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Printer-friendly version2021 NTIA Spectrum Policy Symposium:
Modernizing U.S. Spectrum Strategy and Infrastructure
For 21st Century Global Leadership
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
This symposium will be presented virtually
The NTIA Spectrum Policy Symposium provides an opportunity to hear from spectrum policy leaders in the White House, Congress, government and industry who are on the front lines of setting spectrum policy and strategies for the future.
The 2021 NTIA Spectrum Policy Symposium will feature discussions on providing spectrum resources for 5G networks and other advanced telecommunications, aviation and space-based services. Speakers will talk about plans for mid-band spectrum access, spectrum sharing approaches and techniques, and innovative, dynamic spectrum management tools and concepts.
In addition, the 2021 NTIA Spectrum Policy Symposium will include a preview of the 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies (ISART)™, to be held at NTIA’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences in Boulder, Colorado.
The 2021 NTIA Spectrum Policy Symposium is a public event. NTIA will ask attendees to provide nominal information at log-in, such as names, contact information and organizations; however, providing this information is optional and no advance registration is required in order to access the webcast.
Additional information – program and participant details, log-in information, etc. will be posted on this webpage as it becomes available.
For press inquiries, email press@ntia.gov. For other inquiries, email spectrumsymposium@ntia.gov
2021 NTIA Spectrum Policy Symposium:
Modernizing U.S. Spectrum Strategy and Infrastructure
For 21st Century Global Leadership
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
9:00 Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Evelyn Remaley, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator
9:10 Keynote Address
Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce (invited)
9:20 Overview Remarks
Charles Cooper, Associate Administrator, NTIA Office of Spectrum Management.
9:45 Panel Discussion: Government and Industry Perspectives on a Future Spectrum Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities
This panel discussion will explore views on new national spectrum strategies, including requirements for 5G, 6G and satellite spectrum allocations, spectrum demand drivers over the next 4-5 year horizon, and ongoing federal agency spectrum uses and requirements.
10:50 Panel Discussion: The Future of Spectrum Access: Supporting U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness
This panel will discuss the future of dynamic spectrum management technologies as a facet of U.S. technological innovation and competitive advantage, including new automation capabilities, artificial intelligence and machine learning and other innovations.
11:55 LUNCH BREAK
12:45 Keynote Address
Rep. Mike Doyle, Chairman, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, House Committee on Energy & Commerce (invited)
1:00 Presentation: ISART Preview: Enhancing Spectrum-Sharing through Improvements to Feasibility Studies and Modeling
Rebecca Dorch, Senior Spectrum Policy Analyst, NTIA Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
1:15 Panel Discussion: Speeding-Up and Improving the Spectrum-Sharing Processes
This panel will identify what technical areas and data could improve NTIA spectrum-sharing feasibility analyses. Panelists will share opinions on underlying models and assumptions traditionally used for spectrum-sharing feasibility and interference analyses, including what can be improved and how.
2:15 Presentation: Standardizing Mid-band Propagation Models
Michael Cotton, Chief, Telecommunications Theory Division, NTIA Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
2:45 - 3:00 Closing Remarks
Charles Cooper, Associate Administrator, NTIA Office of Spectrum Management.
