Wireline and wireless carriers, Internet access providers, rural telephone companies and other service providers, federal and state officials, municipalities, attorneys, consultants and other telecommunications industry professionals
One of the most urgent topics facing communications policymakers and the industry today is the need for more spectrum. The FCC's National Broadband Plan has heightened the calls for spectrum inventories, faster access to spectrum, better spectrum management, more flexible spectrum use, and new auction tools to incentivize incumbents to relocate or return their spectrum. These, and other spectrum policy debates, are now front-burner issues before Congress and the FCC.
As a result, the commercial wireless "ecosystem" faces increasing regulatory scrutiny, and wireless broadband deployment has moved to center stage within the Administration. Prompt action is necessary because new spectrum-based applications, devices, and business models have put additional strain on the nation's spectrum resources. The dramatically increasing and competing demands for radio spectrum among the different industry segments -- wireless carriers, broadcasters, cable operators, satellite providers and emerging unlicensed services, as well as the public safety community, have highlighted the critical importance of spectrum management and related spectrum issues and proceedings.
This conference presents a comprehensive look at the full range of issues surrounding spectrum policy, including the focus of the Administration and Congress, the role of spectrum in wireless broadband deployment, potential new spectrum bands and new players, new competitive frameworks for assessing the wireless "ecosystem", new technologies, applications and business models, spectrum interference issues, and the latest public safety broadband network proposals. Learn from key government decision-makers, legal practitioners, industry representatives, analysts, technical experts, public safety representatives and others about the latest emerging spectrum issues confronting the FCC, the Administration, Congress and the marketplace.
~ Michele C. Farquhar, Esq., Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Esq. and Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chairs
Michele C. Farquhar, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Hogan Lovells / Washington, DC
Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Esq., Program Co-Chair, Vice President of Federal Regulatory Affairs
T-Mobile USA, Inc. / Washington, DC
Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair, Adjunct Professor
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO
Spectrum issues that arose in development of the plan and how they played out
Phoebe Yang, Esq., Senior Advisor to the Chairman on Broadband
Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
Implementation proceedings; agency priorities; adjustments for responding to legislative developments
Ruth Milkman, Esq., Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
Spectrum needs of new and old players; possible new bands; feasibility of markets for leasing unused spectrum (such as TV broadcasting) and other approaches; voluntary and involuntary relinquishment possibilities; relocation plans
Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO
Update on bills passed and pending proposals, including the spectrum inventory and D Block bills; relocation of government spectrum for commercial purposes; cell phone jamming in prisons; handset exclusivity; impact on FCC vs. NTIA
Howard J. Symons, Esq.
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. / Washington, DC
How spectrum and other telecommunications issues are fitting into current policy priorities on the Hill
Matthew Hussey, Legislative Assistant to Senator Snowe
U.S. Senate / Washington, DC
New engineering and conceptual developments, and potential impacts on spectrum management policy; FCC's view on the most promising new developments likely to result in policy changes
Jon Peha, Ph.D., Chief Technologist
Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
Stagg Newman, Ph.D., Principal
Pisgah Comm Consulting / Candler, NC
Steve Sharkey, Chief Engineering and Technology Policy
T-Mobile USA Inc / Washington, DC
Hot topics on the wireless regulatory side and where the FCC seems to be headed
Bryan N. Tramont, Esq.
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP / Washington, DC
Ari Q. Fitzgerald, Esq.
