Law Seminars International Presents

An Important Two Day Conference on

Voice Over Internet Protocol

Ready for Prime-Time: Business and Regulatory Issues

August 19 & 20, 2004
Omni Chicago Hotel in Chicago, IL
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Who Should Order Homestudy

Attorneys, telecom carriers (wireline and wireless), cable system operators, medium and large users, and building owners/developers for offices and wired communities

Why Order

"A dramatic shift is underway in the telecommunications industry. Carriers and enterprise customers are transitioning from circuit-switched services to digital, Internet, packet-based networks and technologies— such as Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP). While VoIPpromises to offer feature rich communications service at lower cost, uncharted legal, financial and technological challenges confront the next generation of communication providers.Led by well-regarded industry experts, LSI’s comprehensive two-day seminar will be of interest to VoIP providers, competitors, regulators, deal makers, and equipment manufacturers. Attend and get substantive answers to the critical issues facing the Voice Over IP industry today." ~ Program Co-Chairs: Dale E. Thomas, Esq., and William B. Wilhelm, Jr., Esq

What You Will Learn

- Impact of Patent Infringement Claims - Status of IP/Telephony Under Current Law - Disability Access - Forbearance Petition on VoIP- E911 Issues - Public Policy Questionsfor VoIP - CALEA Compliance - Key Economic Issues

Agenda

Thursday, August 19, 2004
8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Introduction & 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 am It May Look Like POTS (Plain Old Telephone Systems) Today, But It Won’t Look Like POTS Tomorrow
  Business perspective on opportunities for richer, more dynamic voice products; VoIP technology; business implications
  Jerry Cady, CEO & President
 PingTone Communications, Inc. / Herndon, VA
  The resulting stress points on the regulatory system
  James B. Speta, Esq., Associate Professor of Law
 Northwestern University School of Law / Chicago, IL
10:15 am Break
10:30 am What Impact will Patent Infringement Claims have on Implementation and Viability of VoIP Services?
  Patent holder’s perspective on licensing and enforcement strategies
  David B. Silverman, Esq., Senior Vice President & General Counsel
 Acceris Communications / Somerset, NJ
  Licensee perspective
  Timothy Carlson, Esq., Chief Legal Advisor
 Telogy Networks, A Texas Instruments Co. / Germantown, MA
12:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm Status of IP/Telephony Under Current Law
  Federal perspective on the public policy issues presented by VoIP and the process for resolving them
  Christi Shewman, Esq., Attorny Advisor-Competition Policy Division
 Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
  State regulatory trends and concerns
  Jeffrey Hoagg, Principal Policy Advisor Telecommunications
 Illinois Commerce Commission / Springfield, IL
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Public Policy Questions for VoIP
  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?
  Todd D. Daubert, Esq.
 Kelley Drye & Warren LLP / Washington, DC
  ILEC perspective
  Bruce Byrd, Vice President & General Counsel
 SBC Telecommunications, Inc. / Washington, DC
  CLEC Perspective
  Richard Thayer, Esq., Director of Intercarrier Policy
 Level 3 Communications, Inc. / Broomfield, CO
  VoIP service provider perspective
  Jonathan Askin, Esq., General Counsel
 Pulver.com / Melville, NY
  Cable system perspective
  Roy Lathrop, Director, State Telecommunications
 National Cable & Telecommunications Association / Washington, DC
5:00 pm End of Day

Friday, August 20, 2004
8:30 am Key Economic Issues: To What Extent Does VoIP Have Genuine Cost Advantages?
  Universal Service and other regulatory surcharges: Is the goal of maintaining universal access to affordable POTS service becoming irrelevant? If VoIP is an information service, can the FCC continue to support federal universal funding?
  Paul de Sa
 McKinsey & Company / Washington, DC
  Access charges and other intercarrier compensation arrangements: Can we shoe-horn VoIP into the current intercarrier compensation scheme? If so, how?
  David L. Sieradzki, Esq.
 Hogan & Hartson LLP / Washington, DC
  State taxes: Is VoIP an interstate service? If so, what is the nexus for state taxation? What amount of money is at stake for the states?
  Glenn S. Miller, Esq.
 Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman LLP / Washington, DC
  Local franchise fees
  William M. Marticorena, II, Esq.
 Rutan & Tucker LLP / Costa Mesa, CA
10:30 am Break
10:45 am E911 Issues
  Technological capabilities: Challenges of providing call back at locations issues to the PSAP? Necessary network elements and upgrades
  Rick Jones, Operations Issues Director
 National Emergency Numbers Association / Arlington, VA
  Regulatory initiatives and likely outcomes: What’s happening at the federal and state level? Will there be requirements for VoIP providers to provide emergency backup power sources to ensure that users can place calls during an emergency
  Brooke Schulz, Vice President of Corporate Communications
 Vonage / Edison, NJ
12:15 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm Disability Access: To What Extent Can, and Should, VoIP Providers Comply with Existing Disability Access Requirements?
  Regulatory issues: Initiatives and likely outcomes
  Alice L. Elder
 Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
  Technological issues
  Robert J. Bluemer, Western Region Director, Public Sector Markets
 Avaya Inc. / Hickory Hills, IL
2:15 pm What Will it Take for VoIP Providers to Meet CALEA Compliance Requirements?
  Legal requirements and pending issues
  Craig Walker, Esq., CEO
 Dialpad Communications, Inc. / Milpitas, CA
  Technical capabilities and operational issues
  H. Michael Warren, President
 fiducianet, inc. / Herndon, VA
3:30 pm Adjourn

Cancellation

There is a $25 cancellation fee for Course Materials orders and $50 for Homestudy orders

