Agenda
Welcome to NSF Spectrum Week 2024!
Time | DySPAN | Spectrum Week | SpectrumX Meeting | SWIFT |
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7:00 am | ||||
8:30 am | SWIFT Principal Investigator (PI) Begins – Welcome and Overview/Logistics
Alhussein Abouzeid
Program Director, Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS), Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
Ellen Zegura
Division Director, Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS), Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), NSF
Don Millard
Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate for Engineering (ENG), NSF
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9:15 am | Keynote Speakers
Edward Knightly
Sheafor–Lindsay Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Rice University
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10:00 am | ||||
10:15 am | Keynote Speakers and Keynote Panel
Mischa Dohler
VP Emerging Technologies, Ericsson
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10:30 am | ||||
11:15 am | ||||
12:15 pm | ||||
1:15 pm | ||||
2:15 pm | ||||
3:15 pm | ||||
4:00 pm | ||||
4:45 pm | ||||
5:00 pm |
Time | DySPAN | NSMA | Spectrum Week | SpectrumX Meeting | SWIFT |
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7:00 am | |||||
8:30 am | IEEE DySPAN Welcome to NSF Spectrum Week
Eric Burger
IEEE DySPAN Conference Chair, Research Director of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative at Virginia Tech, IEEE DySPAN, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, Virginia Tech
Nick Laneman
Center Director, SpectrumX - The NSF Spectrum Innovation Center
Tom Power
SVP and General Counsel, CTIA
Preston Marshall
Director of Wireless Standards and Policy, Google
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9:30 am | National Spectrum Management Association (NSMA) kickoff
Joseph Sandri
President of NSMA, COO of The Balance Group, Board Member and General Counsel of the Environmental Health Trust, NSMA, The Balance Group, Environmental Health Trust
| NSF SpectrumX Overview, Update, and Short Research Talks
Scott Palo
Endowed Professor, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sceinces; Associate Director of SpectrumX, University of Colorado Boulder; SpectrumX
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9:45 am | State of the Spectrum
Kara Graves
Partner, Wilkinson Barkery Knauer
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10:45 am | |||||
11:15 am | 6GHz in the Headlights: Mission-critical networks & Innovative Unlicensed Networks
Tom Willis
AT&T and NSMA Board Member, AT&T, NSMA
George Kizer
President Emeritus, NSMA
Mark Gibson
Vice President, Comscope
Monisha Ghosh
Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Policy Outreach Director, SpectrumX, and University of Notre Dame
| SWIFT + SpectrumX Data Sharing Panel
Ahmed Alkhateeb
Assistant Professor, CableLabs, Arizona State University
Kaushik Chowdhury
Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, AI Edge and Northeastern University
Nada Golmie
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Mariya Zheleva
Associate Professor in Computer Science, University at Albany - SUNY
David Debretch
Vice President of Wireless Technologies, CableLabs
| SWIFT + SpectrumX Data Sharing Panel
Ahmed Alkhateeb
Assistant Professor, CableLabs, Arizona State University
Kaushik Chowdhury
Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, AI Edge and Northeastern University
Nada Golmie
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Mariya Zheleva
Associate Professor in Computer Science, University at Albany - SUNY
David Debretch
Vice President of Wireless Technologies, CableLabs
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12:30 pm | |||||
1:15 pm | NSF Spectrum Week + IEEE DySPAN Panel 1
Dennis Roberson
Chair of SpectrumX External Advisory Board, CEO of Roberson and Associates, Chairman of the The Marconi Society, SpectrumX, Roberson and Associates, The Marconi Society
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2:30 pm | Satellite Mega Constellations Panel
Trey Hanbury
Partner, Jenner & Block
Scott Millwood
Author, "The Urgent Need for Regulation of Satellite Mega-Constellations in Outer Space"
William Bauder
Senior Physical Scientist, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Joseph Sandri
President of NSMA, COO of The Balance Group, Board Member and General Counsel of the Environmental Health Trust, NSMA, The Balance Group, Environmental Health Trust
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3:30 pm | History of the Wireless Telecommunications Review (WTR), The World’s Largest Research Project into Wireless Safety
