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Fiber Broadband Association Lights It Up in Nashville, June 1–4, for Fiber Connect 2025 Conference: Registration is Now Open

World’s largest fiber broadband event celebrates major growth and fiber deployments while bringing focus on the innovators, pioneers, and visionaries for a connected world

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Fiber Broadband Association officially opened its registration for the upcoming Fiber Connect 2025 event – the largest fiber broadband event in the world – held June 1-4, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. The event boasts a fresh theme highlighting the industry’s progress in lighting the nation’s fiber optic critical broadband infrastructure that will elevate lives for generations to come. The 2025 conference will feature expanded educational programs and exclusive networking opportunities for its expected 5,000+ fiber broadband ecosystem attendees.

“The program for Fiber Connect 2025 promises to deliver something for everyone involved in shaping the future of connectivity with fiber broadband,” said Evann Freeman, Vice President of Government and Community Relations, EPB and chairman of the FBA Conference Committee. “Taking advantage of the early bird registration fees is a great way to maximize your investment in attending Fiber Connect and we hope to see everyone in Nashville this June.”

Expand your learning and networking potential at Fiber Connect 2025 by making some of these sessions and exclusive offerings a top priority to attend:

  • Operator Light Talks – Hear real-world stories and actionable strategies from operators that are transforming their communities through fiber broadband.
  • OpTIC Path Rodeo – Test and showcase technical skills in a competitive setting for fiber technicians, inspired by FBA’s OpTIC Path ™ Training Curriculum.
  • The C-Suite Forum - Join other C-level executives for exclusive curriculum designed to connect industry leaders to share ideas, best practices, and hear from industry experts about the issues, challenges and opportunities our industry faces in the year ahead.
  • Smart Home Open House – Dive into immersive home experience challenges and opportunities that will take the Smart Home to the next level.
  • Broadband Policy Symposium – Learn how priorities are changing, what are the next set of milestones, and who will be the champions of the underserved as policy priorities shift and evolve.

Fiber Connect 2025 also includes numerous industry meetups, networking and social events, an expanded Expo Hall with over 250 vendor booths, live Proof-of-Concept demonstrations, the Expo Hall Theater, and additional activities.

Don’t miss the chance to be part of the fiber broadband industry’s premier event. Learn more and secure your spot for Fiber Connect 2025 by visiting https://fiberconnect2025.eventscribe.net/index.asp. To register to attend, click here.

About the Fiber Broadband Association

The Fiber Broadband Association is the largest and only trade association that represents the complete fiber ecosystem of service providers, manufacturers, industry experts, and deployment specialists dedicated to the advancement of fiber broadband deployment and the pursuit of a world where communications are limitless, advancing quality of life and digital equity anywhere and everywhere. The Fiber Broadband Association helps providers, communities, and policy makers make informed decisions about how, where, and why to build better fiber broadband networks. Since 2001, these companies, organizations, and members have worked with communities and consumers in mind to build the critical infrastructure that provides the economic and societal benefits that only fiber can deliver. The Fiber Broadband Association is part of the Fibre Council Global Alliance, which is a platform of six global FTTH Councils in North America, LATAM, Europe, MEA, APAC, and South Africa. Learn more at fiberbroadband.org.

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Press Contact:
Christy Barbaran
Connect2 Communications for the Fiber Broadband Association
FBA@connect2comm.com

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Contacts

Press Contact:
Christy Barbaran
Connect2 Communications for the Fiber Broadband Association
FBA@connect2comm.com

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