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Saturday, September 28, 2002
1:00pm - 7:00pm Registration
    
Tutorials
    
2:00pm - 3:15 pm Session 1:  Patriot Act After 1 Year
  Alan Davidson, Center for Democracy and Technology
  Orin Kerr, George Washington University Law School
  With members of the law enforcement community and the private sector
This tutorial will provide an overview of the Patriot Act and investigates some of the arguments both for and against the Act.  Our speakers represent various perspectives on the legislation and will discuss some of the pragmatic difficulties of implementing the Act's provisions, as well as the constitutionally based questions it raises. 
       
3:30pm - 5:30pm Session 2:  Comparing Telecommunications Policy Choices Among the U.S. Canada, and the E.U. Through Examination of Varying Governance Structures
  Martin Cave, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK
  Jean Paul Simon, France Telecom
  Willie Grieve, Telus, Canada
  Peter Cowhey (invited), University of California, San Diego
    
5:30pm - 6:30pm Reception
    
6:30pm - 7:30pm Dinner
    
7:30pm - 9:00pm

Opening Plenary Session - National Security and the 4th Amendment--An End Run Around the Constitution

  Speaker: Barry Steinhardt
Barry Steinhardt is Associate Director of the ACLU Cyber-liberties Task Force.
 

Sunday, September 29, 2002

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

 

Session: 

Broadband Policy, Deployment, and Uptake in the U.S.
    

Moderator:  

Jessica Zufolo, NARUC
    

Papers:

Whither Broadband Policy?
Johannes M. Bauer, Department of Telecommunication, Michigan State University
Ping Gai, Department of Telecommunication, Michigan State University
    Junghyyun Kim, Department of Telecommunication, Michigan State University
    Thomas A. Nuth, Department of Telecommunication, Michigan State University
    Steve S. Wildman, Department of Telecommunication, Michigan State University
    
Broadband:  Bringing Home the Bits
Jon Eisenberg, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, The National Academies
     
The Prospects for Broadband Deployment in Rural America
Sharon Strover, University of Texas
    

Session: 

Regulation and Code
    

Moderator:  

Rick Whitt, WorldCom
    
Papers: Modeling Regulatory Distortions with Real Options
James Alleman, Columbia University
    Paul Rappoport, Temple University
    
A Question of Timing:  A British Perspective on the Regulation of Charges and Cost Recovery
Geoffrey Myers, OFTEL
    
Governance Characteristics of "Code":  The Role of Transparency, Defaults, and Standards
Rajiv C. Shah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jay P. Kesan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cyberspace Technological Standardization:  An Institutional Theory Retrospective on the Generation Edge
Daniel Benoliel, Student Paper Competition
    

Session: 

New New Economy
    

Moderator:  

John Horrigan, Pew Internet and American Life Project
    
Papers: Caught in the WWWeb:  Patterns of Control over Personal Information Flow in the E-Commerce Environment
Jenifer Neidhart de Ortiz , The American University
    
Would B2B Exchanges Have Antitrust Issues?
Tair-Rong Sheu, Ling Tung College
    
Inferring Competition from Prices:  Evidence from Online Grocery Markets
Michael R. Ward, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
   

Session: 

Privacy
    

Moderator:  

Paula Bruening, Center for Democracy and Technology
    
Papers: Can User Agents Accurately Represent Privacy Notices?
    Lorrie Faith Cranor, AT&T Labs-Research
Joel R. Reidenberg, Fordham University School of Law
    
The Uneasy Case for National ID Cards as a Means to Enhance Privacy
A. Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law
    
Principles and Regulations About Online Privacy:  "Implementation Divide" and Misunderstandings in the European Union
Nicola Lugaresi, University of Trenton
Emergent Locations:  Implementing Wireless 9-1-1 in Texas, Virginia, and Ontario
    Priscilla M. Regan, George Mason University
    Colin Bennett, University of Victoria
    David Phillips, University of Texas at Austin
    
10:10am-10:40am Coffee Break
   
10:40am-12:20pm

Session: 

Broadband Policy, Deployment, and Uptake in International Markets
    

Moderator:  

Barbara Cherry, Federal Communications Commission
    
Papers: Universal Global Interconnection After INTELSAT
Kenneth Katkin, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University
    
Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure in the E. U.:  Is State Intervention Necessary?
Michelle Kosmidis, European Commission
     
  The Potential Relevance to the United States of the European Union's Newly Adopted Regulatory Framework for Telecommunications
    J. Scott Marcus, Federal Communications Commission

Session: 

Concepts of Cyberspace
    

Moderator:  

Paul Margie, Commission Michael Copps' Office, Federal Communications Commission
    
Papers: Will the Real Internet Please Stand Up?  A Quest to Define the Internet
Robert Cannon, Federal Communications Commission
    
Seizing Power in the Information Environment:  the Comeback of the State
    Michael D. Birnhack, George Washington University Law School
Niva Elkin-Koren, University of Haifa
    
Cyberspace as Place
Dan Hunter, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
    
Place and Cyberspace
Mark Lemley, University of California, Berkeley
  

Session: 

