The FCBA Space and Global Communications Ad Hoc Committee will sponsor a CLE on Thursday, November 2 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET entitled Lunar/Cislunar 101:  Space Communications Infrastructure, Global Coordination and International Law.  This program will be held virtually via the Zoom platform.

The FCBA will apply for 2.0 hours of MCLE credit from the VA Bar.  This program has not yet been approved.

FCBA no longer offers CA MCLE credit to attendees.  If you wish to obtain CA credit, you must apply for it on your own.  FCBA will, however, provide a generic certificate of attendance that may be used.  Please click here for more information on the CA Bar Standards for MCLE Activity Approval and Requirements.

Online registration is closed.  Please contact Wendy Parish (wendy@fcba.org) if you want to register.

AGENDA

TO THE MOON AND BACK – The time has come ­where industry, government, and other public or private participants will utilize new and innovative communications infrastructure in Lunar/Cislunar space—the large region in the Earth-Moon system beyond geosynchronous (GEO) orbit, including the Moon.  This CLE 101 will give participants the basics of Lunar/Cislunar developments and discuss recent deployments of space communications infrastructure, such as 5G wireless connections.  The CLE will also discuss global coordination and the growing international law governing Lunar/Cislunar infrastructure today and in the future.

3:00 – 3:05 p.m.          Welcome and Introductions
Denise Coca, Co-Chair of the FCBA Space and Global Communications Ad Hoc Committee and Division Chief, Federal Communications Commission, Office of International Affairs, Telecommunications and Analysis Division

3:05 – 3:15 p.m.          Keynote Speaker – Jeff Volosin, Deputy Associate Administrator for SCaN, NASA

 3:15 – 4:15 p.m.          Space Communications Infrastructure
Jennifer A. Manner, Co-Chair of the FCBA Space and Global Communications Ad Hoc Committee and SVP, Regulatory Affairs, EchoStar/Hughes

Panelists:
Robert Brumley, Co-Chair of the AIAA Cislunar Eco-System Taks Force
Lindsay Papsidero, Director Lunar Communications and Navigation International Spectrum Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
Brian Patten, Vice-Chairman of the Radio Conference Subcommittee (RCS), Department of Commerce, NTIA
Cathy Sham, Lunar Spectrum Management Coordinator, NASA
Merissa Velez, Division Chief, Federal Communications Commission, Space Bureau, Satellite Programs & Policy Division

4:15 – 5:00 p.m.          Global Coordination & International Law
Scott Tollefsen, Co-Chair of the FCBA Space and Global Communications Ad Hoc Committee and Law Office of Scott Tollefsen

Panelists:
Joel Graham, Partner, Meeks, Butera & Israel PLLC
Ethan Lucarelli, Bureau Chief, Federal Communications Commission, Office of International Affairs (invited)
Michael Mineiro, Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Cost: $135.00 for Private Sector Members; $95.00 for Non-Profit 501c3 Members; $50.00 for Government/Academic/Transitional/Retired Members; No charge for Law Student Members; $205.00 for Non-Members