Key Issues in Telecommunications Policy
Wednesday, May 10, 2006 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
About This Event
Regulators and policymakers are struggling to keep up with rapid changes in the telecommunications industry. Policies toward telecommunications can dramatically affect innovation, consumers, and overall economic growth. This conference will address two key issues: first, whether regulations should guarantee what advocates call “net-neutrality,” which would restrict how Internet service providers can charge consumers and content providers; second, how to deal with today’s merger-mania and its implications.
Agenda
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9:00 a.m.
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Registration and Breakfast
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9:15 a.m.
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INTRODUCTION
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Welcome:
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Robert Hahn, Joint Center
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Panel I:
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Internet Economics and "Net Neutrality"
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Panelists:
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David J. Farber, Carnegie Mellon | |
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Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University
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Scott Wallsten, Joint Center
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Moderator:
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Robert Litan, Joint Center
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10:45 a.m.
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Panel II:
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The Merger Wave: What Should Policy Makers Do?
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Panelists:
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Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Furchtgott-Roth Economic Enterprises
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John Mayo, Georgetown University
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R. Hewitt Pate, Hunton & Williams
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12:15 p.m.
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Luncheon Address
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Speaker:
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Alfred E. Kahn, Special Consultant, NERA
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1:30 p.m.
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Adjournment
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