• As IIC Assigns Roles To Speakers

By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief

Are you a telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) stakeholder looking to meet with old and new friends  and tap into the International Institute of Communications(IIC’s) unique formula to engage in frank discussions on timely themes under the Chatham House Rule? If yes, then, the place to be is the Telecommunications  & Media Forum, North America(In-Person) event holding between Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 December, 2023 in Washington DC, USA.

Cyber Era NG learns exclusively from a heads-up from the Director-General of the IIC, Lynn Robinson, that the forum hosts regulators from countries large and small including telecommunications regulator,  the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC).  The other regulators include:

• Barbados Broadcasting Commission
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
• Commission for Communications Regulation, Colombia
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC), USA
• Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC)
• National Communications Commission (NCC), Taiwan
• National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC), St Lucia
• Ofcom, UK
• Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC)

Already, we understand that in the Meet industry and civil society, looking into Spectrum decision making, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP, USA, Ambassador David A Gross,  Senior Vice President, Spectrum, CTIA, Umair Javed and Vice President & Associate General Counsel, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, Becky Tangren, will be leading the discussions.

The future of Internet governance will be dissected by:

• Lead Public Policy Specialist, Wikimedia Foundation, Stan Adams
• President and CEO, Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) Byron Holland
• Co-Founder, Salt Point Strategies, Fiona Alexander and
• Government and IGO Engagement Director – UN/ITU, ICANN, Elizabeth Oluoch

Responsible AI will be handled by:

*Partner, Wiggin LLP Gordon Moir

*Executive Director, Public  Policy, AT&T, Jeff Dygert

*Associate Administrator for Policy Analysis and Development, NTIA Russell Hanser

*Policy Counsel, Artificial Intelligence, Future of Privacy Forum Amber Ezzell

Also, the forum will witness discussions on:

-National and international priorities for US government

-Net neutrality

-Privacy, data protection and the expansion of lawful intercept

-Trust and authenticity in online content

Plus deep dive sessions:

• Protecting consumers from unsolicited communication
• UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF)
• Setting up the FCC’s Space Bureau
• What’s needed to build a successful metaverse?

The event organizers say there is still time for interested persons to register and the event is free for members to attend.