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Confirmed Speakers include: ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Hon. Jonathan Adelstein, Former Commissioner, FCC; President, PCIA Hon.

Joe Armstrong, Member, Tennessee House of Representatives; President, National Black Caucus of State Legislators Laura Breeden, Program Director for Public Computer Centers and Broadband Adoption, NTIA Deborah Broderson, Associate, Hogan Lovells Hon. Sharon Weston Broome, Member, Louisiana Senate; President Emeritus, National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women Melanie Campbell, President & CEO, Black Womens Roundtable and National Coalition for Black Civic Participation Patrick S. Campbell, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Keith Clinkscales, CEO, Revolt Media and TV Hon. James Clyburn (D-SC), Assistant Democratic Leader, U.S. House of Representatives Hon. Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner and former Interim Chairwoman, FCC Hon. Michael J. Copps, Former Commissioner and Interim Chairman, FCC; Special Advisor for Media and Democracy Reform Initiative, Common Cause William Crowder, Managing Director, DreamIt Ventures Brigitte Daniel, Executive Vice President, Wilco Electronic Systems, Inc. Monica Desai, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP Ralph Everett, President and CEO, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Ari Fitzgerald, Partner, Hogan Lovells; Secretary of the Board, Minority Media and Telecommunications Council Shana Glickfield, Partner, Beekeeper Group Emilio Gonzalez, Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Verizon Patrick Gusman, Managing Director, Social Sector Innovations, LLC David Honig, President and CEO, MMTC Kristal High, Editor-in-Chief, Politic365 Fred Humphries, Vice President, U.S. Government Affairs, Microsoft Corporation Hon. Reed Hundt, Former Chairman, FCC David Johns, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence Jeff Johnson, Journalist, Author and Political Commentator, Jeffs Nation Julia L. Johnson, President, NetCommunications, Inc.; Chairwoman, MMTC Marva Johnson, Senior Vice President, Bright House Networks Ronald Johnson, Owner, Ronson Network Services Mark Kang, VP, Inspiration Network Hon. William E. Kennard, Former Chairman, FCC; Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Hon. Karen Kornbluh, Former U.S. ambassador, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Senior Fellow for Digital Policy, Council on Foreign Relations Erwin Krasnow, Partner, Garvey Schubert Barer; Co-Chair, MMTC Mentoring Committee; Vice-Chair, MMTC Maria Teresa Kumar, President and CEO, Voto Latino Fernando Laguarda, Vice President, External Affairs and Policy Counselor, Time Warner Cable Kevin Lewis, CEO, Lewis Education Group; Entrepreneur and Author of Crowdfundamentals: How to Raise $100K in 30 Days through Crowdfunding Bruce Lincoln, Founder and Chief Design Scientist, Urban Cyberspace Company; Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Columbia University Roland Martin, TV Anchor, TV One Michael McKenzie, Partner and Chief Strategy Officer, Grain Management, LLC Duane McKnight, Partner, Syncom Venture Partners Hon. Marc Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League Hon. Michael ORielly, Commissioner, FCC Hon. Ajit Pai, Commissioner, FCC Bret Perkins, Vice President, External and Government, Comcast Ruth Perot, Executive Director and CEO, Summit Health Institute for Research and Education Miles Peterson, Student, Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science Hon. Michael Powell, Former Chairman, FCC State Sen. Catherine Pugh (D-MD) President Elect, National Black Caucus of State Legislators Matthew Quinn, Director of Healthcare Initiatives, Federal Communications Commission Issa Rae, Independent Producer; Creator, Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl Karen S. Rheuban, M.D., Medical Director, Office of Telemedicine, University of Virginia Hon. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Member, U.S. House of Representatives Steven C. Roberts, Co-Founder, The Roberts Companies Mace Rosenstein, Partner, Covington and Burling, LLP Jim Shelton, Acting Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education Craig Silliman, Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Government Affairs, Verizon Communications Gigi Sohn, Special Counsel for External Affairs, FCC Hon. Cliff Stearns, Former Member of Congress (R-FL); Co-Chair, New Telecom and Internet Policy Taskforce Hon. Deborah Taylor Tate, Former Commissioner, FCC Hon. Ed Towns, Member of Congress Emeritus (D-NY); Co-Chair, New Telecom and Internet Policy Taskforce, MMTC Nicol Turner-Lee, Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer, MMTC Hon. Tom Wheeler, Chairman, FCC Hon. Richard E. Wiley, Former Chairman, FCC James L. Winston, Executive Director and General Counsel, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters Inc. Navarrow Wright, President and CEO, #closethedivide

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