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October 2017
(88 events)
Oct
1–3
National Association of State Chief Information Officers annual conference, JW Marriott Austin — see here
Oct
1
Alabama 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning committees meet, 1 p.m., Perdido Beach Resort, 27200 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach — see here
Oct
2–7
American Advertising Federation Washington, D.C., chapter annual conference, more details TBA — see here
Oct
2
American Library Association gives copyright award to Jonathan Band at Capitol Hill event, 5:30 p.m., CTA, 21 D St. SE — see here and shines@alawash.org
Oct
2
Washington Space Business Roundtable lunch event with House Space Subcommittee ranking member Ami Bera, D-Calif., noon, City Club of Washington, 555 13th St. NW — see here
Oct
3
2019 World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee Space Services group meets by phone, 1 p.m. — see here and EDT, 888-858-2144, PIN 7989399
Oct
3
House Digital Commerce Subcommittee hearing on Equifax data breach, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn — see here
Oct
3
Washington Post cybersecurity event, 9 a.m., Washington Post Live Center, 1301 K St. NW — see here
Oct
3
House Crime Subcommittee hearing: “Online Sex Trafficking and the Communications Decency Act,” 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn — see here
Oct
3
2019 World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee Regulatory Issues group meets by phone, 10 a.m. — see here and EDT 888-858-2144, PIN 7989399
Oct
4
Senate Commerce Committee marks up bills including on self-driving vehicles, suicide hotlines (S-1015) and amateur radio (S-1534) and nominees including Walter Copan as commerce undersecretary-standards and technology and David Redl to head NTIA, 10 a.m., 216 Hart — see here
Oct
4
Senate Privacy Subcommittee hearing on Equifax, 2:30 p.m., 226 Dirksen — see here
Oct
4
FCBA Engineering & Technical Committee brown bag lunch on FCC RF safety rules, 12:15 p.m., Wilkinson Barker, Suite 800 N, 1800 M St. NW — see here
Oct
4
Silicon Flatirons event on next-generation space and airborne wireless, 1 p.m., University of Colorado Law School, Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer Courtroom, 2450 Kittredge Loop Rd., Boulder — see here
Oct
4
New York-Albany Regional Planning committees meet, 10:30 a.m., Tompkins County Department of Emergency Response, 92 Brown Rd., Ithaca (Village of Lansing) — see here
Oct
4
2019 World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee Maritime, Aeronautical and Radar Services group meets by phone, 9 a.m. — see here and EDT 888-858-2144, PIN 4772880
Oct
4
2019 World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee Terrestrial Services group meets by phone, 1 p.m. EDT — see here and 888-858-2144, PIN 4772880
Oct
5
Women in Cable Telecommunications Washington, D.C./Baltimore Chapter breakfast with TV One's Michelle Rice; honorees include C-SPAN Vice President-Marketing Marty Dominguez; Comcast Vice Presidents Aimee Metrick and Donna Rattley Washington, Disney Vice President-Government Relations Susan Fox; Cox Communications Vice President Kathryn Falk; TVOne Vice President-Human Resources Sharon Alston; Discovery Communications Vice President-Partner Marketing and National Accounts Kelly Kane; and Marlene Dortch, secretary of the FCC, 8 a.m., National Press Club — see here
Oct
5
FCBA International Telecom Committee brown bag lunch with FCC International Bureau Chief Thomas Sullivan, 12:15 p.m., Sheppard Mullin, 1300 I St. NW — see here
Oct
9–13
Wireless ISP Association conference, Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas — see here
Oct
10
Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey Area Regional Planning committees meet, 10 a.m., Delaware River and Bay Authority Police Department, Delaware Memorial Bridge Toll Plaza, Julia Building, 2nd-floor Training Room, 2162 New Castle Ave., New Castle, Delaware — see here
Oct
10–11
Forum Global IoT event, National Press Club — see here
Oct
10
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association event on electric utility cybersecurity, with officials including FTC acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, 8:30 a.m., 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia, and livestreamed — see here
Oct
10–11
Wireless Infrastructure Association’s "HetNet Expo," Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, Florida — see here
Oct
10–12
IEEE Broadcast Technology Society broadcast symposium, Key Bridge Marriott, Arlington, Virginia — see here
Oct
10
FCBA Mass Media Committee brown bag lunch: FCC "Incentive Auction Task Force Repacking Update," 12:15 p.m., Wilkinson Barker, 800N, 1800 M St. NW — see here
