DA 14-816

Released: June 12, 2014

Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

Announce Agenda for Workshop on “Prevention of Mobile Device Theft”

As part of the Commission’s efforts to reduce the theft of mobile devices, the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus today release the detailed agenda for the upcoming workshop on using technical solutions and best practices to reduce the theft of mobile devices, as previously announced by Public Notice on May 20, 2014. The workshop will be held on June 19, 2014, in the Commission Meeting Room at FCC Headquarters in Washington, D.C., from 9:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.

Building on stakeholders’ initiatives to date, this workshop will:

·  Explore ways that members of the mobile device community (providers, device manufacturers, OS providers, application developers) can improve collaboration with the law enforcement community in a collective effort to thwart mobile device theft;

·  Address ways in which more timely and accurate data about mobile device theft can be made available for both law enforcement entities and others, such as secondary market resellers; and

·  Discuss technology solutions that can limit the theft of mobile devices and curb effects on consumers and businesses.

Workshop Agenda

June 19, 2014

9:00 – 9:15 am Opening Remarks

Tom Wheeler, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

The Honorable José E. Serrano (D-NY-15) [invited]

9:15 – 9:30 am Introduction – Overview of the Challenge

Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia


9:30 – 10:45 am Panel 1: Working with Law Enforcement

Maxwell Szabo, Legislative Affairs and Policy Manager, Office of District Attorney George Gascón, San Francisco

Clark Russell, Assistant Attorney General, New York

Ronald Pavlik, Chief of Police, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Samuel E. Messinger, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service

Jeffrey M. Brannigan, Special Agent, (Act.) Section Chief, Cyber Crimes Center,

Homeland Security Investigations

John Marinho, Vice President of Technology and Cybersecurity, CTIA

Paul Jones, Senior Director of Global Asset Protection, EBAY

Representative from the Federal Bureau of Investigations [invited]

Moderators:

Joseph Heaps, Advisor, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

Eric Panketh, Chief, Operations and Emergency Management Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, FCC

10:45 – 11:00 am Break

11:00 – 12:15 pm Panel 2: Better Data

James Moran, Head of Technical Working Groups, GSMA

Les Gray, Chief Operating Officer, Recipero

Hugo Romero, Advisor, Comisión de Regulacíon de Comunicaciones, Colombia

John Knoch, Vice President, Program Management, Asurion

W. Matthew Rowe, Vice President & General Counsel, Gazelle

Mary Clark, Chief Marketing Officer, Syniverse

Moderators:

Kris Monteith, Acting Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC

Charles Mathias, Associate Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, FCC

12:15 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break

(Attendees are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch.)

1:00 – 2:15 pm Panel 3: The Role of Technology Solutions

Brian K. Daly, Director - Core & Government/Regulatory Standards, AT&T

Samir Gupte, Senior Product Manager, Lookout Mobile

Erik Neunschwander, Privacy and Security Engineer, Apple

Gunnar Halley, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Corporation

Robert Kubik, Director, Communications Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Samsung Electronics

Asaf Ashkenazi, Director, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.


Moderators:

Dennis Roberson, Vice Provost, Executive Director and Research Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology; Chairman, FCC Technological Advisory Council (TAC)

Walter Johnston, Chief, Electromagnetic Compatibility Division, Office of

Engineering and Technology, FCC

2:15 pm Wrap-Up and Next Steps

Dennis Roberson, Vice Provost, Executive Director and Research Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology; Chairman, FCC Technology and Advisory Council (TAC)

Attendance. This workshop is open to the public. All interested attendees are requested to arrive promptly. Attendees are not required to pre-register.

Webcast. The FCC will webcast the workshop on the FCC webpage. The webcast may be viewed at http://www.fcc.gov/live. Viewers may submit questions during the workshop via email nd on Twitter using the “#MobileTheftWksp” hashtag.

Accessibility Information. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation you will need and tell us how to contact you if we need more information. Make your request as early as possible. Last minute requests will be accepted, but may not be possible to fill. Send an e-mail to or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).

For further information of the workshop, contact Roger Goldblatt, Associate Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-1035 or by email: .

For more news and information about the Federal Communications Commission,

please visit: www.fcc.gov

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