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March 2020
(72 events)
Mar
2
CANCELED FCBA CLE on telehealth, 6 p.m., Wiley, 1776 K St. NW — see here
Mar
2–3
BakerHostetler forum on advertising, e-commerce, data privacy and security law, including keynote by FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips, various locations in Washington — see here
Mar
3
Incompas policy summit, New America, Suite 900, 740 15th St. NW — see here
Mar
3
Senate International Trade Subcommittee hearing on censorship as a non-tariff barrier to trade, 2 p.m., 215 Dirksen — see here
Mar
4
House Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on fake and unsafe products on online marketplaces, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn — see here
Mar
4
TIME CHANGED Senate Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee hearing on big tech and Beijing, 2 p.m., 226 Dirksen — see here
Mar
4
FCBA Consumer Protection Committee CLE on FTC items, including communications sector, 3:15 p.m., Hogan Lovells, 555 13th St. NW — see here
Mar
4
Senate Commerce Committee hearing on 5G supply chain security, 10 a.m., 253 Russell — see here
Mar
5
USTelecom webinar on supply chain, 2 p.m. EST — see here
Mar
5
Silicon Flatirons conference on copyright infringement in music, 1 p.m., University of Colorado Law School, Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer Courtroom, 2450 Kittredge Loop Road, Boulder — see here
Mar
5
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testifies at Senate Appropriations Commerce Subcommittee hearing on department’s FY 2021 budget request, 10 a.m., 192 Dirksen — see here
Mar
6
FCBA Legislative Committee brown bag lunch on spectrum auction and budget scoring, 12:15 p.m., Brattle Group, Suite 700, 1800 M St. NW — see here
Mar
7–12
ICANN67 community forum, originally scheduled for Cancun, Mexico, now online only — see here
Mar
9–12
Satellite 2020, Washington Convention Center — see here
Mar
9–10
Deutsche Bank Annual Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, The Breakers Palm Beach, 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach, Florida — see here
Mar
10
Free State Foundation telecom policy conference, 8:30 a.m., National Press Club — see here
Mar
10
Washington Space Business Roundtable lunch with Arianespace CEO Stephane Israel, 11 a.m., Washington Convention Center — see here
Mar
10
Cato Institute conference on Section 230 and online speech, including Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW; also webcast — see here
Mar
10
Senate Intellectual Property Subcommittee hearing on copyright law and how foreign countries are addressing piracy, 2:30 p.m., 226 Dirksen — see here
Mar
10
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee hearing on competition in digital tech markets, 10 a.m., 226 Dirksen — see here
Mar
11
Internet Society Greater Washington D.C. Chapter breakfast meeting on chapter priorities, 9 a.m., now via Zoom — see here
Mar
11
House Transportation Committee marks up Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand Act (S-1046); extending the Undertaking Spam, Spyware and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act (S-3132) and Industries of the Future Act (S-3191), 10 a.m., 253 Russell — see here
Mar
11
House Technology Subcommittee hearing on reauthorizing National Institute of Standards and Technology, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn — see here
Mar
11
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act, 10 a.m., 226 Dirksen — see here
Mar
11
House Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on FCC FY 2021 budget request, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol — see here
Mar
11
Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Chase Johnson’s nomination as FCC inspector general, and officials including at NASA, 10 a.m., 253 Russell — see here
Mar
11
POSTPONED: FCBA Wireless Telecom and IoT committees brown bag lunch on connected vehicles, 12:15 p.m., Wiley Rein, 1776 K St. NW — see here
Mar
11
House Cybersecurity Subcommittee review of FY 2021 budget request for Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Science and Technology Directorate, 11 a.m., 310 Cannon — see here
Mar
11
DOJ and FTC workshop on draft vertical merger guidelines, 1 p.m., DOJ, 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW — see here
Mar
12
POSTPONED: FCBA International Telecom Committee brown bag lunch with FCC staff, 1 p.m., Jenner & Block, Suite 900, 1099 New York Ave. NW — see here
Mar
12
Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council program on midband spectrum policy, 2 p.m., now via teleconference — see here
Mar
12
Michigan 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning committees meet, 10 a.m., Eaton County Central Dispatch, 911 Courthouse Drive, Charlotte — see here
Mar
12
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation discussion on deepfakes, 1 p.m., Suite 600, 700 K St. NW — see here
Mar
12
POSTPONED: Comcast’s FreeWheel Media NowFront 2020, 8:30 a.m., TheTimesCenter, 242 W. 41st St., New York — see here
