# First Technology Transitions; Policy Task Force Workshop
**AGENCY:**
Federal Communications Commission.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
In this document the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provides a detailed agenda for the workshop scheduled for March 18, 2013 in Washington, DC. This event is the first in a planned series of workshops to analyze technology transitions from narrowband to broadband; from time-division multiplexing (TDM) to Internet Protocol (IP); from copper to fiber; from only wireline services to greater use of wireless and their implications for modernizing Commission policy.
**DATES:**
The workshop information is as follows:
Date: March 18, 2013.
Time: 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (EST).
Location: Commission Meeting Room, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks.
10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Technological Capabilities—This panel will discuss the technological capabilities of wireless and wireline (copper, fiber and coax) technologies today and in the future.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch Break.
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Usage and Adoption—This panel will examine the adoption and use of various technologies across the diverse demographics of our nation.
2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Break.
2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Network Evolution—transition for different wireline and wireless. This panel will examine the timing of the technological networks as well as examine drivers for the timing of the technology transition.
**ADDRESSES:**
Federal Communications Commission, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
For additional information about the meeting, please contact Rebekah Goodheart, Deputy Director, Technology Transitions Policy Task Force, at (202) 418-1438 or *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The FCC will attempt to accommodate as many attendees as possible; however, admittance will be limited to seating availability. The Commission will provide audio and/or video coverage of the meeting over the Internet from the FCC's Web page at *http://www.fcc.gov/live.* 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 email to *[email protected]* or by calling the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (tty). Such requests should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed. In addition, please include a way the FCC can contact you if it needs more information. Please allow as much advance notice as possible; last-minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.
We also take this opportunity to remind the public that presentations to decision-making personnel that go to the merits of the Commission's pending permit-but-disclose proceeding in GN Docket No. 13-5 regarding the work of the Technology Transitions Policy Task Force, *see Ex Parte Meetings with the Technology Transitions Policy Task**Force,* Public Notice, 28 FCC Rcd 105 (2013), must comply with the Commission's *ex**parte* rules, *see, e.g.,* 47 CFR.1.1200 *et seq.* Interested parties are also invited to submit written comments in this public docket.
*Attendance* —This Workshop is open to the public. In order to ensure space availability and expedite the security check-in process, please submit name and company affiliation ahead of time by sending an email to *[email protected].* All attendees are advised to arrive approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of the workshop to allow time to go through our security process.
*Lunch:* Attendees may pre-order lunch, to be picked up by FCC staff, from the Potbelly Sandwich Shop. To place your order online, go to *http://www.potbelly.com/Shops/OrderOnline.aspx* and follow these instructions:
• Which Shop?, enter the FCC's address at 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC, and then select the Potbelly Shop located at 1240 Maryland Ave. SW., Washington
• Carryout or Delivery?: Carryout
• Pickup Date?: March 18, 2013
• Pickup Time?: 10:30 a.m.
• Make your lunch and beverage selections
• Who is this Item for?: First and last name followed by “FCC,” i.e., John Smith FCC
• Contact Information: Complete your contact information and after your last name, include “-FCC”
• Credit Card Information: Provide your credit card information and submit your order.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sean Lev,
General Counsel.