toward a new communication policy paraDigm

2006 Quello Communication Law and Policy Symposium

April 6, 2006, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Schedule

Registration & Fees

Speaker bios

Venue

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

All sessions in Constitution A, Lower Level

8:00-8:30

Registration & Continental Brakfast

8:30-8:40

Welcome

Steven S. Wildman, Co-Director, Quello Center

8:40-10:10

The State of Telecommunication and the Challenges Ahead

Chair:             Kathleen Wallman, Visiting Research Professor, Georgetown University

Speakers:       Richard E. Wiley, Managing Partner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding (Presentation)

Nicholas Economides, Professor of Economics, New York University (Presentation)

Johannes M. Bauer & Steven S. Wildman, Co-Directors, Quello Center (Presentation)

10:10-10:30

Break

10:30-12:00

Net Neutrality and Interoperability

Chair:             Roderick (“Rick”) S. Coy, Member, Clark Hill PLC

Speakers:       David D. Clark, Senior Research Scientist, Computer Science & Artificial

                             Intelligence Lab MIT (Presentation)

Link Hoewing, Assistant Vice President Internet and Technology Issues, Verizon (Presentation)

Lawrence Strickling, Chief Regulatory Officer, Broadwing Communications (Presentation)

Gerard J. Waldron, Partner, Covington & Burling

12:00-1:30

Lunch

Chair              James H. Quello, former FCC Commissioner; Consultant, Wiley, Rein & Fielding

Introduction:    The Honorable Ted Stevens, U.S. Senate (R-AK)

Address:         The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. Senate (D-HI)

1:30-3:00

Designing a Next-Generation Legal and Regulatory Framework

Chair:             Lawrence J. Spiwak, President, Phoenix Center

Speakers:       Randolph May, Senior Fellow & Director of Communications Studies, Progress                              Progress and Freedom Foundation

Gigi B. Sohn, Founder and President, Public Knowledge

Daniel Brenner, Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy, National Cable         & Telecommunications Association (Presentation)

Barbara A. Cherry, former Associate Director, Quello Center (Presentation)

3:00-3:20

Break

3:20-4:50

Rethinking Public Interest Goals in Media and Telecoms

Chair:             Gary Reid, Associate Director, Quello Center

Speakers:       Jorge R. Schement, Distinguished Professor, Penn State (Presentation)

Gloria Tristani, President, Benton Foundation

Michael Oden, Associate Professor Urban Studies University of Texas, Austin (Presentation)

 

4:50-5:00

Concluding comments

5:00

Adjournment