Oct
11–12
National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters annual fall conference, Washington Marriott Georgetown — see here
Oct
11
FCBA IoT and Telehealth committees CLE on cybersecurity and IoT, 6 p.m., Hogan Lovells, 555 13th St. NW — see here
Oct
11
Event on 5G by Access Intelligence, Renaissance Washington, 999 9th St. NW — see here
Oct
11
Local number portability administrator transition webcast, hosted by PwC, 3 p.m. EDT — see here
Oct
12–13
Annual Americas Spectrum Management Conference, National Press Club — see here
Oct
12
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation lunch event on “opt-in” vs. “opt-out” privacy policies, noon, Suite 610A, 1101 K St. NW — see here
Oct
12
House Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on “21st Century Trade Barriers: Protectionist Cross Border Data Flow Policies’ Impact on U.S. Jobs,” 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn — see here
Oct
12
FCBA New England Chapter event including FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly and New Hampshire Public Utilities Commissioner Kate Bailey, 2 p.m., Boston University Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary’s St., Boston — see here
Oct
13
Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., convenes Commerce Committee field hearing on expanding New Hampshire broadband infrastructure, 10 a.m., Keene State College, Centennial Hall Alumni Center, 229 Main St., Keene — see here
Oct
13
FCBA Intellectual Property Committee brown bag lunch on music licensing, 12:15 p.m., Wilkinson Barker, 800N, 1800 M St. NW — see here
Oct
14
Economic Club of Washington, D.C., with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, 8:25 a.m., Mandarin Oriental, Grand Ballroom — see here
Oct
15–17
Northeast DAS and Small Cell Association event collocated with Incompas show, San Francisco Marriott Marquis 780 Mission St., San Francisco — see here
Oct
15–17
Incompas fall show, Marriott Marquis San Francisco — see here
Oct
16
FCC Disability Advisory Committee meets, 9 a.m., Commission Meeting Room — see here
Oct
16
IEEE Internet Initiative daylong internet inclusion event, 8 a.m. George Washington University, Cloyd Heck Marvin Center, 800 21st St. NW — see here
Oct
17
FCBA fall reception meet and greet, including new FCC Commissioners Brendan Carr and Jessica Rosenworcel, 6-8 p.m., Grand Hyatt, 1000 H St. NW — see here
Oct
17
Media Institute lunch with FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, 12:30 p.m., St. Regis Hotel, George Washington Room — see here and coto@mediainstitute.org
Oct
17
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center "TecNation" event, 12:30 p.m., 1615 H St. NW — see here
Oct
17–20
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers and International Society of Broadband Experts Cable-Tec Expo 2017, Colorado Convention Center, Denver — see here
Oct
17
New America event on "Digital China," 1 p.m., Suite 900, 740 15th St. NW — see here
Oct
17
TEDx event on transportation/technology, acting FTC Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen among speakers, The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware — see here
Oct
17
New America event: "Old Laws and New Technology," 10 a.m., Suite 900, 740 15th St. NW — see here
Oct
17
George Mason University Mercatus Center event on "Modernizing US Telecom Law: Lessons from Denmark," with speakers including FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, 8:45 a.m., AT&T, 5th floor, 601 New Jersey Ave. NW — see here
Oct
18
Patent and Trademark Office discussion on intellectual property infringements at trade shows, 9 a.m., PTO Global Intellectual Property Academy, Madison Building (East), 2nd floor, 600 Dulany St., Alexandria, Virginia — see here
Oct
18–19
NAB Show New York, Javits Convention Center — see here
Oct
18
South Carolina Regional Planning committees meet, 9 a.m., Hilton Resort Hotel, 10000 Beach Club Dr., Myrtle Beach — see here
Oct
18
New Jersey Wireless Association wireless deployment event, including FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly, 12:30 p.m., Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Dr., Monroe Township — see here
Oct
18
Senate Judiciary Committee DOJ oversight hearing, 10 a.m., 216 Hart — see here
Oct
18
CTA honors ex-FCC Chairman Dick Wiley, 6 p.m., 21 D St. SE — see here
Oct
18
FCBA Wireline Committee brown bag lunch on Connect America Fund Phase II and Mobility Fund Phase II auctions, 12:15 p.m., Jenner & Block, Suite 900, 1099 New York Ave. NW — see here
Oct
18
Comcast co-founder Julian Brodsky speaks at Mavericks Lecture, 7:30 a.m. Cable Center, 2000 Buchtel Blvd., Denver — see here
Oct
19
