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Tina Pelkey, (202) 418-0536
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For Immediate Release

FCC ANNOUNCES AGENDA AND PARTICIPANTS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING FORUM

WASHINGTON, November 20, 2018—The FCC today announced the agenda for its November 30 Forum on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.  The forum will convene experts in the AI and machine learning fields to discuss the future of these technologies and their implications for the communications marketplace.  The event will also include demonstrations to enable the public to see these emerging technologies in action.  The agenda is as follows:

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM – AI Demonstrations

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM – Opening Remarks and Keynote 
· Welcome by Eric Burger, Chief Technology Officer of the FCC
· Remarks by Subbarao Kambhampati, Professor - Arizona State University

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM – Panel: What Is AI and Where Is It Taking Us? (Moderated by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai)
· Subbarao Kambhampati, Professor - Arizona State University
· Carolyn Nguyen, Director, Technology Policy - Microsoft
· David Cox, Director - MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab


11:00 AM – 12:00 PM –  Panel: Applications of AI and Machine Learning in the Here and Now (Moderated by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai)
· Matthew Ruttley, Head of Data - Frame.IO
· Chris White, Lab Leader - Nokia
· Michael Hayes, Senior Manager of Government Affairs – CTA
· Subha Madhavan, Chief Data Scientist – Georgetown University Medical Center
· Yongbin Wei, Senior Director of Engineering - Qualcomm 

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM – AI Demonstrations

The Forum will be held at FCC headquarters in Washington, D.C. and will be open to the public.  For more information, visit https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2018/11/forum-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning. 

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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).