
Conference in Detail (Day 1) (For Day 2, click here)
| 8:30 | Introduction and Overview | Daniel J. Bergeson, Esq., Program Co-Chair Bergeson, Eliopoulos, Grady & Gray, LLP Santa Clara, CA Martin L. Stern, Esq., Program Co-Chair Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, LLP Washington, D.C. |
| 9:00 | Playing Inside the Beltway: Developing An Effective Washington Strategy: Putting together an Effective Washington Strategy: What every info tech company needs to know about playing inside theWashington Beltway. Impacting policy at the agencies and on the Hill; playing the PR game, and other key issues |
Gloria Story Dittus The Dittus Group Washington, D.C. Edward Hearst, Esq. (inv.) U.S. House of Representatives, Commerce Committee Washington, D.C. Bruce J. Heiman, Esq. Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, LLP Washington, D.C. |
| 10:45 | Break |
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| 11:00 | Understanding the First Amendment in the Age of the Internet |
Cindy A. Cohn, Esq. McGlashan & Sarrail, PC San Mateo, CA Anthony M. Glassman, Esq. Glassman, Browning & Saltsman and Of Counsel, Bergeson, Eliopoulos, Grady & Gray, LLP Beverly Hills, CA Courtney Macavinta CNETs NEWS.COM San Francisco, CA Daniel J. Weitzner, Esq. Center for Democracy and Technology Washington, D.C. |
| 12:30 | Lunch (included) |
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| 1:30 | Antitrust Enforcement in Cyber Space Can the Sherman Act Keep Pace? Do intellectual property and communications based products and services present new, unique and unaddressed antitrust issues or do existing antitrust doctrines already give the courts and enforcement agencies all the tools they need? |
Stanley M. Gorinson, Esq. Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, LLP Washington, D.C. Richard J. Gray, Esq. Bergeson, Eliopoulos, Grady & Gray, LLP Santa Clara, CA Jeffrey S. Lanning, Esq. FCC Washington, D.C. |
| 2:45 | Break |
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| 3:00 | Delivering Bandwidth to Endusers and Other Capacity Constraints Digital Subscriber Line technologies Can existing loop facilities deliver the bandwidth consumers want? How real are cable modems? Is the next generation of wireless technologies the key to meeting bandwidth demand? Are we over the hump on backbone networks? |
Robert G. Berger, Esq. WinStar Communications Washington, D.C. Michael E. Katzenstein, Esq. OpTel Inc. Houston, TX Dhruv Khanna, Esq. Covad Communications Company Santa Clara, CA Roland A. Van der Meer Communications Ventures Palo Alto, CA |
| 4:15 | The Internet and FCC Regulation A year ago, the FCCs regulatory policy on the Internet was hands off. Now, with Internet telephony potentially diverting traffic, providing interesting arbitrage opportunities, and creating new concerns about universal service funding, the FCC is reexamining its Internet policy. Is the pendulum ready to swing back? If so, what will FCC regulation mean for the Internet, the industry and endusers? |
Earl W. Comstock, Esq. Sher & Blackwell Washington, D.C. Glenn B. Manishin, Esq. Blumenfeld & Cohen Washington, D.C. |
| 5:00 - 7:00 |
Reception | Sponsored by: Bergeson, Eliopoulos, Grady & Gray, LLP and Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP |
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