6th Annual Comprehensive Conference on Spectrum Management

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Date: Mar 8 2010 - 8:00am - Mar 9 2010 - 5:00pm

Location:

Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States

6th Annual Comprehensive Conference on Spectrum Management

Law Seminars International
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place NW
Washington, DC 20001
March 8 & 9, 2010
http://www.lawseminars.com/detail.php?SeminarCode=10SPECDC

Monday, March 08, 2010
8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am Introduction and Overview

Michele C. Farquhar, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Hogan & Hartson LLP / Washington, DC

Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Esq., Program Co-Chair, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
T-Mobile USA, Inc. / Washington, DC

Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair, Adjunct Professor
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO

8:45 am Update on the Technological Drivers for Spectrum Management Policies
New engineering and conceptual developments, and potential impacts on spectrum management policy; FCC's view on the most promising new developments which may result in policy changes

Julius P. Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology
FCC / Washington, DC

New engineering and conceptual developments, and potential impacts on spectrum management policy; FCC view on the most promising new developments which may result in policy changes

Stagg Newman, Ph.D., Chief Technologist, Broadband Plan Task Force
FCC / Washington, DC

10:15 am Break

10:30 am Nuts and Bolts of Spectrum Proposals Before Congress
Update on proposals, including spectrum inventory; relocation of government spectrum for commercial purposes; jamming and handset exclusivity; impact on the FCC and NTIA

Howard J. Symons, Esq.
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. / Washington, DC

11:15 am Spectrum Enforcement Issues
The FCC's approach to spectrum enforcement and challenges with new technologies and services

David H. Solomon, Esq.
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP / Washington, DC

12:00 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:15 pmT he New Wireless Ecosystem
Market overview

Rebecca Arbogast, Moderator, Managing Director
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. / Washington, DC

Established carrier perspective; how the changes in spectrum policy need to adapt to changes in markets

Joan Marsh, Esq., Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs
AT&T / Washington, DC

Rural carrier perspective

Caressa D. Bennet, Esq.
Bennet & Bennet PLLC / Bethesda, MD

New technology/applications company perspective

Staci L. Pies, Esq., Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs
Skype Limited / Rockville, MD

Infrastructure provider perspective

Steve Sharkey, Senior Director, Regulatory and Spectrum Policy
Motorola, Inc. / Washington, DC

3:15 pm Break

3:30 pm The Rebirth of Antitrust Enforcement
Overview of DOJ and FTC inquiries in the telecom sector

Donald J. Russell, Esq., Moderator
Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP / Washington, DC

FCC perspective

Jonathan B. Baker, Ph.D., Esq., Chief Economist
FCC / Washington, DC

Consumer perspective

Gigi B. Sohn, Esq., President and Founder
Public Knowledge / Washington, DC

Wireless perspective

Michael F. Altschul, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel
CTIA - The Wireless Association / Washington, DC

5:30 pm Continue the Exchange of Ideas: Reception for Faculty and Attendees
Sponsored by Hogan & Hartson LLP and T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

8:00 am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am Introduction and Overview
Michele C. Farquhar, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Hogan & Hartson LLP / Washington, DC

Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Esq., Program Co-Chair
T-Mobile USA, Inc. / Washington, DC

Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair, Adjunct Professor
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO

8:45 am Update on FCC's Broadband Report of February 2010, and Wireless Innovation NOI
Insights from stakeholder workshops; prospects for changes in wireless broadband policy; shift in focus from micromanagement of spectrum to innovative approaches

Ruth Milkman, Esq., Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
FCC / Washington, DC

9:30 am Moving Ahead After the Spectrum Inventory Project - Overview
The need to create more spectrum; user wish lists on the table; relocation; where spectrum is coming from on the commercial side - the likely candidates

Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO

10:00 am Break

10:15 am Moving Ahead After the Spectrum Inventory Project - Panel Perspectives
Spectrum needs of new and old players and possible new bands; perspectives on what the results will tell us about who to move, and where

Dale N. Hatfield, Moderator, Program Co-Chair
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO

Michael Calabrese, Esq., Vice President and Director, Wireless Future Program
New America Foundation / Washington, DC

Matthew Hussey, Legislative Assistant to Senator Snowe (R-Maine)
U.S. Senate / Washington, DC

Charla M. Rath, Exec. Director, Spectrum and Public Policy
Verizon Wireless / Washington, DC

12:00 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:15 pm Public Safety Workshop
Perspectives on the pluses and minuses of the various proposals

Michele C. Farquhar, Esq., Program Co-Chair, Moderator
Hogan & Hartson LLP / Washington, DC

Jennifer A. Manner, Esq., Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
FCC / Washington, DC

Patrick Halley, Government Affairs Director
National Emergency Number Association / Arlington, VA

Harlin R. McEwen, Chairman
Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation / Washington, DC

Richard Mirgon, President
APCO International, Inc. / Carson City, NV
2:45 pmBreak 3:00 pmSmart Energy Grids, Wireless Telehealth Care, and Other New Applications
Evolving business models and accessing broadband connectivity to telemedicine networks

Paul Margie, Esq.
Wiltshire & Grannis LLP / Washington, DC

Energy savings through wireless Smart Grid technologies

John Horn, National Director, M2M
T-Mobile USA, Inc. / Draper, UT

4:00 pm Implementing Wireless Broadband Service Expansion in Rural Areas
FCC's new rule and "shot clock" for tower siting applications; pole attachment cases; carriers contracting with infrastructure management companies; getting through the approval process; implications to expansion of services; stimulus funding

Jeffrey Silva, Moderator, Senior Policy Director, Telecommunications, Media and Technology
Medley Global Advisors / Washington, DC

Steven K. Berry, CEO/Executive Director
Rural Cellular Association / Washington, DC

Fred B. Campbell, Jr., Esq., President and CEO
Wireless Communications Association International / Washington, DC

5:00 pm Evaluations and Adjourn