Break (Mezzanine)
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11:00 a.m.
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TRACK #1, 2 or 3
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12:00 p.m.
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Lunch Keynote: Public Safety Networks
Charles Robinson, Key Business Executive Business Support Services, City of Charlotte
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1:30 p.m.
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CONTINUE TRACK #1, 2 or 3
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2:30 p.m.
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CONTINUE TRACK #1, 2 or 3
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3:30 p.m.
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Networking Break (Mezzanine)
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4:00 p.m.
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Closing (Oak Forest Ballroom)
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5:00 p.m.
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Adjourn
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