By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief

Further updates on the annual Washington DC Forum next week have emerged and Cyber Era NG can report that Online Content Regulation and Competition Reform, among others, are making the topics list and are billed to bring together an international panel of perspectives listing:

·         Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carlton University, Dwayne R. Winseck

·         Executive Director, Caricom Competition Commission, Nievia Ramsundar

·         Executive Vice President & General Counsel, News Media Alliance, Danielle Coffey

·         Chairman, European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) Dr. Tobias Schmid

·         Partner & Section Chair – Antitrust & Competition Law, Baker Botts LLP, Maureen K Ohlhausen

·         Commissioner, Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), Mexico,  Ramiro Camacho Castillo

IIC information with the signature of its Director-General, Lynn Robinson, which Cyber Era NG sighted, says Privacy, data protection and trust will be examined on December 9, with the California case study kick-starting the discussions with the following panelists confirmed:

·         General Director, National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI), Mexico, Vitelio Ruiz Bernal

·         Congresswoman, US House of Representatives, Suzan DelBene

·         Board member, California Privacy Protection Agency, Alastair Mactaggart

·         Policy Advisor, Office of Digital Services Industries (ITA-ODSI), Sam Schofield

·         US Trade Representative, Maureen Mahoney

·         Senior Director Privacy Policy, Microsoft, Christopher Calabrese

“Connectivity is also a big theme for the 9th December with discussions on broadband infrastructure and 5G, examining both supply and demand sides of the equation…., stated IIC.