Schedule | VON Policy Summit
Event: VON Policy Summit, December 2, 2026, The Square, 1875 I Street NW, Washington, DC. Produced by The vCon Foundation.

== December 1, 2026 ==
6:30–8:30 PM ET | VIP Speaker Dinner

== December 2, 2026 ==
8:15 AM ET | Registration Opens
9:00–9:05 AM ET | Welcome
    Jeff Pulver — Chair, The vCon Foundation
9:05–9:25 AM ET | Fireside chat
    Anna Gomez — Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
    Glenn Richards — Member, Dickinson Wright
9:25–10:00 AM ET | Federal/State telecom regulatory update
    Glenn Richards — Moderator — Member, Dickinson Wright
    Steve Morris — NCTA – The Internet & Television Association
    Lynn Follansbee — Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, USTelecom
    Chris Shipley — Executive Director of Public Policy, INCOMPAS
10:00–10:35 AM ET | Federal/State AI regulatory panel
    Lee Petro — Moderator — Member, Dickinson Wright
    Mike Catalanotti — Principal Software Engineer, Unified Office
    Sri Ramachandran — CEO & Co-founder, Cortega
    Kedhar Sankararaman — Policy Counsel, Association for Competitive Technology
10:35–10:50 AM ET | Break
10:50–11:25 AM ET | Robocall update
    Kevin Rupy — Moderator — Partner, Wiley
    Michael Nemcik — Senior Associate, Nelson Mullins
    Ron Kerbs — Founder & CEO, Kidas
    Randy Warshaw — CEO, Provenant
11:25 AM–12:00 PM ET | Managing Consent
    David Carter — Moderator — President & CEO, Ecommerce Innovation Alliance
    Anna Quint — Executive Director, Campaign Verify
    Mike Somers — Co-Founder & COO, Beetexting
    Tyler Bridegan — Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson
12:00–12:20 PM ET | Closing Morning Remarks
    Blair Levin — Policy Analyst, New Street Research
12:30–2:00 PM ET | Lunch Break
    Lunch is not included. The schedule reserves 12:30–2:00 PM for attendees to have lunch and network with the attending community.
2:00–2:15 PM ET | The State of vCons and AI Communication
    Jeff Pulver — Chair, The vCon Foundation
    Thomas McCarthy-Howe — CTO, Vconic
2:15–2:30 PM ET | Beyond Emotion Labels: What Should Voice AI Do Next?
    Yaron Seidman — Founder & CEO, MyWayv
2:30–2:45 PM ET | From Conversation to Root Cause: Turning vCons into Operational Intelligence
    Justin Massey — Founder, Relay Hawk
2:45–3:15 PM ET | VoiceAI LIVE! Demos
3:15–3:30 PM ET | Keeping People in the Loop
    Audrey Hayn — Co-Founder, MindMaking
3:30–3:45 PM ET | Break
3:45–4:15 PM ET | Compliance, Memory and Trust: Live Demos
    Thomas McCarthy-Howe — CTO, Vconic
    Sri Ramachandran — CEO & Co-founder, Cortega
    Dean Landsman — Strategy & Business Development, JLINC
    James Lee — CEO, Inlayer
    RJ Burnham — Founder & CEO, Consig AI
4:15–4:30 PM ET | Closing Reflections: Where Policy Meets Practice — with voices from across the day
    Jeff Pulver — Chair, The vCon Foundation