Mar
16–19
Wireless ISP Association’s WISPAmerica 2020, Sheraton Dallas Hotel, 400 Olive St., Dallas — see here
Mar
16–18
Consortium for School Networking conference, now virtual — see here
Mar
16
POSTPONED: FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and FTC Rebecca Kelly Slaughter jointly host field hearing on 5G and privacy, 1 p.m., Wayne State University Law School Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium 471 W. Palmer Ave., Detroit — see here
Mar
16
University of Missouri summit on broadband initiatives, 10 a.m., Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union North, 518 Hitt St., Columbia — see here
Mar
17
CANCELED: New America panel on Ranking Digital Rights report, 4 p.m., New America, Suite 900, 740 15th St. NW — see here
Mar
17
FCC Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council meets electronically, 1 p.m. EDT — see here
Mar
17
March 17 ACA Connects webinar on FCC’s “Keep Americans Connected” pledge, 2 p.m. EDT — see here
Mar
17–19
POSTPONED: America’s Communications Association Summit 2020, including FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly, Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H St. NW — see here
Mar
18
CANCELED: DOJ and FTC workshop on draft vertical merger guidelines, 1 p.m., FTC, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW — see here
Mar
18
POSTPONED: FCBA Wireline Committee brown bag lunch panel on national broadband plan, 12:15 p.m., Jenner & Block, Suite 900, 1099 New York Ave. NW — see here
Mar
18
U.S. Copyright Office webinar on fee adjustments, 1 p.m. EDT — see here
Mar
18
Broadband USA update on American Broadband Initiative, webinar, 2 p.m. EDT — see here
Mar
18
RESCHEDULED: Puerto Rico Public Safety 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning committees meet, 9 a.m., Tren Urbano Warehouse, Martinez Nadal Station Road, Guaynabo, now April 22 — see here
Mar
19
Wiley webinar on Cyber Space Solarium Commission report, 2 p.m. — see here
Mar
19
POSTPONED: Innovation Defense Foundation panel on competition policy and internet regulation, 6 p.m., 600 F St. NW — see here
Mar
19
FirstNet boards and committees meet, 11 a.m. EDT — see here
Mar
19
POSTPONED: FCBA Privacy and Data Security Committee and American Bar Association’s Forum on Communications Law hold privacy and data security symposium, 2 p.m., Arnold & Porter, 601 Massachusetts Ave. NW (see p. 4) — see here
Mar
20
March 20 ACA Connects webinar on COVID-19 preparedness, 2 p.m. — see here
Mar
20
Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers lunch event on ATSC 3.0 multicasting, 11:45 a.m., Holiday Inn at Key Bridge, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, Virginia — see here
Mar
23
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum Cambridge’s Connected Things 2020, MIT Media Lab, sixth floor, Building E14, 75 Amherst St., Cambridge — see here
Mar
24
FCC Technological Advisory Council meets, 10 a.m., via teleconference; internet public access — see here
Mar
24
American Antitrust Institute roundtable on antitrust and tech, noon, National Press Club, Holeman Lounge — see here
Mar
24
Recon Analytics teleconference on effects of election year and coronavirus on tech and telecom, 11 a.m. EDT — see here
Mar
24
Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition webinar on state broadband efforts, 1 p.m. EDT — see here
Mar
25
Internet Society-DC Chapter virtual roundtable on domain name system over HTTPS, 9 a.m. — see here
Mar
25
POSTPONED: Washington, D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia Regional Planning committees meet, 10 a.m., Prince George’s County Public Safety Communications Center, 17321 Melford Blvd., Bowie, Maryland — see here
Mar
25
POSTPONED: Media Institute Communications Forum with FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly, lunch, noon, Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, now April 27 — see here
Mar
25
WashingTech and New York University daylong tech conference, NYU Academic Center, 1307 L St. NW — see here
Mar
25
FCC precision agriculture task force meets, 9:30 a.m., now online only — see here
Mar
26
USTelecom webinar on 10G passive optical networks, 2 p.m. EDT — see here
Mar
26
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation webinar on antitrust policy and global competitiveness, 11:30 a.m. EDT — see here
Mar
26
Ballard Spahr webinar on antitrust, noon EDT — see here
Mar
26
POSTPONED: FCC forum on 5G virtualized radio access networks, 9:30 a.m., Commission Meeting Room — see here
Mar
27
FCC Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee meets via conference call, 11 a.m. EDT, rescheduled from 9:30 a.m., and livestream — see here
Mar
30
Apr
3
POSTPONED: International Wireless Communications Expo, Las Vegas Convention Center, rescheduled Aug. 24-28 — see here
Mar
30
Apr
1
CANCELED: Competitive Carriers Association show, Sheraton Dallas Hotel, 400 North Olive St. — see here
Mar
31
Wiley state privacy update webinar, 2 p.m. EDT — see here
Mar
31
FCC commissioners’ meeting, 10:30 a.m., now teleconference — see here