George Carlo
Chief Scientist of the WTR, Co-Author "Cell Phones", WTR, Cell Phones
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4:00 pm | |||||
4:30 pm | Competing on Safety, The New Frontier for Spectrum Management – Panel
Devra Davis
Founder, Environmental Health Trust, Author "Disconnect", Environmental Health Trust
George Kizer
President Emeritus, NSMA
George Carlo
Chief Scientist of the WTR, Co-Author "Cell Phones", WTR, Cell Phones
Kent Chamerlain
PhD, Incoming President, EHT, Chairman Emeritus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Hampshire, EHT, University of New Hampshire
Sarah Seguin
Senior Project Engineer, INARTE
Joseph Sandri
President of NSMA, COO of The Balance Group, Board Member and General Counsel of the Environmental Health Trust, NSMA, The Balance Group, Environmental Health Trust
| Spectrum Education and Workforce Development
Aylin Yener
Professor, Education and Workforce Development Director of SpectrumX, The Ohio State University, SpectrumX
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5:45 pm | Networking with a Purpose, Sponsored by SpectrumX Broadening Participation & IEEE DySPAN
Scott Barker
Interim Broadening Participation Director for SpectrumX, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Fellow, SpectrumX, University of Virginia
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Time | DySPAN | NSMA | Spectrum Week | SpectrumX Meeting |
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7:00 am | Breakfast and Registration | |||
8:30 am | NSF Spectrum Week Welcome
Dave Willis
Group Director Spectrum, OfCom
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9:30 am | Spectrum Management Activities at the FCC/OET
Nick Oros
Deputy Chief, Policy & Rules Division, Office of Engineering and Technology (OET), FCC
| Spectrum Awareness: SpectrumX Flagship Project #1
Frank Lind
Deputy Director for Research, MIT Haystack Observatory; SpectrumX
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10:45 am | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | |
11:15 am | Drone Enhanced Spectrum Measurements
Tom Brinkoetter
Founder, RadioSiteTest.com
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12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
1:30 pm | Broadband Wireless Digital Divide Panel
Monisha Ghosh
Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Policy Outreach Director, SpectrumX, and University of Notre Dame
Ashutosh Dutta
Senior Scientist and 5G Chief Strategist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)
Edward Oughton
Professor, George Mason University
Darrah Blackwater
Indigenous Law and Policy Fellow, University of Arizona College of Law
Matthew Sprintson
High-School Senior, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
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2:30 pm | Spectrum Management Guidelines Developments, NSMA Working Group 3
David Meyer
Senior Manager, Comsearch; Board Member, Past President, NSMA; Chair, NSMA Working Group 3, Comsearch; NSMA; NSMA Working Group 3
| Collaboration Discussion
Josh Tullis
Managing and Collaboration Director, SpectrumX, SpectrumX – An NSF Spectrum Innovation Center
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2:45 pm | ||||
3:15 pm | Spectrum Management Certification & Employment Opportunities
Sarah Seguin
Senior Project Engineer, INARTE
Tom Fagan
Chair, iNARTE Spectrum Management Certification Program
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4:00 pm | Coffee Break, Demos, and Posters | |||
4:30 pm | ||||
6:00 pm |
Time | DySPAN | NRDZCOM4 | Spectrum Week | SpectrumX Meeting |
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7:00 am | Breakfast and Registration | |||
8:30 am | Keynote speakers
Thomas Hazlett
Hugh Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics, Clemson University
Giulia McHenry
Chief, Office of Economics and Analytics, FCC
Eric Burger
IEEE DySPAN Conference Chair, Research Director of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative at Virginia Tech, IEEE DySPAN, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, Virginia Tech
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9:30 am | NRDZCOM4 Opening Remarks
Chris Anderson
NTIA Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
| SpectrumX Flagship Project #1: Spectrum Awareness Planning Session
Frank Lind
Deputy Director for Research, MIT Haystack Observatory; SpectrumX
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9:45 am | SII-NRDZ Program Update
John Chapin
Special Advisor for Spectrum, Division of Computer and Network Systems (CISE/CNS), U.S. National Science Foundation
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10:45 am | Coffee | |||
