2016 NYSTA Annual Conference
June 5-8, 2016
Agenda
June 5th - Sunday
6:00 - 8:00 pm - Associate Member Welcome Reception - Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, Lake Placid, NY
June 6th - Monday
8:30-11:30 am - NYSTA Board of Directors Meeting
11:45-5:00 pm - Golf at Whiteface Club http://www.whitefaceclubresort.com/club/ Sponsored By: DFT Communications (Lunch Included)
Fishing Outing, Sponsored By: ACM (Lunch Included - meet in the Hotel Lobby)
6:30 - 7:30 pm - Awards Dinner Reception
7:30 - 9:00 pm - Awards Dinner, Sponsored By: Sprint New York Relay
June 7th - Tuesday
(Dress for the Meeting is Business Casual)
7:30 AM - Breakfast
8:30 AM - General Business Session NYSTA Chairman’s Report, Jim Becker, Middleburgh Telephone Company NYSTA President’s Report, Robert Puckett, NYSTA NYSTA Treasurer’s Report, Shana Macey, Crown Point Telephone Corp. Inspectors of Election Report ITPA Scholarship Awards, Leslie Irwin, Newport Telephone
9:15 am- Greg Sayre, Commissioner, NYS Public Service Commission
9:45 am The View From Washington, Jeff Dupree, NECA
10:30 am - Break with the Associate Members
10:45 am -Jonathan Chambers, Former Chief, FCC Office of Strategic Planning
11:30 am NYS Broadband - Jeff Nordhaus, Vice President, NYS Broadband Program Office
12:15-1:00 - Lunch -
1:00 pm - Ted Blazer, President Olympic Regional Development Authority
1:45 pm - Visit Table Top displays
3:00 pm - Associate Member team building event - Curling at the Olympic Ice Rink
6:00pm - Annual Banquet Reception
7:00pm - Annual Banquet Sponsored By The Dunkirk & Fredonia Telephone Company
Chairman's Reception Sponsored By Latitude Telcom Consultants
ITPA Open Mic Night - Can you sing, play an instrument, tell a joke? Bring your talent!
(Dress for the Annual Banquet is Semi-Formal)
June 7th - Wednesday
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00AM - Regulatory Roundtable Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Jeff Dupree, Vice President, Government Relations - NECA
Tom Moorman, Partner, Woods & Aitken
Derrick Owens, Vice President, Government Affairs - WTA
Bryan Woltman, Regulatory Strategy and Financial Analysis
TDS Telecom
Moderated by Bob Puckett
10:00-10:15 Break -
10:15-11:45 - Broadband Roundtable Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Jim Becker, President - Middleburgh Telephone Company & INOC (Moderator)
11:45 Adjournment
