The Next Three Billion: Initiatives to Bring the Whole World Online

New America
Thursday, February 9, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
https://www.newamerica.org/oti/events/next-three-billion/

Agenda:

9:45 a.m. Registration and Coffee

10:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview of Challenge

• Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO of New America, @SlaughterAM
• Megan Smith, Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Entrepreneur, Engineer, @smithmegan
• Manu Bhardwaj, Former Senior Advisor on Technology & Internet Policy, U.S. State Department

10:30 a.m. Presentations and Panel Discussion: Local Strategies

• Steve Song, Senior Research Associate, Network Startup Resource Center, @stevesong
• Vanu Bose, President & CEO, Vanu Inc., @vanubose
• Christopher Yoo, Founding Director, 1 World Connected and Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School, @1_WorldConnect
• Dave Wright, Director, Regulatory Affairs & Network Standards, Ruckus Wireless, @wifidave

Moderator: Kim Hart, Technology Editor, Axios, @khart

11:40 a.m. Lunch Break

12:10 p.m Luncheon Keynote

• Jack Spilsbury, Global Connect Initiative Senior Coordinator, U.S. State Department
• Antonio Garcia Zaballos, Inter-American Development Bank, @the_IDB
• Patsy Doerr, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, Thomson Reuters, @patsydoerr

12:30 p.m. Presentations and Panel Discussion: Global Strategies

• Marian Croak, VP Access Strategy & Emerging Markets, Google Inc., @GooglePubPolicy
• Greg Wyler, Founder & Executive Chairman, OneWeb, @greg_wyler
• Bob Pepper, Head of Global Connectivity Policy and Planning, Facebook, @rmpepper
• Paul Garnett, Director Affordable Access Initiatives, Microsoft, @MicrosoftIPC

Moderator: Cecilia Kang, National Technology Correspondent, The New York Times, @ceciliakang

2:00 p.m. Adjourn