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"the communicators." >> what is the point of bringing all this technology to capitol hill? >> as you know, we produce the world's largest innovation event. ces in las vegas every january but not everyone on capitol hill can come to las vegas so we want to get less than one person here and feature the innovative things and even start up companies that could show congress the great innovation that we have in this country. >> what is the advantage of showing it? >> some people can learn by reading or watching. there is nothing like a live experience when you talk to people who work for a company, explaining their technology and frankly anyone who comes here or any other industry event as a politician, they are learning something. we are in a changing world where technology is moving so quickly and so many policies are affected whether it is self driving cars a robotics or

drones or all this amazing software that will make -- effect how we learn and play. congress has to be aware of it so they can tackle issues like privacy or other issues involving competitiveness because we're in a major bat tle. >> where are we with regard to 5g? >> we are the beginning of 5g. every 10 years, there is a new g. it is about 2020 and we are starting to roll out, verizon made an announcement, at&t will be there, sprint, t-mobile will be there. the telephones will be there and that will allow amazingly fast with very low latency speeds, cannot only download video but perform surgery, self drive cars, do vr. 5g is very important not only for the economy but for our consumers.

>> what about self driving cars? >> we've got to get there quickly. we need political leadership on is because we are killing 33,000 plus americans every year and we can change and empower, enable and americans and make such a difference. we have to make it a national priority. sadly, legislation died in the senate. the truck drivers are trying to block it, but we've got to look at what is best for our country. everyone of us knows people who have died, i'm sure. we need to stop it.

>> when it comes to some of these tech issues, is it a partisan thing or nonpartisan? >> i think tech is very nonpartisan. interestingly enough, the tech agenda that the trump white house has is a continuity. the person nominated to be the chief technology officer of the country was endorsed by the obama administration. technology is not really partisan. there are issues at the fringes like immigration. self driving cars could be, it depends on your view. generally, americans in both parties support innovation, progress, the benefits and they want america to be first which is so important. >> are you getting the ear of congress? >> we are. we go through some bumps like right now, there are issues with privacy with a couple of companies but generally, most of our companies are smaller businesses. do you

want to make sure that as we move forward on privacy, we don't lock out small companies because big companies can comply with almost anything but we have to allow innovation. we have to understand we are competing with china and they have no privacy, they have no freedom of religion, freedom to vote. we have to fight for our culture for the future and it is going to be a battle between europe and the u.s. and canada and other democratic countries who share our values and china, which doesn't value privacy, all our decisions we think are important. >> when you hear that facebook is too big, your thoughts? >> we are blessed in this country to have many, many major big companies. any other country of the world would die for. being too big is not an issue. it is hurting competition. when i talk to african companies, latin america, they hear these arguments. they say facebook, google, twitter is great. this is a first world problem. they are providing things we want and we understand what we are giving up. we have to be careful we

don't shoot our most important companies and hurt them. >> thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> on "the communicators," we want to induce you to jeff warner of the panasonic corporation. >> i'm the head of government affairs with a small team of about five people. we cover all aspects of interactive government but a lot of what we focus on his congress, the administration. we are company of about 17,000 people in the united states, $71 billion company worldwide. this is a hugely important market for us and we want to be part of the discussion and at the table when it is sick -- decision is made. we spent a lot of the last year working on trade policy and trade agreements. things in this space, issues like privacy, cybersecurity, 40% of our business is automotive so a lot of these companies here are in the automotive space or have to do with autonomous vehicles. a lot of electrification, the giga

factories. we want to tell this story. a lot of people see of panasonic's consumer goods in the 1970's and 1980's, very strong brand there but what we are moving toward -- 96% of our business is -- in the united states, r&d is the focus. >> before we talk to some of the experts, give us an overview. >> the automotive space and having to do with conductivity, security, and autonomous vehicles. in terms of carrying your phone come -- pairing your phone more seamlessly with the vehicle you are in. monitoring

security in connected vehicles. understanding where the threats are coming from and how to deal with them in real-time and a quick way. also, a description of how some of our autonomous technology is being used in places like colorado where we are working closely with the department of transportation to improve the flow of traffic, understand where there is need, rather than building another lane to increase tractor flow, we can make it more efficient. we are breaking -- working with the local apartment of transportation to see a viable way of doing that. >> on capitol hill, you are making an announcement? >> we will be making an announcement. i'll let one of our guys talk more about the contents. i don't want to steal their thunder. >> let's find out what that

announcement is. >> great. >> another chap that works for panasonic. what is your position? >> senior manager with panasonic and engineering in our automotive's business. >> we understand panasonic is making an announcement tonight? >> we are introducing our friction free conductivity solution. our solution to distracted driving. we eliminate inhibitors to you connecting your phone to the car , allowing you to pay attention to the road. or are three factors that contribute to distracted driving and we saw two of them. cloud connected solution that allows you to connect to your car seamlessly without having to interact with it. >> i can do that today, can't i? my car connects. >> that is after the initial connection. our solution extends that further. when you get a new

car or phone, you get into a rental agreement at the airport, it will automatically connect you to the car so you can drive safely. working in the future with autonomous driving. >> what are we looking at on the screen? >> this is the ability for a person to connect to their car. we are showing how your phone in your backpack, you don't have to pull it out and handle it, connects securely to the car in a way that allows you to be safe. you don't have to put your phone out and compare it to the system screen and deal with phone calls that come from the cockpit, you'll have that safety right away. >> what are some of the public policy issues you have to work with to get this technology? >> right now, the challenges with public policy boil down to the federal trade commission telling people to not care your phone for security reasons when you get into a rental car. our solution will allow you to --

