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About Jessica Rosenworcel
As technology develops at breakneck speed, few people have had a better seat at the digital revolution than Jessica Rosenworcel. She helps leaders anticipate what is coming next and build today to prepare for tomorrow, opening a window into the biggest shifts of the next decade: AI, robotics, wearable computing, connectivity, cybersecurity and space infrastructure.
Across her career in Washington, Rosenworcel had a leading role in pioneering initiatives including the nationwide transition to digital television and next-generation networks. She worked to close the homework gap for underserved students across the United States.
Jessica's Keynote Topics
In this time of unprecedented technological advancement, few are as well positioned to detail where we are now and what’s to come as Jessica Rosenworcel. Executive director of the world-renowned MIT Media Lab and the former chair of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, she has had a front row seat to the digital revolution. In this forward-looking presentation, Rosenworcel recounts her biggest roles ushering in the future of tech – from leading the FCC to close the digital divide with new ideas like integrating space communications into smartphones, to reimagining the future of innovation as the current head of the country’s premier tech development hub at the Media Lab. Audiences learn how the accomplishments of past decades directly connect to the transformative technologies to come. With a new expert-informed lens on the future – not just best guesses by influencers – attendees leave with an upbeat anticipation for the problem-solving capabilities that will be unlocked by what’s new and next in tech.
Economic, geopolitical and societal challenges are making the business landscape more uncertain than ever. According to MIT Media Lab executive director Jessica Rosenworcel, to succeed in these times, hope and leadership must go hand in hand. In this uplifting session, Rosenworcel, former U.S. Federal Communications Commission chair, makes the case for leaders to embody “a little bit of excess optimism” as organizations learn to leverage technology for solving big problems. An adept storyteller, she details her experience leading the FCC during one of the most consequential eras of the digital revolution, inspiring managers to see the paradigm-shifting possibilities that can be unlocked when optimism starts at the top. Audiences leave with immediately applicable strategies for bringing hope and positivity to leadership, even – maybe especially – in times of adversity.
From smart wireless sensors to machine learning breakthroughs, cutting-edge gene editing and more, the MIT Media Lab is renowned for developing technologies that can lead to radical changes in society. In this fascinating presentation, Media Lab director Jessica Rosenworcel reveals how the institution is building human-centered technologies that will give users agency, solve big problems, and make the world hospitable for ourselves and the next generations. Expertly connecting academia, policy and commerce, Rosenworcel details how projects that are confined to labs today have the potential to change how we work and live tomorrow. Audiences of business and government leaders, tech developers and front-line workers alike learn about ways technologies born from the Media Lab will empower humans, problem-solve for pressing issues, and potentially lead to breakthroughs in health and communication in our lifetimes.
Jessica in the Media
The Weaponization of the FCC
Jessica Rosenworcel Named Executive Director of the MIT Media Lab
The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight
Exit Interview: FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Discusses Her Legacy on Cybersecurity, AI and Regulation
Jessica Rosenworcel ’97 Looks Back at Her Term as FCC Chair
FCC Chair Proposes Cybersecurity Rules in Response to China’s Salt Typhoon Telecom Hack
Commissioners Praise Rosenworcel After Announcing FCC Exit
FCC to Propose First Undersea Cable Security Overhaul Since 2001
How the FCC Wants to Tackle the ‘Homework Gap’
FIRSTS Conversations Podcast Series
U.S. Telecom Regulator Launching New Space Bureau
FCC To Launch $7.17 Billion Connectivity Fund Program
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