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On 14 May 2026,the Connect Everyone Coalition (CEC) hosted a fireside chat with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz. He and CEC Executive Director Richard Cullen discussed new developments in connectivity, the broadening of the space economy, and the importance of modernizing outdated regulations.
SPEAKERS
Jay Schwarz – Chief, FCC Space Bureau
Richard Cullen – Executive Director, CEC
#FCC #Connectivity #SpaceEconomy #SatelliteComms
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On March 11, 2026, the Congressional Internet Caucus Academy hosted a panel ‘The Rapid Rise of Space-Based Internet: Broadband from Above‘ at Rayburn House in Washington DC. For years, the idea that high-speed broadband could beam directly to your handheld phone from space sounded like science fiction. Today, it’s happening. Low-Earth orbit constellations are reshaping broadband competition. Phones are beginning to connect directly to satellites. And space-based networks are becoming part of America’s communications backbone.
SPEAKERS
Jay Schwarz – Chief, Space Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Scott Wallsten – President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute
Karina Perez – Director, Space & Spectrum Policy Center, CCIA
HOST / MODERATOR
Tim Lordan, Executive Director, Congressional Internet Caucus Academy
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On Thursday November 13, 2025, New America’s Wireless Future and the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) host ‘The LEO Satellite Policy Symposium‘ in Washington DC. This event is a follow up to the recently issued LEO Policy Working Group Report.
AGENDA (All times EST = UTC-5)
11:00 Welcome
11:05 Remarks from Jay Schwarz
Jay Schwarz – Chief, FCC Space Bureau
11:35 LEOS 101 with Patricia Cooper
Patricia Cooper – President and Founder, Constellation Advisory, LLC
11:45 Panel 1: Spectrum
Michael Calabrese – Director, Wireless Future; Senior Advisor, Technology and Democracy
Armand Musey – President and Founder, Summit Ridge Group, LLC
Jeff Carlisle – Managing Member, Lerman Senter PLLC
Joe Kane – Director, Broadband and Spectrum Policy, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
12:30 LUNCH
12:45 Panel 2: Digital Divide
Jessica Dine – Policy Analyst, Open Technology Institute and Wireless Future, New America
Mignon Clyburn – Principal, MLC Strategies, LLC / Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Nicol Turner-Lee – Director, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings
Greg Guice – Chief Policy Officer, Vernonburg Group
13:30 Panel 3: Competition
Kristian Stout – Director of Innovation Policy, International Center for Law & Economics
Gerald Adams – George Sharswood Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Ruth Pritchard-Kelly – Expert, Satellite Regulatory Policy
Scott Wallsten – President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute
@OTI @LawEconCenter #LEOSatellites #LEOPolicySymposium #WirelessFuture #SpectrumPolicy #DigitalDivide #CompetitionPolicy
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On September 18, 2025, Wireless Future at New America and the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) presented an online panel discussion ‘Boosting LEO Satellite Capacity: Is the FCC’s Launch on Target?‘. Nearly 12,000 satellites now orbit Earth, led by SpaceX’s 7,800 Starlinks and Amazon’s Kuiper, with tens of thousands more planned. The FCC faces critical decisions on spectrum sharing, balancing protection for existing geostationary satellites and wireless services against policies to expand LEO capacity and access.
SPEAKERS
Jameson Dempsey, Director, Satellite Policy, SpaceX
Kalpak Gude, Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Project Kuiper, Amazon
Patricia Cooper, Space Policy, Strategy, and Regulatory Consultant
Daniel Mah, Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, SES Satellites
Moderator: Michael Calabrese, Director, Wireless Future, New America
On Friday December 13, 2024 at 10:00-12:00 CET (09:00-11:00 AM UTC) the Lodz Cyber Hub at the University of Lodz Law School, an ICANN EURALO ALS, and the United Nations University – Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) hosts an online workshop ‘International Law of Critical Internet Infrastructure: A Comparative Analysis of Europe and China‘.
