SPS 2016

All SPS 2016 Videos:

  • Chris Greer, Senior Executive of Cyber Physical Systems at The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), tells TIA NOW how frameworks and common standards can enable applications in verticals like smart cities. Find out about NIST’s Global City Teams Challenge, as Greer talks about its benefits from interoperability to replicability.

  • Is information sharing a reciprocal partnership between the private and public sector? Nneka Chiazor, Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs at Verizon, tells TIA NOW how we can implement cyber risk management for our industry, through an automated portal of information sharing.

  • Security and privacy are paramount to foster consumer trust as we continue to connect millions of IoT devices. Terrell McSweeny, Commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), spoke with TIA NOW from TIA’s recent Spring Policy Summit about these two critical topics, including the FTC’s security initiative program, which aims to educate consumers on the principles of reasonable security practices in a dynamic technology space.

  • Howard Symons, Vice Chair of the Incentive Auction Task Force at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), explains the mechanics of the impending incentive auction for broadcast spectrum, to be then later sold to wireless carriers. Mock auctions for spectrum bidders is the norm, according to Symons, but due to the novelty of this year’s incentive auction, the FCC will be hosting a practice auction for spectrum bidders.