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Moderated panel of experts with experience in the technical, economic, and political elements of cognitive radio will discuss aspects of this emerging technology. -- Moderator: Lloyd Nirenberg, CEO, Shannon-Bayes Venture Corp. -- Michael J. Marcus Sc.D., Director, Marcus Spectrum Solutions -- Joe Hamilla, COO & Co-Founder, Spectrum Bridge -- Dewayne Hendricks, CEO, Tetherless Access -- Jeff Stern, SVP and GM for Government Solutions, TerreStar Corp. In 2009 the FCC began talking about the potential of a "spectrum crisis" which threatens to impact the ability to support projected growth of mobile wireless and even puts some elements of the National Broadband Plan at risk. At the same time Congress introduced bills in both the House and Senate which if enacted would set in motion a spectrum inventory effort intended to determine current usage. Clearly the question of how to use spectrum more efficiently is going to become an important topic in the near future. A proposed solution is the use of "cognitive radio" which intelligently adjusts operating frequencies to leverage unused "white spaces" in the existing spectrum. For companies seeking opportunity in the emerging market numerous technical questions abound: * Just what is cognitive radio? * Who are the current players in corporate, academia, and government? * Is this all new, or there existing radio technologies which can be studied and perhaps augmented to suit? * How might "white spaces" be best used, and could real-time spectrum auctions be useful? * What are the current economic, social, and political constraints which will guide the cognitive radio market? What legislative and policy changes might change these constraints over the next few years? * What legislative and policy changes might affect these constraints over the next few years? Our featured panelist will be Michael J. Marcus Sc.D., Director, Marcus Spectrum Solutions.