Summary

Forum Global would like to thank all of the sponsors and and supporting organizations involved in this year's conference.

The 4th Annual Americas Spectrum Management Conference took place on November 12 & 13, 2014, in Washington D.C., and brought together more than 200 key industry and policy representatives from across the region and beyond.

Speakers include

Commissioner Mignon Clyburn

Commissioner

FCC

Congresswoman Doris Matsui

Co-Chair, Spectrum Working Group

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Gedeon Santos

Chairman

COM/CITEL; & President, Indotel, Dominican Republic

Luis Lucatero

Chief of Regulatory Policy

IFT Mexico

Hector Bude

Chairman

CITEL Working Group for the Preparation for WRC-15

Daniel Duguay

Director General of the Engineering, Planning and Standards Branch

Industry Canada

Gary Epstein

Head of Incentive Auction Task Force

FCC

Chris Pearson

President

4G Americas

Charla Rath

Vice President - Wireless Policy Development

Verizon Wireless

Gerry Oberst

Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory and Governmental Strategy

SES

Paige Atkins

Deputy Associate Administrator for Spectrum Planning and Policy

Office of Spectrum Management, NTIA

Scott Blake Harris

Chair

FCC's Advisory Committee for WRC-15

Alexandre Jobim

President

International Association of Broadcasting

Veena Rawat

Senior Spectrum Advisor

GSMA

Rick Kaplan

Executive Vice-President, Strategic Planning

National Association of Broadcasters

More information

In what is a key year for both the short term and long term future of spectrum policy everywhere, the 4th Annual Americas Spectrum Management Conference provided an interactive platform for discussion on the most pertinent issues and developments affecting spectrum across the region.

Sessions at the conference focused on:

Spectrum Issues and Priorities Ahead of WRC-15
Incentive Auctions: Overcoming the key policy and technology challenges (for some background reading on incentive auctions from our knowledge partner NERA, please click here)
Are current systems of spectrum regulation across countries in the Americas working or do we need to consider a new approach?
The future of terrestrial broadcasting: Reverse auctions and beyond
New and Innovative Satellite Technologies: Services In a Spectrum-Constrained World
Traffic offloading - Innovative solutions for tackling spectrum bottle-necks
Should the 470-698 MHz band be identified for IMT / terrestrial mobile broadband?
Meeting the spectrum requirements of 5G, the Internet of Things and the future networked society
What role can federal and public spectrum play in tackling short and long term spectrum shortages?
Spectrum licenses – is there a need to rethink length and geographical aspects of license awards?
Competition Measures in Spectrum Awards