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Agenda 2001

Saturday, October 27, 2001

1:00pm - 7:00pm Registration
    
Tutorials
    
2:30pm - 5:30pm Session 1:  Entering the Debate, Influencing the Agenda
A two-part tutorial for scholars interested in how to connect their research to the telecommunications policy process.

Academic scholarship can be an important contribution to telecommunications policy debates, yet many scholars find the policy process a mystery. What are the opportunities for academic quality research to inform current issues in communication, information and Internet policy, and what are the constraints that scholars need to know about? How is research used in the various policy-making processes, and how is Capital Hill different from the FCC or state commissions? What are the in points, and how can scholars most effectively contribute their expertise to the debate? In part one of this two part session, experienced policy makers will review how the federal and state policy processes work and identify how and where academic research can make a contribution to policy outcomes. In part two, participants in the policy process, including academics who have been on the inside and advocates who have used research to support their positions, will lead a discussion of how it really works. They will explore how research is actually used in different kinds of proceedings, and how strategic decisions are made to submit or commission research at various points in the policy process. Finally, they will also consider how scholarly researchers and more traditional participants in the policy process could build better links that would promote the more effective use of scholarly research in policy proceedings.
      
2:30pm - 4:30pm Session 2:  The Internet's Coming of Age
A recent Computer Science and Telecommunications Board report, "The Internet's Coming of Age," examined the key challenges that shape the Internet's maturation with a focus on its architecture and core technologies. The tutorial, led by key technologists from the CSTB committee who are designing and building the Internet we will use tomorrow, will discuss the basic design choices that underlie the Internet's success; identify key trends in the evolution of the Internet, evaluate current and prospective technical, operational, and management challenges; and explore implications for decision makers.
    
5:30pm - 6:30pm Reception
    
6:30pm - 7:30pm Dinner
    
7:30pm - 9:00pm Opening Plenary Session - The FCC
Professor Gerry Faulhaber recently finished his "Chief Economist gig" at the FCC and returned north to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While at the FCC, Prof. Faulhaber had the opportunity to work on the AOL TW merger, wireless issues, cable issues, etc. He came in under Chairman Kennard and departed under Chairman Powell. Although he describes the experience as "really, really interesting," he also adds "but I was ready to leave." Prof. Faulhaber has agreed to share reflections on his one year tenure inside the walls of the FCC.

In January 2001, President Bush named Michael Powell as the new Chairman of the FCC. TPRC will mark nine months on the job for the new Chairman. He is confronted with a dramatic change in the market, dramatic changes in technology, and a new environment in Washington. We have invited Chairman Powell to join us for a dialogue about the direction that he envisions for the FCC and communications policy.

Sunday, October 27, 2001

7:30am-4:00pm  Registration
              
7:30am-8:30am  Breakfast
    
8:30am-10:10am

Session: 

Comparative Regulation
    

Chair:  

Richard Schultz, McGill University
    

Papers:

Conceptualizing Regulatory Change:  Explaining Shifts in Telecommunications Governance
Seamus Simpson
Rorden Wilkinson
    
Inventing E-Regulation in the US, EU and East Asia:  Conflicting Social Visions of the Internet & the Information Society
Shalini Venturelli
     
Revenge of the Bell Heads:  How the Net Heads Lost Control of the Internet
Rob Frieden
    

Session: 

Value Sensitive Design of Cyberspace
    

Chair:  

Lorrie Cranor, AT&T Labs-Research
    
Papers: Ideological and Policy Origins of the Internet, 1957-1969
Andrew L. Russell
    
The Role of Institutions in the Design of Communication Technologies
Rajiv Shah
Jay Kesan
    
Computer Security:  Competing Concepts  
Helen Nissenbaum
Edward Felton
Batya Friedman
Leveraging Software, Advocating Ideology:  OSS v. Free Software
Matt Ratto
    

Session: 

Standards
    

Chair:  

Neil Gandal, Tel Aviv University
    
Papers: Comparison of Wireless Standards-Setting:  United States Versus Europe
Alex Tan 
    
