INCOMPAS Policy Summit 2020
| 7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Ethical Considerations before the FCC (CLE Ethics Credit) This one-hour Ethics CLE course focuses on ethical practices for those who practice before the FCC, including those who are participating in adjudications and rulemakings that involve protective orders. The course will also cover compliance with the FCC’s ex parte presentation rules. This CLE credit is applicable to state bar requirements in California, New York and Virginia. Speaker: Georgios A. Leris, Associate, Steptoe |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Chip Pickering, CEO, INCOMPAS |
| 9:05 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Keynote Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) Chairman, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology House Energy and Commerce Committee |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Keynote FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Keynote FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | 10 Years: The FCC’s National Broadband Plan – A Look Back and Forward This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan that was released on March 17, 2010. The plan, mandated by Congress and written by the FCC, was a massive undertaking that developed a roadmap for initiatives to stimulate economic growth, spur job creation and boost America's capabilities in education, healthcare, homeland security and more. Key cornerstones of the plan set out strategies and initiatives to meet its goals for broadband deployment, adoption, and related funding. Join us for this panel to hear from the architect and authors of the plan to take a look back and forward as they discuss how well America is doing to meet the mandate of Congress and the goals of the plan. Moderator: Angie Kronenberg, Chief Advocate and General Counsel, INCOMPAS Speakers: |
| 11:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. | Broadband Can’t Wait: How Tech and Communications Companies are Solving the Rural Broadband Gap Join us for this session that will explore initiatives of platform and communications companies to deliver broadband. Learn more about who is being served and how technology is used to deploy broadband in hard to reach and underserved markets. Speakers: |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12.30 p.m. | Keynote Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) Republican Leader, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology House Energy and Commerce Committee |
| 12:30 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:40 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Staying Focused: Technology as the Solution, Not the Problem The average human now has an attention span of eight seconds, with statistics showing that our attention spans decrease by 88% a year. The CHC tells us that over six million American children have been diagnosed with ADHD. Generation after generation will likely only continue to see a decline in the ability to focus, which, as technology providers, is detrimental to the businesses we will serve in the coming decades. Society says technology is the problem - iPads, social media, video games and more. Fuse.Cloud says technology the solution. Learn why the right competition and technology policy enables companies like Fuse.Cloud to meet its commitment to helping businesses regain their focus is causing a paradigm shift in the way the telecommunications companies and other tech providers can meet the needs of their customers now and in the future. Speaker: Gary Watts, Founder and CEO, Fuse.Cloud |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. | Section 230: Understanding Why it's the Key to Competition This panel will focus on what’s at stake in the ongoing Section 230 conversations. Hear from experts on how Section 230 promotes innovation, investment, and competition. Panelists will discuss why Section 230 is critical to the foundation of online competition, impact of recent changes to Section 230, as well as ongoing conversations with policymakers to ensure that the benefits of Section 230 continue. Speakers: |
| 1:40 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. | Keynote David Lawrence Chief of the Competition Policy and Advocacy Section, Antitrust Division U.S. Department of Justice |
| 2:10 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Federal Contracting & Competition |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:10 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Fiber Future: Better Policy, More Broadband At all levels - federal, state and local - the regulatory climate will either promote or hinder demand for broadband and the buildout of networks and infrastructure to meet market demand. The challenges faced not only impact time and speed to market but also cost to build out fiber networks. This panel will focus on initiatives that are helping to streamline processes and how companies can work together to reinforce policies that promote fiber and broadband buildout, as well as overcome challenges that still exist. Moderator: Speakers: |
| 3:50 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. | E-Rate Compliance Attorney and industry expert Gina Spade will discuss service provider best practices to stay compliant with E-rate rules. Speaker: Gina Spade, Founder, Broadband Legal Strategies |
| 4:10 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. | STIR/SHAKEN with a Dash of Analytics - Mitigating Robocalls in 2020 Over the last 18 months, INCOMPAS has joined forces with other representatives from the telecommunications industry to develop the STIR/SHAKEN framework—a set of protocols and operational procedures designed to authenticate telephone calls and mitigate illegal robocalling and spoofing. Join us to hear from industry experts working with STI-GA to learn more about the status of the robocalling issue, the process, and critical work that will be done in the coming year. Moderator: Speakers: |
| 4:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks Chip Pickering, CEO, INCOMPAS |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Networking Reception |
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