By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the annual Washington DC Telecom & Media Forum will hold  8-9 December as scheduled, Cyber Era NG has learnt.

IIC information authored by its Director-General, Lynn Robinson, sighted by  this medium,  says all sessions are online this year and “we are packing a wide range of opinions into the discussions which will look at protecting and connecting consumers, citizens, government and business.”

These include:

• National and international policy objectives and priorities
• New rules for content on the Internet
• Competition dynamics in digital markets
• Implications of broadband ‘everywhere’ rollout
• Policy frameworks for 5G and beyond
• Privacy, security, data protection and trust

IIC has also confirmed the following speakers to date:

• Board Chair and Founder, Californians for Consumer Privacy, Alastair Mactaggart
• Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce (NTIA)          Evelyn Remaley
• Minister-Counsellor, Digital Economy Policy, Delegation of the European Union to the USA, Peter Fatelnig
• General Director of Investigation and Verification of the Private Sector, National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI), Mexico, Vitelio Ruiz Bernal
• Chairman, European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA); Director, Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dr. Tobias Schmid
• Tech and Telecom Policy Counsel, Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council,  Danielle A Davis
• Group Director, Spectrum, Ofcom, UK,  Philip Marnick
• Executive Director, Caricom Competition Commission,  Nievia Ramsundar

• Chairperson and CEO, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Ian Scott