Standards and Intellectual Property Rights in the Age of Global Communication - A Review of the International Standardization of IMT-2000 Radio Interface
Bjorn Hjelm
    
Antitrust, Intellectual Property Rights and Standard-Setting Organizations
Mark Lemley 
    
Standardization versus Coverage in Wireless Telephone Networks
Neil Gandal
David Salant
    

Session: 

Pricing Structures
    

Chair:  

Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business
    
Papers: Do Switching Costs Make Markets More or Less Competitive?:  The Case of 800-Number Portability
Brian V. Viard
    
Pricing and Network Externalities in Peer-to-Peer Communications Networks
Sam Chandan
Christiaan Hogendorn
    
Parallel Pricing on the Web:  Evidence from Online Bookstores
Kartik Hosnagar
Karen Clay
Rammayya Krishnan
Michael Smith
Price Dispersion and Competition in International Long Distance Calling
Sean Ennis
    
10:10am-10:40am Break
    
10:40am-12:20pm

Session: 

International Issues in Internet Regulation and Ecommerce
    

Chair:  

Sharon Gillett
    
Papers: Is there a There There:  Towards Greater Certainty for Internet Jurisdiction
Michael Geist
    
Language and Internet Use
Neil Gandal
    
Indicators of Independence in Regulatory Commissions
Susan Oberlander
    
Competition and Globalization:  Brazilian Telecommunications Policy at Crossroads
Clelia Piragibe
    

Session: 

Security in Political and Economic Contexts
    

Chair:  

Matt Blaze, AT&T Labs - Research
    
Papers: Security and Freedom Online After September 11
Alan Davidson
    
Elusive Threats:  Security Weaknesses of Commercial Cellular Networks
Scott Forbes
    
Internet Attacks:  A Policy Framework for Rules of Engagement
William Yurcik 
Gary Sharp
    
When Is There Security Through Obscurity?
Peter Swire
    

Session: 

ENUM; IP Telephony
    
Chair:   Milton Mueller, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
    
Papers: E PLURIBUS ENUM:  Unifying International Telecommunications Networks and Governance
Craig McTaggart
    
Analyzing ENUM Service and Administration from the Bottom Up:  The Addressing System for IP Telephony and Beyond
Junseok Hwang
Milton Mueller
Gunyoung Yoon
Joonmin Kim
    
ENUM: The Collision of Telephony and DNS Policy
Robert Cannon
    
Voice over IP in the Local Exchange:  A Case Study
Martin Weiss
Hak-Ju Kim
    

Session: 

Spectrum Markets
    

Chair:  

William J. Drake, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
    
Papers: The Effect of License Fees on Prices and Network Expansion in Mobile Communications
Johannes Bauer
    
Trading for 3G:  European Secondary Spectrum Markets
Lee McKnight
William Lehr
Raymond Linsenmayer
On the Use of Vickrey Auctions for Spectrum Allocation in Developing Countries
G. Anandalingam
Roy Kwon
Pradipta Bagchi
Shah Zafar Marg
Communications Convergence, Spectrum Use and Regulatory Constraints
Douglas Webbink
      
12:20pm-1:50pm

Lunch and Plenary Session 

Speaker:  

Matt Blaze, AT & T Labs-Research
Loaning Your Soul to the Devil:  Influencing Policy Without Selling Out 
Practitioners and researchers in computer security and cryptology often find themselves sought out not only for technical expertise but also by policymakers, lobbyists, and the media. Unfortunately, they are often ill-prepared for the public policy culture, and risk finding themselves misused, misunderstood or misquoted. It doesn't have to be that way. This talk will present a personal view of the relationship between science and public policy, focusing on the different value systems, protocols, and expectations found in the two worlds. It really is possible to maintain one's integrity while making a difference, even inside the Beltway. 

