By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief

The International Institute of Communications(IIC’s) Regulators Forum and Annual Conference agendae have been updated on all sessions even as the geographic reach  and speakers list continue to grow, a headsup obtained from  President of IIC, Chris Chapman says. The Forum holds between 16-19 October in Cologne, Germany.

“All the hot topics are on the table for discussion in plenary sessions and interactive breakout sessions – telecom infrastructure, broadcasting evolution, digital markets and services, AI, spectrum, media freedom, privacy and security, and of course the digital divide. Catch up with familiar faces, meet many new ones, take the opportunity to consider policy and regulatory questions from a different perspective,” stated Mr. Chapman. 

According to Chapman, recent speakers to confirm include:

• Vice President International External and Regulatory Affairs, AT&T, Claudia Selli
• Head of Division, Market Development, Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) Björn Blondell
• Vice-Chairperson, Broadcasting,  Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Alicia Barin
• Head of Government Affairs Germany, Cisco Systems, Wolfgang Percy Ott
• Commissioner, Autorità per le Garanzienelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) Elisa Giomi
• Head of Global Licensing, Project Kuiper, Amazon, Gonzalo de Dios
• Spectrum Policy Manager, Meta, Guillaume Lebrun
• Senior Associate, International Policy (Cyber & Tech Policy), Ofcom, UK, Nicole Darabian
• Director, Frontier Economics, George Houpis

Registration is still open and there are still opportunities available to sponsor this year’s Annual Conference. Further details could be obtained from  Emily at e.garbett@iicom.org