Updated Agenda: FCC Open Meeting (February 2009)

The FCC will hold an open full Commission meeting on Thursday February 5 at 2:00 pm.

The meeting will include presentations and discussion by senior agency officials as well as industry, consumer groups and others involved in the Digital Television Transition.

The purpose of the meeting is to educate and inform the Commission and the public about the status and issues involved with the upcoming Digital Television Transition.

Agenda and list of witnesses follows:

2:00pm Opening Statements by Chairman and Commissioners

2:15pm Panel 1: DTV Consumer Outreach

Cathy Seidel, Chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC

Tony Wilhelm, Consumer Education Director, National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Mark Lloyd, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund

Sandy Markwood, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

3:00pm Panel 2: DTV Call Centers

Andrew Martin, Chief Information Officer, Federal Communications Commission

Sam Howe, Executive Vice President, Time Warner Cable

David Rehr, President and CEO, National Association of Broadcasters

Dennis Lyle, President, National Alliance of State Broadcasters Associations

3:45pm Panel 3: Reception Issues and Analog Nightlight

Julius Knapp, Chief of Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC

David Donovan, President, MSTV

Joel Kelsey, Policy Analyst, Consumers Union

Michael Petricone, Senior Vice President Government Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association

4:30pm Closing Statements/Adjournment