San Diego Field Hearing on National Broadband Plan
San Diego Field Hearing on National Broadband Plan:
Mobile Applications and Spectrum
Federal Communications Commission
Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Thursday October 8, 2009, 9:00 a.m. PDT- 12:15 p.m. PDT
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-293853A1.doc
As part of its effort to gather information for the development of a National Broadband Plan, the FCC will hold a field hearing in San Diego Thursday focused on the transformational change that is resulting from the confluence of mobility and broadband. In particular, the hearing will provide a West Coast perspective on spectrum availability, mobile applications, and the role that they play in the development of America's broadband infrastructure. The Commission will be represented by Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker. Questions and comments from the audience are encouraged.
AGENDA
Introduction: Chairman Genachowski
Panel 1: Mobile Applications That Will Change the Way We Use Broadband
Moderator: Chairman Genachowski
Statements by Chairman Genachowski, Commissioner Baker
Panelists:
- Rey Ramsey, President and Chief Executive Officer, One-Economy
- Pam Scanlon, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, ARJIS
- Darrel Drinan, Chief Executive Officer, PhiloMetron
- Larry Goldenhersh, President, Enviance
- William Griswold, Professor, University of California, San Diego
- Matt Murphy, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Panel 2, 10:45 a.m. PDT: Broadband Spectrum: A Looming Crisis?
Moderator: Chairman Genachowski
Statements by Chairman Genachowski, Commissioner Baker
Panelists:
- John Badal, Chief Executive Officer, Sacred Wind Communications
- Peggy Johnson, Executive Vice President for the Americas & India
- Ravi Potharlanka, Chief Operating Officer, FiberTower
- Gigi Sohn, President and Co-Founder, Public Knowledge
- Victor Bahl, Principal Researcher and founding Manager of the Networking Research Group, Microsoft Research
- Egil Gronstad, Vice President, Technology Planning, Leap Wireless
- Matthew R. Rantanen, Director of Technology, Southern California Tribal Chairman's Association, Tribal Digital Village
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