Experience encompassing Systems EngineeringProgram Management sales and Marketing Technology research and Development Management and strategy formulation. He started his career as an Intelligence Officer in the night states are for us. Serving as the focal point for Space Situational AwarenessCapability Development and air force Space Command space control division. He then joined boeing and worked with various programs as a system into nearing miniature within a boeing research and technology and phantom works with blood to positive element activities for the network and Space Systems division for the asia pacific region. Friday joining asked for scale, wrong lead of the space asia pacific sales of and hunnewell helping the company achieve significant sales growth and expansion is newmarket. Over half of rons career has been working and living japan. Hes an active member of the marine in command Field Foundation for u. S. Japan space forum. Ron . [applause] great, good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for the wonderful introduction, rob. It is now my distinct honor and pleasure to intern introduce our keynote speaker and special guest today. Federal Communications Commission chairwoman, jessica rosenworcel. Believes that the future belongs to the connected. She works to promote greater opportunity, access and affordability in our Communications Services in order to ensure that all americans get a fair shot at 21st century success. She believes Strong Communications markets can foster Economic Growth and security, enhanced digital age opportunity and enrich our civic life. From fighting to protect neutrality to ensuring access to the internet for students caught in the homework gap, jessica has been a consistent champion for connecting all. He is a leader in spectral policy, developing new ways to support Wireless Services from wifi to video and the internet of things. She also is responsible for developing policies to help expand the reach of broadband and schools, libraries, hospitals and household across the country. Named as one of politicos 50 politicos to watch and profiled by in style magazine in a series celebrating women who show up, speak up and get things done. Jessica brings over two decades of Communications Policy experience and Public Service to the fcc. Prior to joining the agency, she served as Senior Communications counsel for the United StatesSenate Committee on commerce science and transportation under the leadership of senator john d. Rockefeller iv and senator daniel in no way. Before entering Public Service, just your Practice Communications law in washington d. C. She is a native of hartford, connecticut. And a graduate of Wesleyan University in New York University school of law. She lives in washington d. C. With her husband and two children. Without id like to invite the chairwoman to join me up on stage for a fireside chat. [applause] i guess the first thing, make sure were turned on here. All right, great. Thank you very much for joining me in this fireside chat here. We have a couple of things i want to go through. As the first woman confirmed to chair the ftc, youve led the agency with space innovation. Agenda at the forefront of things that youve done. Including things such as are proposing a space bureau for the agency, creating new opportunities for competition in the delivery of satellite broadband services. Near and dear to the people here in the audience today. Also modernizing spectrum policy to better meet the needs of the next Generation Space age which we find ourselves in with a lot of representatives here from new space or smaller space companies. Of course taking action to advance space safety and responsibility. Today, we like to get your perspective on these topics and perhaps a couple of others. In the context of what future spectrum use looks like and how we get there. Of course, because this is a space conference, what the role of space is in that evolution . But first, id like to start on a personal note. If i may. Tell us a little bit about your journey as a leader and as a woman, specifically from where you started to becoming the chair of the fcc. All right, well, thank you so much for having me here today. It is a tree to be in washington celebrates space and satellite policy this week with all of you. I did not grow up a dreamy that i would be the head of a federal Communications Commission. Im good, all right. And but i did come to washington and spend some time working on a Communications Policy in the private sector. And then in the trenches at the federal Communications Commission. And then i took a job up on capitol hill. Where i worked on the spectrum policy and repurposing airways for first responders. And then it was offered the opportunity by president obama to join the fcc which i was able to take. And i spent some time there during the obama administration. Also during the Trump Administration in a minority. And President Biden elevated me to become the First Permanent chairwoman of the fcc. Only took 87 years for mentoring the agency so. The way i see it, im gonna make up for lost time. Are we on . Okay . Good to go. On that note, 87 years. Definitely a long time. But whos counting. A lot of things are changing for us. The company that i lead we have a workforce for the u. S. As 40 women. Which are very proud of. I think thats a little bit of an outlier. Still the industry the demographics still have a lot of room for improvement. Any thoughts there, do you see things improving . Where do things go . So, i might be by. As i think indications technology is the most exciting sector of our economy. By some measure is, its as much as one sixth of the economy. I think its for all the energy is. Its where so much is happening. And ultimately, i want to see that those were employed in the sector of like people diversity of our country. I think thats important why im in this job right now. I hope everyone here understands the importance of that to. Because i think study after study shows that when we have more diversity at the table, more diversity and companies, more diversity rotations, we produce better and stronger results. I think thats a great pivot to talk a bit about the future. Whats on the horizon. Your tenure really does offer the opportunity to reset how were thinking about spectrum regulations. To include satellite spectrum regulation. Youve often spoken about Digital Equity and ubiquitous in affordable connectivity. With that in mind, i want to start off with forward leaning and hopefully positive note. Imagine for, us if you will, 2030. What does spectrum use look like a decade from now . 