The FCC's National Broadband Plan: The Early Reaction -- a session [I have no idea whether this will be ewebcast djf)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

>

> The FCC's National Broadband Plan: The Early Reaction
> Task Force Director Blair Levin to Keynote March 23rd Event
>
> For Immediate Release
> March 17, 2010
> Contact: Amy Smorodin
> (202) 828-4405
>
> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 
> Time: 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM 
> Location: National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge
> (A continental breakfast will be provided) 
>
> The Technology Policy Institute and the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy are hosting a half-day event 
> on March 23rd on the FCC's newly announced National Broadband Plan.  Experts from industry, academia and government 
> will share their reaction to the Plan in two panel discussions focusing on the effects of the Plan on both investment 
> and broadband penetration. The event will feature a keynote from Blair Levine, Executive Director of the FCC's 
> Omnibus Broadband Initiative.
>  
> Participants will include:
>       • James Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President, AT&T
>       • Robert Crandall, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
>       • Thomas Lenard, President, Technology Policy Institute
>       • John Mayo, Executive Director, the Georgetown Center
>       • Walter McCormick, President, USTelecom
>       • Kyle McSlarrow. President, National Cable and Telecommunications Association
>       • Peter Pitsch, Executive Director, Communications, Intel
>       • Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet and American Life Project
>       • Gregory Rosston, Deputy Director, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
>       • Robert Shapiro, Senior Fellow, the Georgetown Center
>       • Thomas Tauke, Executive Vice President, Verizon
>       • Joseph Waz, Senior Vice President, Comcast
>
> To Register: Please use the online form for The FCC's National Broadband Plan: The Early Reaction, contact Ashley 
> Creel at 202-828-4405 or events () techpolicyinstitute org to register.  Reporters may contact Amy Smorodin at 
> asmorodin () techpolicyinstitute org.
>
> The Technology Policy Institute
>
> The Technology Policy Institute is a think tank that focuses on the economics of innovation, technological change, 
> and related regulation in the United States and around the world. TPI produces independent, rigorous research and 
> sponsors educational programs and conferences on major issues affecting information technology and communications 
> policy. TPI is a 501(c)(3) research and educational organization.  More information is available at 
> http://www.techpolicyinstitute.org/ 
>
>
> The Georgetown Center for Business & Public Policy 
>
> As a non-partisan research center the mission of the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy is to engage 
> scholars, business people and policymakers in relevant inquiries and dialogue to impact key business, economic and 
> public policy issues confronting business today.  Housed at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, the 
> Georgetown Center was created in 2002 to encourage thoughtful discussion and to document and disseminate knowledge on 
> a range of issues in the public interest. For more information please visit http://cbpp.georgetown.edu/


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