Superstorm Sandy Field Hearing (Feb 5) (updated w/agenda)

Superstorm Sandy Field Hearing

Federal Communications Commission
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-19A1.pdf

Additional info: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0129/DOC-...

Agenda: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0201/DA-1...

Morning Session
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House
1 Bowling Green, Manhattan

9:00 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:00 AM Panel #1: Public and Private Responses to Superstorm Sandy
Moderator: David Turetsky, Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau, FCC

Panelists
· Sean Kielty, Region II Emergency Communications Coordinator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
· Rahul Merchant, Chief Information and Innovation Officer and Commissioner, Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, New York City
· Cliff Abbio, Crown Castle U.S.A.
· Jack Schnirman, City Manager, City of Long Beach, New York
· Michael Corso, Managing Director, New York State Public Service Commission

11:00 AM Panel #2: Assessing Network Resiliency – Lessons Learned From Sandy
Moderator: Sean Lev, General Counsel, FCC

Panelists
· Jim Gerace, Vice President State Government Affairs – New York, Verizon
· Ed Comer, General Counsel, Edison Electric Institute
· Upendra Chivukula, Assemblyman, New Jersey State Legislature
· Brian Allen, Corporate Group Vice President and Chief Security Officer, Time Warner Cable
Tony Bardo, Vice President, Hughes Network Systems (an Echostar corporation)

12:00 PM Chairman Genachowski concludes morning session

Afternoon Session
2:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Stevens Institute of Technology
Babbio Center
River Street
Hoboken, NJ

2:00 PM Welcome and Opening Remarks

3:00 PM Panel #3: Communicating During Times of Emergency
Moderator: David Turetsky

Panelists
· Chuck Bell, Consumers Union
· Dave Davis, President and GM, WABC-TV
· John Hogan, CEO, Clear Channel
· Emily Rahimi, Manager of Social Media, New York Fire Department
· Nigel Snoad, Product Manager, Google Crisis Response

4:00 PM Panel #4: “Outside the box” – New Ideas to Improve Communications Services
Moderator: Sean Lev

Panelists
· Brian Fontes, CEO, National Emergency Number Association
· David Dodd, Chief Information Officer, Stevens Institute of Technology
· Professor Shiv Panwar, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
· Bill Smith, President of Network Operations, AT&T
· Paul Rotella, New Jersey Association of Broadcasters

5:00 PM Chairman Genachowski concludes afternoon session.