June 3rd - Monday
8:30-10:15 am - NYSTA Board of Directors Meeting
10:45 - Boldt Castle Tour - (Meet in lobby - picnic lunch included)
11:30 - Lunch for Golfers at the Thousand Island Country Club
12:15 - Shotgun Start - Golf at Thousand Island Country Club
Sponsored By: (Lunch Included)
12:00 - Fishing Outing, Sponsored By: (Meet in the hotel lobby - lunch Included)
6:30 - 7:30 pm - Awards Dinner Reception, Vantage Point Communications
7:30 - 9:00 pm - Awards Dinner, Sponsored By: Sprint, New York Relay
June 4th - Tuesday
(Dress for the Meeting is Business Casual)
7:00 AM - Breakfast & Registration Available
8:30 AM - NYSTA Business Meeting:
Chairman’s Report – Shana Macey
President’s Report – Bob Puckett
Treasurer’s Report – Robert Wrighter, Jr.
Inspector’s of Election Report – Bob Holmes, State Telephone
Committee Recognition – Shana Macey & Bob Puckett
ITPA Scholarship Awards, Leslie Irwin
9:30 am- Commissioner Gregg Sayre
10:15 am Break with the Associate Members -View Tabletop Displays
10:45 am - Washington Update - Genny Morelli, President, ITTA
11:30 am - AI: Progress, Problems, and Possibilities - – Chuck Thorpe, Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, Clarkson University
What is AI, and what can computers do? The hype would have us all believe that humans will be obsolete within a decade. The reality is not quite that extreme, but is still quite impressive. A good example of progress and remaining challenges is self-driving cars, which have been under development for decades and are on a continued trajectory of improvement, but not quite ready yet.
12:15 - Lunch
1:15 pm - Calvin McNeely, President - Running Boards Marketing
2:15 pm Afternoon Break with Associate Members
3:00 pm - Associate Member team building event TBD
6:00 pm - Annual Banquet Reception, Sponsored by: Calix
7:00 pm - Annual Banquet, Sponsored By: UDP
8:30 pm - Hall of Fame Award Reception, Sponsored By: Latitude Telcom Consultants
(Dress for the Annual Banquet is Semi-Formal)
June 5th - Wednesday
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 – Regulatory Roundtable
Moderator: Bob Puckett, NYSTA
Panelists: Michael Shultz, Vice President, Regulatory & Public Policy Consolidated Communications
Genny Morelli, President, ITTA
Tom Moorman, Esq., Partner Wood & Aitken, LLP.
10:15 Break
10:15- Millennial Roundtable Discussion -
Moderator: Deirdre Forcier, Marketing an Content Specialist, Chazy & Westport Tel. & Westelcom
Panelists:
Noon: Adjournment
