• Establishing a global regulatory framework that promotes the adoption of reconfigurable radio technologies and dynamic spectrum access (DSA).
• Bringing together a multidisciplinary line up of regulatory/public policy officials and experts from around the world working on issues relevant to reconfigurable DSA radio technologies – technologists/engineers, economists, social scientists, and even lawyers.
• Developing a regulatory agenda that promotes the adoption of reconfigurable DSA radio technologies.
• Identifying regulatory barriers and misconceptions that may impact new business opportunities for reconfigurable DSA radio technologies.
• Describing current regulatory constraints that may impact the feasibility of potential technical options for deploying reconfigurable DSA radio technologies.

Workshop Program:

08:30-09:30 SDR'09 Conference Keynote (open to Regulatory Workshop Participants)
presented by Daniel J. Weitzner, Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy Analysis and Development, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

09:40-11:50 Morning Workshop Session
Keynote –Julius P. Knapp, Chief, FCC Office of Engineering Technology

Panel 1: Future Dynamic Spectrum Access Regulatory Models: Can they be both “dynamic” and “regulatory”

ABSTRACT:  This panel of world-renown spectrum policy experts will provide a diverse and multidisciplinary set of high-level perspectives on potential or ideal regulatory approaches that would not only enable, but promote deployment of DSA and reconfigurable radio technology.  Issues to be addressed will include (1) regulatory and market barriers, constraints and misconceptions about such technologies; (2) regulatory, market and technical opportunities such as the availability of “digital dividend” spectrum, secondary market leasing/trading, the emergence of RFICs, femtocells, and multi-band software defined radios; (3) the “low-hanging” fruit for regulatory changes to promote SDR and cognitive radio deployments; (4) appropriate and inappropriate regulatory “models” for DSA; and (5) other contentious, controversial and compelling problems and solutions confronting and confounding regulators around the world.

MODERATOR: Peter Tenhula, Chair, SDR Forum Regulatory Committee

PARTICIPANTS:

• Bill Lehr, Director of Communications Futures Program, MIT
• Peter Stanforth, CTO, Spectrum Bridge
• Jon Peha, Chief Technologist, Federal Communications Commission
• Wayne A. Leighton, Ph.D., Partner, Empiris, LLC
• Other panelists will be announced soon

11:50 to 13:50 Lunch and Product Exhibition

13:50-16:00 Afternoon Workshop Session

Panel 2: Specific Applications and Opportunities for Implementation of Reconfigurable Radio Technologies and Dynamic Spectrum Access Regulatory Approaches

ABSTRACT:  This panel of subject-matter specialists will provide their unique observations and assessments of particular market segments and focus areas where near-term deployment of DSA and reconfigurable radio technology will achieve important public policy objectives.  Representatives and experts from the military, homeland security and public safety communities will shed light on the benefits such technologies can bring and the regulatory obstacles that are in their way.  Advocates for affordable, sustainable and ubiquitous wireless broadband services, especially in rural areas, will explain the societal and economic benefits of such services and how new, innovative technologies can sway policy makers to open up new doors to funding sources and a friendly regulatory environment.  Representatives from both incumbent and emerging service providers will be invited to share their requirements for interference protection, spectrum efficient technology solutions and relief from antiquated regulations.

MODERATOR: Bruce Oberlies, Senior Director of Advanced Technology, Motorola

Panelists:

• Fred Frantz, Director, Advanced Research Dept.
  Global Security & Engineering Solutions a division of L-3 Services
  
• Richard Engelman, Director, Spectrum Resources  Government Affairs
  Sprint Nextel Corporation
• David Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum
• Howard McDonald, Team Lead for Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) Activities, Defense Spectrum Organization, DISA
  
• Other panelists will be announced soon

Panel 3: The World’s Regulatory View of Software Defined and Cognitive Radio: A WRC 12 Preview

ABSTRACT:  On the agenda for the upcoming World Radio Conference (WRC) is an item (AI 1.19) that will “consider regulatory measures and their relevance, in order to enable the introduction of software-defined radio and cognitive radio systems, based on the results of ITU‑R studies.”  The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is currently studying whether there is a need for regulatory measures to enable the introduction of these systems.  This panel of ITU experts will provide a timely preview of this and other relevant WRC agenda items.  They will address the important issues now under consideration and debate within the international community and  ITU working groups, including: (1) how can the ITU facilitate the deployment of software defined radios (SDR) and cognitive radio systems (CRS) in the various existing radiocommunication services; (2) are changes to the ITU Radio Regulations needed to enable these technologies; and (3) how do the definitions, description, or characterization of SDR or CRS effect the studies and debates?

MODERATOR: Chris Hofer, Defense Spectrum Organization International Team Lead - DoD WRC Coordinator

Panelists:

• Rob Kubik, Director of Telecom Relations Global, Motorola
• Mike Chartier, Director of Spectrum Policy, Intel
• Bernd Wolf, Federal Network Agency, Germany
• Mr. Jerry Conner, Director, Spectrum Assurance, ITT AES
  
• Other panelists will be announced soon

16:15 - SDR’09 Keynote (open to Regulatory Workshop Participants)
presented by Joe Heaps, Deputy Chief, Information & Sensor Technologies Division Manager, Communications Technology Portfolio, National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

17:00 -  SDR’09  Conference Panel Session (open to Regulatory Workshop Participants)
Setting the Global Regulatory Agenda
ABSTRACT:  This concluding panel will feature members of the SDR Forum’s Regulatory Advisory Committee, which was established to provide advice and guidance to the Forum in support of the work of its Regulatory Committee.  The Advisory Committee is made up of regulatory and public policy officials and experts from around the world who are working on or knowledgeable about issues relevant to reconfigurable radio technologies.  The panelists will provide their unique insights on various activities of domestic and international regulatory bodies of interest to the SDR and cognitive radio community.  They will help identify what early incremental steps must be taken to proactively identify and remove regulatory barriers and misconceptions that may impact the ability to promote deployment of DSA and reconfigurable radio technology.

MODERATOR:  Paul Kolodzy

Panelists:

• Bernd Wolf, Federal Network Agency, Germany
• Alan Scrime, Chief, Spectrum Analysis and Frequency Management Branch, Communications Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC)
• Bill Lane, Chief Engineer, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• Byron Barker, Chief, Strategic Planning Division, Office of Spectrum Management, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)