MEDIA ADVISORY | April 10 Briefing with Robert Strayer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

MEDIA ADVISORY | April 10 Briefing with Robert Strayer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

EVENT:

Please join us on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, for a telephonic press briefing with Robert Strayer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the Department of State. Mr. Strayer will discuss U.S. policies on 5G technology. He will take questions from participating journalists.

DETAILS:

Speaker: Robert Strayer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Time: 14:45 CEST (Brussels) | 08:45 EDT (Washington, DC) | 12:45 GMT

Language: English

Ground rules: ON THE RECORD

Dial in Info: To be provided upon RSVP

Please RSVP by clicking: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/telephonic-press-briefing-with-robert-strayer-on-5g-tickets-60048972092

BIO:

Robert L. Strayer is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy. In this capacity, he leads development of international cybersecurity, Internet, data, and privacy policy and related negotiations with foreign governments. He has led dozens of bilateral and multilateral dialogues with foreign governments’ foreign affairs and communications ministries.

Mr. Strayer was named by the President, as an Ambassador, to lead the 90-plus person U.S. delegation to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2018, and served as vice-chair of the conference. He managed the successful election of first U.S. citizen to an ITU senior management position in more than two decades. The United States also achieved successful, pro-innovation results on resolutions related to cybersecurity and emerging technologies.

Mr. Strayer’s full bio can be found here.

LOGISTICS:

• Callers should dial in to the conference call at least 10 minutes early.
• The operator will ask for your name, press affiliation, and location.

• Mr. Strayer will give brief opening remarks, and then the moderator will open the floor to questions.

• Participants will be instructed to push the “*” and “1” buttons on their phones to enter the question queue.  You may also submit questions in advance via email to TheBrusselsHub@state.gov.
• If you experience technical difficulties during the call, you may email TheBrusselsHub@state.gov to alert the moderator to any issues.