Creating and Enabling Regulatory Environment for ICT Services
USTTI Board Members
November 3 -13
Washington, DC
During the two-week sequence, USTTI Board Members from Government and Industry will address regulatory best practices, the interaction between communications regulation and technological development, emerging technologies, and bridging the digital divide.
The training will describe the US regulatory structure, including the legislative authority, the FCC organizational structure, and an outline of the regulatory philosophy affecting the major services. The changing regulatory structure, which reflects current technological developments, and influences the need for competition and privatization, as mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, is also presented. Discussion of the FCC decision-making process, and a roundtable discussion concerning the changing global ICT environment, with class members, government, and industry representatives as participants, will be included to enhance the learning process.
Concrete examples of regulations proposed or implemented by different countries will be discussed, with an emphasis on helping regulators define their goals in each of these areas as they seek to design policy approaches suitable for those priorities. Participants will also discuss broader issues surrounding the capabilities and limitations of national laws when it comes to regulating services, while also considering the role of international cooperation and regulatory harmonization.
Focus:
Strategic planning and management (limited to those responsible for communications policy determination)
Course: Developing a Multi-site Health Network
Dates: November 17-21, 2025
Location: Little Rock, AK, and Santa Clara, CA
Course Description:
This course, sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and USTTI Board Member companies, provides a comprehensive overview for designing, developing, and delivering educational and clinical services using Digital Health technology. The course is designed for individuals who are at the initial stages of networking health care professionals together for better continuing education and for better patient services. This program focuses on the development of partnerships between medical centers and local health care providers, selection of appropriate technologies, technical operation, educational programming, and marketing clinical services. Participants will receive training from a number of faculty and staff at UAMS, telecommunications professionals, and participating local health professionals.
Participant Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe how to evaluate the health care needs of communities.
2. Determine the model for partnership between health professionals.
3. Select needs that lend themselves to Digital Health solutions.
4. Determine the best type of Digital Health technology.
5. Describe how administrative, technical, teaching, and medical staff work together.
6. Outline the development of continuing education programs using interactive technologies.
Focus:
This course is designed for those who have an interest in developing networking between health professionals utilizing Digital Health technologies. It will benefit those with technical responsibility or administrative responsibility in the creation and operation of such networks.
