15th Annual TFI Technology Conference
January 23-24, 2020, Austin Texas

Videos, Slides, and Speaker Bios are linked below.
Videos can also be viewed on our YouTube channel.

Conference Photos are on our TFI Facebook page.

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Thank you 2020 TFI Technology Conference Sponsors:

              

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2020 TFI Technology Conference Schedule (with links to bios, slides, and videos)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020

6:15–7:15 pm – Pre-Conference Reception Meet & Greet
Sponsored by CostQuest

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 8:30 am – 6:00 pm – Conference Day One –
Rio Grande Ballroom

8:30 am        Introductions and Welcome  – Slides & Video
• Lawrence Vanston, President, Technology Futures, Inc. (TFI)

8:45 am        TFI Industry Forecast Overview – Slides & Video
• Lawrence Vanston, President, TFI

9:45 am       Break

10:00 am     Wireless Keynote: Defining Actual 5G and What it Might Do

• Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies at Light Reading Slides & Video

10:45 am  Discussion and Q&A

11:00 am  Break

11:15 am  Recent Federal & State Broadband Activities  Slides & Video
• Jim Stegeman, President, CostQuest Associates

12:00 am  Spectrum Pricing Update Slides & Video
• Ruben Miranda, Duff & Phelps

12:30 pm  Lunch – Sponsored by Maura’s Voice

1:30 pm  Broadband Keynote: Broadband to the Vineyard: Perspectives from a Rural Wireless Provider Slides & Video
• David McCullough, Co-Owner, Hill Country Wireless & Technology

2:30 pm  Discussion and Q&A

2:45 pm  Break

3:00 pm  Wireless Industry Panel / Implications for Tax & Valuation Slides & Video Featured CNBC Video
• Ruben Miranda, Duff & Phelps
• Gary Hunter, AT&T
• Stephen Yergeau, Director, Property Taxes, T-Mobile

3:45 pm  Broadband Industry Panel / Implications for Tax & Valuation Slides & Video
• Jeff Binkley, Assessment Valuation Advisors (Moderator)
• Carl Hoemke, Valentium Group
• Christian Altenburger, Comcast
• John Reed, Charter
• Gary Hunter, AT&T

4:30 pm  Break

4:45 pm  U.S. Economic Outlook Slides & Video
• Michael A. Sadler, Ph.D., Department of Economics and Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

5:45 pm  Day End

6:00 pm  Conference Reception

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 Rio Grande Ballroom)

8:30 am  Communications Technology Update Slides & Video
August (Augie) Grant, Ph.D., Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina; Co-Editor, Communications Technology Update and Fundamentals

9:30 am  Break

9:45 am  Policy Keynote: Communications Equipment Price Indices: Under the Hood with an Expert Slides & Video
• Vincent Russo, Chief, Section of Durable Goods, Producer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

10:45 am  Break

11:00 am  The Innovation Winter is Coming: Implications of the U.S.-China Trade War Slides & Video
• Kim Houser, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University

11:30 am  The Last Word Slides & Video
• Peggy Wardlaw, Wardlaw Appraisal Group

11:45 am  Break

11 :50 am  Box Lunch Discussion

12 :30 pm Conference Ends

Videos, slides, and photos from past conferences: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014

Please contact Helen Mary Marek, at hmvmarek@tfi.com or call us at (512) 258-8898 with any questions regarding the conference.