Conference: Consensus FCC Reforms and the Communications Agenda for the Next Administration

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

I will be there physically or virtually depending on GG' condition  djf


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Date: August 27, 2008 5:43:06 PM EDT
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Communications Agenda for the Next Administration

Consensus FCC Reforms and the Communications Agenda for the Next  
Administration

A mini-conference • Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 8:30 a.m.
National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC

Consensus FCC Reforms

Despite controversies swirling over issues such as Network Neutrality,  
media ownership and universal service, some policy observers believe  
that a range of reforms may attract bi-partisan consensus.  These  
opportunities may be more likely to be realized if identified prior to  
the November 2008 election.

This conference of the Information Economy Project at George Mason  
University brings together two former chairmen of the Federal  
Communications Commission – William Kennard, who served under  
President Clinton, and Michael Powell, who served under President  
George W. Bush – with top former officials familiar with the agency's  
agenda, structure, and day-by-day operations to discuss just such  
possibilities for reform.

8:30 a.m.         Welcome by Thomas W. Hazlett, Professor of Law and  
Economics, GMU

Panel I:           Improving Procedures at the Federal Communications  
Commission
8:40 a.m.
                       Peter Pitsch, chief of staff to Dennis  
Patrick, FCC Chairman, 1987-1989
                       Robert Pepper*, former chief, Office of Plans  
and Policy, FCC, 1989-2005
                       Ken Robinson, senior legal advisor to Al  
Sikes, FCC Chairman, 1989-1993
                       Blair Levin, chief of staff to Reed Hundt, FCC  
Chairman, 1993-1997
                       Kathy Brown, chief of staff to William  
Kennard, FCC Chairman, 1998-2001

                       Moderator: Drew Clark, Assistant Director,  
Information Economy Project

Panel II:          A Cross-Partisan Agenda for Telecommunications  
Policy Reforms
9:45 a.m.
                       William Kennard, Chairman, FCC, 1997-2001
                       Michael Powell, Chairman, FCC, 2001-2005

                       Moderator: Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall  
Street Journal

When: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC

*Invited

Admission is free, but seating is limited. See IEP Web page: <http://iep.gmu.edu 
>.
To reserve your spot, please email Drew Clark: iep.gmu () gmail com.

About the Information Economy Project:
The Information Economy Project at George Mason University sits at the  
intersection of academic research and public policy, producing peer- 
reviewed scholarly research, as well as hosting conferences and  
lectures with prominent thinkers in the Information Economy. The  
project brings the discipline of law and economics to  
telecommunications  policy. More information about the project is  
available at <http://iep.gmu.edu>.RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress 
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