D PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 13-146 Released: February 4, 2013 FCC PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE FIRST POST-SUPERSTORM SANDY FIELD HEARING, SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2013 By this Public Notice, we provide additional details regarding the first post-Superstorm Sandy field hearing, scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, February 5, 2013.1 We also announce a revised start time of 9:15 a.m. for the morning session. An updated agenda, with panelists listed in the order in which they will speak, is provided below. MORNING SESSION Location: Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House, 1 Bowling Green, Manhattan New York, NY 10004 9:15 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks 10:00 AM Panel #1: Public and Private Responses to Superstorm Sandy Moderator: David Turetsky, Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, FCC Panelists · Rahul N. Merchant, Citywide Chief Information and Innovation Officer/Commissioner New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications · Jack Schnirman, City Manager, City of Long Beach, New York · Michael Corso, Managing Director, New York State Department of Public Service · Clifford Abbio, Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Crown Castle USA, Inc. · Sean Kielty, Region II Emergency Communications Coordinator, Federal Emergency Management Agency 1 See FCC Announces Details Regarding the First Post-Superstorm Sandy Field Hearing, Scheduled for February 5, 2013, Public Notice, DA 13-140 (rel. Feb. 1, 2013). 11:00 AM Panel #2: Assessing Network Resiliency – Lessons Learned From Sandy Moderator: Sean Lev, General Counsel, FCC Panelists · The Honorable Upendra Chivukula, Assemblyman, New Jersey State Legislature · Jim Gerace, Vice President of State Government Affairs for the New York region for Verizon · Brian J. Allen, CPP, CFE, Group Vice President, Chief Security Officer, Time Warner Cable · Edward H. Comer, Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at the Edison Electric Institute · Tony Bardo, Vice President, Hughes Network Systems (an EchoStar company). 12:00 PM Chairman Genachowski concludes morning session. AFTERNOON SESSION Location: Stevens Institute of Technology, Babbio Center, River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030 2:00 PM Welcome and Opening Remarks 3:00 PM Panel #3: Communicating During Times of Emergency Moderator: David Turetsky Panelists · John Hogan, Chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment · J. Dave Davis, President and GM, WABC-TV · Nigel Snoad, Product Manager, Google.org Crisis Response · Emily Rahimi, Manager of Social Media, New York Fire Department · Charles Bell, Programs Director, Consumers Union 4:00 PM Panel #4: “Outside the box” – New Ideas to Improve Communications Services Moderator: Sean Lev Panelists · William L. Smith, President Network Operations, AT&T · Professor Shivendra S. Panwar, Polytechnic Institute of New York University · Brian Fontes, CEO, National Emergency Number Association · Paul S. Rotella, President & CEO, New Jersey Broadcasters Association · David Dodd, Chief Information Officer, Stevens Institute of Technology 5:00 PM Chairman Genachowski concludes afternoon session. For additional information about the meeting, please contact Gene Fullano, Associate Bureau Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-0492 or genaro.fullano@fcc.gov. - FCC -