2030. Im hoping that there is going to be selfdriving cars. I dont know, maybe well be watching marvel movies. In 2030, 2030. Now were gonna get a little wang gus so here we go. I think our spectrum policy today has always been a really binary. We have terrestrial networks on the one hand, a Satellite Networks on the other. We talk about unlicensed spectrum on one hand, where you can have access as long as you abide by rules. And a license authorization on the other, where you have full access to some airwaves. My hope is that by 2030, we can break down that by an area structure. And start figuring out ways that we can better combine licensed and unlicensed services as well as satellite and terrestrial networks. Because our airwaves are in many respects and find a resource. If we get more creative about how we can recombine them, i think were gonna see more abundance in a spectrum policy. I think were in a media because were connecting everything in the world around us. And our existing terrestrial networks in our existing policies are not gonna cut it. We gotta look forward to that future. By the time we get to 60, its my hope that we start incorporating Satellite Services into the protocols associated with it. I heard a lot of different elements. Theres a lot to impact in that. I assume were gonna get a raucous really fast. Thats true than advertising. Fantastic. Lively right now after lunch. But it is so different elements they heard in the answer some related to Technology Summer waited to policy. Some regulatory. And he spoken a lot about meaning to think about creatively. Striving for a system that serves the u. S. Industry better. In terms of then achieving i think there are things that the fcc tools meaning writ large, all of the things that are at your disposal to accomplish that. Maybe things that are on the horizon. Maybe we can talk a bit about these tools that are currently in use. Specifically the fcc and ntia are collaborating on a National Spectrum strategy. Can you speak a little bit about that strategy and specifically how it relates to the audience and space industry and satellites. Sure, first of all, i want to build off of what he just said earlier about being creative. I think we have a wonderful tradition in the United States in spectrum policy of being creative. If you look back over history, what youll find is that the fcc and the community that cares about how hes our airwaves has been more creative and more forwardleaning that i think everywhere else in the world. We were the first to auction off air waves and raise revenue in the process and distribute them efficiently for terrestrial networks. We were the first to take some scraps of aspects from the 900 megahertz to gigahertz band, five gigahertz band. Decide that we could create opportunities to access those by rule. We created the unlicensed airwaves that eventually became wifi. We all use every day. And more recent times, weve come a really created what spectrum auctions. Weve repurposed broadcast airwaves and repackage them and reauction them for new commercial uses for mobile terrestrial services. Now i think going forward, were gonna take some of that same spirit of creativity and figure out how we start combining our terrestrial and satellite efforts. Particularly with a new framework that is designed to assist commercial actors and innovators with developing opportunities for direct space to phone technologies. Anyway, i want that to be the background of any long term spectrum planting that were involved in. Because that creativity and subpoenas dates really lead the world. As we look to developing a long term spectrum plan, few things come to mind. First, that creativity and also that when i first took over in its job, i reached out to my colleague at the department of congress who runs the National Telecommunication information administration. I said we have to coordinate more going forward. So we set up a coronation initiative. We updated our memorandum of understanding the language of one another. We agree to some new technical terms, regular meetings. And that we draw together on the long term spectrum plan. That work is getting underway right now. Like i said, before i want that real greatest going to be a part of it. I also do not want us ignoring in the short to medium term all the things we should be doing. We have proposals that are still outstanding with her colleagues on a sitting aside spectrum for commercial space launch. Commercial activity is going. It is only gonna go grow from here. Lets make sure we have airwaves in the two gigahertz band that are directed for these purposes. We are also trying to identify new opportunities in the 12 dot 7 to 13 up to five gigahertz band and we got some outstanding work a lot to do with them on the 70 80 and 90 band to come up with some innovative uses for a really high ban airwaves. We got a really technical really fast. But my point is just lets make sure our long term plans are creative but lets not miss the opportunities to make progress in the short term too. Fantastic. I think this audience can handle technical. I think, so i think so. He spoke a