2014 Futures Retreat

Preliminary Agenda

The objectives of this conference are to improve the skills and knowledge of accounting and other issues related to the telecommunications industry.  Participants shall receive 7 non-technical CPE credit hours for participation, and there are no prerequisites for participation.

Wednesday, August 6
7 a.m. Registration
7 a.m. – 8 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
8 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Invocation and Opening Remarks
Weldon R. Gray, CPA, TSTCI CEO
8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. CYBERTUNITY'S KNOCKING – 
Strategic Opportunities for Telecoms in the Decade Ahead 
David Pearce Snyder, Futurist
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Refreshment Break
9:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m    CYBERTUNITY'S KNOCKING – continued
David Pearce Snyder, Futurist
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.  Celebration Reception (Casual Dress)

 

Thursday, August 7
7 a.m. – 8 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. The Future has Moved… and Left No Forwarding Address
Hank Moore, Futurist and Corporate Strategist™
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Refreshment Break
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.    A Vision of the Future of Broadband for Rural Telcos
Vern Dosch, National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC)
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Operating in a Broadband & Cloud Kind of World
Ann Marie Hall, Cisco Systems
11:45 a.m. Meeting Adjourns!
Travel Home Safely

 

 

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