2021 Futures Retreat | Agenda

Inn of the Mountain Gods | Mescalero, New Mexico

7:00 a.m.	Registration
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast Buffet
8:00 - 8:05 a.m.	Welcome — Invocation and Opening Remarks Weldon R. Gray, TSTCI-CEO Mescalero CE
8:05 - 9:30 a.m.	Navigating Disruptive Business Trends-How to Get and Stay Ahead of the Competition Joel G. Block, CPA, CSP Mescalero CE
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.	Refreshment Break — Mescalero CE
9:45 - 11:00 a.m	Network 2030 – What Should We Be Engineering For? Tom Lewis, VP Engineering - John Staurulakis, Inc - JSI
11:00 a.m. - Noon	Telco Cloud Concepts for US Rural Telephone Market Clinton McDaniel, Director UC Product Management
Noon - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch (on your own)
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.	Afternoon MasterMind Session--What is the Future of Our Industry?And What are We Going to Do About It? Joel G. Block, CPA, CSP Mescalero CE
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.	Celebration Reception (Casual Dress)

7:00 - 11:45 a.m.	Registration — Box Office Foyer
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast Buffet — Pre-Function Room
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.	What’s been going on in Cyber — You Need to Be Ready! David Villyard - Operations Manager NCC COMM-ISAC Watch, Deputy Director National Communications & Coordination Branch (NCC), DHS, National Cybersecurity Communication Integration Center (NCCIC) Mescalero CE
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.	Refreshment Break — Mescalero CE
9:45 - 11:45 a.m.	It looks like the 2020 Covid Recession is in our rear view mirror. What comes next? Edmund J. Seifried, Ph.D. Mescalero CE
11:45 a.m.	Meeting Adjourns