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2005 Program 

    

Saturday, September 24, 2005

4:10 PM - 5:50 PM Sessions

  

 

Open Source Software
    

Moderator:  

Elliot Maxwell, Consultant
    

Papers:

Patent Commons Becomes a Reality for Open Source Software
Tom Plunkett,
    
Standard Setting, Patents, and Access Lock-In: RAND Licensing and the Theory of the Firm
Joseph Miller, Lewis & Clark Law School
     
Creative Commons: Licenses, Abandonments and a Semicommons of Creative Works
    Lydia Pallas Loren, Lewis and Clark Law School
  
  Two-sided Competition of Proprietary vs. Open Source Technology Platforms and the Implications for the Software Industry
    Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, New York University
    Evangelos Katsamakas, Stern School of Business, New York University
    

Competition in the Local Loop

    

Moderator:  

Drew Arena, Verizon
    
Papers: Regulated Unbundling of Telecommunications Networks:  A Stepping Stone to Facilities-Based Competition?
Thomas Hazlett, George Mason University
Coleman Bazelon, Analysis Group, Inc.
    
Does UNE Mean One?  An Analysis of the Determinants of Unbundled Network Element Rates
Troy C. Quast, Department of Economics, University of Florida
    
From Clones to Packets:  The Development of Competition in Local Telecommunications
    Willie Grieve, Telecom Policy and Regulatory Affairs, TELUS Communications Inc.
Stanford Levin, Department of Economics and Finance, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Telecommunications Merger Trends in the Context of the Covergence - Using the U.S. Merger Cases
Jin Ki Kim, Department of Management Science and Systems, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  

 

Innovative Approaches to Defining Spectrum Rights
    

Moderator:  

Evan Kwerel, FCC
    

Papers:

Cognitive Radios in Public Safety and Spectrum Management
Thomas W. Rondeau, Center for Wireless Telecommunications, Virginia Tech
Charles W. Bostian, Center for Wireless Telecommunications, Virginia Tech
David M. Maldonado, Center for Wireless Telecommunications, Virginia Tech
Adam Ferguson, Center for Wireless Telecommunications, Virginia Tech
Sheryl Ball, Center for Wireless Telecommunications, Virginia Tech
Bin Le, Center for Wireless Telecommunications, Virginia Tech
Scott Midkiff, Center for Wireless Telecommunications, Virginia Tech
    
The "Ham And SDR Sandwich":  Innovation and Enforcement Issues for Free and Open-Source Software on Software-Defined Radio Devices
James Miller, Mansfield Fellow 2004-2006, on detail from the Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, Policy and Rules Div., Spectrum Policy Branch., currently placed with the Japanese Ministry of Communications
     
Software Defaults as De Facto Regulation:  The Case of Wireless APs
    Rajiv Shah, University of Illinois at Chicago
   Christian Sandvig, University of Illinois at Chicago
   
  WIFI's Promise and Broadband Divides:  Reconfiguring Public Internet Access in Austin, Texas
    Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Department of Radio TV Film, The University of Texas at Austin
    Nobuya Inagaki, Department of Radio TV Film, The University of Texas at Austin
    

Universal Service Policy

    

Moderator:  

Ed Cameron, UDSA
    
Papers: Motivations Behind Low-Income Households Bypass of Support for Universal Service
Justin Brown, Department of Telecommunication, University of Florida
Mark A. Jamison, Public Utility Research Center, University of Florida
    
Universal Service Policy in China:  Building Digital Bridge for Rural Community
Jun Xia, School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications
Ting-jie Lu, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications
    
Killing With Kindness:  Fatal Flaws in the $5.7 Billion Universal Service Funding Mission and What Should be Done to Narrow the Digital Divide
Rob Frieden, Pennsylvania State University
   
Universal Access:  Precendents, Prevarications and Progress
Harmeet Sawhney, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University
Krishna P. Jayakar, College of Communications, Pennsylvania State University
    

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