MTA Plant Manager/Superintendent Peer Group Meeting

Lodging

HOLIDAY INN - ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA
75 37TH AVE S
ST CLOUD MN, 56301

Hotel Room Block Deadline is November 5, 2018.
Reservations: 320.253.9000

Rates

$125/person

Agenda

Wednesday December 5, 2018

11:30 – 12:30 Registration, Coffee & Cookies

12:30 – 12:35 Introduction and Opening Remarks, Ken Budd and Travis Floyd
                        Sponsor Distributor – Power & Tel – Matt Huovinen, Chad Devier

12:35 – 1:00   MTA Update, Brent Christensen, President/CEO

1:05 – 2:05     Cleaning and Why it Matters with Higher Bandwidth (AFL, Jeff Fischer)

2:05 – 3:15     2nd Presenter (Adtran, Greg Luhman) SDN and Cord Architectures, will review a virtual BNG case. Remote troubleshooting, remote Wi-Fi, customer analytics (can be applied to other vendors (Calix)). Adtran’s fixed wireless partners.

3:15 - 3:30     Break

3:30 – 4:15    Power Plant Product Updates (Vertiv, Todd Beuhler)
                                                            
4:15 - 4:45     MTA Safety Update, Dan Berg

5:00 – 6:00    Social Hour, Sponsored by Power & Tel
 
6:00 – 7:30    Evening Dinner

Thursday December 6, 2018

8:00 – 8:15     Registration, Coffee, Donuts & Opening Remarks

8:15 – 9:00    4th Presenter (Commscope, Oliver Crane) Product Updates

9:00 – 10:30   Department of Public Safety, John Dooley
                    
10:30 ­– 11:00   Break/Check-Out

11:00 –11:45    Olsen & Thielen – Regulator Affairs and Best Practices, Bill Vandersluis – Sr. Telecommunications Consultant
                              
11:45 – 12:00   Business Meeting/Door prizes

12:00 – 1:00     Lunch