SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1995
- 2:00pm-7:00pm
- REGISTRATION
- 3:00pm-6:00pm
- Tutorial on New Networking and Software Technologies
- 5:30pm-6:30pm
- RECEPTION/CASH BAR
- 6:30pm-7:30pm
- DINNER
- 7:30pm-9:00pm
- OPENING SESSION
PAPERS:
Emerging Technologies for New Interactive Services Over Cable Networks
Scott Wattawa, Project Manager
Operations Software Architecture Projects
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
TBA
Branko Gerovac
Research Program on Communications Policy Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OPENING REMARKS:
David Reed, Organizing Committee Chair
OPENING SESSION:
Local Dialtone Competition - Nine Months of Reality in Rochester
SESSION CHAIR:
Lisa Rosenblum, New York Public Service Commission
SPEAKERS:
Paul B. Jones, Time Warner Communications
Michael Morrissey, AT&T Communications of New York, Inc.
David Turetsky, U.S. Department of Justice
Richard Stannard, New York Department of Public Service
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1995
- 8:00am-5:00pm
- REGISTRATION
- 7:30am-8:30am
- BREAKFAST
- 8:30am-10:00am
- SESSION I:
- 10:00am-10:30am
- COFFEE BREAK
- 10:30am-12:00pm
- SESSION I:
- 12:00pm-1:45:pm
- LUNCH
- 1:45pm-3:15pm
- SESSION I:
- 3:15pm-3:30pm
- COFFEE BREAK
- 3:30pm-5:00pm
- PLENARY SESSION:
- 5:00pm-6:00pm
- 1ST BOAT TOUR
- 6:00pm-7:00pm
- 2ND BOAT TOUR
- 6:00pm-7:00pm
- RECEPTION/CASH BAR
- 7:00pm-8:30pm
- DINNER
Pricing and Competition in Local Markets
SESSION CHAIR:
Ingo Vogelsang, Boston University
PAPERS:
Dynamic Pricing of Integrated Services Networks
Qiong Wang, Marvin Sirbu and Jon Peha, Carnegie-Mellon University
Competition Among Telecommunications Carriers That Offer Multiple Services
Saurabh Tewari and Jon Peha, Carnegie-Mellon University
Air vs. Copper: Prices and Market Shares of Landline and Wireless Telecommunications
Marc Ivaldi, Helmuth Cremer, Institut DÕEconomie Industrielle and Etienne Turpin, France Telecom
DISCUSSANTS:
Bridger Mitchell, Charles River Associates, Inc.
David Salant, Charles River Associates, Inc.
SESSION II:
Reports on Full Service Broadband Trials
SESSION CHAIR:
W. Russell Neuman, Tufts University
SPEAKERS:
Edmund Andrews, New York Times
Vincent Grosso, AT&T
Branko Gerovac, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SESSION III:
Regulation and Pricing of Local Interconnection
SESSION CHAIR:
Martin Cave, Brunel University
PAPERS:
Access and Interconnection Pricing: How Efficient is the Efficient Component Pricing Rule?
Nicholas Economides and Lawrence White, New York University
Regulation and Pricing of Local Interconnection in New Zealand: Lessons for America
Geoff McCormick, Telecom New Zealand Ltd.
DISCUSSANT:
Alain de Fontenay, TELA Group
Martin Cave, Brunel University
Network Economics and Compatibility Standards
SESSION CHAIR:
David Reed, CableLabs
PAPERS:
An Engineering, Economic, and Policy Analysis of Integrated Residential Broadband Architectures
Nosa Omoigui, Marvin Sirbu, Charles Eldering and Jeffrey Lanctot, Carnegie-Mellon University
The Transition to Digital Television Distribution Systems: Technology and Public Policy
David Reed, CableLabs
Standard Setting from the Sidelines
Michael Katz, Federal Communications Commission
DISCUSSANTS:
Dale Hatfield, Hatfield and Associates
Saul Shapiro, Federal Communications Commission
SESSION II:
Regulation, Deregulation and Competition
SESSION CHAIR:
Simon Wilkie, California Institute of Technology
PAPERS:
Reducing Telecommunications Regulation Using Competitive Joint Venture
Dan Alger, Economists Incorporated
Allowing Regulated Firms Into Unregulated Markets: Where Should We Stand Today?
Tim Brennan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Competitive Incentives of Vertically Integrated Local Exchange Carriers
Dennis Weisman, Kansas State University
and David Sibley, University of Texas at Austin
DISCUSSANT:
Timothy Tardiff, National Economic Research Association
SESSION III:
Social and Cultural Effects of New Media
SESSION CHAIR:
David Lytel, Executive Office of the President
PAPERS: Lessons from Stone Age Telematics
Thierry Vedel, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique
Social Consequences of Universal E-mail
Robert Anderson, RAND Corporation
Social Connection in the Information Society
Milda Hedblom, Dain International Services
DISCUSSANT:
Tracy Westen, Center for Governmental Studies
SESSION IV:
Strategies for Developing the Telecommunications Sector
SESSION CHAIR:
Walter S. Baer, RAND Corporation
PAPERS:
Is Competition the Universal Key to Telecoms Development?
