NTIA hosted a summit in Washington, D.C., on April 4-5, 2002, to help identify the best solutions to challenges posed by management of the nation's airwaves. The purpose of the spectrum management and policy summit was to explore new ideas to develop and implement spectrum policy and management approaches that will make more efficient use of the spectrum; provide spectrum for new technologies; and improve the effectiveness of domestic and international spectrum management processes. The first day featured industry and government spectrum users, economists, analysts and technologists; the second day was devoted to working sessions focused on the commercial, international and federal government perspectives.

 The Spectrum Summit was held from 8:30 a.m - 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, and from 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m on Friday, April 5. The April 4^th meeting was held in the auditorium of the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. On Friday, April 5, meetings took place at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC, on the Concourse Level. Meetings on both days were open to the public.