Matt Blaze has been involved in public policy issues related to cryptology and computer security for many years. In 1994 he discovered a serious flaw in the US Government's "Clipper" encryption system. He has been invited to testify before the US congress several times on the subject of "key escrow" systems, providing a technical perspective on how to balance the needs of law enforcement for access with those of private citizens for privacy. This work contributed to the recent shift in U.S. encryption policy. More recently, he has been active in the analysis of the FBI's "Carnivore" Internet wiretap system.
   
2:00pm-3:40pm

 

Session: 

Africa and Globalization
    

Chair:  

Hudson Janisch, University of Toronto
    
Papers: Globalization and Governance in Cyberspace:  Mapping the Processes of Emergent Regime Formation in Information and Communications Policy
Derrick Cogburn
    
Negotiated Liberalization Stakeholder Politics and Communication Sector Reform in South Africa
Robert Horwitz
    
Between a Rock and Hard Place:  Domestic Policy and South Africa's Commitments under the WTO's Basic Telecommunications Agreement - Explaining the Apparent Inertia
Tracy Cohen
    
    

Session: 

Understanding the User
    

Chair:  

Lee Rainie, Pew Internet & American Life Project
    
Papers: The Internet, 1995-2000:  Access, Civic Involvement, and Social Interaction
James Katz
    
Second-Level Digital Divide:  Mapping Differences in People's Online Skills
Eszter Hargittai
    
Analyzing Website Choice Using Clickstream Data
Avi C. Goldfarb
    
Profiling Internet User's Participation in Social Change Agendas:   An Application of Q-methodology
Josephine Previte
Greg Hearn
Susan Dann
    

Session: 

Domain Name Governance
    

Chair:  

L. Jean Camp, Harvard University
    
Papers: ICANN & Anti-Trust
Michael Froomkin
Mark Lemley
    
Competing DNS Roots:  Creative Destruction or Just Plain Destruction?
Milton Mueller
    
Realspace Sovereigns in Cyberspace:  The Case of Domain Names
R. Polk Wagner
Catherine T. Struve 
ICANN as Regulator 
Jonathan Weinberg
    

Session: 

Mass Media
    

Chair:  

Charles Firestone, The Aspen Institute
    
Papers: Is the Commercial Mass Media Necessary, or Even Desirable, for Liberal Democracy
Neil Netanel
Yochai Benkler
    
The Economics of Internet Television
David Waterman
    
Internet Radio:  Expanding the Base of Competition or More of the Same?
Ben Compaine
Emma Smith
    
What's Fit to Print:  The Effect of Ownership Concentration on Product Variety in Daily Newspaper Markets
Lisa George
  

Session:

Ecommerce

Chair:

Rob Frieden, Penn State University
   
Electronic Commerce, Consumer Search and Retailing Cost Reduction
Pedro Pereira
Cristina Mazon
   
The Consumer Product Selection Process in an Internet Age:  Obstacles to Maximum Effectiveness & Policy Options
Mark Nadel
   
Preliminary Analysis of Network Externalities in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks
Atip Asvanund
Karen Clay
Ramayya Krishnan
Michael Smith
   
Value of Usage and Sellers' Listing Behavior in Internet Auctions
Sangin Park
   
3:40pm-4:10pm Break
  
4:10pm-5:50pm

Session: 

Economic Growth and Development
    

Chair:  

Lee W. McKnight, Tufts University
    
Papers: E-business and SMEs:  Preliminary Evidence from Selected Italian Districts
Francesca Sgobbi
Lucia Piscitello
    
Foreign Direct Investment, Government Policy, and Implications:  The Case of China's Telecommunications Industry
Tan "Alex" Zixiang
    
India Attempts to Give a Jump-start to its Derailed Telecommunications Liberalization Process
Rajni Gupta
    
Telecommunications and Rural Economies:  Findings from the Appalachian Region
Sharon Strover
Michael Oden
Nobuya Inagaki
Jeremy Gustafson
       

Session: 

Digital Democracy:  Prospects and Possibilities
    

Chair:  

Andrew Blau, Flanerie Works
    
Papers: Security Considerations for Remote Electronic Voting
Aviel D. Rubin
    
Signing Initiative Petitions Online:  Possibilities, Problems and Prospects
Walter Baer
    
