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[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

I am "amused" by the  notable lack of any  technologist among the  
speakers or discussants. One of the failings of the FCC has been its  
inability to develop a knowledge balance on its staff and leadership  
between law/economics and technology even  though many of its problems  
revolve about technological innovations.   I would claim that unless  
this is addressed we will not have any meaningful reform of the FCC.



Dave

Former Chief Technologist of the FCC



Reforming The Federal Communications Commission

Holeman Lounge
National Press Building
Washington, DC
Janunary 5th, 2009
9:00am - 12:30pm

The new leadership of the FCC will face a challenge in evaluating how  
to reform how the agency operates and addresses a series of policy  
challenges. In the wake of the recent conclusions issued by the House  
Energy & Commerce Committee, it is both timely and important to  
examine how the FCC has done its job — and to consider how the FCC can  
do a better job in the future on issues such as managing spectrum, Net  
Neutrality and media ownership.

Public Knowledge and the Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of  
Colorado are sponsoring a conference on January 5, 2009 to look at the  
future of the FCC. Speakers will include former FCC Chairmen Reed  
Hundt and William Kennard. Former Commissioner Nicholas Johnson, who  
wrote the classic book, “How to Talk Back to Your Television Set,” and  
former Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy will also take part.

RSVP via e-mail to: pk () publicknowledge org

AgendaWelcome and Introduction (9:00am - 9:10am)
        •
Gigi Sohn
President and Co-Founder
Public Knowledge

        •
Phil Weiser
Professor of Law
Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
University of Colorado
Executive Director
Silicon Flatirons Center

Introductory Comments
        • Michael Copps (invited)
FCC Commissioner
Panel I: The Future of the FCC as an Institution (9:10am -  
10:20am)Panelists
        •
Mark Cooper
Director of Research
Consumer Federation of America

        •
Pierre DeVries
Silicon Flatirons Senior Adjunct Fellow
University of Colorado

        •
Jessica Rosenworcel
Senate Commerce Committee

        •
Jonathan Sallet
Silicon Flatirons Senior Adjunct Fellow
University of Colorado
Partner
The Glover Park Group

        •
Phil Weiser
Professor of Law
Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
University of Colorado
Executive Director
Silicon Flatirons Center

Moderator
        • Gigi Sohn
President and Co-Founder
Public Knowledge
Break (10:20am - 10:35am)Panel II: The Past as Prologue: Lessons From  
History on the Road to Reform (10:35am - 11:45am)Panelists
        •
Kathleen Abernathy
Partner
Wilkinson Barker & Knauer
Former FCC Commissioner

        •
Kathryn C. Brown
SVP of Policy
Verizon
Former Chief of Staff
FCC

        •
Kyle Dixon
Partner
Kamlet Shepherd and Reichert, LL P Former Media Bureau Deputy Chief
FCC

        •
Henry Geller
Former Administrator
NTIA

        •
Ellen Goodman
Professor of Law
University of Rutgers-Camden
Of Counsel
Covington & Burling

Moderator
        • Phil Weiser
Professor of Law
Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
University of Colorado
Executive Director
Silicon Flatirons Center
Invited
        • Nick Johnson
Former FCC Commissioner
Keynote Discussion (11:45am - 12:30pm)
        •
Reed Hundt
Senior Advisor
McKinsey
Former FCC Chairman

        •
Bill Kennard
Managing Director
Carlyle Group
Former FCC Chairman

2008: Public Knowledge
1875 Connecticut Ave, NW
Suite 650
Washington, DC 20009
License: CC BY-SA

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