Second National Hearing on Network Resilience and Reliability (updated w/agenda)

Second National Hearing on Network Resilience and Reliability

Federal Communications Commission
February 28, 2013
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0220/DA-1...

Agenda
1:00 p.m. (PST) Welcome and Opening Remarks

1:40 p.m. Panel #1: Innovative network technologies and smart power solutions to improve communications network resiliency in times of disaster

  • Hirohito Noda, Chief Representative of the Washington, D.C., Office, NTT DOCOMO USA, Inc.
  • Nayeem Islam, Vice President and Head of Qualcomm Research Silicon Valley
  • Haresh Kamath, Program Manager for Energy Storage, Electric Power Research Institute
  • Thomas Nagel, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, Communications and Data Services, Comcast

2:35 p.m. Panel #2: Employing innovative social media, open data and geo-location apps to enhance communications during emergencies

  • Alicia Johnson, Resilience and Recovery Manager, City of San Francisco Department of Emergency Management
  • Fred Wolens, Public Policy Team Member, Facebook
  • Ari Gesher, Senior Software Engineer and Engineering Ambassador, Palantir Technologies
  • George Chamales, Principal, Rogue Genius LLC

3:30 p.m. End of Hearing

For additional information about the meeting, please contact Gene Fullano, Associate Bureau Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-0492 or genaro.fullano@fcc.gov