Hogan Lovells / Washington, DC
Gigi B. Sohn, Esq., President and Founder
Public Knowledge / Washington, DC
Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
CTIA -The Wireless Association / Washington, DC
Rebecca Arbogast, Esq., Moderator, Managing Director
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. / Washington, DC
Established carrier perspective; how the changes in spectrum policy need to adapt to changes in markets
Joan Marsh, Esq., Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs
AT&T / Washington, DC
Rural carrier perspective
Caressa D. Bennet, Esq., Managing Principal
Bennet & Bennet PLLC / Bethesda, MD
New technology/applications from a company perspective
Chris Murray, Vice President, External Affairs
Clearwire / Washington, DC
Sponsored by Hogan Lovells and T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Michele C. Farquhar, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Hogan Lovells / Washington, DC
Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Esq., Program Co-Chair
T-Mobile USA, Inc. / Washington, DC
Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO
What policy decisions and actions the FCC could take to secure rapid build out of broadband to rural America; the real challenges on the ground to build out; FCC's new rule and "shot clock" for tower sitting applications
Michele C. Farquhar, Esq., Program Co-Chair, Moderator
Hogan Lovells / Washington, DC
Steven K. Berry, President and CEO
Rural Cellular Association / Washington, DC
Grant Spellmeyer, Esq., Senior Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
U.S. Cellular Corporation / Chicago, IL
Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair, Moderator
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO
Who wants/needs what: Spectrum needs for various industries; unlicensed spectrum user perspective
Michael Calabrese, Esq., Vice President and Director, Wireless Future Program
New America Foundation / Washington, DC
Broadcast industry perspective
David Donovan, Esq., President
Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. / Washington, DC
Satellite industry perspective
Douglas I. Brandon, General Counsel
TerreStar Networks / Reston, VA
Cellular industry perspective
Charla M. Rath, Vice President of Public Policy
Verizon Communications / Washington, DC
The Hon. Meredith Attwell Baker, Esq., Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
The promise of mHealth and the policy, regulatory, and legal issues that lie ahead
Paul Margie, Esq.
Wiltshire & Grannis LLP / Washington, DC
Energy savings through wireless Smart Grid technologies
John Horn, National Director, M2M
T-Mobile USA, Inc. / Draper, UT
Cramming more use into smaller space: Technical challenges and potential legal issues in the FCC's approach to spectrum enforcement; the challenge of accommodating new technologies and services
Richard B. Engelman, Director, Government Affairs-Spectrum
Sprint Nextel Corporation / Reston, VA
David H. Solomon, Esq.
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP / Washington, DC
D Block as auctioned commercial spectrum with strings attached for public safety; alternatives and perspectives on the pluses and minuses of the various proposals
Jeffrey Silva, Moderator, Senior Policy Director
Medley Global Advisors / Washington, DC
Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Esq., Program Co-Chair
T-Mobile USA, Inc. / Washington, DC
Jennifer A. Manner, Esq., Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
Trey Hanbury, Director, Government Affairs
Sprint Nextel Corporation / Reston, VA
Chief Harlin R. McEwen, Chairman
Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation / Washington, DC
Regular tuition for in person or webcast attendance for this program is $1245 with a group rate of $1095 each for two or more registrants from the same firm. For government employees, we offer a special rate of $945. For students and people in their job for less than a year, our rate is $622.50. All rates include admission to all seminar sessions, food and beverages at breaks, and all course materials. Make checks payable to Law Seminars International.
You may substitute another person at any time. We will refund tuition, less a $50 cancellation fee, if we receive your cancellation by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 12, 2010. After that time, we will credit your tuition toward attendance at another program or the purchase of a Homestudy. There is a $25 cancellation fee for Course Materials orders and $50 for Homestudy orders.
This program qualifies for 13.5 VA CLE credits. Upon request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits.
The conference will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center at 801 Mount Vernon Place NW in Washington, DC 20001. Check the Convention Center website at www.dcconvention.com, Visitors/Visiting DC, for a list of area hotels; or, call them directly at (202) 219-3000.
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Michele C. Farquhar, Program Co-Chair, partner, Director, Communications Group, Hogan Lovells, specializes in wireless communications, spectrum management and telecommunications regulation. Previously she was Chief of FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary and Chief of Staff for NTIA.
Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Esq., Program Co-Chair, Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs, T-Mobile USA, Inc., was on the FCC's Spectrum Policy Task Force and Deputy Chief of both the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis and Wireless Bureau.
Dale N. Hatfield, Program Co-Chair, independent consultant and Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program, University of Colorado, is also Chairman of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee. Previously he was Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology and Chief Technologist, FCC.
The Hon. Meredith Attwell Baker, Special Address, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, was previously Acting Assistant Secretary and Administrator at NTIA.
Ruth Milkman, Esq., Special Address, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, was Special Counsel to the Chairman's office.
