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Dear

It was wonderful to see so many of you at Communications Policy & Regulation Week in London just over a week ago. To those of you who are new to the IIC – welcome! I very much hope to see you at more of our events around the world in the future.

The Week opened with the International Regulators’ Forum (IRF), kindly hosted by Ofcom in the historic venue of Skinners’ Hall, attended by 120 senior regulators from around the world. In addition to the IRF, the Small Nations Regulators’ Forum held its annual in-person meeting, and an invitation-only workshop brought senior regulators and our partner members together to discuss priorities for international policy cooperation and collaboration.

This was followed by our 50th Annual Conference in County Hall, where we welcomed over 240 participants from industry, academia, civil society and more, all adding their unique perspectives to the debate.

One of the highlights of the Week was listening to Future Leaders’ Competition winner, Angel Fu, present her winning entry, entitled Playing Fair in the Platforms Playground - A Case for Regulatory Neutrality and International Cooperation. It was inspiring to see her speaking to such a packed room and attentive audience.

As always, our newsletter contains a roundup of the latest news, including from our Chapters, industry updates and highlights from around the regulatory world. If you have a colleague whom you think would benefit from connecting with us, we appreciate you passing this on, and we look forward to welcoming you to one of our events soon.

Best wishes

Andrea Millwood Hargrave
Director General

International Regulators’ Forum

CPRWeek 2019 event
7-8 October, 2019
Skinners’ Hall, London

(Kindly hosted by Ofcom)

IRF delegates listening to presentations

“In the era of exponential change, there are lots of challenges that regulators face. We need to identify and harness them to modernise regulatory practices. To make it effective, a multi-stakeholder dialogue is essential and that’s the added value of every IIC event I’ve taken part in.”
Marcin Cichy, President, Office of Electronic Communications, Republic of Poland

Senior regulators from 55 organisations in 44 different countries gathered together to discuss Redesigning regulation for the global communications ecosystem. Read more here and see the photo gallery here.

50th Annual Conference

CPRWeek 2019 event
9-10 October, 2019
County Hall, London

“It was a very fast-paced and forward looking programme, with an expert audience and varied and exceptional speakers.”

Dr Martin Cave OBE, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics

The theme of our 50th Annual Conference was Trends and tipping points in converged communications at a time of exponential change.

Read more here and view the photo gallery here.

Small Nations Regulators’ Forum

CPRWeek 2019 event
8 October, 2019
Skinners’ Hall, London
(Kindly hosted by Ofcom)

Susannah Nightingale presenting at the SNRF

The annual in-person meeting of the Small Nations Regulators’ Forum (SNRF), chaired by the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority, took place after the close of the IRF, on 8 October. This year’s theme was The cost of regulation in a small nation. Read more and see the photo gallery here.

Issues Galore

Intermedia Volume 47
Issue 3

In this month’s open access Intermedia article, Marc Beishon, the editor, looks back on the history of our journal, which is nearing 200 issues. He examines how the journal has evolved with the technological changes of the last 50 years. Read the article in full here.

IIC Australia Chapter

Sydney, Australia
30 October 2019

Entitled Governing AI in Australia, the event will examine whether the existing law can be applied in new ways, or whether legislative reform is required.

More details and how to register here.

IIC Europe Chapter

Brussels, Belgium
25 November 2019

The theme of this workshop is Spectrum Management, 5G & Emissions – Challenges & Opportunities Under the EECC, with speakers from the European Commission, BEREC, RSPG and BIPT.

You can register here. (Please note that space is limited so registrations will be taken on a first come, first served basis.)