Event

National Educational Broadband Service Association's (NEBSA) 2019 Annual Conference

Hosts

Fish's Ed Lavergne and Donna Balaguer, both of the DC office, will speak on two separate panels at the National Educational Broadband Service Association’s (NEBSA) 2019 Annual Conference, February 18-19, in Tampa, FL. Fish is also a proud long-time sponsor of the event. Panel details are below.

NEBSA is a non-profit corporation whose vision is to provide mission critical information and resources for the creation, delivery, installation, implementation and maintenance of educational broadband service to all current and prospective EBS licensees. For more information about the conference, or to register, click here.

Monday, February 18, 3:45 - 5:45PM
Washington Update: EBS and FCC Rulemaking

Washington based experts representing EBS licensees will provide a thorough analysis of the NPRM and an update on other regulatory and legislative matters that impact EBS licensees.

Moderator: Todd Gray, NEBSA Counsel, Partner, Gray, Miller Persh

Speakers:

  • Ed Lavergne, Principal, Fish & Richardson
  • Todd Gray, Partner, Gray Miller Persh
  • Stephanie Weiner, Partner, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis

Tuesday, February 19, 9:30 - 10:30AM
Washington Update – EBS and the Sprint Merger

The proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile is now pending before the FCC. This session will introduce the merger partners and their plans, update attendees on the merger proposal and its status, and examine how the merger would affect EBS licensees who have excess capacity leases with Sprint that would be assigned to the "New T-Mobile," including possible conditions on approval of the merger that might have far-ranging potential impact on EBS licensees.

Moderator: Todd Gray, NEBSA Counsel, Partner, Gray, Miller Persh

Speakers:

  • Donna Balaguer, Principal, Fish & Richardson
  • Jim Goldstein, Senior Counsel, Sprint
  • Steve Sharkey, Vice President, Government Affairs, T-Mobile
  • John Schwartz, President, Voqal

National Educational Broadband Service Association’s (NEBSA) 2019 Annual Conference
February 18-19, 2019
The Westin Tampa Waterside Hotel on Harbour Island
725 S Harbour Island Blvd, Tampa, FL