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The Future of Telecommunications Industries
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| The Future of Telecommunications Industries |
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| Transatlantic symposium cosponsored by Münchner Kreis and Georgetown University's BMW Center for German and European Studies |
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Thursday, April 14, 2005
6:00 PM
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| End: |
Friday, April 15, 2005
5:15 PM
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| Location: |
Riggs Library, Main Campus, Georgetown University
37th and O Streets N.W., Washington, D.C. |
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| 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. |
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| Thursday, April 14, 2005 |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Drinks, Coffee |
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| Opening Session |
| 6:30 |
Welcome: |
Jeff Anderson, Georgetown University's BMW Center for German and European Studies (CGES) |
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Arnold Picot, Münchner Kreis and CGES |
| 6:45 |
Keynote Speech: |
Telecommunications Industries in Transition:
Winning the Future through Innovation and Change |
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Thomas Ganswindt, Siemens AG |
| 7:30 |
Discussion |
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| 8:00 |
Reception with buffet |
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| Friday, April 15, 2005 |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Welcome: |
Arnold Picot, Münchner Kreis and CGES |
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| All IP – All IT – All Wireless: The Drivers of Change |
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Chair: |
Jörg Eberspächer, Munich University of Technology |
| 9:00 |
Panel: |
Jacques Dunogué, Alcatel SA |
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Gary A. Cohen, IBM |
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Jim Dolce, Juniper Networks Inc. |
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Thomas Ganswindt, Siemens AG |
| 10:30 |
Discussion |
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| 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:10 |
Presentation: |
Technology as a Driver of Change in Telecommunications |
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Robert Calderbank, Princeton University |
| 11:40 |
Discussion |
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| Market Structures and Business Models of the Future |
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Chair: |
Dennis Lockhart, Georgetown University |
| 11:50 |
Consolidation or Persisting Turbulence – Monopolization or Fragmentation:
What will Future Telco-Markets look like? |
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Perspective from the United States: |
Eli M. Noam, Columbia University |
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Perspective from Europe: |
Karl-Heinz Neumann, WIK – Scientific Institute for Communications Services |
| 12:40 p.m. |
Discussion |
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| 1:00 |
Luncheon |
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| 1:45 |
Presentation: |
Doing Business in the Context of Next Generation Networks |
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Eckhard Spoerr, freenet.de AG |
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| Determinants of Future Market Success |
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Chair: |
Thomas Hess, University of Munich |
| 2:15 |
Panel: |
Michael Dowling, University of Regensburg |
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Eckart Pech, Detecon Inc. |
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Martin Sonnenschein, A.T. Kearney |
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Rolf Wigand, University of Arkansas |
| 3:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| How Much and What Kind of Regulation Will Be Needed in the Networked World of Tomorrow? |
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Chair: |
Arnold Picot, Münchner Kreis and CGES |
| 3:15 |
Presenters: |
John Mayo, Georgetown University |
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Stephen C. Littlechild, Judge Institute, University of Cambridge |
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Panel: |
J. Gregory Sidak, American Enterprise Institute |
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Justus Haucap, Ruhr-University of Bochum |
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Robert C. Atkinson, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information |
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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. |
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| Available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. |
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Media Inquiries
Veronique Rodman
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-4870
E-mail: VRodman@aei.org
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