lot about creativity in your answer there which is great. I think being quoted as saying that when the going gets tough, we, the United States, get creative. Clearly to affect that a vision of 2030. Sort of lean out there earlier. Gonna be a lot of creativity involved in there is the short term aspects, the long term aspects. I want to maybe follow up on a little specific items that you mentioned there. , juanita about combining terrestrial and satellite. Thats a big initiative. I am aware of other countries frying things similar, similar approaches. In a very limited context like japan a few years ago looking at doing this in the context of Disaster Response and emergency relief. Having banned specifically for that to use. I believe its called the Single Network future. Yeah. If i got that. Right yeah, on thursday this week, im asking my colleagues to vote on a big framework for what were calling the Single Network future. Look around, im sure everyone of this audience knows there are small startups, big operator, is handset providers and software companies. All interested in figuring out how to take a signal from space and deliver it directly to our devices. There is so much power in us developing a framework for that technology. So much more connectivity that is going to be possible. So much more safety for all of us who keep those phones are pockets and purses at all times. It strikes me like the United States has a terrific opportunity to lead by setting up a Regulatory Framework that facilitates that. I want to get going. I spent last month, i was at World Mobile Congress to barcelona. Really announced to the International Community there that i think this is an area where the United States should lead. I want to several framework that gets as many innovations in as quickly as possible while also respecting concerns about harmful interference. I feel like there is a way forward. We should figure it out. The Single Network future is our rulemaking design to do just that. Thats great, i think it goes for very citing future for the spectrum. It is very exciting. Just think about it. We all travel through on our day today, we are all familiar with mobile dead zones, rural locations. Where signals just dont reach. If you think about it, if we combine what we have today with terrestrial networks with opportunities to have a signal from space. Were all gonna be safer. And i think that a safety protocol associated with this is something that we should really aspire to do as a nation. I think it will have tremendous benefits for all of us. I think from thatlimited texting function that will get from a space initially, were gonna grow even bigger things. Thats kind of the initial use case, if you will. Its the use case we can all understand. We see the Technology Just over the horizon thats being developed for it right now. But i feel like, theres a lot of places to go from there. Lets get it started. This is part of that ubiquitous connectivity, ubiquitous access, if you will. When we think about connectivity in the future, i think its very important for us to realize that may not be a phonecentric activity. If we do our connective future right, our friends are gonna be the least interesting part of it. We are gonna connect not just people to people or people to things but things to things. And start collecting information about all sorts of scarce resources in the world around us. All of that data is going to produce patterns that are gonna make us more efficient with all kinds of scarce resources. I see huge changes in the energy sector, the transportation sector and health care. That can come about from this connectivity. And to make it really viable, i think satellite has to be a part of it. Kind of like the internet of things at scale. Exactly, exactly. Can only imagine that there is going to be used cases in products and services that come into the market as a result. We probably cant even imagine today adding that enhancing safety. Perhaps even creating new businesses. Absolutely. I think its really exciting. Excellent. Theres a lot of challenges. Enthusiasm helps. Gotta start there. Gotta be some energy. Two leaders into this. What are some of the issues that were currently butting up against in the u. S. And i guess more specifically, challenges that the fcc has of course, you mentioned earlier, thinking creatively through this. What are some of those big challenges that i really need some creativity to be able to tackle and to get to that future state . There are definitely a lot. No shortage of challenges. Last week, something happened for the first time in 30 years which is the fccs authority to auction off terrestrial airwaves expired. Thats not a good thing. For three decades, the fccs have that authority. Weve run more than 100 auctions. In the courses auctions, weve raised more than 233 billion dollars. I think weve delivered extraordinary value for the american people. Those auctions have made us a world leader in the wireless and internet economy. And it is absolutely essential that we continue to have that authority. This is a big part of digital age economic and national security. So Getting Congress to continue to provide us with that authority is a big challenge for the future and its what we have to succeed at. I dont want to see others in the world take over our leadership position and wireless. And Auction Authority is a big part of making sure that we stay at the head of the pack. Other big challenges. Our airwaves are finite. Like i suggested the beginning, we have to be really creative about how we repurpose them. One of the challenges we face as a law called the commercial spectrum enhancement act. Thats a lot that says that if we repurpose airwaves that are used by federal actors for new commercial purposes, we have to auction them often raise 100 and 10 of the relocation costs of those federal users. I will read