Phoebe Yang, Special Address, Senior Advisor to the Chairman on Broadband and former General Counsel of the National Broadband Task Force at the Federal Communications Commission, leads the transition team that created Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan. Previously she held executive positions at Discovery Communications and AOL Time Warner.
Rebecca Arbogast, Moderator, Managing Director, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., advises institutional investors on legal issues affecting the communications industries, including spectrum and antitrust.
Jeffrey Silva, Moderator, Senior Director, Telecommunications, Media and Technology, Medley Global Advisors, is a telecom high-tech policy commentator.
Caressa D. Bennet, Managing Principal, Bennet & Bennet PLLC, represents rural wireless carriers, telephone companies, cellular carriers, PCS providers and CLECs before the FCC.
Full bio and contact info for Caressa D. Bennet at Bennet & Bennet PLLC
Steven K. Berry, President and CEO, Rural Cellular Association, represents rural and regional wireless telecommunications providers that cover more than 80 percent of the U.S.
Douglas I. Brandon, General Counsel, TerreStar Networks, manages all legal matters and corporate development.
Michael Calabrese, Esq., Vice President and Director, Wireless Future Program, New America Foundation, oversees improving management of public airwaves and affordable wireless broadband access.
David Donovan is President, Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc., national association of television stations leading the transition to digital service and quality of free over-air TV.
Richard B. Engelman, Director of Government Affairs-Spectrum Resources at Sprint Nextel Corporation; worked 30 years as engineer at the FCC, retiring in 2007 as Chief Engineer in the FCC's International Bureau.
Ari Q. Fitzgerald, partner, Hogan Lovells, focuses on wireless, satellite, international communications and Internet issues, including telecommunications and spectrum-related issues.
Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, CTIA -The Wireless Association, focuses on regulatory mandates and homeland security and coordinates the Association's regulatory policy advocacy.
Trey Hanbury, Director, Government Affairs, Sprint Nextel Corporation, focuses on spectrum and competition policy, wireless broadband regulation and administrative law.
John Horn, National Director for M2M, T-Mobile USA, Inc., leads the M2M Channel and works with European partners on M2M programs that can be supported in the U.S. and Europe.
Matthew Hussey, Legislative Assistant to Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), U.S. Senate, advises on telecommunications, commerce and science matters, including cyber security and spectrum policy.
Jennifer A. Manner, Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, focuses on telecommunications.
Paul Margie, Esq., partner, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, focuses on telecommunications and technology law in communications, Internet and wireless.
Full bio and contact info for Paul Margie at Wiltshire & Grannis LLP
Joan Marsh, Esq., Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs, AT&T, manages their wireless and public safety/national security interests.
Chief Harlin R. McEwen, Chairman, Public Safety Spectrum Trust, is also Chairman of Communications & Technology, International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Chris Murray, Vice President of External Affairs at Clearwire, focuses on wireless telecommunications regulatory and congressional strategy. Previously he was Senior Counsel at Consumers Union and Vice President of Regulatory at Vonage.
Stagg Newman, Ph.D., Principal, Pisgah Comm Consulting, was Chief Technologist, FCC, and rejoined the Broadband Plan Task Force to develop the National Broadband Plan.
Jon Peha, Ph.D., Chief Technologist, Federal Communications Commission, is a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and was Associate Director of the University's Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking.
Charla M. Rath, Vice President, Public Policy, Verizon Communications, develops their wireless public policy positions, including those related to spectrum acquisition.
Steve Sharkey, Chief Engineering and Technology Policy, T-Mobile USA, Inc., previously was Senior Director of Regulatory and Spectrum Policy in Motorola Inc.'s Global Government Affairs.
Gigi B. Sohn, President and Founder, Public Knowledge (PK), is a communications attorney and chief strategist, fundraiser and public face of PK.
David H. Solomon, partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, was first Chief of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau. He focuses on telecommunications and media matters.
Full bio and contact info for David H. Solomon at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
Grant Spellmeyer, Senior Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Cellular Corporation, leads their federal and state legislative and regulatory efforts.
Howard J. Symons, member, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Communications Section, focuses on spectrum policy issues.
Bryan N. Tramont, managing partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, focuses on communications law and regulation and was Chief of Staff of the FCC.
Full bio and contact info for Bryan N. Tramont at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