Economic Club of Washington, D.C., with Samsung Electronics CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon, 8 a.m., Grand Hyatt Washington — see here
Oct
19
Buffalo Regional Planning committees meet, 10 a.m., Genesee County Fire Training Facility, 7690 State Street Rd., Batavia, New York — see here
Oct
19
Michigan 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning committees meet, 10 a.m., Zehnder’s Restaurant, 730 S. Main St., Frankenmuth — see here
Oct
19
FCBA Wireless Committee CLE on rural mobile wireless broadband, 3 p.m., CTIA, 1400 16th St. NW — see here
Oct
23
Satellite Industry Association conference on satellites and 5G, now postponed, was to have been at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia — see here
Oct
23
Access Now and Computer & Communications Industry Association lunch on IoT insecurity, noon, 121 Cannon — see here
Oct
23
FCBA FCC Enforcement Committee brown bag lunch with Enforcement Bureau front office, 12:15 p.m., Kelley Drye, Suite 400, 3050 K St. NW — see here
Oct
23
FCC Accessibility Innovations Expo, 10 a.m., Pepco Edison Place Gallery, 702 8th St. NW — see here
Oct
24
Virginia, except Northern Virginia, Regional Planning committees meet, 1 p.m., Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, Appalachian meeting room, 110 Shenandoah Ave. NW, Roanoke — see here
Oct
24
FCBA Professional Responsibility Committee CLE on ethical negotiations and avoiding malpractice lawsuits, 6 p.m., Lowenstein Sandler, 2200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW — see here
Oct
24
Bloomberg event on "the Connected Future" with FCC Commissioners Brendan Carr and Jessica Rosenworcel, Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and other officials, 8 a.m., Bloomberg Government, 1101 K St. NW — see here
Oct
24
House subcommittees on Research and Technology, and on Energy, hearing on quantum technology, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn — see here
Oct
24
House Oversight and Government Reform IT Subcommittee hearing on political advertising disclosures on new media, 2 p.m., 2157 Rayburn — see here
Oct
24
Mozilla event on cybersecurity, 1 p.m., The Loft, 600 F St. NW — see here
Oct
25
Cyber-Security Council of Germany and Internet Security Alliance event during Cybersecurity Awareness Month on international collaboration, 8:30 a.m., National Press Club, Holeman Lounge — see here
Oct
25
House Communications Subcommittee FCC oversight hearing, time changed to 2 p.m., Rayburn room changed to 2322 — see here
Oct
25
Politico event on FCC and media ownership, 8:30 a.m., Union Station, Columbus Club, 50 Massachusetts Ave. NE — see here
Oct
25–27
Competitive Carriers Association convention, Fort Worth Convention Center — see here
Oct
25
Annual spectrum technology and policy event, with Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy Project on Evolution of Regulation and Innovation and Wireless Technology Association, 9 a.m., School of Continuing Studies, 640 Massachusetts Ave. NW — see here
Oct
25
Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the satellite industry, 10 a.m., 253 Russell — see here
Oct
25
House Science, Space and Technology Committee Oversight Subcommittee hearing on government cybersecurity and Kaspersky Lab products, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn — see here
Oct
26
FCC Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council meets, 1 p.m., Commission Meeting Room — see here
Oct
26
Homeland Security and Emergency Communications Committee brown bag lunch on emergency LTE coverage, 12:15 p.m., T-Mobile, North Building Suite 800, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW — see here
Oct
26
FCC monthly commissioner meeting, 10:30 a.m., Commission Meeting Room — see here
Oct
26
Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee event on artificial intelligence policy implications, noon, 2237 Rayburn — see here
Oct
28
Nov
3
ICANN's 60th public meeting, Abu Dhabi — see here
Oct
30
World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee meets, 11 a.m., FCC Commission Meeting Room — see here
Oct
30
FCBA Telehealth Committee brown bag lunch with Connect2HealthFCC Task Force, 12:15 p.m., Wilkinson Barker, Suite 800N, 1800 M St. NW — see here
Oct
31
Senate Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee hearing on “Extremist Content and Russian Disinformation Online: Working with Tech to Find Solutions,” 2:30 p.m., 226 Dirksen — see here
Oct
31
American Consumer Institute 5G event, 12:30 p.m., 385 Russell — see here
Oct
31
Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing for nominees including Diana Furchtgott-Roth as transportation assistant secretary-research and technology, 10 a.m., 253 Russell — see here