This workshop aims to examine regional approaches to the governance of Critical Internet Infrastructure (CII), focusing on a comparative analysis of the legal frameworks adopted in Europe and China. As global leaders in technology and Internet governance, both regions face unique challenges and opportunities related to the protection and management of CII, including Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and undersea cables. This comparative analysis will provide insights into the effectiveness and adaptability of various governance models within the framework of international law. This workshop is also a part of the Internet Society Foundation project dedicated to the application of international law to Low Earth Orbit satellites.
Agenda
10:00 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Joanna KULESZA – Assistant Professor, University of Lodz Law School / Executive Director, Lodz Cyber Hub.
10:10 Panel Discussion: International Law and the Governance of Low Earth Orbit Satellites as Critical Internet Infrastructure (CII)
Dr. Berna Akçali GUR – Lecturer in Space Law , Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) /Associate Research Fellow, United Nations University – CRIS (UNU-CRIS):
Dr. LENG Xinyu – Associate Professor, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL)
10:30 Panel Discussion: Governance of Subsea Infrastructure and Cross-Border Data Access – The Snowden Effect, Cybersecurity, and Jurisdictional Limits
Prof. PEI Wei – Professor, Beihang University (BUAA):
Dr. Anachiara ROTONDO – Junior Assistant Professor, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II (UniNa)
10:50 Panel Discussion: Application of International Law to Critical Internet Infrastructure (CII) – Recommendations and Challenges
Prof. Paolo BARGIACCHI – Full Professor of International Law, Department of Economic and Legal Sciences, Kore University of Enna (UniKore):
Dr. ZHU Lixin – Researcher and Director of the Institute of Cybersecurity Rule of Law, Institute of Technology and Education Development, Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU)
11:10 Q&A Session
11:50 Closing Remarks
TWITTER #CII #UniLodz @LodzCyber #SSIGIL #GigaNet
#CII MASTODON | BLUESKY | INSTA
PERRMALINK https://isoc.live/18669
On Wednesday December 20 2023 at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) Broadband Breakfast presents an episode in its weekly Broadband Breakfast Live Online series, ‘Space Wars: What to Expect from Satellite Broadband‘. As satellite internet providers like SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper continue expanding, the race for space-based broadband is heating up. With the FCC approving SpaceX’s Gen2 satellite deployment and Amazon testing prototype launches, these companies are poised to blanket the skies with thousands more satellites. What are the implications of this new phase, particularly the potential for interference issues, orbital debris concerns and 5G backhaul capabilities? What about the regulatory and policy questions surrounding mega-constellations and space commercialization? Will satellite broadband address the current digital divide, potentially on a global scale?
PANEL
David Goldman, Vice President of Satellite Policy, SpaceX
Kalpak Gude, Head of Domestic Regulatory Affairs, Project Kuiper
Kelly Martin, Account Director, Eutelsat OneWeb
MOD: Drew Clark, Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/axQq6ZHNW7c
TWITTER #LEO @BroadbandCensus #Satellite #BroadbandBreakfastLive @BroadbandCensus @SpaceX @ProjectKuiper @EutelsatOneWeb @drewclark
SIMULCASTS
https://www.facebook.com/broadbandbreakfast/videos/664163259124374/
https://twitter.com/BroadbandCensus/status/1737518269324828791
On Thursday October 12 2023 the Internet Society co-organized an IGF 2023 workshop session ‘Data Governance in Broadband Satellite Services‘. A panel assessed the potential advantages and disadvantages of satellite-dependent internet access, recognizing the significance of global governance of outer space in ensuring peaceful exploration and use. Through an examination of the current legal framework and the identification of its shortcomings, the panel aimed to support the implementation and use of this new technology to further global connectivity while addressing concerns related to sustainability, privacy, and cybersecurity, with a particular emphasis on transboundary data flows
SPEAKERS
Dan York, Internet Society
Berna Akcali Gur, Queen Mary University of London
Peter Micek, Access Now
Larry Press, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Dr. Uta Meier-Hahn, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
