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[ NNSquad ] Conference: Consensus FCC Reforms/Comm Agenda For Next Admin
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Subject: [IP] Conference: Consensus FCC Reforms and the Communications Agenda
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I will be there physically or virtually depending on GG' condition djf
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From: dewayne@warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: August 27, 2008 5:43:06 PM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy@warpspeed.com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Conference: Consensus FCC Reforms and the
Communications Agenda for the Next Administration
Consensus FCC Reforms and the Communications Agenda for the Next
Administration
A mini-conference ? Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 8:30 a.m.
National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC
Consensus FCC Reforms
Despite controversies swirling over issues such as Network Neutrality,
media ownership and universal service, some policy observers believe
that a range of reforms may attract bi-partisan consensus. These
opportunities may be more likely to be realized if identified prior to
the November 2008 election.
This conference of the Information Economy Project at George Mason
University brings together two former chairmen of the Federal
Communications Commission ? William Kennard, who served under
President Clinton, and Michael Powell, who served under President
George W. Bush ? with top former officials familiar with the agency's
agenda, structure, and day-by-day operations to discuss just such
possibilities for reform.
8:30 a.m. Welcome by Thomas W. Hazlett, Professor of Law and
Economics, GMU
Panel I: Improving Procedures at the Federal Communications
Commission
8:40 a.m.
Peter Pitsch, chief of staff to Dennis
Patrick, FCC Chairman, 1987-1989
Robert Pepper*, former chief, Office of Plans
and Policy, FCC, 1989-2005
Ken Robinson, senior legal advisor to Al
Sikes, FCC Chairman, 1989-1993
Blair Levin, chief of staff to Reed Hundt, FCC
Chairman, 1993-1997
Kathy Brown, chief of staff to William
Kennard, FCC Chairman, 1998-2001
Moderator: Drew Clark, Assistant Director,
Information Economy Project
Panel II: A Cross-Partisan Agenda for Telecommunications
Policy Reforms
9:45 a.m.
William Kennard, Chairman, FCC, 1997-2001
Michael Powell, Chairman, FCC, 2001-2005
Moderator: Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall
Street Journal
When: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC
*Invited
Admission is free, but seating is limited. See IEP Web page: <http://iep.gmu.edu
>.
To reserve your spot, please email Drew Clark: iep.gmu@gmail.com.
About the Information Economy Project:
The Information Economy Project at George Mason University sits at the
intersection of academic research and public policy, producing peer-
reviewed scholarly research, as well as hosting conferences and
lectures with prominent thinkers in the Information Economy. The
project brings the discipline of law and economics to
telecommunications policy. More information about the project is
available at <http://iep.gmu.edu>.RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress
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