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Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
8:30 am to 12:00 pm

8:30 - 8:50 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:50 - 9:00 am: Welcome and Overview

9:00 - 9:45 am: Economists' Panel

  • Dr. Dorothy Robyn, former Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service (PBS) - U.S. General Services Administration and author of "Buildings and Bandwidth: Lessons for Spectrum Policy from Federal Property Management"
  • Dr. Tim Brennan, Chief Economist - Federal Communications Commission
  • Dr. George Ford, Chief Economist - The Phoenix Center

9:45 - 10:30 am: Panel Discussion: Hot Issues in Communications Law

  • Chris Wright, Partner - Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP and former General Counsel - Federal Communications Commission
  • Bryan Tramont, Managing Partner - Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP and former Chief of Staff - Federal Communications Commission
  • Angela Giancarlo, Partner - Meyer Brown and former Chief of Staff - Commissioner Rob McDowell
  • Sam Feder, Partner - Jenner & Block and Former General Counsel - Federal Communications Commission

10:30 - 10:45 am: Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:30 am: Panel Discussion: Policy Priorities for 2015

  • Nuala O'Connor, President - Center for Democracy and Technology
  • Senator John Sununu, Honorary Co-Chair - Broadband for America
  • Hon. Michael Powell, President and CEO - National Cable & Telecommunications Association and Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
  • Congressman Rick Boucher, Honorary Co-Chair - Internet Innovation Alliance

11:30 - 12:00 pm: Presentation of the 2014 Jerry B. Duvall Public Service Award to Senator Deb Fischer (R - Nebraska)

12:00 pm: Conference Adjourns