Tuesday, April 30, 2024

8:30 - 9:30 a.m. 

Registration Open - Federal Building Annex (Social Security Administration Office) - 

222 West 8th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska – Mod G (Conference Rooms A-C)

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

Alaska Peering Exchange Meeting (invitation-only)

• “N-Wave infrastructure & Initial Plans for the Alaska Peering Exchange”
  Robert Sears, N-Wave Director, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• “Trusted Internet Connection Access Point (TICAP) Infrastructure”
  Chi Kang, Deputy Director, Operations, Cyber Security Division, OCIO/NOAA
• “Alaska Peering Exchange Management”
  Jason Iannone and Andrew Lee, N-Wave Transport Network Architect/Engineers - N-Wave Network Operations Center (NOC), GlobalNOC at Indiana University

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. 

Lunch (on your own)

1:30 - 4:00 p.m. 

Vendor Exhibit Showcase (open to all attendees)
Visit with representatives from Alaska Communications (ACS), Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative (ASTAC), GCI Communications Corporation, Greensparc, MTA Solutions, Pacific Dataport and Quintillion Global. 

4:00 p.m. 

Day 1 Concludes

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 

Registration Open - Federal Building Annex (Social Security Administration Office) - 

222 West 8th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska – Mod G (Conference Rooms A-C)

9:00 - 9:10 a.m. 

Opening Remarks
CAPT Joseph Baczkowski, N-Wave Engagement & Outreach Manager, OCIO/NOAA

9:10 - 10:00 a.m. 

NOAA | N-Wave
“Current Infrastructure and Alaska Network Modernization Efforts”

Robert Sears, N-Wave Director, OCIO/NOAA

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. 

Networking Break

10:30 - 11:00 a.m. 

Ilisagvik College

Amanda Sialofi, Dean of Administration

11:00 - 11:30 a.m. 

Tanana Chiefs Conference

Dave Messier, TCC Infrastructure Director

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 - 1:25 p.m. 

Cordova Telecom Cooperative

Jeremiah Beckett, Chief Executive Officer 

1:30 - 1:55 p.m. 

Marine Exchange of Alaska 

Chris Coutu, Assistant Director

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. 

University of Hawai‘i

Chris Zane, Director of Network Services

2:30 - 3:00 p.m. 

Networking Break

3:00 - 3:25 p.m 

International Trade Administration (ITA)
Debra Franklin, State Office Director - Alaska, U.S. Commercial Service, Global Markets

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. 

Daily Wrap Up | Day 3 Preview

CAPT Joseph Baczkowski, N-Wave Engagement & Outreach Manager, OCIO/NOAA

4:00 p.m. 

Day 2 Concludes

Thursday, May 2, 2024

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 

Registration Open - Federal Building Annex (Social Security Administration Office) - 

222 West 8th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska – Mod G (Conference Rooms A-C)

9:00 - 9:25 a.m. 

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Tribal Broadband Consortium
Kevin Hamer, General Manager

9:30 - 10:00 a.m. 

Panel Discussion: “Broadband and Funding Projects”

Moderator: CAPT Joseph Baczkowski, N-Wave Engagement & Outreach Director, OCIO/NOAA
Panelists:

• Natalie Kovach, General Field Representative, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Telecommunications Program
• Thomas Lochner, Director, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development/Office of Broadband
• Tyler Sachtleben, Federal Program Officer/Alaska, National Telecommunications & Information Administration’s Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program/Office of Internet Connectivity & Growth

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. 

Networking Break

10:30 - 10:55 a.m. 

NOAA | National Ocean Service | Office for Coastal Management
“NOAA Tribal Engagement”
Jacquelyn Overbeck, CFM, Alaska Regional Geospatial Coordinator

11:00 - 11:30 a.m. 

Alaska International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1547

Julius Casquejo, Business Representative

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 - 1:25 p.m. 

NOAA | National Weather Service | Alaska Region 

Scott Lindsey, PhD, Regional Director

1:30 - 1:55 p.m. 

Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP)

Steve Smith, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. 

Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | University of Alaska Fairbanks & Snow, Ice, and Permafrost Group - Geophysical Institute

Jennifer Delamere, Director (GINA) and Associate Research Professor (Geophysical Institute)

2:30 - 3:00 p.m. 

Networking Break 

3:00 - 3:30 p.m. 

Tlingit and Haida

Chris Cropley, Director of Tidal Network

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. 

Closing Remarks | Meeting Wrap-Up
CAPT Joseph Baczkowski, N-Wave Engagement & Outreach Manager, OCIO/NOAA

Robert Sears, N-Wave Director, OCIO/NOAA

4:00 p.m. 

Meeting Concludes