University of Colorado's Silicon Flatirons Plans Event With Ramirez, Wheeler—Weeks After Inauguration
A tech initiative at the University of Colorado plans a broadband event with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez -- weeks after the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, who will name others to run those agencies (see…
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1611180019 and 1611140066). CU's Silicon Flatirons program said Tuesday that Wheeler and Ramirez would be among those speaking at its Feb. 12-13 conference on broadband migration and the "First Principles of Information Policy." Ramirez is to give an "overview address" Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m. MST, and Wheeler will give a closing keynote at noon the next day. Other participants include Comcast Senior Executive Vice President David Cohen, FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny, Deputy Assistant Attorney General-Litigation, Antitrust Division Jonathan Sallet, who used to be FCC general counsel, plus Mark Jamison, a member of Trump's FCC transition team. Also set to be there are some linked to Democrats, including Nielsen Executive Vice President-External Affairs Karen Kornbluh, a possible contender for FCC chairwoman if Hillary Clinton had won the presidential race (see 1611070063). Ramirez and Wheeler are confirmed to speak at the conference, and if things change, Silicon Flatirons' website will be updated, the initiative's Managing Director Anna Noschese emailed us. If Wheeler steps down as FCC member before the event, he will still take part in it, said a spokesman for that agency.