Julie Slattery, Senior Vice President, Core Engineering & Operations, Verizon

Building Resilient Communities:  Enhancing Disaster Preparedness and Response Through Technology, Innovation and Partnership

Verizon has a decades-long history of collaborating with partners across the telecom industry to deliver effective communication solutions that aid public safety, particularly during emergencies. By utilizing new technologies, developing innovative solutions, and partnering with industry, government, and community stakeholders, Verizon is committed to improving disaster preparedness and revolutionizing emergency management.

Join Julie Slattery, Verizon Senior Vice President of Core Engineering & Operations for a discussion on Verizon’s disaster resilience approach that includes preparing for any situation, being ready to respond, providing post-disaster recovery assistance and using technology and learnings to mitigate potential future emergencies. The keynote will dive into the extreme lengths engineers go to run to a crisis and keep communities connected offering real-life anecdotes and learnings.

The primary areas of focus will be on the importance of internal and external partnerships, leveraging emerging technologies including AI and highlighting key strategies that can be implemented in organizations of all sizes.

Tom Maguire, Chief Executive Officer, Brightspeed 

The Telecom Tipping Point

For more than a decade, Tom Maguire has championed modernization in the telecom industry — away from unreliable, costly copper networks to new, more resilient technology that easily adapts to innovation and consumer needs. We are now at a pivotal point when federal oversight is aligned, state-level changes are underway, the industry’s labor force is ready to execute, and scalable connectivity is possible. Copper is the past, and now is the time to embrace the future. When all the players in the industry work together the possibilities are infinite.