Local Telecommunications

LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIONS

Conference in Detail (Day 1)
(For Day 2, click here)

8:30 Introduction

John Clark, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Goodin MacBride Squeri Scholtz & Ritchie
San Francisco, CA

8:45 Keynote Address:
Smart Info Age Communities: The Importance of Information Technology as a Catalyst for Tranforming LIfe and Work in the 21st Century"

John M. Eger
Professor of Communications and Public Policy,
San Diego State University/President, World
Foundation for Smart Communities
San Diego, CA

9:30 Local Policymaking Under the 1996 Telecommunications Act:
The Need for Competitively Neutral Local Policies

Stephen P. Bowen, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Blumenfeld & Cohen
San Francisco, CA

10:15 Break

10:30 How Municipalities are Winning Wireless Lawsuits and are Beginning to Generate Revenue from Each Personal Wireless Facility

Ted Kreines, AICP, President
Kreines & Kreines, Inc.
Tiburon, CA

11:15 Asserting Local Control Over Land Line Facilities: Avoiding a Tangled Web through Rights-of-Way Management and Other Local Control Mechanisms

James M. Tobin, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster
San Francisco, CA

12:00 Luncheon Address:
Perspective and Dialogue: The Interplay between State Telecommunications Policy and Local Infrastructure Regulation & Development Policies

The Hon. Richard Bilas, Ph.D., President
California Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco, CA

1:00 Telecommunications Industry Perspective on the Scope of Local Authority and Appropriate Local Policies

• ILEC

• CLEC

• Wireless

Elaine Lustig, Esq.
GTE California, Incorporated
San Francisco, CA

Brooks E. Harlow, Esq.
Miller Nash Wiener Hager & Carlsen
Seattle, WA

Suzanne Toller, Esq.
AT&T Wireless Services,Inc.
San Francisco, CA

3:00 Break

3:15 Building Owner/Manager Perspectives on Local Authority and Appropriate Policies: Forced Entry and Other Impacts on Private Property Rights

Matthew C. Ames, Esq.
Miller Van Eaton
Washington D.C.

4:00 Joint Panel:
Questions and Answers

4:30 Adjourn

About the Conference | Schedule | Conference Agenda | Conference Faculty

8:30	Introduction	John Clark, Esq., Program Co-Chair Goodin MacBride Squeri Scholtz & Ritchie San Francisco, CA
8:45	Keynote Address: Smart Info Age Communities: The Importance of Information Technology as a Catalyst for Tranforming LIfe and Work in the 21st Century"	John M. Eger Professor of Communications and Public Policy, San Diego State University/President, World Foundation for Smart Communities San Diego, CA
9:30	Local Policymaking Under the 1996 Telecommunications Act: The Need for Competitively Neutral Local Policies	Stephen P. Bowen, Esq., Program Co-Chair Blumenfeld & Cohen San Francisco, CA
10:15	Break
10:30	How Municipalities are Winning Wireless Lawsuits and are Beginning to Generate Revenue from Each Personal Wireless Facility	Ted Kreines, AICP, President Kreines & Kreines, Inc. Tiburon, CA
11:15	Asserting Local Control Over Land Line Facilities: Avoiding a Tangled Web through Rights-of-Way Management and Other Local Control Mechanisms	James M. Tobin, Esq. Morrison & Foerster San Francisco, CA
12:00	Luncheon Address: Perspective and Dialogue: The Interplay between State Telecommunications Policy and Local Infrastructure Regulation & Development Policies	The Hon. Richard Bilas, Ph.D., President California Public Utilities Commission San Francisco, CA
1:00	Telecommunications Industry Perspective on the Scope of Local Authority and Appropriate Local Policies • ILEC • CLEC • Wireless	Elaine Lustig, Esq. GTE California, Incorporated San Francisco, CA Brooks E. Harlow, Esq. Miller Nash Wiener Hager & Carlsen Seattle, WA Suzanne Toller, Esq. AT&T Wireless Services,Inc. San Francisco, CA
3:00	Break
3:15	Building Owner/Manager Perspectives on Local Authority and Appropriate Policies: Forced Entry and Other Impacts on Private Property Rights	Matthew C. Ames, Esq. Miller Van Eaton Washington D.C.
4:00	Joint Panel: Questions and Answers
4:30	Adjourn