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Explain why your approach is significant; focus on strategic directions, rather than specific technicalities. Include the proposed speaker’s information (e.g., name, job title, company), a short 150 word bio, and contact information. DO NOT submit commercial or product promotions/service pitches or proposals that otherwise focus on a company. Proposals that are of commercial nature or focus on a company will NOT be accepted. Proposal submission deadline is 31 May 2024 . PR/Marketing Firm Please be advised that the PTC Annual Conference only accepts proposals for the highest-ranking executive of the organization. Multiple submissions from the same organization are likely to be rejected. DO NOT submit commercial or product promotions. Any marketing proposal submitted will not be considered. CLOSE Ahmed Alrawi is a Ph.D. candidate at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the College of Communications at Al-Mansour University in Baghdad, Iraq, with a major in computer communication engineering. Additionally, he earned another bachelor’s degree in telecommunications before attaining his master’s degree in media studies, both from Bellisario College. Alrawi’s research interests span two main areas: (1) Surveillance, Privacy, & the Implications of ICTs, and (2) Broadband Platform Policy and Deployment. His research goal is to comprehensively understand the theoretical, methodological, and empirical aspects that shape the adoption, use, and impact of digital platforms and ICTs. Moreover, his research seeks to draw attention to contemporary issues within the communication and media sectors, advocating for appropriate regulations and policies to benefit the public. Fluent in Arabic, Turkish, and English, Alrawi is also conversant in French. He has received numerous awards, including the Sidney and Helen Friedman Scholarship Endowed Award and the Graduate School Endowment Award, among others. × PATRICIA MORALES (patricia.morales@usm.cl) received the Bachelor degree in Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering from Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Cuba, in 2016. She completed her Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile, in July 2023. Patricia currently serves as a professor at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, where she contributes her expertise to the academic community. Her current research interest is in dynamic resource allocation in optical networks, with an emphasis on the appl ication of artificial intelligence techniques. × Meicen Sun is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School...