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.
Thank you 2020 TFI Technology Conference Sponsors:
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.
