The Center for Media Law and Policy organizes and hosts the Wade H. Hargrove Media Law and Policy Colloquium. The colloquium was established in 2009 to honor Wade Hargrove, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC School of Law, and to provide a forum for the discussion of media law and media policy issues. It was funded in part by Hearst Communications, the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, and the North Carolina Cable Telecommunications Association to recognize the more than 30 years of service that Mr. Hargrove provided to these organizations as well as media and technology companies throughout North Carolina and the nation.

This year's speaker is Kevin Martin. Kevin Martin is the vice president and head of global policy at Meta where he oversees Meta's global work with policymakers on privacy, connectivity, trade, and other issues. Previously, he served as Meta's VP for U.S. Public Policy and chairman (2005-2009) and commissioner (2001-2005) of the Federal Communications Commission. After leaving the FCC, he joined the Aspen Institute as a senior fellow at the think tank's Communications and Society Program, and later the law firm Squire Patton Boggs LLP as a partner. He holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.P.P. from Duke University, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.