Internet access. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning. Thank you so much for attending the encompass [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] good morning. There we go. Thank you so much for attending the policy summit. Im the president of incompand thrilled to see so many of you in the room and thrilled to be introduce our next speaker, fcc commissioner geoffrey stark. He is the biggest kansas city chief fan in the room. Oh, wait. [laughter] no, i got that wrong. No, its true. I dont know. I think maybe we should have a little showdown between Chris Shipley and commissioner, what do you think . [laughter] nick is here too. So, you know, weve got a couple of men in the audience that are just as a proud as the commissioner about the Kansas City Chiefs win in the super bowl. You know, i know when you have three wins in such a short time frame, the haters are gonna hat [laughter] but with i am not one of them. Okay . All right, no. In all seriousness, we are just so happy to
That last session. Im so honored to introduce commissioner Nathan Simington pic he was nomin serve as commission of the sec by President Trump several years ago, and he joins us last year here at the policy summit. Have him back. He previously with Senior Advisor at ntia and in this role telecommunication policy including spectrum allocation and planning, broadband access, and the u. S. Governments role in the internet. He also has a long private sector experience which i think can be so crucial to understanding understd the needs of the private sector and consumers. Prior to joining the commission he was senior counsel to bright star corp. International mobile Device Services company and in this capacity he lit a negotiator Telecom Equipment and Service Transaction with leadi prior to joining bright star he worked as an attorney in private practice. Hes a graduate at the univsihool and he holds a degree from university of rochester and lawrence university. He grew up in saskatchewan c
Bribe at times because it cost money. I cant thank you enough for coming and speaking and being part of the incompass summit. Thank you for the broadband caucus and we look forward to working with you on legislation affecting the broadband deployments around the country and in michigan. Look forward to it. Chip, thank you. Thanks. [applause] [inaudible conversations] if i could have your attention please, we are ready for the next panel to begin. If everyon c seats, please. [inaudible conversations] all right. Welcome, thank you for joining us morning. The 11 00 oclock session is called bridging the Digital Divide using all the tools in our tool kit. Im your moderator katie, partner here at hogan levels and im joined by esteemed panel of great speakers who have a lot of ideas on how to make sure the promise of Broadband Connectivity is delivered nationwide to the benefit ofef all. To my right is evan fienman, director, broadband, equity access deployment better known as the bead progra
That. Someone has to come. [laughter] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]ank yog us today. Pulling together great event as always. Items cap and do it im a project director of the Broadband Access initiative. Nice to see a lot of familiar faces in the audience so encompasses not pulling any punches they started off with a i to data mapping. We will jump right into the discussion. But before we do i would love to have my panel introduced themselves, amanda kuester. Had a mavis Amanda Martin and impulsive director of the office of Internet Activity helping support all the bipartisan of a structure. Good morning im scott woods president publicprivate partnerships software and Technology Company and i were in the d. C. Office. And Ed Bartholomew senior outreach director for the fcc Broadband Task force i also work as a deputy here and governmental affairs. Im sally doty director of being broadband expansion accessibility of mississippi. All right. Look at the eve
Im one of those people who admit to going to davos. Cisco has the chalet on the promenade where you can go in and i i get a with it because you can watch in realtime what they are tracking nefarious activities on the global web. Im fascinated by the sources and how the sun moves and how cybernefarious activities move and i always thought connectivity created this problem. Do you trust the connectivity or should you hear it you look at that equilibrium point of how you deal with risk and resilience and what you should be worried about and whether or not we are getting it wrong. To make it such a great question and i think its a mistake to trust. I dont think we should fear but i think we should manage. I think we need to have our eyes open about the nature of the risk and its an increasingly interconnected world. 43 billion estimated 43 billion connected devices by the end of this year. Thats a massive attack and the mistake that you make is entrusting up to the point where we make ours