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December 2017
(37 events)
Dec
1
FTC and Department of Education workshop on the commission's Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act rule and the department-administered Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. SW, other details not yet available — see here
Dec
1
Policy Studies Organization event on issues including technology, Whittemore House, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW — see here
Dec
1
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation event on U.S. manufacturing amid globalization and automation, 9 a.m., Room CVC 268 Capitol Visitor Center — see here
Dec
4
FCC Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau and FTC Consumer Protection Bureau webinar on safety tips for consumers and their advocates, 2 p.m. EST — see here
Dec
5
Phoenix Center annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium, University Club, second floor, 1135 16th St. NW, 8:30 a.m. — see here
Dec
5
USTelecom webinar: “The Next Broadband Battleground: the Subscriber Experience,” 2 p.m. EST — see here
Dec
5
Center for Data Innovation event on artificial intelligence, connected technologies and "smarter" government, 1 p.m., District Architecture Center, 421 7th St. NW — see here
Dec
5
Public Knowledge event on net neutrality, 6 p.m., Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco — see here
Dec
5
New America event on net neutrality, 11 a.m., Suite 900, 740 15th St. NW — see here
Dec
6
Open Markets event on monopolies with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., and others, 9 a.m., Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel, 415 New Jersey Ave. NW — see here
Dec
6
FCC Technological Advisory Council meets for a full-day session, with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai scheduled to attend, 10 a.m., Commission Meeting Room — see here
Dec
6
Future Tense event on digital afterlife, 6 p.m., New America, Suite 900, 740 15th St. NW — see here
Dec
7
New York Metropolitan and Northern New Jersey Regional Planning committees quarterly meeting, 10 a.m., Paramus Life Safety Complex, 1 Jockish Sq., Paramus, New Jersey — see here
Dec
7
National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) to announce an internet freedom initiative, 9 a.m., National Press Club, Speakers to include Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.; Craig Strazzeri of PragerU; former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell; Jerry Johnson, NRB president & CEO; and evangelical leader Ralph Reed — see here
Dec
7–8
Practising Law Institute with FCBA annual telecommunications policy event, Washington Hilton — see here
Dec
7
State Department International Telecommunications Advisory Committee meets, 10 a.m., AT&T, 10th floor, 1120 20th St. NW. — see here
Dec
7
FCBA FCC chairman's dinner, Washington Hilton — see here
Dec
7
North American Numbering Council meets, 9:30 a.m., FCC Commission Meeting Room — see here
Dec
7
FBI Director Christopher Wray at House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn — see here
Dec
11
NATOA webinar on courts, Capitol Hill and FCC, 2 p.m. — see here
Dec
12
Senate Communications Subcommittee hearing on machine learning and artificial intelligence, 10 a.m., 253 Russell — see here
Dec
12
New England 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee quarterly meeting, 10 a.m., Putney (Vermont) Volunteer Fire Department, 14 Main St. — see here
Dec
12
FTC workshop on injury to consumers when their information is misused, 9 a.m., Constitution Center, 400 7th St. SW — see here
Dec
12
FCBA Mass Media Committee brown bag lunch with Media Bureau Industry Analysis Division on forms 323 and 323-E, 12:15 p.m., Wiley Rein, 1776 K St. NW — see here
Dec
12
Fiber Broadband Association breakfast event on 5G, 9:30 a.m., Verizon, Suite 500 East, 1300 I St. NW — see here
Dec
12
Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council meets, 1 p.m., FCC Commission Meeting Room — see here
Dec
12
PwC local number portability administrator webcast, 3 p.m. EST — see here
Dec
13
Cato Institute daylong surveillance conference, 9 a.m. Hayek Auditorium, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW — see here
Dec
13
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee hearing on consumer welfare standard in antitrust, 2:30 p.m., 226 Dirksen — see here
Dec
13
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testifies at House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn — see here
Dec
13
Copyright event by groups including Copyright Alliance, noon, 2226 Rayburn (see December listings) — see here and ebramlet@copyrightalliance.org
Dec
13
Brookings Institution event on patent reform, 1:30 p.m., Saul/Zilkha Room, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW — see here
Dec
14
FCC monthly commissioner meeting, 10:30 a.m., Commission Meeting Room — see here
Dec
14
Tennessee 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning committees meet, 10 a.m., Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Suiter Training Room, 3041 Sidco Dr., Nashville — see here
Dec
19
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn at event on net neutrality, via Twitter, 2 p.m. EST — see here
Dec
20
NTIA BroadbandUSA webinar, 2 p.m. EST — see here
Dec
20
National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity framework webinar, 2 p.m. EST — see here