Details of 2012 Conference

The 2nd Annual Americas Spectrum Management Conference took place on the 23 & 24 October 2012 in Washington D.C., and brought together more than 200 top level delegates from across the Americas and Caribbean region and beyond.

It offered the chance to look at best practices in areas such as increasing efficiency of spectrum bandplans, the linkage between spectrum allocation and competition issues in the mobile sector, Incentive Auctions, increasing access to broadband services, Dynamic and Shared Spectrum Access, as well as the possible scope and benefits of deepening co-ordination of spectrum policy across the Americas, and by bringing in speakers from the EU and Asia, the debate also extended to a global level.

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Reaction from delegates at the event

“This conference is quickly becoming a key regional forum for idea sharing!”

- Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, FCC

“For the second year running Forum Global has done a terrific job in bringing together a broad range of high level government, academic, and corporate professionals to discuss important spectrum management issues in the Americas. The Americas Spectrum Management Conference is rapidly becoming one of the “must attend” events in the region.”

- Charla Rath, Vice President, Wireless Policy Development, Verizon

“Great job—keep it up. Particularly pleased with the good LatAm turnout.”

- Marc Dupuis, Director General, Engineering, Planning and Standards Branch, Industry Canada

“Great conference! The mix of presenters, the quality of the presentations, the topics covered, as well as the overall organization, were outstanding.”

- Angela Maimo, Spectrum Strategy, Intelsat

“Great event! Excellent speakers and very well organized. All the spectrum trends and main issues completely covered.”

- Sonia Agnese, Legislation and Regulation Manager, Telecom Argentina

“This is a unique event that I would not miss. The level and quality of the speakers is excellent!”

- Raymond Laforest, Professor, CEGEP - Telecom

“My first of hopefully several spectrum Americas conferences.”

- H Nwana, Group Director, Spectrum Policy Group, Ofcom, UK