TPRC48

Times are Eastern Time.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

9:45 am. Welcome to a Virtual Conference

10:00 am Paper Sessions (Click here for listing of Papers)

12:00 pm   The Future of the Internet, a conversation with the Honorable Michael K. Powell, former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (2001-2005 Chair; 1997-2001 Commissioner) and President and CEO, NCTA-The Internet and Television Association, moderated by Nicol Turner Lee, TPRC Board Chair, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, and Director, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution (Confirmed)  1:00 pm    

Panel Sessions

• Is US-China Trade in Telecoms and Information Compatible with National Security?

• Connecting the Underconnected in a 5G and Beyond World

2:00 pm     Plenary Panel

 3:00 pm     Fireside Conversation

3:45 pm. Closing followed by Networking

Thursday, February 18, 2021

9:45 am. Welcome to a Virtual Conference

10:00 am Paper Sessions (Click here for listing of Papers)

 12:00 pm   Fireside Chat: The Honorable Ajit Pai, Former Chairman, FCC and Scott Wallsten, Technology Policy Institute 

12:30 pm Awards Ceremony including Student Paper Awards and Charles Benton Early Career Scholar Award

1:00 pm Graduate Student Symposium by the Internet Governance Lab, American University

  1:30 pm     Panel Sessions

• Resilience as a Goal of Information and Communication Policy: A Reassessment and Outlook

• The Researcher’s Guide to the Digital Inclusion Galaxy: Designing and Using Data from the NTIA Internet Use Survey

  2:30 pm    Town Hall: Free speech, societal harmony, and media diversity: pick two with Johannes Bauer, Michigan State University, and Eli Noam, Columbia Business School

4:00 pm. Closing and Networking Session

5:00 pm. Trivia Night with Gigi Sohn

Friday, February 19, 2021 

9:45 am. Welcome to a Virtual Conference

10:00 am Paper Sessions (Click here for listing of Papers)
Panel

• Tackling the Digital Divide: What We’ve Learned, Where to Go

 12:00 pm   Keynote Speaker 

  1:00 pm     Panel Sessions

• National Broadband Plan at 10: Lessons Learned and Should There Be Another?

• Communications Networks and the COVID-19 Pandemic

   2:00 pm     Poster Session

   3:00 pm    What to Expect for Tech in the Biden-Harris Administration. Panel discussion moderated by Scott Wallsten, President and CEO, TPI with former FCC Commissioner and Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn (2009-2018), Rob Atkinson, President and CEO, ITIF, Gigi Sohn, Benton Senior Fellow

3:45 pm. Closing

All sessions will be recorded and available to register conference attendees to view as time allows.

Networking “rooms” are available throughout the conference for small group networking, private meetings or just hanging out!