Education Program: ISE EXPO 2026

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM	Registration Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Preparing for Autonomous Networks: The Architecture, Data, and Governance Work That Must Come First Category: Industry Outlook & Leadership Randall René - Waypoint 33		Leading Convergence: How Leadership Shapes the Networks of Tomorrow Category: Industry Outlook & Leadership
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Electrical Protection and Reliability for Class 4 FMPS Power Delivery Systems Category: Technology-Neutral Deployment Strategies for Converging Networks Ernest Gallo - NEBScore Jim Pelegris - SENKO Advanced Components Luke Getto - VoltServer		Leading Through Convergence: Strategic Decisions for Resilient Networks in a Rapidly Evolving 5G Economy Category: Industry Outlook & Leadership
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Break
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Enhancing Performance with Cross-Training: Bridging Engineering and Construction Category: Industry Outlook & Leadership Robert Morphew - fyberLogic LLC		Procurement Is Network Infrastructure: How Contracting Strategy Enables (or Breaks) Converged Networks Category: Industry Outlook & Leadership
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM	Slash Network OPEX with AI: Smarter Automation, Safer Infrastructure, Stronger Margins Category: Reducing Network OPEX with AI, Automation, and Network Security Bellal Hossain - H&H Telecom Construction Inc	Supply Chain Strategies for Faster Broadband Deployment Category: Technology-Neutral Deployment Strategies for Converging Networks		A Decade of Fiber Broadband Learning - What's Next? Category: Reducing Network OPEX with AI, Automation, and Network Security
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Opening Night Reception
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Registration Open
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	ISE Network Innovators' Awards Breakfast
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM	Women in Telecom (WiT) Breakfast & Panel Discussion Janice Oliva - Endeavor B2B (Panel Moderator)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Keynote with Coffee and Pastries
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Sponsored Mimosas Kick-off on Exhibit Floor
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM	Exhibit Hall Opens
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Lunch on Exhibit Floor
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Sessions in Convergence Central Theatre on Exhibit Floor
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	AWS Case Study - Maximizing Productivity During Cable Installations	Connecting the Higher Education Campus Category: Technology-Neutral Deployment Strategies for Converging Networks Rodney Casteel - CommScope		How AI Data Centers' Demand for Electricity is Impacting Telecom Power Category: Industry Outlook & Leadership
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Coffee Break
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Leadership and Best Practices to Transform Networks and Reduce OPEX with Automation, Data-driven Decisions and Real-time Network Intelligence Category: Industry Outlook & Leadership		Using AI to Solve NextGen Fiber Network Readiness Category: Reducing Network OPEX with AI, Automation, and Network Security
3:45 PM - 5:30 PM	Networking Happy Hour on the Exhibit Floor
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Topgolf Networking Event in Partnership with ISE EXPO
Thursday, August 20, 2026
8:00 AM - 2:30 PM	Registration Open
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Closing Keynote with Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Sponsored Bloody Mary and Coffee Break on Exhibit Floor
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Open
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Automating the Digital Twin: Reducing Telecom OpEx through AI-Driven BIM-to-BIM Change Detection Category: Reducing Network OPEX with AI, Automation, and Network Security Jason San Souci - Flight Technologies
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	From Pilot Purgatory to Real Impact: How AI Turns Service Providers into Experience Providers Category: Reducing Network OPEX with AI, Automation, and Network Security
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Leveraging 5G Data Transmission Technology in Other Medium (such as coaxial cable) Besides Wireless Category: Technology-Neutral Deployment Strategies for Converging Networks
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Practical Engineering Frameworks for Technology-neutral OSP Deployment in Rural and Suburban Markets Category: Technology-Neutral Deployment Strategies for Converging Networks David Rottmayer - Cheetah Broadband LLC
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	Attendee Vacation Giveaway