Symposium: Must History Repeat Itself? Interoperability and Access in the Network Economy

Must History Repeat Itself?

Interoperability and Access in the Network Economy

Wednesday, October 12, 2005, 1:00-5:30 p.m.

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Free to the public, registration on a first-come first-served- basis

Reception following the symposium

The symposium on interoperability and access in the network economy addresses policy issues that will be of vital importance to the upcoming revisions of U.S. telecommunications law.

Recent policy changes such as the decision to treat DSL as information service have fundamentally altered the dynamics of advanced communication services. At the same time, on August 5, 2005, the FCC has issues a policy statement to preserve the open an interconnected nature of the public Internet.

We invite scholars, policy makers and private interests to joint our outstanding group of leading experts to engage in a critical discussion of the economic and legal principles that should guide a forward-looking framework supportive of advanced information and communication infrastructures and services.

Symposium speakers:

* David Clark, MIT

* Joseph Farrell, University of California, Berkeley

* Christopher Yoo, Vanderbilt University

* Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge

* Richard Cimerman, NCTA

* Carl Cargill, Sun Microsystems * Don Deutsch, Oracle (invited)

For more information, a detailed schedule, directions, and to register please visit: http://www.georgetown.edu/connectivity or http://quello.msu.edu.