11:00 am | ||||
11:15 am | Lightning Talks II – Spectrum Sharing Technologies and Field Trials and National Spectrum Strategy
Hongwei Zhang
Professor, Iowa State University
Dinesh Bharadia
Assistant Professor, University of California San Diego
Ismail Guvenc
Professor, North Carolina State University
Nickolas LaSorte
Electrical Engineer, NTIA Office of Spectrum Management, Spectrum Engineering and Analysis Division
Paul Ransom
Senior Technical Expert, NTIA Office of Spectrum Management Strategic Planning Division
Samuel Edwards
Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory
| SpectrumX Broadening Participation: Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Plan – Coffee Hour
Meara Habashi
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, University of Virginia, SpectrumX
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12:00 pm | ||||
12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
1:30 pm | Spectrum Week – Plenary Session
Austin Bonner
Assistant Director, White House Office of Science and Technology for Spectrum and Telecom Policy
Wade Mueller
Senior Technical Advisor, USSTRATCOM, Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Center
Doug Hyslop
Vice President, Technology and Spectrum Planning, CTIA
Martin Doczkat
Chief of the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Division, FCC Office of Engineering and Spectrum Management
Scott Patrick
Executive Director, Office of Spectrum Management, NTIA
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2:30 pm | Spectrum Sharing Field Experiments
Charles Dietlein
Senior Research Engineer, NTIA Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
Curtis Watson
Principal Signal Processing Engineer, MITRE
Alefiya Hussain
Supervising Computer Scientist, Principal Scientist, University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute
Chris De Pree
Deputy Spectrum Manager, National Radio Dynamic Zone (NRDZ) Project Director, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Col. Steven Trueblood
DOD CIO Electromagnetic Spectrum Enterprise Policy & Programs
| Closed Session: SpectrumX and the National Spectrum Strategy
Nick Laneman
Center Director, SpectrumX - The NSF Spectrum Innovation Center
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2:45 pm | ||||
3:45 pm | Coffee | |||
4:15 pm | ||||
4:30 pm | Spectrum Sharing Testbeds – Panel: Lessons learned from current testbeds
David DeBoer
University of California Berkeley / Hat Creek Radio Observatory
Kobus Van der Merwe
Professor, University of Utah / POWDER testbed
Samuel Edwards
Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory
Chris Anderson
NTIA Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
| SpectrumX Poster Session #2
Scott Palo
Endowed Professor, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sceinces; Associate Director of SpectrumX, University of Colorado Boulder; SpectrumX
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5:15 pm | Spectrum Sharing Testbeds – Fireside Chat: National Spectrum Strategy DSS Testbed and other future testbeds
Michael Cotton
Supervisory Electronics Engineer, NTIA Institute of Telecommunication Sciences
Paul Ransom
Senior Technical Expert, NTIA Office of Spectrum Management Strategic Planning Division
John Chapin
Special Advisor for Spectrum, Division of Computer and Network Systems (CISE/CNS), U.S. National Science Foundation
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5:45 pm | NDRZCOM4 Closing Remarks
Chris Anderson
NTIA Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
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6:30 pm | Closed Session: SpectrumX Directors Executive Session
Nick Laneman
Center Director, SpectrumX - The NSF Spectrum Innovation Center
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Time | WSRD R&D Plan Workshop |
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7:00 am | Registration |
8:00 am | WSRD R&D Plan Workshop Welcome, Opening Remarks, National Spectrum R&D Plan Process Overview
John Chapin
Special Advisor for Spectrum, Division of Computer and Network Systems (CISE/CNS), U.S. National Science Foundation
Michael DiFrancisco
Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Spectrum Management (OSM), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Austin Bonner
Assistant Director, White House Office of Science and Technology for Spectrum and Telecom Policy
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8:30 am | |
9:05 am | |
9:35 am | Coffee/Water Break |
10:00 am | |
10:45 am | |
11:30 am | Lunch Break |
12:30 pm | |
1:15 pm | |
2:00 pm | Coffee and Water Break |
2:30 pm | |
3:00 pm | |
3:30 pm |