Continuing Education Credits

Law Seminars International automatically obtains CLE credit approval for the state in which a seminar is held. On request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits. Current credits status: AR 12 (INT 14710); CA MCLE 12.25; GA 12; IN 12.3 & 12.3 nw lwyer (0078913); LA 12 (5475040819); MO 14.4; MN 12 (#84150) ; NY 14 (0 eth.,nontran'l); OH 12 (000143834); OK14.5 | PA 12s (55971); TX 12 (000064685); WA 12 (122101); WI 14.5

Cost

Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a VHS or DVD recording and the written course materials, is available for $905. The course materials alone are available for $100.
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Faculty Bios

Dale E. Thomas, Program Co-Chair, is a partner in the Economic and Regulatory Litigation Group at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP. Mr. Thomas has advised electric utilities, Internet/telecommunications providers, AT&T, and other clients on a wide variety of matters, and has also represented them in state and federal administrative and court proceedings and appeals.

William B. Wilhelm, Program Co-Chair, is in the Technology & Telecommunications group at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, where he is actively engaged representing domestic and international technology companies, including broadband telecommunications providers, domestic and international ISPs and a variety of B2C and B2B Internet sites on legal and regulatory issues.

Jonathan Askin is General Counsel to pulver.com. Before joining pulver, Jonathan served as General Counsel and President of the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS). He has served as Senior Attorney in the FCC’s Common Carrier Bureau and as a Deputy Public Advocate with the New Jersey Public Advocate and Ratepayer Advocate.

Robert J. Bluemer is Western Region Director, Public Sector Markets at Avaya Inc. Mr. Bluemer served as director of the development team of the nation’s first Disability Access Legislation signed into law by Florida Governor Jeb Bush in May 2002. In addition, he managed the legal counsel team for the first General Disability Access Legislation in the U.S. as well as designed the first patent filed for a completely compliant voting system.

Jerry Cady is CEO and President of PingTone Communications, Inc. Mr. Cady’s career has been dedicated to adoption and growth of packet and voice telecommunications technologies, building and operating packet based carrier class businesses for both voice and data applications. His experience includes all aspects of developing and operating carrier network businesses including product development, engineering, marketing, sales and executive management.

Tim Carlson is Team Leader for the Broadband Communications Group Legal Affairs at Texas Instruments Incorporated. Mr. Carlson is responsible for legal affairs for VoIP, cable, DSL, and WLAN business units.

Alice L. Elder is an Attorney-Advisor in the Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. She joined the Commission in 1996 following five years of employment in the mobile telecommunications industry.

Jeffrey H. Hoagg is the Principal Policy Advisor, Telecommunications Division at the Illinois Commerce Commission. He advises Commission members and others at the Commission on all facets of telecommunications policy and regulation. Mr. Hoagg’s experience has focused on telecommunications policy and regulatory matters, including serving as Special Assistant to members of the FCC and the New York Public Service Commission.

Rick Jones is the Operations Issues Director for the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). He represents NENA and 9-1-1 issues in a variety of telecommunications industry standards-related bodies, including ATIS, ESIF, INC and OBF, groups formed under NANC (North American Numbering Council) and others.

Roy Lathrop is a Director of State Telecommunications Policy for the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. He has a mix of public and private sector regulatory experience. He served at the California Public Utilities Commission for several years, and the Washington State Commission for a year, before moving to the other Washington (DC) where he worked in state and federal regulatory groups of MCI and later WorldCom.

William M. Marticorena, II is a partner in the Public Law Section of Rutan & Tucker, LLP where he has represented public entities on telecommunications, cable television regulation, economic development, and public finance issues for over 23 years.

Glenn S. Miller is a tax partner in the Washington D.C. office of Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP. He has extensive experience in domestic and international telecommunications and Internet tax issues, including tax issues relating to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), “enhanced” telecommunications services, and pre-paid and post-paid calling cards.

Christi Shewman is an Attorney-Advisor in the Competition Policy Division of the Wireline Competition Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission. Ms. Shewman currently serves on a team examining issues relating to IP-Enabled Services, including voice over IP. At the FCC, she has also worked on a variety of forbearance petitions and section 271 applications.

David L. Sieradzki is a partner at Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. and a member of the firm’s Communications Group. He represents major national and international carriers, as well as small emerging service providers, on telecommunications regulatory matters before the FCC and other federal and state agencies.

David B. Silverman is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Acceris Communications. Mr. Silverman is responsible for legal and regulatory affairs.

James B. Speta is an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law. His research interests include telecommunications and Internet policy, antitrust, administrative law, and market organization. He teaches in the Law School and in the Joint Program in Law and Business operated by the Law School and the Kellogg School.

Richard Thayer is the Director of Intercarrier Policy at Level 3 Communications, Inc. Mr. Thayer is responsible for developing and implementing the telecommunications policy and business needs for telecommunications carriers. Mr. Thayer has worked with a variety of competitive local exchange companies, interstate exchange carriers and cable companies on media issues including interconnection services, rights of way, arbitrations, rule making, contract negotiation and product development.

Craig Walker joined Dialpad Communications, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer from Headland Ventures where he was a general partner. Prior to this, Mr. Walker was at TeleSoft Partners where he focused exclusively on Internet and telecommunications companies. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, he was a corporate and securities attorney.

H. Michael Warren is the President of fiducianet, inc. where he consults the Telecommunications Industry on matters relating to the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (“CALEA”) and electronic surveillance law and policy. As the former chief of the FBI’s CALEA Implementation Section, Mr. Warren identified the agency’s law enforcement priorities for implementing CALEA and developed the initiative for deferred deployment of CALEA technical capability (the Flexible Deployment Program).