FCC Workshop: Technology/Applications and Devices
What’s the “killer app” for broadband communications, and what are the emerging trends in adoption, usage and device development?
Do you want a say in how the U.S. government develops policies, measurement metrics and funding for broadband infrastructure? In true Government 2.0 style, you’ll have an opportunity to let your voice be heard – in person or online, as the the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Broadband.gov continue their ongoing series of public workshops today, Thurs., 8/27/09.
What it’s all about:
The goal of these workshops will be to promote an open dialogue between the FCC and key constituents on matters important to the National Broadband Plan. Key constituents will include service providers, equipment providers, applications providers, community groups, and other groups that have a stake in the future of broadband. Workshops will consist of meetings held at the FCC’s offices in Washington, DC. The public will have the opportunity to suggest meeting topics and questions for the workshops.
From the official FCC event website:
All meetings will be broadcast over the Internet when possible, and archived for viewing at a later time to ensure that everyone has access to the content.
All information gathered in these workshops will be made part of the public record in the National Broadband Plan proceeding, GN Docket No. 09-51.
Workshop: Technology/Applications and Devices
Date: Thursday, 8/27/09
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Room TW-C305 (Commission Meeting Room)
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20554
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Coordinator: James Miller
Phone: (202) 418-7351
Directions
Frequently Asked Questions
The goal of this workshop is to explore trends in the use of and development of broadband applications and devices. The workshop will identify the technologies and packages of technology pieces that comprise the “killer app” trend-setting broadband applications driving broadband use. It will also identify these technologies’ requirements for broadband infrastructure and devices.
Understanding both the trends and needs that facilitate growth in broadband applications and devices, the workshop will aid Commission efforts to identify metrics and data-gathering techniques to track and evaluate broadband infrastructure deployments, and develop key broadband policies to foster broadband application and device investment, development, and use.
The workshop will develop this background by answering crucial questions about how consumers use applications and devices, and the challenges to developing them.
Topics
The following are some of the preliminary topics that will be covered at this workshop. If you would like to discuss any other topics, please send the FCC your suggestions.
Trends
- What are innovative ways consumers are using broadband today?
- How are the ways consumers use broadband changing?
- How are evolutions in devices facilitating what consumers can do with broadband?
- How will applications evolve in the next 5, 10, and 15 years?
Needs
- What advancements in broadband infrastructure could make possible applications currently limited by the available pipe?
- What are the challenges to developing broadband applications for fixed and mobile broadband?
- What changes in broadband devices and development platforms could realize new growth in applications?
- How may changes in applications drive changes to networks?
- What regulatory or legal barriers constrain the growth of broadband applications and devices?
- In what ways do applications and devices leverage legal, social, and technical features of cybersecurity?
Agenda
| 1:30 pm | Panel Session 1: CURRENT EXPERIENCES AND TRENDS IN APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES (90 minutes: 5 minutes from each panelist followed by questions from the FCC moderating panel and audience) Anoop Gupta, Corporate Vice President for Technology Policy and Strategy, Microsoft Tim Napoleon, Chief Strategist, Digital Media, Akamai Technologies Robb Topolski, Chief Technologist, Open Technology Initiative, New America Foundation, Public Knowledge, Free Press Evan Young, Senior Director, Product Marketing, TiVo Inc. Bill Gurley, General Partner, Benchmark Capital |
| 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:10 pm | Panel Session 2: EMERGING APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THEM (90 minutes: 5 minutes from each panelist followed by questions from the FCC moderating panel and audience) Sunil Daluvoy, Senior Manager, New Business Development, Google Jeremy Liew, General Manager, Lightspeed Venture Partners David Hsieh, Vice President, Solutions Marketing & Emerging Technologies, Cisco Systems, Inc. Laureen Cook, Vice President, 4G/LTE Strategy, Alcatel-Lucent Mathew Oommen, Vice President, Device and Technology Development, Sprint Nextel |
| 4:40 pm | Closing Statements/Adjournment |
Can’t make it to DC? Attend the workshop online:
You’ll need to register to attend the webinar. You’ll also need to set up the required webinar software 
prior to the event. Also check to make sure that you have the appropriate players needed to playback the UCF (Universal Communications Format) rich media files.
The sooner your computer is properly set up, the sooner you can join the event! If you have problems joining a meeting or viewing the webinar, please contact the events administrator.
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