NEW YORK -- Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the market-leading online community for the global communications sector, announces "Spectrum2025" (http://spectrum2025.com), the first business and technology conference of 2015 to focus on the business and technology evolution in wireless spectrum utilization and allocation.

Taking place February 5, 2015 in Washington D.C., Spectrum2025 brings together leaders from multiple industry segments, including the broadcasters, government, technology suppliers, investment professionals and communications carriers.

Speakers will cover issues including the Future of TV Broadcast Spectrum, opportunities in spectrum sharing, especially in the 3.5GHz "Innovation Band," LTE and unlicensed spectrum use, and more.

Stuart Timerman, Director, Defense Spectrum Organization, US Department of Defense; Mark Aitken, CTO, Sinclair Broadcast Group; and Dan Hays, Partner, PwC will keynote the conference.

Additional conference speakers include:

John Dooley, Managing Director, Jarvinian Ventures
Marci Ryvicker, Managing Director Equity Research: Media and Cable, Wells Fargo Securities
Eric Wolf, Vice President, Technology Strategy and Management, Public Broadcasting Service
Alex Phillips, Vice President and FCC Committee Chairman, Wireless ISP Association (WISPA)
Rob Alderfer, Principal Strategic Analyst, CableLabs John M. Lawson, Principal, Convergence Services Inc.
Milind Buddhikot, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent
Aparna Sridhar, Regulatory Affairs Chair, Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Andrew Clegg Ph.D, Spectrum Engineering Lead, Google
"Spectrum2025 is designed to be the 'first word' in 2015 about the shape of the industry, the implications of the AWS-3 auctions, and how spectrum sharing platforms will change the communications industry," said Timothy Downs, Conference Director, Light Reading.

Spectrum2025 is presented by PwC.

For additional information on Spectrum2025, visit: http://spectrum2025.com. Sponsorship and speaking opportunities are available by contacting [email protected].

Light Reading