HIGH TECH COMPANIES
AND THE GOVERNMENT IN THE
AGE OF CONVERGENCE

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

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
CNET’s NEWS.COM
San Francisco, CA

Daniel J. Weitzner, Esq.
Center for Democracy and Technology
Washington, D.C.
12:30 Lunch (included)

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

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 FCC’s 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
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7:00
Reception Sponsored by:
Bergeson, Eliopoulos, Grady & Gray, LLP and Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP

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