Phoenix Center's Annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium

January 3, 2013
Washington, DC
9am-12:30pm

9:00 - 9:30: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30: Welcome and Overview

9:40: Keynote Opening Remarks: Representative Marsha Blackburn, Vice Chair - House Energy & Commerce Committee

10:00: Economists Panel
• Dr. Hal J. Singer, Managing Director and Principal - Navigant Economics
• Dr. Tim Brennan, Professor - University of Maryland Baltimore County
• Dr. George Ford, Chief Economist - The Phoenix Center
• Moderator: Dr. Jerry Duvall, Chief Economist - International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

11:00: Panel Discussion: "A View From the Trenches" - FCC Regulatory Priorities in 2013
• Blair Levin, Former Director, Federal Communications Commission National Broadband Plan
• Chris Guttman-McCabe, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs - CTIA
• Rick Chessen, Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy - NCTA
• Bob Quinn, Senior Vice-President, Federal Regulatory and Chief Privacy Officer - AT&T

12:00: Presentation of the 2012 Jerry B. Duvall Public Service Award to Commissioner Robert M. McDowell - Federal Communications Commission

12:30: Conference Adjourns