Upcoming event

How are internet service providers rising to the challenge?

Important Update: Due to concerns about the coronavirus, this event will now be held online as a virtual panel. We will be posting more information soon.The event will be broadcasted live on our website. Please contact ITIF's Event Coordinator, Rachel Trello, at rtrello@itif.org with questions. 

The public meeting will be conducted via teleconference and WebEx only. Members of the public may listen to the meeting by dialing toll-free: 1–888–982–7296 and enter participant code 3161488#. To view the slide presentation, the public may visit the URL: https:// www.mymeetings.com/nc/join/ and enter Conference Number: PWXW9653105 and Audience Passcode: 3161488.

Next Generation Wi-Fi: Heading Off a 5G Digital Divide with Affordable Connectivity for All

Due to evolving concerns around coronavirus (COVID-19), this event has been moved to an online only format.

To join the event via webcast, click here. We recommend you join by computer, however if you are unable, you can join by phone with the information below:

The Meeting will be held via conference call and available to the public via WebEx at http://www.fcc.gov/live 

At this meeting, the  Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee will review a report and recommendations from its Disaster Response and Recovery working group, and hear reports from the Increasing Broadband Investment in Low-Income Communities and Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Job Skills and Training Opportunities working groups.

Collaboration among multiple entities is the hallmark of new fiber-to-the-premises initiatives across the country, particularly because federal and state grant programs encourage such collaboration. This webinar will offer insight into the most common of these partnership models: one in which an entity with infrastructure expertise (such as a city or electric utility) builds and maintains the fiber infrastructure, while another entity (this one with operations and service expertise) lights and operates the network.

THIS EVENT IS CANCELED

The workshop will be the second in a two-part series hosted together with the Department of Justice. The two workshops will allow for a dynamic discussion about the proposed guidelines to complement the written public comments about the proposed guidelines that were submitted to the agencies.

In 2019, the Trump Administration launched the American Broadband Initiative (ABI) with the release of the Milestones Report.  A year later, federal agencies have made significant progress across government to improve broadband access for Amer

Witnesses

Panel I

1. Nicole, Team HOPE Member, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Panel II

1. Mr. John Shehan

   Vice President, Exploited Children Division

   National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

   Alexandria , VA

2. Mr. Jared Sine

   Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

   Match Group

   Dallas , TX

3. Professor Mary G. Leary

   Professor of Law

   The Catholic University of America
   Columbus School of Law

   Washington, DC