Standards
    
Moderator:   Lorrie Cranor, AT&T Labs-Research
    
Papers: Strangers in a Strange Land:  Public Interest Advocacy and Internet Standards
Alan Davidson, Center for Democracy and Technology
    John Morris, Center for Democracy and Technology
    Robert Courtney, Center for Democracy and Technology
    
Standards Coalitions Formation and Market Structure in Network Industries
Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, New York University
    Andrzej Skrzypacz, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
    
Entry, Standards, and Competition:  Firm Strategies and the Diffusion of Mobile Telephony
Heli Koski, London School of Economics
     Tobias Kretschmer, London School of Economics
         
Manipulating Interface Standards as an Anti-Competitive Strategy
Jeffrey K. Mackie-Mason, University of Michigan
Janet S. Netz, ApplEcon LLC
  

Session: 

Economic Growth
    

Moderator:  

Andrew Blau, Flanerie Works
    
Papers: ICTs and Rural Development:  Examples from Lao P.D.R.
Romeo Bertolini, DETECON International
     Gi-Soon Song, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
         
Rethinking (Reluctant) Capture:  The Development of South African Telecommunications 1992-2002 and the Impact of Regulation
Tracy Cohen, University of Toronto
Transitioning to a Knowledge Economy:  The LaGrange Internet TV Initiative
Jan Youtie, Georgia Institute of Technology
Philip Shapira, Georgia Institute of Technology
Greg Laudeman, Georgia Institute of Technology
    
The Role of Media Policy in the Korean Film Industry
Sang-Woo Lee, Student Paper Competition
      
12:20pm-1:50pm

Lunch and Plenary Session 

Speaker:  

Gene Crick
President of the Association of Community Networking and Executive Director of the TeleCommunity Resource Center
     
   

Presentation of the Student Paper Competition Awards

2:00pm-3:40pm

 

Session: 

Interconnection
    

Moderator:  

Scott Marcus, Federal Communications Commission
    
Papers: Connection and Disconnection of Networks
Sean F. Ennis, U.S. Department of Justice
    
Policy-Induced Competition:  The Telecommunications Experiments
Gerald Faulhaber, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
    
Interconnection Regulation in Mexico
Martha Garcia-Murillo, Syracuse University
    James Pick, University of Redlands
    
From Universal Service to Universal Choice:  Local Fixed Network Competition in Hong Kong
Xu Yan, School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Patrick Xavier, School of Business, Swinburne University of Technology
   

Session: 

ISPs and Internet Backbones
    

Moderator:  

Sam Paltridge, OECD
    
Papers: Digital Dispersion:  An Industrial and Geographic Census of Commercial Internet Use
Chris Forman, Carnegie Mellon University
    Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto
    Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University
    
An Economic Map of the Internet
Shawn O'Donnell
    
A Simulation Approach for Internet QoS Market Analysis
Seung-Jae Shin, University of Pittsburgh
    Martin Weiss, University of Pittsburgh
    
Authentication Monopoly in the Making?  The Question of Privacy
Brent Zionic, Student Paper Competition
 

Session: 

Special Panel

Moderator:  

William Rogerson, Northwestern University
Entering the Debate, Influencing the Agenda, continued
 

A Report Card for the Policy Analysis Community After the Dotcom Bust

  

Eli Noam, Columbia University
  Michael Riordan, Columbia University
  Howard Shelanski, Berkeley Law School
  Donald Stockdale, Federal Communications Commission

Session: 

Intellectual Property
    

Moderator:  

Mark Lemley, University of California, Berkeley
    
Papers: From Broadcast to Webcast:  Copyright Law and Streaming Media
Matt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University
    
"Functionality" as the Distinction Patent and Copyright Subject Matter
Dennis S. Karjala, Arizona State University
    
Questioning the Economic Justification for (and Thus Constitutionality of) Copyright Law's  Prohibition Against Unauthorized Copying: sec 106
Mark S. Nadel, Federal Communications Commission
    
The Economics of Internet Radio
Carol Ting, Michigan State University
    Steven S. Wildman, Michigan State University
   
3:40pm-4:10pm Coffee Break
  
4:10pm-5:50pm

Session: 

Merger Policy
    

Moderator:  

Howard Shelanski, University of California, Berkeley
    
Papers: European Merger Policy in Electronic Communications Markets:  Past Experience and Future Prospects
Alexandre de Streel, European Commission
    
The Deregulation Paradox
The Telecommunications Industry in Crisis
Richard A. Gershon, Department of Communication, Western Michigan University
    
Merger Control and Remedies Policy in Telecommunications Mergers in the E.U. and U.S.
Gilles Le Blanc, Cerna, Ecole des Mines de Paris
    Howard Shelanski, University of California, Berkeley
    
Value Creation in International Telecom Acquisitions
Olaf Rieck, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technology University
    

Session: 

Convergence
    

Moderator:  

Robert Pepper, Federal Communications Commission
    
Papers: Utilizing "Essentiality of Access" Analyses to Mitigate Risky, Costly, and Untimely Government Interventions in Converging Telecommunications Technologies and Markets
Barbara Cherry, Federal Communications Commission
    
