2024 Showcase

Attendee Registration | Trade Show/Booth Registration | Agenda | Current Sponsors

Wednesday, January 10 - Thursday, January 11, 2024

DoubleTree by Hilton
27 North 27th Street
Billings, MT 59101

Room reservations start at $119 plus tax per night - room block expires December 25, 2023.
Click here to reserve or call 406-252-7400

Note: you can only book within our contractual dates: nights of January 8, 9 and 10 - and then only until the room block is sold out.

Parking Information: please use the Park 2 Garage that is right across the street on 1st Ave. Waive your hand at the red circle to have the system generate a ticket. Bring the parking ticket to the hotel front desk or the Showcase registration table to get it validated. If you don't have a ticket, you'll have to pay to get our of the parking lot. When you leave, scan the barcode on the ticket, then scan the validation sticker's barcode and you can leave the parking lot for no charge.

Vendor/Associate Member Companies click button below.

Associate Members and Trade Show Booth
Registration click here!

Telco Member & Others

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You must have an existing account to register - please email if you need assistance.

Pricing
BBMT Telco Member, Government Entity or Non-profit: $125/person
Non-members and for-profit entities: $250/person

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Tentative Agenda - subject to change

Tuesday, January 9th

Noon - 9pm

Vendor Booth setup - 3rd Floor

Wednesday, January 10th

7:00am	Registration Opens - 3rd Floor
7:30am	Hosted Breakfast - 22nd Floor
8:30am	Booths Open - 3rd Floor
8:30am	Welcome Skyview 1&2 - 20th Floor
8:35am	All I Really Need to Know, I Learned from a Pop-Tart Tammy Wellbrock, IOM, CAE, Creative Solutions Representative, Nex-Tech Skyview 1&2 - 20th Floor A toasted treat may seem simple enough, but it taught this presenter some life lessons that were both sweet and sour! It made her curious to explore other areas where she may “get in the way” of her own success. So often, professionals forget to turn off their auto-pilot, and complete tasks without being present and intentional. Perhaps you too, have a lot to learn from a Pop-Tart! This fun and engaging session will be as memorable as it is enlightening.
9:30am	Digitizing the construction Process Tom Brooks, Director GIS & Solutions, Render Networks Skyview 1&2 - 20th Floor	CFO Panel: What do the next 5-10 years look like? Stacey Mueller, CFO, Blackfoot Kevin Hodik, CFO, InterBel Gail Rainey, CFO, Range Conference Room 5 - 3rd Floor
10:30am	Trade Show Break & Networking – no sessions
11:30am	BEAD ConnectMT / NTIA Misty Ann Giles, Director, Montana Department of Administration Mark Blasdel, Director, Governor’s Office of Economic Development Adam Carpenter, Chief Data Officer, Montana Department of Administration Grace Stephens, Federal Program Officer, Broadband Program Specialist - Montana, NTIA Skyview 1&2 - 20th Floor
12:30pm	Hosted Lunch Buffet - 22nd Floor
1:30pm	Unmasking the Dark Web: A Riveting Expedition into History, Legends, AI Breakthroughs, and the Menace to Service Providers Jon Brown, ePlus Technologies Skyview 1&2 - 20th Floor	Splice Case Fiber Management Kevin Panteleakos, Field Sales Manager, PLP Conference Room 5 - 3rd Floor
2:30pm	Trade Show Break & Networking – no sessions
3:30pm	Tip the Scales in Your Favor: Secure broadband funding and build scalable solutions Raphael Goncales, Senior Consulting Engineer & Volodymyr Chornodolsky, Business Development Partner, Nokia The Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements set forth by NTIA for BEAD and now adopted by other grant programs such as USDA’s ReConnect 4 and more, are a radical shift in the expectations of applicants for planning and procurement. Join Nokia experts to understand the nuances of the NTIA guidance for BABA. The session will also cover the technology to help meet the requirements including scalable broadband solutions and architectures including Multi PON technologies (plus coexistence), WiFi considerations, Subscriber Management (BNG, CGNAT, Peering), and the need for scalable solutions (small/medium/large). Skyview 1&2 - 20th Floor
4:30pm	Hospitality Hour – hosted from 4:30-5:30pm Trade Show Area - 3rd Floor

Thursday, January 11th

7:00am	Hosted Breakfast - 22nd Floor
8:00am	Montana Telecommunications Access Program To improve the quality of life for all Montanans through education, innovation and technology by enhancing communication options. Mike Bouchard, Communications Tech Skyview 1&2 - 20th Floor
8:30am	Tech Panel Dillon Doane, 3 Rivers Communications, Supervisor Slater Henkel, Provision/Tier 3 Trouble Management, Siyeh Anthony Jordan, Combination Technician/IT Support, Siyeh RJ Keaster, Network/Combination Technician, LincTel Skyview 1&2 - 20th Floor	Current Status of Broadband Funding, Funding Issues, BEAD Update for Montana, and Recommendations for Successful Applications Thomas Stephenson, Millennium Conference Room 5 - 3rd Floor
9:30-11am	Trade Show Break & Networking – no sessions
11:00am	CEO Panel Brian DeMarco, Siyeh Communications Doran Fluckiger, Southern Montana Telephone Company Skyview 1&2 - 20th Floor
12:30pm	Raffle & Door Prize Drawing Trade Show Foyer near Registration Desk