FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson Sits Down with CNBC’s Brian Sullivan at the 2026 Aspen Forum

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson Sits Down with CNBC’s Brian Sullivan at the 2026 Aspen Forum

One-on-one conversations with the people setting the technology policy agenda. August 16 to 18, St. Regis Aspen.

Every August, the technology policy world gathers in Aspen for conversations that don’t happen anywhere else. The Technology Policy Institute’s 2026 Aspen Forum runs August 16 to 18 at the St. Regis Aspen Resort, and today we’re announcing our first featured speakers, each appearing in a dedicated one-on-one conversation or solo session.

Andrew Ferguson, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, in a luncheon conversation with Brian Sullivan, co-anchor of CNBC’s Power Lunch

Anna Gomez, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

Olivia Trusty, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

Anjney Midha, Founder, AMP PBC

Shane Greenstein, Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, on the economics of the AI buildout, including where data centers go, why, and what past technology transitions tell us about where the value will land

Severin Borenstein, E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, in a fireside conversation on AI’s growing electricity demand and what it means for the grid and for what households pay for power

These sessions put a single voice on stage, at length and in depth. We will announce panels and additional speakers in the coming weeks, with programming on AI, quantum, broadband, space, energy, antitrust, and more.

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