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March 18
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception and Symposium Kick-Off
Jonathan S. Adelstein (Keynote Remarks)
Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission
March 19
8:00 to 9:00
Keynote Breakfast
Dick Wiley (Keynote Moderator)
Former FCC Commissioner Partner,
Wiley Rein LLP
David A. Gross (Keynote Speaker)
Ambassador
U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy
U.S. Department of State
9:15 to 9:30
Introductory Remarks
9:30 to 10:45
Cracks in Intellectual Property Laws: Top Internet Video Copyright Issues
As the broadband Internet ushers in a new era of unlimited global delivery of digital video, intellectual property laws are quickly growing outdated. Content producers seek new ways to protect their businesses against the unauthorized distribution of their copyrighted works but public interest advocates warn that efforts to tighten copyright laws could dampen creativity and free speech rights. This discussion will highlight the top issues surrounding Internet video content and pinpoint the likely legislative and legal changes ahead.
Paul Sweeting (Moderator)
Editor
ContentAgenda.com
Assistant Director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic
American University Washington College of Law
Paul H. and Theo Leffmann Professor of Commercial Law
University of Chicago Law School
Counsel for Intellectual Property
Senate Judiciary Committee
Peter Decherney
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and English
University of Pennsylvania
10:45 to 11:00
Discussion Break
11:00 to 12:15
Unlimited Access to Content versus Network Owner Control: Dialing Down the Rhetoric on Network Neutrality
No issue in communications generates more emotion – or more vitriol – than network neutrality. Behind the scary scenarios painted on the one side and the indignant denials on the other side are genuine questions about how to balance the benefits of an unlimited Internet against network owners’ rights to manage their businesses and technological infrastructure in a rational way. This discussion will screen out the noise and highlight the real network-related problems, potential and prospects emerging from the new Internet TV medium.
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld (Moderator)
Editorial Director
Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable
Former FCC Chief Economist
Executive Director Center for Communications Law and Policy
Gould School of Law and Annenberg School of Communications
University of Southern California
Former FCC Chief Economist
Professor of Law and Economics
Director of the Information Economy Project of the National Center for Technology and Law
George Mason University
Chief Technology Strategist
Managing Director
Cowen & Co.
Chief Economist
Bureau of Economics
Federal Trade Commission
12:15 to 12:30
Discussion Break
12:30 to 2:00
Lunch and Keynote Speech
Dick Wiley (Keynote Moderator)
Former FCC Commissioner Partner,
Wiley Rein LLP
Acting Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
2:00 to 3:15
Video is a Bandwidth Hog: Should Broadband Policies Pursue More Capacity?
Broadband availability and capacity is a national competitiveness issues. The U.S. has long pursued public policies that seek to expand both availability and capacity. Does the emergence of the Internet as a video medium change these policies? Should the definition of broadband take into account minimum capacities that support Internet video?
Ted Hearn (Moderator)Washington Editor
Multichannel News
Former FCC Chief Economist
Professor Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania
Former FCC Chief Technologist
Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon
Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow
iGrowth Global
Senior Fellow
Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy
Christopher Day
Legislative Counsel
Office of U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL).
3:15 to 3:30
Discussion Break
3:30 to 4:45
Regulatory Disruptions: How Does Internet Video Change the Ground Rules for Everybody Else?
Existing TV network and multichannel video providers operate under a welter of regulations that predate not only the rise of Internet video but also predate the rise of the Internet itself. If the Internet is poised to disrupt the traditional video world, are the regulations that apply to TV networks, cable operators, phone companies and even satellite providers ready for reexamination? Which laws and regulations are ripe for revision and why?
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld (Moderator)
Editorial Director
Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable
Chief Economist
Federal Communications Commission
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis,
U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
Former FCC Chief Economist
Harvey Golub Professor in Business Leadership Professor of Finance and Economics Leonard N. Stern School of Business
New York University
Visiting Professor,
Communications, Culture and Technology
Georgetown University
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