Seventh Annual Conference

October 5-6, 2005 at the Expo Center of New Hampshire in Manchester, NH

Opening

Carol Miller is President of the New Hampshire ISP Association.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Session #1

Jeremy Katz, Moderator, is CEO of SegNET Technologies in Enfield.

Industry Roundtable

The concept of the industry roundtable is the future of broadband in the next 1-3 years. Topics that might come up are triple play fiber to the premise, voice over IP, WiMAX, and the role that independent ISPs might (or might not) have in this future.

Panelists will include Rick Preti of GWI, a yet-unnamed Verizon representative, a NHISPA director, and a hoped-for representative of the cable industry.

Session #2

Doug Patch, former Chairman of the NH PUC, is a partner at the Concord law firm of Orr & Reno.

New Hampshire Regulatory and Legislative Update

Session #3

Jeff Gore, Moderator, is General Manager of FCG Networks in Manchester.

Public Policy Roundtable

The public policy roundtable will discuss the future of the communications industry and specifically the internet access business in light of public policy and the diverse and often competing interests of the various groups effected by this policy.

Panelists will include Fred Kocher, host of WMUR-TV's New Hampshire Business and President of NH High Tech Council, Stuart Arnett, Director of the Department of Resource and Economic Development, Anne Ross, the Consumer Advocate for the State of New Hampshire, and Larry Ross, a Peterborough Representative in the State Legislature.

Session #4

Carol Miller, Moderator, is Vice President of NCIA in Berlin.

NHISPA Open Roundtable

The New Hampshire ISP Association Roundtable will focus on strategies and products that can be delivered to New Hampshire Markets. How to add value to service, while competing in the telecommunications industry by creating relationships and economic development.

Last updated September 28, 2005