allow you to connect in a way that allows you to maintain your policy. -- privacy. one thing that we also do is help you with distracted driving. it helps you keep her hands on the wheel and draws on the road. that first five minutes when you get in the car, 69 million americans start to play with their phone. it is the most dangerous time in the car when you are in your neighborhood and around kids and a lot of forests. -- tourists. >> paul works in the government relations office with panasonic, looking at technology. you have quite the display. >> thank you for being here. we are showing connected vehicles being deployed in colorado where panasonic has deployed roadside units in colorado, the department of transportation that improves driver safety. it enables the road operators to manage the roadways more effectively and more vehicles to

make it through the road without crashing. >> when you talk about connected cars, what does that mean? >> that means direct communication between vehicles using -- >> one in front of the other? >> one in front of the other and vehicles that are crossing. also, pedestrians on their cell phones and talking with roadside infrastructure so the operator knows what is happening on the road. everybody gains by less accidents and more -- less traffic pileup. >> why colorado? >> because colorado has an innovative vision for deployment. not just a pilot program. we are deploying all along the i-70 corridor from denver and on state >> what is the screen behind us?

when you connect vehicles to communications, you have to start thinking about cybersecurity. panasonic has developed a system to detect, prevent the attacks and also to analyze among thousands of vehicles what is happening in real time for the automakers. >> i see north america, 135 -- this is just a prototype example, but if there were attacks coming on, the security operations center, the automaker would be notified about the attack and it would be able to respond and provide an over the air update to prevent that. >> i saw a vehicle id come up. is there a privacy issue with this? >> privacy is protected by the

system. it is not linked to an individual, but the vehicle. that information is already known to the automaker, so it would keep it secure. >> when you talk to members of congress about this technology, what are some of the questions? >> congress has been asking industries to improve cybersecurity of vehicles and we think we have developed a solution that can do that in real time rather than catching afterwards. you don't want to put your vehicle in a shop to fix cybersecurity vulnerability. he wanted in real time over the air. >> all depending on policy? -- 5g? >> 5g will help that occur more quickly but it works fine now and wi-fi, when you are connected at home.

>> thank you for your time. what is your company? >> a digital health company. we [indiscernible] care wherever they go. >> you are up here on capitol hill showing off a new app? >> it is the eighth major update. it started in 2012. -- give a new life to this program. it is the first -- approved by medicare, to be used by more than 50 million americans covered by medicare so wherever

they receive health care, they can share their medical history, medication dates. what we do -- the medicare give her, will get information from medicare or the v.a. securely on their phone. medicare will give the medical history and translation in english so everything is there at your fingertips. when the

doctor asks you what medication you take, it is there. in a sense, before we see the trial, he said it is very secure. we've all heard about hacking large databases. how do you ensure security? >> security is in the design and in the mind of everything we do,

so yes, when the data is in the cloud -- medicare, the v.a., but what the application does is retrieve your own data with your own phone and it goes straight from medicare or the v.a. to your phone. it doesn't go through the cloud. it goes directly to your account. then when it gets on your mobile device -- they would have to hack millions of phones to get

to you, which cannot be done. the patient, the customer, the veteran, the medicare beneficiary has everything in their hands at all times. when they have an internet connection, it is right there and they can share it with your physician. they can in no information to where they want. >> are these electronic medical records? >> the problem with electronic medical records is there are many other they come in different formats. when you are a medicare beneficiary, they all have different medical information systems. what it does is gets the medical history -- those records from all over the place and it lets you get it. medicare pays for your care -- billing information to medicare, the medication prescribed, medicare pays for it when the medication is being

picked up at the pharmacy. information directly from your medicare account and you have everything right there on your phone. >> let's put travis to work. -- >> all the medication, when you go to pick up to the pharmacy, there are all the details. we

are going to see the medication. >> i will tilt this a little so we can get the glare off. there you go. >> pick one of these medications. the medication, the doctor prescribed this, what pharmacy carries the medication, sometimes -- the patient can look it up in the national library of medicine to understand and you can mark it up. >> what is the cost if i wanted to get? >> you downloaded for free and try it for 40 days. to see if you can make use for it. then

you are charged $9.99 and month. >> so was one more thing it can do. >> importantly, not only does it display information, but there is intelligence behind us analytic. what we call ai. information you need to know, this tells the patient try to way. it doesn't wait until they have trouble with the medication or it interacts badly with another one. everything is there. >> so when you talk to members of congress about it, what are the questions? >> about medicare. this is life-saving information.

medicare has approved this technology in february with 18 other useful applications which are licensed. now, medicare -- 50 million americans in medicare that there is this technology for them and it is an application approved by medicare on the medicare website to make it more visible so everyone can see it and choose whether it will work for them. this is tremendously important. problems with medication, when they interact with each other, that

they know about it. this application says beware. >> and you are a medical doctor, correct? >> and travis, thank you for showing us. >> a reminder that all "the communicators" programs are available as podcasts. more from the consumer technology association's visit to capitol hill next week c-span has been providing public was uncovered -- policy events from d.c. and around the country so you can make up your own mind area created by cable in 1979, sees and is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span your unfiltered view of government.

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