Presents:
Fireside Chat with FCC Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz
FEATURING: FCC SPACE BUREAU CHIEF JAY SCHWARZ
Join the Connect Everyone Coalition (CEC) for a fireside chat with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz. This virtual event will feature a discussion between Schwarz and CEC Executive Director Richard Cullen as Schwarz discusses new developments in connectivity, the broadening of the space economy and the importance of modernizing outdated regulations.
This fireside chat is open to CEC members, Hill staff, industry organizations and interested stakeholders. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear directly from and ask questions of Chief Schwarz on the U.S. space industry, cutting-edge advances in connectivity technology such as low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet capabilities and the policy updates the FCC is championing to help innovators make more progress in closing the digital divide.
The event will be livestreamed and is open to the press.
Discussion topics will include…
- The connectivity landscape — including rural connectivity and the role of new space-based innovations, such as low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband.
- Exciting developments in the broader space economy and their impact on job creation, wage growth, innovation and expanding opportunity.
- The need for regulatory reform — such as modernizing outdated restrictions on equivalent power flux density (EPFD) and spectrum access — to maintain U.S. space leadership and allow 21st-century innovations to scale up.
FEATURED SPEAKER
Jay Schwarz
FCC Space Bureau Chief
Jay Schwarz recently rejoined the FCC as Chief of the Space Bureau. Before rejoining the FCC, he served as Vice President of Public Policy at Comcast, focusing on broadband policy. Previously at the FCC, he was Wireline Advisor to former Chairman Ajit Pai and held positions within the Wireline Competition Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Strategic Planning. Jay holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh and an undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University.
ABOUT THE CONNECT EVERYONE COALITION
The Connect Everyone Coalition is a broad-based coalition of more than 115 members committed to educating the public and policymakers on the importance of using every tool in our connectivity toolbox to provide fast, affordable broadband access to everyone.