Signals and Strategy: A Conversation with FCC Bureau and Executive Leadership

An exclusive look into the questions defining the Federal Communications Commission. This public event will begin with a fireside chat, featuring the FCC’s Arpan Sura and AEI’s Shane Tews, to examine the most pressing issues before the commission.

The following panel will bring together perspectives from across the commission on the issues shaping its work. Topics will include AI policy, the economic frameworks that guide FCC rulemaking, commercial space licensing and satellite broadband, spectrum allocation, and the future of wireless communications. Together, these conversations will offer a timely and substantive look at the priorities driving the FCC today.

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If you are unable to attend in person, a video livestream will be made available on this page.

Agenda

8:30 a.m.
Registration Opens

9:00 a.m.
Introduction:
Shane Tews, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

9:05 a.m.
Fireside Chat:
Arpan Sura, Senior Counsel, Federal Communications Commission
Shane Tews, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

9:35 a.m.
Q&A

9:50 a.m.
Break

10:00 a.m.
Panel Discussion

Panelists:
Jay Schwarz, Chief, Space Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Joel Taubenblatt, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Jonathan Williams, Chief, Office of Economics and Analytics, Federal Communications Commission

Moderator:
Shane Tews, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

10:45 a.m.
Q&A

11:00 a.m.
Adjournment