that in the future, thats gonna put a real constraint on our ability to be creative about how we repurpose airwaves. Itll have a bias towards terrestrial services. Itll have a bias towards traditional auctions. We might miss some opportunities for satellite or unlicensed in the process which dont raise revenue in the same ways. Thats one of the big challenges. Theres many different Business Models and of course, speaking of new Business Models, there is a lot of new space activity. A lot of companies are represented here by my company one of them. Thats one area in Space Service manufacturing do you envision that there is going to be a Regulatory Regime around spectrum use for some of these new growing markets in space . So, there are so many new and novel activities that are happening in space, its a good thing the National Space council is that work in the framework for those. And the same time, weve been trying to build a Public Record at the fcc on these issues. Last year, we started a notice of inquiry on Service Assembly and manufacturing. I sam, a few look at needs a better name. Its open to any of you. Sounds a good balance to the audience. Its such an amazing set of technologies, right . Imagine up in our skies, we fueling and repairing satellites. Manufacturing a whole new elements. Its out of science fiction, it deserves a much better name. Anyway. We started a notice of inquiry. We built a record to try to understand whats happening with isam, what does the future look like . And its part of that, we also said what communications is necessary in this context. To make sure that existing authorizations might accommodate these new technologies. Help support them. Make sure that they can thrive. Its something that i hope the agency can work under continue to understand. We are not working on this all by her loan some were given a lot of other colleagues in the government who are working on novel space activities that communication component is very important and we want to make sure that our roles helpless new technology thrive. Great to hear that as head of a company that works in this area. But youre gonna to come up with a new name. Its a really technocratic. This stuff is exciting. Communication guy right there shaking his head. Hes writing that down i, can see that over there. Isam is really exciting. Thats forward of the reason that mark it is really enabled. Its enabled for a lot of different reasons. Spectrum is part of enabling that. At least a lower, its been able to in large part due to the number of large constellations that are going on. Which are going to continue to provide a sort of information and data resources back down to earth. Whether its agriculture, communications, whatever. That ultimately adds economic value and enhances quality of life here on earth. Thats all good news. The downside is that once the satellites become defunct and are left in orbit, we have a new problem. Its Something Else that is also near and dear to astroscales heart theres a lot other folks concerned about that. From a space sustainability perspective, sustainability meaning the environment to sustainability the environment. But also business sustainability. Do these numbers of defunct objects, satellites a rocket bodies in orbit become such an issue that the pose a risk a, Business Risk to the continuity of operations in space . There are certain rules around debris removal. I believe i was there when you announced this at the Space Council meeting in houston. The changing the rules from 25 when were on nafta, yeah. I was in the audience there. When you mentioned drove the change through the existing rule which is 25 years to bring down at the satellite to five years. Its great to see progress being made in that respect. That a Regulatory Framework. I think most people would agree that there are other components to it as well. The timing issue is one. There are other questions around how we measure probabilities or how he measure success in this area. Its a dynamic problem. Its a multifaceted problem. Its the problem that requires a multifaceted solution. What are some your thoughts there on what some of those other parts of the solution might be and im interested to hear how the fcc is working with other stakeholders in the federal government and outside the federal government to help drive towards a comprehensive solution . This issue is huge. Its bridges space itself. We cant junk up our skies. Theyll never accommodate our grandest ambitions if we dont come up with clear policies for sustainability. Thats not just United States problem, thats a global problem. This is gonna take a lot of time, energy and effort from everyone in this room going forward. One of the first things that we did at the fcc when i got there was we were studying the what we have before us when it comes to communication satellites which is this radical increase in the number of applications. Then we got these fairly old policies that were designed for an age when sending something up into our skies strictly to province of government, it was really expensive, we did a very occasionally. Because there were so few of the satellites, we could just let them set up there. Roll around. Its big. Those days are over. And so, we took that is opportunity to realize that for a long, time we had been processing these applications as long as they abided by a 25year rule that even established by nasa a long time ago. What that meant was that after a useful life is over, you can hang out for 25 years. Before we expect you to disappear from space. It struck us like 25 years is an awfully long time. We could all collectively agree that space sustainability depends on us doing better than that. With my colleagues in a bipartisan basis were gonna be this program but you can watch innocent already our website. Cspan. Org. 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