Adjusting the Horizontal and Vertical in Telecommunications Regulation:  A Comparison of the Traditional and a New Layered Approach
Rob Frieden, Pennsylvania State University
    
Further Defining a Layered Model for Telecommunications Policy
Douglas C. Sicker, University of Colorado
      

Session: 

P2P
    

Moderator:  

Julie Cohen, Georgetown Law School
    
Papers: Anti-Circumvention Misuse
Dan L. Burk, University of Minnesota Law School
    
Virtual Markets in Wireless Grids:  Peering Policy Obstacles
Lee McKnight, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
    Diana Anius, Tufts University
    Ozlem Uzuner, Technology, Management and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    
Impose Noncommercial Use Levy to Allow Free P2P File-Swapping and Remixing
Neil Netanel, University of Texas School of Law
    
Information Wants to Be Free:  Intellectual Property and the Mythologies of Control
R. Polk Wagner, University of Pennsylvania Law School
    

Session: 

Mass Media
    

Moderator:  

Anne Hoag, Pennsylvania State University
    
Papers: Communications Policy, Media Development, and Convergence
Douglas A. Galbi, Federal Communications Commission
    
Retransmission Consent and Local Broadcasters:  Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?
Glynn S. Lunney, Jr., Tulane University School of Law
    
Entry and Potential Competition in United States Cable TV Markets
Scott Savage, University of Colorado
Michael Wirth, University of Denver
    
Time Consistency and the Distribution of Theatrical Films:  An Empirical Study of the Video Window
David Waterman, Dept. of Telecommunications, Indiana University
           Sung-Choon Lee, Dept. of Telecommunications, Indiana University
          
6:00pm-7:00pm Reception and Social Event
  The First Annual Telecoms Policy Cup
Neither LISREL dexterity nor PowerPoint prowess nor intimate knowledge of legislative intent will give you the advantage in Sunday's all-fun, no sweat sports competition.  Recruit your partner now. . . and pack your sneakers!
    
7:00pm-9:00pm Dinner
    

Monday, September 30, 2002

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

Session: 

Spectrum 1
    

Moderator 

Rob Frieden, Pennsylvania State University
    
Papers: Software Radio:  Implications for Wireless Services, Industry Structure, and Public Policy
William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program on Internet and Telecoms Convergence
Sharon Gillett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program on Internet and Telecoms Convergence
    Fuencisla Merino, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program on Internet and Telecoms Convergence  
    
Facilitating Spectrum Management Reform via Callable/Interruptible Spectrum
    Mark Bykowsky, Federal Communications Commission
    Michael Marcus, Federal Communications Commission
     
  Some Economics of Wireless Communications
    Yochi Benkler, New York University, School of Law
      

Session: 

Innovation
    

Moderator:  

David Young, Verizon
    
Papers: Why Is There So Little Competition in the Provision of Local Telecommunications Services? An Examination of Alternative Approaches to End-User Access
David Gabel
    
Innovation and Creative Destruction in Emerging Markets:  The Impact of State Commitments on Privatizing Telecoms
Lee McKnight, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
    Paul M. Vaaler, The Fletcher School of Law & Deplomacy, Tufts University
    Burkhard N. Schrage, The Fletcher School of Law & Deplomacy, Tufts University
    Raul L. Katz, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc.
    
Telecommunication Basic Research:  An Uncertain Future for the Bell Legacy
A. Michael Noll, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California
   

Session: 

User Studies
    

Moderator:  

Lee Rainie, Pew Internet & American Life Project
    
Papers: Online Gatekeepers:  Myth or Reality?
Eszter Hargittai, Princeton University
    
Barriers to Internet Access:  From the Non-User and New User Perspective
Amanda Lenhart, Pew Internet & American Life Project
    
Consuming Information More or Less:  An Examination of Information Consumption Behavior as a Strategy for Replacing, Displacing, or Augmenting the Consumption of Other Information Goods
John B. Horrigan, Pew Internet & American Life Project
Jorge Reina Schement, Pennsylvania State University
    
Understanding Gender, Racial, Social Class, and Geographic Disparities in Internet Use Among School-Age Children in the United States
Paul Cleary, U.S. Department of Labor
    Eileen M. Trauth, School of Information Science and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University
    Glenn Pierce, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
    

Session: 

Technology and Education Policy
    

Moderator:  

Sharon Strover, University of Texas
    
Papers: So What About the "Digital Divide" in K-12 Schools?  Educational Technology and Equity in U.S. K-12 Schools
Andrew J. Wayne, SRI International
    Andrew A. Zucker, SRI International
    Tracey Powell, Blackboard, Inc.
    
Virtual Teamwork in Education:  Implications for Technology Adoption
Krishna Jayakar, Pennsylvania State University
    Anne M. Hoag, Pennsylvania State University
    Kimberly Erickson, Pennsylvania State University
    
Universal Access:  What Have We Learned from the E-Rate?
Heather Hudson, Telecommunications Management and Polic