On July 16th, from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm, industry experts will discuss challenges and opportunities tech entrepreneurs face outside of Silicon Valley in today’s digital economy during the panel “Investing Locally, Empowering Globally: The Tech Landscape Beyond the Valley” at MMTC’s Access to Capital and Telecom Policy Conference. Panelists will also highlight technology policy issues that impact start-ups and entrepreneurs.
The panel will begin with opening remarks by Larry Irving, former Administrator of the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, appointed by President Bill Clinton. As a senior advisor to the President, Vice President, and Secretary of Commerce, Irving was a principal architect of the Clinton Administration’s telecommunications, Internet, and E-Commerce policies and initiatives. Currently, Irving heads Irving Strategies, a consulting firm providing strategic planning and market development services to international telecommunications and information technology companies. He is also the Co-Chair of the Internet Innovation Alliance.
Moderator:
Maurita Coley, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, MMTC
Remarks:
Larry Irving, President and CEO, Irving Strategies; Former Administrator, NTIA
Panelists:
- Jotaka L. Eaddy, Senior Strategist and Policy Advocate
- Brandon Ellis, Founding Partner and CEO, GhostNote
- Jason Llorenz, Staff Member, Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, Rutgers University School of Communication & Information
- Erin Horne McKinney, Tech & Innovation Sector Manager, Government of the District of Columbia, Executive Office of the Mayor, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development (DMPED)
- Steven C. Roberts, President and Founder, Roberts Broadcasting Company
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About MMTC:
The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving equal opportunity and civil rights in the mass media, telecommunications, and broadband industries, and closing the digital divide. MMTC is generally recognized as the nation’s leading advocate for minority advancement in communications.