CyberCampaigns and Canadian Polities:  Still Waiting?
Tony Christensen
Peter McCormick
    
Efficient Choice, Inefficient Democracy?  The Implications of Cable and Internet Access for Political Knowledge and Participation
Markus Prior
       

Session: 

Regulating the Infrastructure
    

Chair:  

Jorge Schement, Penn State University
    
Papers: Commonalities:  The R.E.A. and High Speed Rural Internet Access
Laurence J. Malone
    
Unbundling Fiber to the Home
Sharon Gillett
Emy Tseng
    
Voice vs. Data:  Estimates of Media Usage and Network Traffic
A. Michael Noll
    
Policy for Access:  Framing the Question
David Allen
       

Session: 

Policy Convergence:  Open Access and QoS
    

Chair:  

Julie Cohen, Georgetown University Law Center
    
Papers: Open Access Beyond Cable:  The Case of Interactive TV
Hernan Galperin
Francois Bar
    
"Open Access" to Monopoly Cable Platforms Versus "Direct Access" to Competitive International Telecommunications Satellite Facilities:  A Study in Contrasts
Ken Katkin
    
Limits to Certainty in QoS Pricing and Bandwidth
L. Jean Camp 
Carolyn Gideon
    
Quality of Service Monitoring:  Performance Metrics Across Proprietary Content Domains
Shawn O'Donnell
           Hugh Carter Donahue
Josephine Ferrigno-Stack
          
6:00pm-7:00pm Reception
    
7:00pm-9:00pm Dinner and Social Event
Sunday night social events are a long running TPRC tradition. In the past we've brought you crab feasts, luaus, and Mardi Gras celebrations. This year we're going to ask TPRC attendees to take part in a TV game show. OK, it won't actually be on TV and you won't be able to win a million dollars. But we do promise a fun (and educational) evening and fabulous prizes for the winners. Brush up on your policy wonk trivia and come to dinner Sunday night ready to play. If you are interested in helping to organize this event, please contact the TPRC Program Chair, Lorrie Cranor.
    

Monday, October 29, 2001

7:30am-12:00pm Registration
    
7:30am-8:30am Breakfast
       
8:30am-10:10am

Session: 

Universal Service
    

Chair:  

David Phillips, University of Texas at Austin
    
Papers: Universal Service:  Specific Services on Generic Networks-Some Logic Begins to Emerge in the Policy Area
Richard Cawley
    
A Framework for Assessing Universal Services Obligations:  A Developing Country Perspective
Rekha Jain
Pinaki Das
    
National Information Infrastructure Development in Canada and the U.S.: Redefining Universal Access and Universal Service in the Age of Techno-Economic Convergence
Martin Dowding
Andrew Clement
   
Universal Service in Times of Reform:  Accessibility and Affordability of Telecommunication Services in Latin America
Martha Fuentes-Bautista
       

Session: 

Communities, Cities, and the Internet
    

Chair:  

Gene Crick, TeleCommunity Resource Center
    
Papers: The Internet and Community Networks:  Case Studies of Five Cities
John Horrigan
    
Higher Civic Engagement among Early Internet Adopters:  Trend of Phase?
Andrea L. Kavanau
    
Geography and the Internet:  Is the Internet a Substitute or a Complement for Cities?
Joel Waldfogel
Todd Sinai
    
Out of the Loop:  Socio-technical Challenges in the Design and Development of Next Generation Community Networks (NGCNs)
Venkatesh Murali
Dong Hee Shin
       

Session: 

Intellectual Property
    

Chair:  

Michael Niebel, European Commission
    
Papers: Coase's Penguin, or Linux and the Nature of the Firm
Yochai Benkler
    
Is Patent Law Technology Specific
Dan L. Burk
Mark A. Lemley
    
Spider and Crawlers and Bots, Oh My:  The Economic Efficiency and Public Policy of Contracts that Restrict Data Collection
Jeffrey Rosenfeld
       

Session: 

The Law of