Global Perspectives on Tech Law and Policy
February 7–8, 2027
@University of Colorado Law School
The global technology landscape is increasingly uncertain and unstable. Developments in areas ranging from artificial intelligence to wireless communications – and corresponding privacy, free speech, sustainability, innovation, and other law and policy concerns loom large.
New technological capabilities and varying regulatory frameworks across the globe raise urgent questions about governance at local, state, federal, and international levels. The 2027 Flagship Conference brings together scholars, policymakers, and industry leaders to discuss related and contextual challenges and opportunities. Through a combination of expert panels, keynote addresses, and our annual debate, the 2027 Flagship Conference will evaluate how divergent approaches to policy are creating a fragmented landscape – from one community, country, and continent to the next.
The conference agenda is still taking shape, and the schedule may evolve as plans continue to solidify. Stay tuned for announcements about speakers, keynote presentations, session times, and additional program details coming soon!
Secure your spot today at the early bird rate. Registration fees increase December 19.
Sessions
Conference Day One
The first day of the Flagship Conference opens with keynote remarks and a panel discussion exploring the latest developments and most pressing aspects of global and international information and telecommunications policy.
The agenda will sharpen its focus on current information and telecommunications issues confronting the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, with added emphasis on the telecommunications regulatory environment – both domestic and abroad.
Our annual fireside chat likely will explore mounting pressure for expanded regulation of technology, with emphasis on artificial intelligence, the unprecedented investment supporting AI expansion, and the technology’s increasingly prevalent role in how we work and live.
The afternoon agenda shifts to examination of developments in data privacy policy, closing with our annual debate – which likely will consider if, how, and to what extent AI might be regulated.
Opening Keynote: The Year Ahead in International Telecommunications
- Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU (invited)
Panel Discussion: The Current State of International Tech Law and Policy
- Moderator: Vivek Krishnamurthy, Colorado Law
Morning Keynote
- Commissioner Olivia Trusty, Federal Communications Commission (invited)
Panel Discussion: Telecom Fractures at the FCC
- Moderator: Blake Reid, Colorado Law
Panel Discussion: Data Privacy — Convergence, Divergence, and Data Transfers
- Moderator: Margot Kaminski, Colorado Law
Annual Debate
Reception
An opportunity to catch up, unwind, and network with conference attendees and Silicon Flatirons faculty, students, and staff.
Conference Day Two
The second day of the Flagship Conference focuses on spectrum and space policy issues, with an opening keynote and panel discussion examining the opportunities and challenges confronting the U.S. and countries around the world as we enter a period of rapid advance in spectrum-enabled technology and space innovation.
Focus will shift to the 2027 World Radio Conference, with emphasis on the issues to be discussed, the U.S. approach to spectrum policy negotiations, and implications for wireless technology and mobile telecommunications around the globe. Keynote remarks and panel discussion will explore various aspects of what we might expect to see at WRC-27.
Additional attention may be applied to related and complementary spectrum policy, with additional planned keynote remarks from leaders at the Federal Communications Commission and National Telecommunications and Information Administration, along with robust panel discussion.
Welcome Keynote
- Honorable Bill Nelson (invited)
Panel Discussion: Data, Direct-to-Device, and the New “Race” Toward Space Innovation
- Moderator: Matt Schmit, Silicon Flatirons
Morning Keynote: Spectrum Policy on a Global Stage
- Ambassador Adam Cassady, US Department of State (invited)
Panel Discussion: The Wide Range of Spectrum Priorities Ahead of WRC-27
- Moderator: John Chapin, Silicon Flatirons