Moderator: Interplay Between Spectrum and Standards in 5G

Speaker: Space Sustainability

Jennifer A. Manner is the Senior Advisor for Space and Satellite Policy at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In this role, she advices senior officials at NTIA, the Department of Commerce and other government agencies on space and satellite policy issues with a focus on spectrum. In addition, Ms. Manner serves on U.S. delegations to international meetings including in the role of spokesperson and intergovernmental committees.
Ms. Manner has significant experience in the domestic and international space, satellite, new technologies and spectrum policy arena. Prior to joining NTIA, Ms. Manner served as Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at EchoStar Corp., a global satellite operator where she was responsible for all policy and spectrum-related issues for the company. Prior to EchoStar, Ms. Manenr served at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as the Deputy Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology and the Deputy Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
Ms. Manner has also held senior positions at Skyterra, Inc. (now Ligado) and MCI/Worldcom (now Verizon), as well as Senior Counsel to FCC Commissioner Abernathy and as an associate at Akin, Gump, Strauss and Feld.
Ms. Manner has served in leadership roles at a number of trade association and federal advisory committees, including as President of the Satellite Industry Association, Chair of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, Vice Chair of the FCC World Radiocommunications Advisory Committee and Chair of the US ITU Association, among others. Jennifer also holds leadership positions in international bodies such as the ITU, including as an editor of the Satellite Communications Technology Handbook and chairing subworking groups in preparation for the World Radiocommunication Conference.
Ms. Manner has served as a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and at American University George Washington School of Law and guest teaches at the Silicon Flatirons Program at the University of Colorado Boulder and Carnegie Mellon University Executive Technology Program.
Ms. Manner is also an author and award-winning filmmaker. Ms. Manner has published numerous articles and books including Global Telecommunications Market Access (2003), Spectrum Wars (2005), Spectrum Wars: The Rise of 5G and Beyond (Artech House 2022) and Spectrum Wars: A New Hope for Connectivity (publication expected 2025). Ms. Manner’s films include Zebrafish: Practically People (www.zebrafishfilm.org) and When Wire Was King: The Transformation of Telecommunications (www.whenwirewasking.com).