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January 2017
(48 events)
Jan
5–8
CES 2017, Las Vegas — see here
Jan
6
Colorado 700 and 800 MHz Regional Planning committees meet, 1 p.m., Governor’s Policy Room & Office of Emergency Management, Suite 200, 9195 E. Mineral Ave., Centennial — see here
Jan
6
Internet Society-D.C. debrief on December Internet Governance Forum, with Carolyn Nguyen of Microsoft and David Vyorst of ISOC-DC, 9-10:30 a.m., Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center, 11th Floor, 901 K Street NW — see here
Jan
9–12
CES, Las Vegas venues including Las Vegas Convention Center — see here
Jan
9
Financial Services Roundtable financial tech event, San Francisco, location not disclosed — see here
Jan
9
NATOA webinar on election's impact on local governments, 2 p.m. — see here
Jan
10
Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey Area Public Safety 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
Jan
10
WRC-19 Advisory Committee Working Group 4 (Regulatory Issues), teleconference meeting, 10 a.m.-noon, 888-858-2144 or 646-746-3008, Participant Code 1186499 — see here
Jan
10–11
Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing with Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., for attorney general, 9:30 a.m., 325 Russell — see here
Jan
11
WRC-19 Advisory Committee Working Group 3 (Space Services) teleconference meeting, 1-3 p.m. , 888-858-2144 or 646-746-3008, Participant Code 1186499 — see here
Jan
11
As part of FTC's PrivacyCon forum the next day, there's a privacy research and development networking event, 2:30 p.m., FTC Constitution Center offices, conference rooms A, B and C, 400 7th St. SW — see here
Jan
11
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation event on U.S. R&D and administration and Congress improving "tech transfer," 10 a.m., G-11 Dirksen — see here
Jan
11
New America event on a "#Netfreedom Agenda for the 45th POTUS," 9:30 a.m., Suite 900, 740 15th St. NW — see here
Jan
11
Senate Commerce Committee nomination hearing for Elaine Chao for transportation secretary, 10:15 a.m., 253 Russell — see here
Jan
11
Brookings Institution event on R&D and technology, 10 a.m., G-11 Dirksen — see here
Jan
12
Future Tense screening with FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Landmark E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW — see here
Jan
12
Internet Security Alliance and National Association of Corporate Directors, with departments of Homeland Security and Justice, release handbook on board cybersecurity oversight, 9:30 a.m., National Press Club, Zenger Room — see here
Jan
12
FTC PrivacyCon, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. SW, other details TBA — see here
Jan
12
NTIA BroadbandUSA program monthly webinar on Community Connectivity Initiative, 2 p.m. — see here
Jan
13
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler speaks at The Aspen Institute, 11 a.m., Suite 700, Gildenhorn Conference Room, 1 Dupont Circle NW — see here
Jan
17
Silicon Flatirons patent reform event, 1 p.m., Brownstein Hyatt law firm, Suite 2200, 410 17th St. Denver — see here
Jan
17
American Enterprise Institute event on patent reform in 2017, 12:30 p.m., Auditorium, 1789 Massachusetts Ave. NW — see here
Jan
18
Senate Commerce Committee nomination hearing for Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary, rescheduled from Jan. 12, still at 10 a.m., location now G-50 Dirksen — see here
Jan
18
Local number portability administrator transition webcast, hosted by PwC, 3 p.m. EST — see here
Jan
18
NTIA BroadbandUSA webinar, 2 p.m. — see here
Jan
18
Internet Society local chapters' panels on content, 6 p.m., American University, McKinley Building 2nd-floor theater, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, and also at GrubHub, 5 Bryant Park, New York — see here
Jan
19
Center for Democracy & Technology cocktail reception/program on "values we must uphold over the next four years," 2:30 p.m., Sphinx Club, 1315 K St. NW — see here
Jan
23
Annual State of the Net conference, Newseum, Knight Conference Center — see here
Jan
23
Federalist Society and International Law Association event on international law in the "Trump Era," 8:30 a.m., Georgetown University Law Center, Gewirz Student Center, 120 F St. NW — see here
Jan
24
Senate Commerce Committee executive session on communications bills including Mobile Now (S-19) and Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act (S-88), 253 Russell — see here
Jan
24
Inaugural FCBA “Deans of the Bar” event, 5-7:30 p.m.. Hogan Lovells, 555 13th St., NW, celebrating Kathleen Abernathy, Jonathan Blake, Bob Branson, Diane Cornell, Scott Blake Harris, Phil Verveer and Dick Wiley — see here
Jan
24
New America event on whether the internet will always be American, noon, Suite 900, 740 15th St. NW — see here
Jan
24
Outgoing FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler speaks with Harvard Law School professor Susan Crawford, 4 p.m., Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East A — see here
Jan
24
Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting on nomination of Jeff Sessions to be attorney general, 10 a.m., 226 Dirksen — see here
Jan
24
FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Office of Intergovernmental Affairs webinar on universal service programs, 2 p.m. — see here
Jan
25
WRC-19 Advisory Committee Informal Working Group 1: Maritime, Aeronautical and Radar Services, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST, teleconference only — see here
Jan
25–30
On Jan. 25, 29 and 30, Universal Service Administrative Co. board meets, Suite 900, 700 12th St. NW — see here
Jan
25
Commerce Department Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee meets, 9 a.m., Room 3884 Hoover Building, 14th Street NW between Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues — see here
Jan
25
Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee meets, 1 p.m., Verizon, Suite 500 East, 1300 I St. NW — see here
Jan
26
FCBA Homeland Security and Emergency Communications brown bag lunch on President’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity report, 12:15 p.m., Akin Gump, 1333 New Hampshire Ave. NW — see here
Jan
26
FCC monthly commissioner meeting, 10:30 a.m., Commission Meeting Room — see here
Jan
26
USTelecom broadband infrastructure event, noon, National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge — see here
Jan
27
FCC Consumer Advisory Committee, which had its charter renewed, meets, 9 a.m., Commission Meeting Room — see here
Jan
31
NTIA IoT security virtual meeting, 2 p.m. EST — see here
Jan
31
Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting on nomination of Jeff Sessions to be attorney general, after the consideration wasn't completed Jan. 24, 9:30 a.m., 226 Dirksen — see here
Jan
31
Federal Aviation Administration Drone Advisory Committee meets, 9 a.m., University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno — see here
Jan
31
FCBA International Telecom Committee brown bag lunch on FCC International Bureau, 12:15 p.m., Sheppard Mullin, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave. NW — see here
Jan
31
New America event on how much government should be telling people about cybersecurity risks, 9 a.m., Suite 900, 740 15th St. NW — see here