MUNICIPAL BROADBAND
Conference Agenda in Detail
Day 1 - Monday, September 9, 2002
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| 8:30 | Introduction and Overview: Strategies for Analyzing the Pros and Cons of Municipal Broadband Systems Type of system and scope of services: cable overbuild vs. fiber network; internal use vs. external use; video vs. Internet vs. telecommunications; the various trigger points for state/federal regulatory jurisdiction; issues relating to local authority; the impact of service selection on financing options |
William M. Marticorena, Esq. Program Co-Chair Rutan & Tucker LLP Costa Mesa, CA Joseph Van Eaton, Esq. Program Co-Chair Miller & Van Eaton PLLC Washington, DC |
| 10:00 | Break |
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| 10:15 | Early Stage Due Diligence |
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| • Technical feasibility: platform options; operational models; tips for evaluating technologies and their applications in light of community needs |
Jonathan L. Kramer, J.D. Kramer.Firm, Inc. Los Angeles, CA |
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| • Financial viability: the economics of the video business; demand in specific target markets for broadband applications |
Loren D. Leavitt, MAI Berliner & Kidder San Jose, CA |
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| • Financial viability: the economics of the Internet and telecommunications businesses; demand in specific target markets for broadband applications | Gregory M. Duncan, Ph.D. Senior Vice President National Economic Research Associates, Inc. San Francisco, CA |
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| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:15 | Implementation Study #1: I-Nets and Other Community Broadband Networks with Leased Facilities |
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| • Options and strategies for evaluating them |
Alan Kraus CEO Broadband Development 3 Park Ridge, IL |
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| • Excess capacity: how far can a community go with an “internal” network? What can local governments do to generate revenues from excess capacity? | Fredric C. Fletcher Assistant General Manager, Power City of Burbank Burbank, CA |
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| • Practical experience with I-Nets and community networks |
Sue Buske President Buske Group Sacramento, CA |
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| 3:00 | Break |
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| 3:15 | Licensing Issues Tips for evaluating and negotiating licenses for use of technology and Intellectual Property |
Jeffrey E. Harmes, Esq. Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP Seattle, WA |
| 4:00 | Financing Options and Pitfalls |
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| • Financing options; selection strategies; underwriter’s perspective on investor interest and expectations |
Tom Lockard Stone & Youngberg LLC San Francisco, CA |
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| • Anatomy of a well-constructed financing proposal (including accurate revenue forecasts) |
William S. Morgan, III Director, Management Consulting Diehl Evans & Company LLP Irvine, CA |
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| 5:30 | Reception Sponsored by |
Miller & Van Eaton PLLC Rutan & Tucker LLP |
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