New Developments in Spectrum and Wireless: National Broadband Plan Implementation
Law Seminars International
Washington, DC
October 18 & 19, 2010
http://www.lawseminars.com/detail.php?SeminarCode=10BROADDC
Agenda
Monday, October 18, 2010
8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30 amIntroduction and Overview
Michele C. Farquhar, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Hogan Lovells / Washington, DC
Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Esq., Program Co-Chair, Vice President of Federal Regulatory Affairs
T-Mobile USA, Inc. / Washington, DC
Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair, Adjunct Professor
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO
8:45 am
Special Opening Addresses: Insights from Development of the FCC's National Broadband Plan and an Update on the Resulting Implementation Proceedings
Spectrum issues that arose in development of the plan and how they played out
Phoebe Yang, Esq., Senior Advisor to the Chairman on Broadband
Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
Implementation proceedings; agency priorities; adjustments for responding to legislative developments
Ruth Milkman, Esq., Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
10:15 am Break
10:30 am
Spectrum Inventory Project Findings: How It has Helped Shape the Issues
Spectrum needs of new and old players; possible new bands; feasibility of markets for leasing unused spectrum (such as TV broadcasting) and other approaches; voluntary and involuntary relinquishment possibilities; relocation plans
Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO
11:15 am
Congressional Developments and their Potential Impact on the Plan and Implementation Efforts
Update on bills passed and pending proposals, including the spectrum inventory and D Block bills; relocation of government spectrum for commercial purposes; cell phone jamming in prisons; handset exclusivity; impact on FCC vs. NTIA
Howard J. Symons, Esq.
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. / Washington, DC
How spectrum and other telecommunications issues are fitting into current policy priorities on the Hill
Matthew Hussey, Legislative Assistant to Senator Snowe
U.S. Senate / Washington, DC
12:15 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm
Technological Drivers and their Real-World Influence on Implementation of the Plan
New engineering and conceptual developments, and potential impacts on spectrum management policy; views on the most promising new developments and tools likely to result in policy changes and availability of more spectrum capacity
Jon Peha, Ph.D., Chief Technologist
Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
Stagg Newman, Ph.D., Principal
Pisgah Comm Consulting / Candler, NC
Steve Sharkey, Chief Engineering and Technology Policy
T-Mobile USA Inc / Washington, DC
2:30 pm
Title II and the New Regulatory and Competitive Framework Relating to Spectrum Use: Network Neutrality, Handset Exclusivity, Roaming and the SkyTerra Conditions
Hot topics on the wireless regulatory side and where the FCC seems to be headed
Bryan N. Tramont, Esq.
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP / Washington, DC
Ari Q. Fitzgerald, Esq.
Hogan Lovells / Washington, DC
Gigi B. Sohn, Esq., President and Founder
Public Knowledge / Washington, DC
Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
CTIA -The Wireless Association / Washington, DC
3:45 pm Break
4:00 pm
The New Wireless Ecosystem: How the Players View the Broadband Plan and the New Policy Direction for the FCC
Rebecca Arbogast, Esq., 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., Managing Principal
Bennet & Bennet PLLC / Bethesda, MD
New technology/applications from a company perspective
Chris Murray, Vice President, External Affairs
Clearwire / Washington, DC
Infrastructure provider perspective
Barbara A. Baffer, Vice President, Public Affairs and Regulations
Ericsson Inc. / Washington, DC
5:30 pm
Continue the Exchange of Ideas: Reception for Faculty and Attendees
Sponsored by Hogan Lovells and T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Introduction and Overview
Michele C. Farquhar, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Hogan Lovells / Washington, DC
Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Esq., Program Co-Chair
T-Mobile USA, Inc. / Washington, DC
Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO
8:45 am
Implementing Wireless Broadband Service Expansion in Rural Areas: How Rapidly Can We Expect Deployment?
What policy decisions and actions the FCC could take to secure rapid build out of broadband to rural America; the real challenges on the ground to build out; FCC's new rule and "shot clock" for tower sitting applications
Michele C. Farquhar, Esq., Program Co-Chair, Moderator
Hogan Lovells / Washington, DC
Steven K. Berry, President and CEO
Rural Cellular Association / Washington, DC
Grant Spellmeyer, Esq., Senior Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
U.S. Cellular Corporation / Chicago, IL
10:00 am Break
10:15 am
Anticipating the Next Set of Issues Arising from Competing Spectrum Interests: Broadcasters, Satellite and Terrestrial Wireless Carriers, and Unlicensed Spectrum Users
Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair, Moderator
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO
Who wants/needs what: Spectrum needs for various industries; unlicensed spectrum user perspective
Michael Calabrese, Esq., Vice President and Director, Wireless Future Program
New America Foundation / Washington, DC
Broadcast industry perspective
David Donovan, Esq., President
Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. / Washington, DC
Satellite industry perspective
Douglas I. Brandon, General Counsel
TerreStar Networks / Reston, VA
Cellular industry perspective
Charla M. Rath, Vice President of Public Policy
Verizon Communications / Washington, DC
12:00 pmLunch (on your own)
1:15 pm
Special FCC Policy Address: Today's Most Pressing Spectrum and Wireless Issues
The Hon. Meredith Attwell Baker, Esq., Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
1:45 pm
Smart Energy Grids, Wireless Telehealth Care and Other New Applications: New Institutional User Players and What Concerns Will They Bring to the Policy Table?
The promise of mHealth and the policy, regulatory, and legal issues that lie ahead
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
2:45 pm
Interference: Who Will do the Policing, and How?
Cramming more use into smaller space: Technical challenges and potential legal issues in the FCC's approach to spectrum enforcement; the challenge of accommodating new technologies and services
Richard B. Engelman, Director, Government Affairs-Spectrum
Sprint Nextel Corporation / Reston, VA
David H. Solomon, Esq.
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP / Washington, DC
3:30 pm Break
3:45 pm
Public Safety, Broadband, and the D Block: Building a Robust Public Safety Network With More Efficient Use of Spectrum
D Block as auctioned commercial spectrum with strings attached for public safety; alternatives and perspectives on the pluses and minuses of the various proposals
Jeffrey Silva, Moderator, Senior Policy Director
Medley Global Advisors / Washington, DC
Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Esq., Program Co-Chair
T-Mobile USA, Inc. / Washington, DC
Jennifer A. Manner, Esq., Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
Trey Hanbury, Director, Government Affairs
Sprint Nextel Corporation / Reston, VA
Chief Harlin R. McEwen, Chairman
Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation / Washington, DC
5:00 pm Evaluations and Adjourn