SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
Conference in Detail
Thursday • September 16, 2004
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| 8:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 | Introduction and Overview |
Michele C. Farquhar, Esq. Program Co-Chair Hogan & Hartson LLP Washington, DC Steve B. Sharkey Program Co-Chair Director, Spectrum and Standards Strategy Motorola, Inc. Washington, DC |
| 8:45 | Spectrum Rights and Spectrum Management: Where We Are Today and How We Got Here |
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| The technical nuts and bolts of spectrum management: New technologies and noise tolerance; the state of the art in engineering modeling and prospects for improvement; new cognitive radio technologies and emergence of alternatives to the command & control approach for frequency coordination |
Dale N. Hatfield Adjunct Professor University of Colorado Boulder, CO |
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| Domestic and international institutions that regulate spectrum use: How they came into being, have evolved and interact; the international debate over the need for new spectrum management approaches |
Audrey Allison Director International Regulatory Affairs Connexion by Boeing Arlington, VA |
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| 10:15 | Break |
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| 10:30 | Calls for Change, Their Driving Forces and Pending Proceedings |
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| FCC: Spectrum Policy Task Force; new FCC initiatives, proceedings and on-going debates |
Peter A. Tenhula Director Spectrum Policy Task Force Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC |
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| NTIA: President’s spectrum initiative for the 21st century and perspective of federal government spectrum users |
John M. R. Kneuer, Esq. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) Washington, DC |
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CSIS Spectrum Management Report and Recommendations |
James A. Lewis, Ph.D. Director of Technology Policy Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Washington, DC |
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| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:15 | Interference Legal and regulatory policy issues related to interference; what are the current standards for harmful interference and what is ahead? |
R. Paul Margie, Esq. Legal Advisor to Commissioner Michael J. Copps Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC |
| 1:45 | Exclusive Rights vs. Shared Use: Key Issues in the Debate How does interference impact incumbent business and what protection policy should be adopted; hands-on spectrum management vs. financial incentives; incumbent interests vs. new users; underlays vs. overlays, interference temperature and potential new regulatory focuses for the FCC |
Jim Bugel Executive Director Federal Regulatory Affairs Cingular Wireless LLC Washington, DC Leigh M. Chinitz, Ph.D. Chief Technical Advisor Proxim Corp. Sunnyvale, CA Matt Stone Government Strategist Civitium LLC Warner Robins, GA |
| 3:15 | Break |
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| 3:30 | New Technologies; Digital Migration and the Evolution of Broadcasting Perspectives on the 700 MHz spectrum debate: Who should move first and who can’t move? As broadcasters move towards digital, how should the vacated spectrum be reallocated? What’s ahead for entrepreneurs? |
Mark E. Crosby Founder and President Access Spectrum, LLC Bethesda, MD David Donovan President Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. (MSTV) Washington, DC Nancy Jesuale President NetCity Engineering, Inc. Portland, OR John Lawson President and CEO Association of Public Television Stations Washington, DC |
| 5:15 | End of Day |
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