AEI - The Future of Telecommunications Industries

EVENTS

The Future of Telecommunications Industries

Transatlantic symposium cosponsored by Münchner Kreis and Georgetown University's BMW Center for German and European Studies

Date:	Thursday, April 14, 2005 - Friday, April 15, 2005
Location:	Riggs Library, Main Campus, Georgetown University 37th and O Streets N.W., Washington, D.C.

About This Event

Over the past decade, government-sanctioned telecommunications monopolies have given way to markets opened to competition yet subject to heavy regulation. Technological advances are causing previously fragmented markets to converge, and firms face increased competition in their traditional markets even as technology simultaneously offers them new business opportunities. The industry is responding with consolidation, while regulators struggle to keep up the pace. In Europe, progress in creating a common market among the European Union is presenting new regulatory challenges. In the United States, pressure is rising to revisit the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and it now appears possible that Congress will amend the act in significant ways. This conference, cosponsored by Münchner Kreis, Georgetown University's BMW Center for German and European Studies, and AEI, provides an opportunity to discuss these current, significant, and long-term issues in telecommunications with experts from industry and academia.

Agenda

Thursday, April 14, 2005
6:00 p.m.	Drinks, Coffee

Opening Session
6:30	Welcome:	Jeff Anderson, Georgetown University's BMW Center for German and European Studies (CGES)
		Arnold Picot, Münchner Kreis and CGES
6:45	Keynote Speech:	Telecommunications Industries in Transition: Winning the Future through Innovation and Change
		Thomas Ganswindt, Siemens AG
7:30	Discussion
8:00	Reception with buffet

Friday, April 15, 2005
8:45 a.m.	Welcome:	Arnold Picot, Münchner Kreis and CGES

All IP – All IT – All Wireless: The Drivers of Change
	Chair:	Jörg Eberspächer, Munich University of Technology
9:00	Panel:	Jacques Dunogué, Alcatel SA
		Gary A. Cohen, IBM
		Jim Dolce, Juniper Networks Inc.
		Thomas Ganswindt, Siemens AG
10:30	Discussion
10:45	Coffee Break
11:10	Presentation:	Technology as a Driver of Change in Telecommunications
		Robert Calderbank, Princeton University
11:40	Discussion

Market Structures and Business Models of the Future
	Chair:	Dennis Lockhart, Georgetown University
11:50	Consolidation or Persisting Turbulence – Monopolization or Fragmentation: What will Future Telco-Markets look like?
	Perspective from the United States:	Eli M. Noam, Columbia University
	Perspective from Europe:	Karl-Heinz Neumann, WIK – Scientific Institute for Communications Services
12:40 p.m.	Discussion
1:00	Luncheon
1:45	Presentation:	Doing Business in the Context of Next Generation Networks
		Eckhard Spoerr, freenet.de AG

Determinants of Future Market Success
	Chair:	Thomas Hess, University of Munich
2:15	Panel:	Michael Dowling, University of Regensburg
		Eckart Pech, Detecon Inc.
		Martin Sonnenschein, A.T. Kearney
		Rolf Wigand, University of Arkansas
3:00	Coffee Break

How Much and What Kind of Regulation Will Be Needed in the Networked World of Tomorrow?
	Chair:	Arnold Picot, Münchner Kreis and CGES
3:15	Presenters:	John Mayo, Georgetown University
		Stephen C. Littlechild, Judge Institute, University of Cambridge
	Panel:	J. Gregory Sidak, American Enterprise Institute
		Justus Haucap, Ruhr-University of Bochum
		Robert C. Atkinson, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
		Stefan Doeblin, network-economy S.A.
5:15	Farewell Reception

Please note that this event will take place off-site, at the Riggs Library on Georgetown University's main campus. For directions, visit www1.georgetown.edu/explore/maps.

Please register online at www.muenchner-kreis.de by April 8, 2005.

For more information, please contact Sabine Mahler of Münchner Kreis at +49 89.223.238 or office@muenchner-kreis.de.