Federal Communications Commission DA 23-238 DA 23-238 Released: March 21, 2023 FCC RELEASES AGENDA FOR MARCH 23, 2023 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC ROUNDTABLE GN Docket No. 17-208 This Public Notice announces the agenda for the Communications Equity and Diversity Council (CEDC)’s Lessons Learned from the Pandemic Roundtable on Broadband Access, Affordability and Deployment on March 23, 2023, from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm, EDT. The CEDC is an advisory council of the Federal Communications Commission. The roundtable will be held virtually, beginning at 10:00 am EDT, and will be available to the public for viewing via the Internet at http://www.fcc.gov/live. The goal of the roundtable is to convene key stakeholders across community organizations, internet service providers (ISPs), federal agencies with emergency broadband funding, and state agencies to assess lessons learned concerning programs that provided broadband connectivity to opportunity communities during the pandemic. The half-day virtual workshop will provide a platform to hear from a range of experts and a diverse set of stakeholders about efforts to promote digital equity, broadband adoption, and digital skills training for opportunity communities. The detailed agenda is attached to this Public Notice as an Appendix. The roundtable will be available to the public via live feed from the FCC’s web page at https://www.fcc.gov/live. The public may also view the roundtable on the Commission’s YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/fccdotgovvideo. More information on the roundtable is available on Twitter@fcc via the Commission’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fcc. Members of the public may submit questions during the panel discussions to livequestions@fcc.gov. Open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice). Such requests should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed. In addition, please include a way for the FCC to contact the requester if more information is needed to fill the request. Please allow at least five days’ advance notice for accommodation requests; last minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to accommodate. Members of the public may submit written comments to the CEDC using the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. Any comments should be filed in GN Docket No. 17-208. More information about the CEDC is available at https://www.fcc.gov/communications-equity-and-diversity-council. You may also contact Jamila Bess Johnson, the Designated Federal Officer for the Communications Equity and Diversity Council, at (202) 418-2608, or Jamila-Bess.Johnson@fcc.gov; or Diana Coho, Consumer Affairs and Outreach Specialist, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-2848 or Diana.Coho@fcc.gov, or Ashley Tyson, Attorney Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau at Ashley.Tyson@fcc.gov or (202) 418-1137. – FCC – APPENDIX “Lessons Learned from the Pandemic” Roundtable on Broadband Access, Affordability and Deployment Sponsored by the Communications Equity and Diversity Council Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 March 23, 2023 10:00 am – 1:30 p.m. EDT VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE AGENDA * indicates a member of the Communications Equity and Diversity Council 10:00 am Introduction Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated Federal Officer Communications Equity and Diversity Council Media Bureau Opening Remarks and Presentation Heather Gate, Vice President Connected Nation* CEDC Chair 10:10 am Panel 1: Availability, Affordability, Deployment Moderator Clayton Banks, CEO Silicon Harlem* Panelists Joshua Breitbart, Senior Vice President ConnectAll NY Greta Byrum, Principal for Broadband and Digital Equity HR&A Advisors Broderick Johnson, Executive Vice President, Public Policy Executive Vice President, Digital Equity Comcast* Thu Nguyen, Executive Director OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates Annette Taylor, Director, Office of Digital Equity and Literacy North Carolina Department of Information Technology Ovidiu Viorica, Broadband & Technology Program Manager New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority 11:25 am Roundtable Break 11:45 am Panel 2: Adoption and Digital Readiness  Moderator Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO GLAAD* Panelists Stephan Adams, President and CEO Virgin Islands Next Generation Network (viNGN) Norma Fernandez, CEO EveryoneOn Anisa Green, Director, Federal Regulatory Chief of Staff – EVP, Federal Regulatory Relations & Chief Regulatory Officer, Corporate External & Legislative Affairs AT&T Services, Inc.* Thomas Kamber, Founder and Executive Director Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) Ji Soo Song, Digital Equity Advisor U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology Hal Woods, Chief of Policy Kids First Chicago 1:00 pm Closing Remarks Dominique Harrison, Ph.D., Chair Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group Representing Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies* Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated Federal Officer Communications Equity and Diversity Council Media Bureau 2