IWCE 2022: Interoperability highlighted; ‘We are, in fact, stronger together’

The 2022 International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) at the Las Vegas Convention Center came to a close Thursday with a passionate call for collaboration, interoperability at a morning keynote address by Billy Bob Brown Jr., executive assistant director for emergency communications with the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). 

“No doubt, all of you have been watching over the last several weeks the situation as it’s been unfolding in Europe, and in Ukraine,” Brown said, citing “Incredible international concerns that impact national security,” and in turn, “all of us here in the U.S.” 

Faced with these generational challenges, Brown said he finds inspiration in “the words of the Declaration of Independence, and this document, the Constitution,” he continued, removing a copy from his pocket. Within it, he said, are guiding philosophies like “we are all created equal.”  

Following in the footsteps of those who scribed the nation’s foundational documents, Brown continued, “We can come through this crisis of our generation if we work together.” 

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