Upcoming event

Agenda

Doors open at 8:30 am

9:00 a.m. Welcome

James P. Steyer, Common Sense

9:10-10:00 a.m. Where Do We Start?

Tristan Harris, Center for Humane Technology

Ellen Pao, Project Include

10:00-10:50 a.m. Putting the Equity in Tech

Maria Alvarez, Common Sense

Kim-Mai Cutler, Initialized Capital

Michelle Hyman, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Shireen Santosham, City of San Jose

Rachael Myrow, KQED

Lost amidst the hype around super-fast 5th Generation (5G) mobile networks is the reality that the next generation of Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6) is ready now. Wi-Fi 6 is capable of providing gigabit-fast 5G capabilities to consumers and businesses in cities, suburbs, and rural areas far sooner and more affordably than cellular networks. What’s missing is access to the wide channels of public airwaves that the Federal Communications Commission has proposed to open for shared, unlicensed use, from 5.9 to 7.2 GHz.

The communications market is changing rapidly - what began as a statewide, copper-based telephone network of franchise monopoly local exchange companies has evolved into a diverse, multi-provider and multi-technology broadband network that relies on copper, fiber optic, wireless, and satellite infrastructure.

Why Attend This En Banc?

Hear from stakeholders in business, education, government, and non-profit sectors examining questions on issues such as:

Witnesses

1. Professor Avi Goldfarb
   Ellison Professor of Marketing
   Rotman School of Management

   University of Toronto

   Toronto, Canada

2. Dr. Fiona M. Scott Morton, Ph.D.

   Theodore Nierenberg Professor Of Economics

   Yale School of Management

   New Haven , CT

3. Mr. Brian O'Kelley

   Founder And Former CEO

   AppNexus Inc.

   New York , NY

4. Dr. Johnny Ryan, Ph.D.

   Chief Policy & Industry Relations Officer

   Brave

   San Francisco , CA

Throughout the United States, rural residents lag behind their urban counterparts in broadband access. This inequity echoes through disparities in access to jobs, education and healthcare, while harming the ability of rural communities to attract and retain businesses and residents. Broadband access has become a major driver of a larger urban-rural divide. However, local leaders are leading innovative plans to bridge that divide. 

There has been a global consensus for nearly a century that countries should tax multinational companies in the jurisdictions where they create value, not where they generate sales. But that consensus has begun to fall apart as digitalization has made it easier to serve regional markets remotely and Internet companies have successfully capitalized on the opportunity.

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) will convene an executive session on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building G50 to consider the following legislative measures: