8:30 - 8:45 Introductory Remarks
William J. Warinner, CPA, Managing Principal, Warinner, Gesinger & Associates, LLC
8:45 - 9:45 The Re-emergence of Convergence; the New Paradigm of Service Integration
Keynote Speaker, Paul Waits, President, Ritter Communications Holdings, Inc.
9:45 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:15 Wi-Max
Dennis Couture, Director, Rural Markets, Nortel Networks
11:15 - 12:00 A Mid-Size Company’s Perspective
Evelyn Jerden, Senior Vice President-Operations, Lynch Interactive Corporation
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:15 Perspectives on the Future of Rural Telecommunications
Richard E. Gesinger, CPA, Principal, WGA, Moderator
Andy Heins, General Manager, Alma Telephone Company
David Pratt, Director of Video Operations, Arvig Communication Systems
Charlie Creason, General Manager, Project Mutual Telephone Cooperative Inc.
3:15 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 4:30 Generational Marketing: Who Buys What You’re Selling and How Do You Reach Them?
Missy Poje, President, Poje Marketing & Advertising, Inc.
4:30 Prize Drawing and Adjournment
5:15 Cocktails--Rooftop Room
6:15 Dinner Buffet--Rooftop Room
Wednesday, November 29
7:45 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:45 Update/Perspectives on Current Regulatory Matters
Richard E. Gesinger, CPA, Principal, WGA, Moderator
Glenn Brown, President, McLean & Brown
Robert J. DeBroux, Director, Federal Affairs, TDS Telecom
David Blessing, Principal, Parish, Blessing & Associates
9:45 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:15 Update/Perspectives on Current Regulatory Matters (Continued)
11:15 - 12:00 Impacts of Federal Legislation
Benjamin Dickens, Esq., Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast
12:00 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:00 Current Regulatory Accounting Issues
Andrew A. Denzer, Principal, Warinner, Gesinger & Associates, LLC
2:00 - 2:45 Corporate Investment Management
James A. Stanziola, J.D., ChFC, and Tim B. Disette, ChFC, Sagemark Consulting
2:45 - 3:00 Closing Remarks: Outlook for 2007
William J. Warinner