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Join us for the 6th Annual Tech Fest!

March 6-9, 2023 - Havre, Montana

Advanced Training For The Telco Industry

Big Sky Tech Fest is Montana's leading training event for those in the Telecommunications industry. Set in Havre, Montana, the 4 day program features a robust multi-track schedule focused on Broadband Networking & Engineering, Marketing and Sales, Plant Operations and Accounting. 

The event is open to all communications cooperatives across Montana.


Pre Training

Requires separate registration

Monday, March 6th

Pre-Conference Training

2:00 - 5:00 Building 8-Meeting Room: End to end Fiber certification for Insertion Loss, Optical Return Loss & OTDR testing - Viavi, Jeff Harmon
5:30 - 8:00: Evening Social/Registration - Best Western Plus Havre Inn & Suites

General Sessions

Tuesday, March 7th

7:30-8:30, Registration
8:30-9:45, Opening Session - GM Roundtable
10-11, Session 1
11:15-12:15, Session 2
12:15-1:30, Lunch provided by Zyxel/CSSA - Vendor Area
1:30-2:30, Session 3
2:45-3:45, Session 4
4-5, Session 5
5:30-8, Evening Social - Best Western Plus Havre Inn & Suites

Wednesday, March 8th

8:30-9:30, Session 6
9:45-10:45, Session 7
10:45-11:45, Session 8
12-1, Lunch provided by Border States - Vendor Area
1-2, Network - Closing Session - Roundtable & Prizes

Post Training

Requires separate registration

Wednesday, March 8th

Post-Conference Training

2-5 Building 8, Meeting Room: Segmented Routing Workshop - Mike DiVincenzo, World Wide Technology
2-5 Building 8, Zumba Room: Mapping and Broadband Data Collection - CHR
2-4, Hospitality Room - Office: Marketing and Support Best Practices - Scott Neuman, Calix

Thursday, March 9th

Post-Conference Training

8:30-11, Calix Road Show

"The topics at Tech Fest are excellent. They pertained to what is happening in the "real" world currently. All the seminars that dealt w/ solutions to troubles and discussions about issues being seen at customer premises are very helpful"

- Tech Fest Attendee

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