diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/event/dispatcher.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/event/dispatcher.h
index c9c4fa6d30..5b98f708ea 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/event/dispatcher.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/event/dispatcher.h
@@ -20,17 +20,6 @@ class Dispatcher
 public:
   virtual ~Dispatcher() = default;
 
-  /**
-   * Create an event that triggers when a file descriptor becomes readable or writable.
-   * @param file_descriptor the file descriptor to monitor
-   * @param callback the callback to call when event triggers
-   * @param events the events to monitor
-   * @return a handle for the event
-   */
-  virtual std::unique_ptr<FileEvent> CreateFileEvent(FileDescriptor file_descriptor,
-                                                     FileReadyCallback callback,
-                                                     uint32_t events) noexcept = 0;
-
   /**
    * Create a timer event.
    * @callback the callback to call when the event triggers
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/event/io_dispatcher.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/event/io_dispatcher.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ccb73c580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/event/io_dispatcher.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "opentelemetry/sdk/event/dispatcher.h"
+
+OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+namespace sdk
+{
+namespace event
+{
+class IoDispatcher : public Dispatcher
+{
+public:
+  /**
+   * Create an event that triggers when a file descriptor becomes readable or writable.
+   * @param file_descriptor the file descriptor to monitor
+   * @param callback the callback to call when event triggers
+   * @param events the events to monitor
+   * @return a handle for the event
+   */
+  virtual std::unique_ptr<FileEvent> CreateFileEvent(FileDescriptor file_descriptor,
+                                                     FileReadyCallback callback,
+                                                     uint32_t events) noexcept = 0;
+};
+}  // namespace event
+}  // namespace sdk
+OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/sdk/src/event/libevent/dispatcher.cc b/sdk/src/event/libevent/io_dispatcher.cc
similarity index 54%
rename from sdk/src/event/libevent/dispatcher.cc
rename to sdk/src/event/libevent/io_dispatcher.cc
index 5c11c18fcd..1a3baa3db3 100644
--- a/sdk/src/event/libevent/dispatcher.cc
+++ b/sdk/src/event/libevent/io_dispatcher.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "src/event/libevent/dispatcher.h"
+#include "src/event/libevent/io_dispatcher.h"
 #include "src/event/libevent/file_event.h"
 #include "src/event/libevent/timer.h"
 
@@ -11,25 +11,25 @@ namespace event
 {
 namespace libevent
 {
-std::unique_ptr<event::FileEvent> Dispatcher::CreateFileEvent(FileDescriptor file_descriptor,
-                                                              FileReadyCallback callback,
-                                                              uint32_t events) noexcept
+std::unique_ptr<event::FileEvent> IoDispatcher::CreateFileEvent(FileDescriptor file_descriptor,
+                                                                FileReadyCallback callback,
+                                                                uint32_t events) noexcept
 {
   return std::unique_ptr<event::FileEvent>{
       new (std::nothrow) FileEvent{event_base_, file_descriptor, events, callback}};
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<event::Timer> Dispatcher::CreateTimer(TimerCallback callback) noexcept
+std::unique_ptr<event::Timer> IoDispatcher::CreateTimer(TimerCallback callback) noexcept
 {
   return std::unique_ptr<event::Timer>{new (std::nothrow) Timer{event_base_, callback}};
 }
 
-void Dispatcher::Exit() noexcept
+void IoDispatcher::Exit() noexcept
 {
   event_base_.LoopBreak();
 }
 
-void Dispatcher::Run() noexcept
+void IoDispatcher::Run() noexcept
 {
   event_base_.Dispatch();
 }
diff --git a/sdk/src/event/libevent/dispatcher.h b/sdk/src/event/libevent/io_dispatcher.h
similarity index 87%
rename from sdk/src/event/libevent/dispatcher.h
rename to sdk/src/event/libevent/io_dispatcher.h
index b246c0c934..c20f636150 100644
--- a/sdk/src/event/libevent/dispatcher.h
+++ b/sdk/src/event/libevent/io_dispatcher.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "opentelemetry/sdk/event/dispatcher.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/sdk/event/io_dispatcher.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/version.h"
 
 #include "src/event/libevent/event_base.h"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace event
 {
 namespace libevent
 {
-class Dispatcher final : public event::Dispatcher
+class IoDispatcher final : public event::IoDispatcher
 {
 public:
   // Dispatcher
diff --git a/sdk/test/event/libevent/BUILD b/sdk/test/event/libevent/BUILD
index 124de5dddd..048cef122e 100644
--- a/sdk/test/event/libevent/BUILD
+++ b/sdk/test/event/libevent/BUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cc_test(
-    name = "dispatcher_test",
+    name = "io_dispatcher_test",
     srcs = [
-        "dispatcher_test.cc",
+        "io_dispatcher_test.cc",
     ],
     linkstatic = 1,
     deps = [
diff --git a/sdk/test/event/libevent/CMakeLists.txt b/sdk/test/event/libevent/CMakeLists.txt
index 01c7ed9706..7f7add8d03 100644
--- a/sdk/test/event/libevent/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sdk/test/event/libevent/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-foreach(testname dispatcher_test)
+foreach(testname io_dispatcher_test)
   add_executable(${testname} "${testname}.cc")
   target_link_libraries(${testname} ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES}
                         ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} opentelemetry_event_libevent)
diff --git a/sdk/test/event/libevent/dispatcher_test.cc b/sdk/test/event/libevent/io_dispatcher_test.cc
similarity index 82%
rename from sdk/test/event/libevent/dispatcher_test.cc
rename to sdk/test/event/libevent/io_dispatcher_test.cc
index e96370354a..f7b88c6e82 100644
--- a/sdk/test/event/libevent/dispatcher_test.cc
+++ b/sdk/test/event/libevent/io_dispatcher_test.cc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-#include "src/event/libevent/dispatcher.h"
+#include "src/event/libevent/io_dispatcher.h"
 
 #include <chrono>
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 using opentelemetry::sdk::event::Timer;
-using opentelemetry::sdk::event::libevent::Dispatcher;
+using opentelemetry::sdk::event::libevent::IoDispatcher;
 
 TEST(DispatcherTest, Timer)
 {
-  Dispatcher dispatcher;
+  IoDispatcher dispatcher;
   std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point t1, t2;
   auto timer = dispatcher.CreateTimer([&] { t2 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now(); });
   timer->EnableTimer(std::chrono::milliseconds{100});
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ TEST(DispatcherTest, Timer)
 
 TEST(DispatcherTest, Exit)
 {
-  Dispatcher dispatcher;
+  IoDispatcher dispatcher;
   std::unique_ptr<Timer> timer;
   auto f = [&] {
     timer->EnableTimer(std::chrono::milliseconds{1});