four days of Curated Content & Networking
Sunday, June 13
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm | All Members Meeting |
| 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm | FBA Pre-Conference Workshops • Fiber Starter Toolkit • Making the Connection: Sales and Marketing Best Practices • Building the AI-Ready Broadband Network: Infrastructure, Operations, and Monetization • Quantum Networking 101 (3:30 pm – 5:30 pm) Partner Pre-Conference Workshops • Adtran • Calix |
| 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm | Fiber Connect 2027 Welcome Reception Sponsored by Sumitomo Electric and gaiia |
Monday, June 14
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am – 11:30 am | Fiber Connect 2027 General Session |
| 11:00 am – 5:30 pm | AI and Quantum Infrastructure Pavilion Theater • 11:00 am — ThoughtWaves Documentary • 12:00 pm — Partner Panel • 12:45 pm — Partner Panel • 1:30 pm — Partner Panel • 2:00 pm — NeoCloud: Mind the Gap • 4:00 pm — Agentic AI & Telecom Operations |
| 11:30 am – 6:00 pm | Expo Hall Open |
| 11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Women of Fiber Connect Luncheon |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Executive Experience Lounge Lunch and Learn Data Center Development: Drivers, Challenges, and Realities |
| 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Breakout Sessions • Deployment Challenges & Opportunities • Outside Plant Considerations • Funding Strategies for Fiber Expansion • Permitting • MDU • Tribal Broadband |
| 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Broadband Investment Forum |
| 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Infrastructure Policy Upload |
| 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Thematic Programming • Advanced Energy Grid: Powering Digital Infrastructures • Supply Chain: Keeping Broadband Flowing |
Tuesday, June 15
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am – 11:30 am | Fiber Connect 2027 General Session |
| 11:00 am – 5:30 pm | AI and Quantum Infrastructure Pavilion Theater • 11:00 am — FCTV Interview • 12:00 pm — Partner Panel • 12:45 pm — Partner Panel • 1:30 pm — Partner Panel • 2:00 pm — AI Edge Infrastructure: Roadmap to an AI-Enabled Economy • 4:00 pm — Hyperscale Ready Infrastructures: Are You Ready for This? |
| 11:30 am – 5:00 pm | Expo Hall Open |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Executive Experience Lounge Lunch and Learn Edge Inference: Operator Impacts and Opportunities |
| 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Breakout Sessions • Deployment Challenges & Opportunities • Outside Plant Considerations • Business Grade Fiber • Go-to-Market Best Practices • Public Safety & Municipal Services • Fiber Innovations |
| 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm | The C Suite Forum |
| 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Thematic Programming • Constructing Networks for the Digital Economy • Community Anchors: Creating Generational Impacts • Economic Development Impact: Grading Community Impacts |
| 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm | FC27 Awards Gala and Party |
Wednesday, June 16
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am – 11:30 am | AI and Quantum Infrastructure Summit |