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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is hosting a one-day workshop on mobile security on June 4, 2013, in Washington, D.C., and invites participants watching the webcast to submit questions to moderators online. Staff will live-tweet the workshop and take questions via Twitter, Facebook and email.

FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will provide the opening remarks at Mobile Security: Potential Threats and Solutions. Panelists will discuss mobile malware, how it spreads, its impact on U.S. consumers, the role of mobile platforms and others in the mobile ecosystem – from chipmakers to app developers – in securing mobile devices and data, and ways that consumers can protect themselves from mobile threats. A complete agenda is available online now.

The live webcast will begin at 9 a.m. EDT. Viewers can submit questions throughout the day via the following channels:

Twitter: Commission staff will tweet workshop highlights from the @FTC Twitter account and use the hashtag #FTCmobile.

Facebook: Post questions to the FTC’s Facebook page in the workshop status thread.

Email: Submit questions via email to opa@ftc.gov.

Staff will do their best to answer as many questions as possible from the audience and online during the workshop.

Watch the workshop live online here.

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