US Government, International Regulators To Speak At IIC DC Forum 3-4 December

By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief

The International Institute of Communications (IIC) has said that the agenda for its North America Forum built for 3-4 December, 2024 has been updated, while more speakers are continuing to confirm their attendance even as its moderators are carefully planning thought-provoking discussions, Cyber Era NG gathers.

The heads-up is contained in an IIC communication shared with us over email by its Director-General Ms. Lynn Robinson.

“As always we are bringing together a geographically diverse and select group of senior regulatory practitioners and policy makers who are looking forward to discussing timely issues under the Chatham House Rule,” said Ms. Robinson. 

Keynotes are expected from:

• Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Federal Regulatory & International Public Policy, Verizon Communications; Board Director, IIC, Will Johnson
• Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), USA, Alan Davidson
• Digital Counselor, Delegation of the European Union to the United States, Johannes Bahrke
• Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State, Jennifer Bachus

According to Robinson, recent additions to the impressive speaker line-up include:

*Deputy Director, Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Programme, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Courtney Dozier

*Vice President, Policy, Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council, Fallon Wilson

*Senior Counsel, Tech Policy, CommonSense Media, Holly Grosshans

*Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs,

Cisco Systems, Leslie McKnew

*Cyberspace and Digital Policy, US Department of State, Melanie L. Kaplan

*Founder and Managing Director, Global Media Registry (GMR) Olaf Steenfadt

*Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, Echostar Corporation, Gabriela Lago

*Commissioner, National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC), Saint Lucia, Shana Willie-Matoorah

Deep dive sessions from regulators are to come from:

-Acting Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), USA, Ira Keltz

-Executive Director, Telecommunications, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Leila Wright

-Digital Services Commissioner, Coimisiúnna Meán, Ireland, John Evans