International Spectrum Workshop

The International Spectrum Workshop is a closed-door, invitation-only event that will bring together leaders from across the globe in academia, government, industry, and civil society to discuss aspects of wireless spectrum management. Invited speakers will present recent papers focused on cutting-edge spectrum policy research followed by a group discussion.  The workshop will use the “Chatham House Rule”:  participants will be free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.  Moreover, we will expect to develop a final report with a statement of principles, but that report will only use quotes or information from participants with their consent to do so.

AGENDA

09:00 – 10:00 BREAKFAST


10:00 – 10:30 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Phil Weiser and Eric Brousseau


10:30 – 11:30 SESSION 1: SPECTRUM ALLOCATION AND METRICS
Moderator: J. Scott Marcus
Presenters: Pierre de Vries, Peter Anker, and Jan Kruys
Readings:
Risk-informed interference assessment: A quantitative basis for spectrum allocation decisions, by Pierre de Vries
Sharing license-exempt spectrum based on multi-dimensional metrics, by Johannes (Jan) Kruys, Peter Anker, Roel Schiphorst


11:30 – 12:00 BREAK


12:00 – 13:00 SESSION 2: ASSIGNMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Moderator: Joëlle Toledano
Presenters: Gérard Pogorel and William Webb
Readings:
Spectrum 5.0 Improving assignment procedures to meet economic and social policy goals – A position paper, by Gérard Pogorel and Erik Bohlin
Managed Unlicensed Spectrum, by William Webb 


13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH


14:00 – 15:00 SESSION 3: NEXT-GENERATION SPECTRUM ENFORCEMENT
Moderator: Christopher S. Yoo
Presenter: Pierre de Vries
Readings:
A Study to Develop the Next Generation Systems Architecture for Radio Spectrum Interference Resolution, by Spectrum and Receiver Performance Working Group, FCC Technological Advisory Council
Commenter: Didier Chauveau


15:00 – 15:30 BREAK


15:30 – 16:30 SESSION 4: STANDARDS AND PUBLIC POLICY GOALS 
Moderator: Howard Shelanski
Presenter: Phil Weiser
Readings:
Addressing Public Policy Goals in the Standards Setting Process: The Case of 5G Wireless Standards, by Dale Hatfield
Commenter: Martin Cave


16:30 – 17:00 WRAP-UP


17:00 – 18:00 RECEPTION


PARTICIPANTS

Peter Anker, Senior Policy Advisor, Frequency Management, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands
Jakob Blaavand, Senior Consultant, Smith Institute, UK
Wladimir Bocquet, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Spectrum Management and Policy, Eutelsat, France
Eric Brousseau, Scientific Director, Governance and Regulation Chair, Université Paris-Dauphine
Martin Cave, Visiting Professor, Imperial College Business School, UK
Didier Chauveau, Deputy Director, Spectrum Planning and International Affairs, Agence Nationale des Fréquences, France
Pierre de Vries, Spectrum Initiative Co-director and Executive Fellow, Silicon Flatirons, University of Colorado, USA
Mérouane Debbah, Director, Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab, Huawei  Technologies, France
Alberto Di Felice, Senior Analyst, Government Affairs, Qualcomm, Belgium
Philippe Distler, Member of the Board, ARCEP, France
Morten Falch, Associate Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark
Michele Farquhar, Partner, Hogan Lovells, USA
Catherine Gabay, Deputy Director, Spectrum Monitoring, Agence nationale des fréquences (ANFR)
Dale Hatfield, Spectrum Policy Initiative Co-Director and Executive Fellow, Silicon Flatirons; Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado (via Skype for session 3 & 4)
Robert Horvitz, Associate Manager, Grant Thornton Advisory, Czech Republic
Jan Kruys, Owner and Senior Consultant, SpectrumConsult, The Netherlands
Petri Mähönen, Professor of Engineering, Head of INETS, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
J. Scott Marcus, Independent Consultant, Economist, Brussels, Belgium, and Bonn, Germany
Winston Maxwell, Partner, Hogan Lovells, Paris, France
Gabor Molnar, Senior Fellow, Silicon Flatirons, University of Colorado, USA
Samer Mourad, Principal, Analysys Mason
Stéphane Piot, Partner, Analysys Mason
Gérard Pogorel, Professor of Economics and Management-Emeritus, Telecom ParisTech, France
Howard Shelanski, Professor of Law, Georgetown University, USA
Brett Tarnutzer, Head of Spectrum, GSMA, UK
Joëlle Toledano, Professor of Economics, CentraleSupelec, France
William Webb, Professor, CSaP, University of Cambridge; Director, Webb Search Consultancy, UK
Phil Weiser, Executive Director and Founder, Silicon Flatirons; Hatfield Professor of Law, University of Colorado, USA
Christopher S. Yoo, John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, USA


A complete reading list will be provided at a later date. 


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