Challenges for the Incoming FCC

Phoenix Center's Thirteenth Annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
8:30 am --12:30 pm
http://www.phoenix-center.org/sym13.html

8:30 - 9:00 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:10 am: Welcome and Overview

9:10 - 10:00 am: Economists' Panel

  • Dr. Rich Clarke - Assistant Vice President, AT&T
  • Professor Tom Hazlett - George Mason University School of Law
  • Dr. George Ford - Chief Economist, The Phoenix Center

As always, the Economists' Panel will be moderated by Dr. Jerry Duvall, Senior Advisor to the Bureau Chief for Economic Analysis - International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.

10:00 - 10-50 am: Panel Discussion - Spectrum Policy Challenges for 2014

  • Mary Brown - Managing Director, Cisco Systems
  • Charla Rath - Vice President: Wireless Policy Development, Verizon
  • Jeff Blum - SVP and Deputy General Counsel, DISH

11:00 - 12:00 pm: Panel Discussion - Defining the FCC's Role in the 21st Century

  • Walter B. McCormick - President and CEO, USTelecom
  • Hon. Rob McDowell, Former Commissioner, FCC
  • Hon. Larry Irving - Former Administrator, NTIA
  • Blair Levin - Former Director, FCC National Broadband Plan

12:00 pm: Presentation of the 2013 Jerry B. Duvall Public Service Award to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn - Federal Communications Commission

12:30 pm: Conference Adjourns