MODERATORS
Joanna Kulesza, University of Lodz
Berna Akcali Gur, Queen Mary University of London
LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf2023-ws307 (open captions)
TRANSCRIPT (see ISOC.LIVE)
TWITTER #LEODATAGOV #LEOs @InternetSociety @ISOCFoundation @zielwasser @larrypress @KuleszaJ @BernaAkcaliGur @lawyerpants @DanYork
MASTODON #LEOs @[email protected]
SIMULCASTS (open captions)
https://youtu.be/SYz-Wsv_OgU?t=8260 (IGF YouTube)
https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/
ARCHIVE (closed captions)
https://archive.org/details/igf2023-ws307
REPORTS
Perspectives on LEO Satellites (ISOC, 2022)
Policy Paper – Governments (cyber.uni.lodz, 2023)
Policy Paper – Civil Society/End Users (cyber.uni.lodz, 2023)
On Thursday March 16 2023 at 08:00 PDT (16:00 UTC) Gigabit Libraries Network presents Session 71 in its Libraries in Response series, with the theme ‘Broadband from Space: In To Africa‘
Join to hear about the first community anchor institutions in Africa to initiate connectivity via low earth orbit sat systems. Can LEO’s allow the least connected continent to reach into every community?
SPEAKERS
Dr. Nkem E. Osuigwe, Development & Training Director, African Library and Information Associations & Institutions(AfLIA)
Verengai Mabika, Senior Policy Advisor, Africa, Internet Society ·
Dr. Larry Press, Professor of Information Systems, California State University
LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/leo-africa
PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3JKQrCo
REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3JovUC8
TWITTER @GigLibraries @librarian_nkem @AfLIACon @VerengaiMabika @InternetSociety @larrypress @DominguezHills #leo #Starlink #libraries #africa #InternetForEveryone
MASTODON #Starlink
SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)
https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ (AI Captions)
ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/leo-africa
On Thursday February 16 2023 at 7:30pm-9:30pm EST (00:30-02:30 UTC Feb 17) the IEEE Consultants Network of Northern New Jersey (CNNNJ) will host a presentation ‘Communications and Networking in LEO Mega-Constellations‘. Presenter Dr. Gunes Karabulut Kurt, chair of the IEEE Satellite Mega-constellations: Communications and Networking Special Interest Group will focus on the communications and networking aspects of these mega-constellations and their integration with the terrestrial networks. The associated communication and networking problems will be investigated along with potential remedies such as the use of distributed massive MIMO and high altitude platform station (HAPS) systems. The talk will conclude with an overview of the open issues and future research directions.
SPEAKER
Dr. Gunes Karabulut Kurt PhD, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cnnnj-leo
PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3xfXRWT
REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3YXyoO0
TWITTER #leo #megaconstellations Dr. Gunes Karabulut Kurt @IEEE #CNNNJ @0brane
MASTODON #megaconstellations
SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)
The December 13 2022 episode of the Light Reading ‘ Divide’ podcast featured Dan York, director of online content at the Internet Society, who joined the show to discuss the details of a new report called Perspectives on LEO Satellites. The program dives into the state of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband today, where LEOs are best positioned to solve connectivity issues, emerging challenges around capacity and affordability, what to expect as Amazon’s Project Kuiper goes live – and more.
Here are just a few topics discussed:
Using LEOs vs. medium-Earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites for Internet connectivity (1:55)
Best use cases for satellite broadband so far (4:55)
Whether government funding should be used on satellite broadband (11:24)
What to draw from Starlink’s capacity challenges this year (16:12)
Security and privacy issues facing the LEO satellite industry (18:35)
Addressing satellite-related environmental concerns and orbital debris (21:30)
What to watch for in satellite broadband in 2023 (26:48)
Related stories and links:
Episode transcript (unedited PDF)
Perspectives on LEO Satellites | Internet Society
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Starlink hit with global outage | Light Reading
US DoD ‘in communication’ with SpaceX about funding Starlink in Ukraine | Light Reading
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