Get excited for the 2024 KYRBA/TNBA Fall Conference & Supplier Showcase

Posted: September 8, 2023

U.S. Representative John Rose

The KYRBA/TNBA Fall Conference & Supplier Showcase is primed for knowledge and networking! We’re so excited to share with you a wonderful line-up of speakers and opportunities for connecting at this year’s event from Oct. 10-12, 2023 at the Marriott Cool Springs in Franklin, Tennessee

First, join us on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the Towhee Club in Spring Hill, Tennessee, for a special Golf Scramble. There will be a golf and cornhole tournaments for attendees and a boxed lunch.

The conference registration desk will open at the hotel from 4:30-6:30 pm and don’t miss out on our opening reception from 5:30–7 p.m.

On Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 8 a.m., Tyler Campbell, executive director of KYRBA, will welcome conference guests with opening remarks and announcements. We’re honored to have U.S. Rep. John Rose join us to discuss industry-related news.

Our line-up for general sessions:

**NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association Update**
Leif Oveson, NTCA’s vice president of government affairs

**The Great Transition**
Ed Wolff, NISC vice president of professional service, sales and marketing

**Unmasking the Dark Web**
Jon Brown, solutions architect and manager of pre-sales engineering for ePlus Technologies

Rethinking Rural
Barry Walton, a solutions architect at Corning Optical Solutions, Moderator

Panel includes
Brent Adcock, DTC engineering supervisor
Blake Goans, Twin Lakes plant engineer
Mark Hurley, Zirrus operations manager

Learn from your peers at our breakout sessions. The following speakers will join us in the afternoon.

**Build American, Buy American**
Brooke Coleman, Nokia account manager

**How Everything Fits Together, or It Should**
Steve Meltzer, JSI president of consulting and business services

**How to Be Smart About Artificial Intelligence Tools**
Andy Johns, Pioneer Utility Resources vice president of marketing

**Taking Broadband Beyond the Home**
Bob Mauro, Calix application sales manager

**Strategic Planning: The Challenge to Change**
Matt Pearce, senior manager, Moss Adams Aaron Sedler, partner of Moss Adams

**The Intersection of Cybersecurity and AI: Risks and Rewards for Service Providers**
Mark Lynd, NetSync head of executive advisory and corporate strategy

Of course, the much-anticipated supplier showcase will end the event on Thursday, Oct. 12. We look forward to seeing you all there! It’s not too late to register at https://kyrba.regfox.com/kyrbatnba-fall-conference.