VOICE OVER
INTERNET PROTOCOL
Conference in Detail
Thursday • August 19, 2004
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| 8:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 | Introduction and Overview: What is VoIP/IP Telephony? Why is it Important? |
Dale E. Thomas, Esq. Program Co-Chair Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Chicago, IL William B. Wilhelm, Jr., Esq. Program Co-Chair Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP Washington, DC |
| 8:45 | It May Look Like POTS (Plain Old Telephone Systems) Today, But It Won’t Look Like POTS Tomorrow |
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| • Business perspective on opportunities for richer, more dynamic voice products; VoIP technology; business implications |
Jerry Cady CEO and President PingTone Communications, Inc. Chantilly, VA |
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The resulting stress points on the regulatory system |
James B. Speta, Esq. Associate Professor of Law Northwestern University School of Law Chicago, IL |
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| 10:15 | Break |
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| 10:30 | What Impact will Patent Infringement Claims have on Implementation and Viability of VoIP Services? |
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| • Patent holder’s perspective on licensing and enforcement strategies |
David B. Silverman, Esq. Senior Vice President and General Counsel Acceris Communications Somerset, NJ |
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Licensee perspective |
Tim Carlson, Esq. Team Leader Broadband Communications Group Legal Affairs Texas Instruments Incorporated Dallas, TX |
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| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:15 | Status of IP/Telephony Under Current Law |
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| • Federal perspective on the public policy issues presented by VoIP and the process for resolving them |
Christi Shewman, Esq. Attorney-Advisor Wireline Competition Bureau Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC |
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State regulatory trends and concerns |
Jeffrey H. Hoagg Principal Policy Advisor, Telecommunications Illinois Commerce Commission Springfield, IL |
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| 2:45 | Break |
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| 3:00 | Public Policy Questions for VoIP |
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| • VoIP at the Crossroads: Regardless of its classification as a telecommunications service or an information service, VoIP poses a number of policy questions: Will telephony regulation become irrelevant? Do we need a national broadband policy rather than state regulation? Will VoIP force restructuring of the traditional “stove-pipe” regulation of services into a focus on the underlying facility (regardless of the service provided)? |
Robert J. Aamoth, Esq. Moderator Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Washington, DC |
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ILEC perspective |
Dorothy Attwood Senior Vice President SBC Communications Inc. Washington, DC |
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CLEC perspective |
Richard Thayer, Esq. Director of Intercarrier Policy Level 3 Communications, Inc. Broomfield, CO |
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VoIP service provider perspective |
Jonathan Askin, Esq. General Counsel pulver.com Melville, NY |
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Cable system perspective |
James R. Coltharp Chief Policy Advisor Comcast Corporation Washington, DC |
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| 5:00 | End of Day |
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