Walter S. Baer, RAND Corporation
Technology and Policy Options for Telecommunications Development in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Gareth Davies, Coopers and Lybrand
U.S. Provision of Telecommunications Goods and Services to the PRC: Chinese Policies and American Strategies
Marcellus S. Snow, University of Hawaii at Manoa; William Chismar, University of Hawaii at Manoa and Meheroo Jussawalla, East-West Center
DISCUSSANT:
Peter Smith, The World Bank
LUNCH SESSION:
The Intent of the Framers: How the Communications Act of 1995 Came To Be
SESSION CHAIR:
David Lytel, Executive Office of the President
SPEAKERS:
Gregory Simon, Office of the Vice President
Michael Regan, House Commerce Committee
DISCUSSANT:
David Lytel, Executive Office of the President
Architecture and Economic Policy: Lessons From the Internet
SESSION CHAIR:
Marjory Blumenthal, National Research Council
PAPERS:
Adding Service Discrimination to the Internet
David D. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pricing in Computer Networks: Reshaping the Research Agenda
Scott Shenker, Xerox PARC; David D. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Deborah Estrin, USC, and Shai Herzog, USC
Network Architecture and Content Provision: An Economic Analysis
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, University of Michigan; Scott Shenker, Xerox PARC; and Hal Varian, University of California at Berkeley
The Political Economy of Congestion Charges and Settlements in Packet Networks
William Lehr, Columbia University and Martin Weiss, University of Pittsburgh
DISCUSSANTS:
Craig Partridge, Bolt Beranek and Newman
Padmanabhan Srinagesh, Bell Communications Research
SESSION II:
Broadband Economics
SESSION CHAIR:
David Waterman, Indiana University
PAPERS:
A Note on the Implementation of Cable TV Rate Caps
Jith Jayaratne, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Content Hosting in Full Service Broadband Delivery Infrastructures: Efficiencies, Architectures, and Policy
John Yanosy, Southern New England Telecommunications
Brett Leida and Paul Bosco, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alternative Routes to Telco Broadband in Local Markets
Roger Hough, Communication Sciences Research Corp.
DISCUSSANT:
Robert Pepper, Federal Communications Commission
SESSION III:
Technology and Privacy Panel
SESSION CHAIR:
Molly Macauley, Resources For The Future
PANEL SPEAKERS:
Tim Brennan, University of Maryland Graduate School
Rohan Samarajiva, Ohio State University
Mary Culnan, Georgetown University
Robert Posch, Doubleday Book and Music
Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., University of Pennsylvania
Charles Piller, Macworld Magazine
SESSION IV:
Empirical Studies of Productivity and Competitiveness in Telecommunications
SESSION CHAIR:
Shane Greenstein, University of Illinois
PAPERS:
The Welfare Benefits from Digital Infrastructure Deployment
Shane Greenstein, University of Illinois and Pablo Spiller, University of California, Berkeley
Measuring Competitiveness of Local Telecommunications Markets
Glenn Woroch, University of California, Berkeley
Prices, Productivity and Industry Structure: Evidence from the Long Distance Industry
Michael Ward, University of Illinois
DISCUSSANT:
Greg Rosston, Federal Communications Commission
Strategic Plans of Content Providers
SESSION CHAIR:
Mike Liebhold, Times Mirror
SPEAKERS:
Martin Nisenholz and Steve Luciani, New York Times Electronic Publishing
Milo Medin, @ Home
Steve Hull, National Journal
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1995
- 7:30am-8:30am
- BREAKFAST
- 8:30am-10:00am
- SESSION I:
- 10:00am-10:30am
- COFFEE BREAK
- 10:30am-12:00pm
- SESSION I:
- 12:00pm-1:00pm
- LUNCH
Spectrum Management and Auction Assessment
SESSION CHAIR:
John Williams, Federal Communications Commission
PAPERS:
The PCS Spectrum Auctions: An Early Assessment
Peter C. Cramton, University of Maryland
Assigning Property Rights to Radio Spectrum Users: Why did the FCC Licenses Auctions Take 67 Years?
Thomas Hazlett, University of California-Davis
The Progress and Freedom Foundations Report on Eliminating the FCC: The Telecom Revolution, An American Opportunity
Peter Pitsch, Pitsch Communications
DISCUSSANT:
Evan Kwerel, Federal Communications Commission
SESSION II:
International Summit of Regulators
SESSION CHAIR:
Eli Noam, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
SPEAKERS:
Anna Walker, OFTEL
Robert Pepper, Federal Communications Commission
SESSION III:
First Amendment Rights of Business and Individuals
SESSION CHAIR:
Allen Hammond, New York Law School
PAPERS:
Corporate Free Speech Rights and Diversity of Content Control: An Emerging Dilemma
Joseph Foley, The Ohio State University
The First Amendment, Economic Power, and Judicial Review
William Lee, The University of Georgia
The First Amendment and the NII
Fred Cate, Annenberg Washington
DISCUSSANT:
Allen Hammond, New York Law School
Regulation of Vertical Relationships in Telecommunications
SESSION CHAIR:
Jonathan Levy, Federal Communications Commission
PAPERS:
The Effects of Level Playing Field Consent Decrees in Vertical Mergers
Michael Salinger, Boston University School of Management
Cross-Subsidization, Content, and the Pricing of Access
Michael Einhorn, US Department of Justice
A Bargaining Model of Retransmission Consent and Must-Carry Rules
Suchan Chae, Rice University
DISCUSSANT:
John Kwoka, George Washington University
SESSION II:
Intelectual Property in Electronic Publishing
SESSION CHAIR:
Pamela Samuelson, Cornell Law School
PAPERS:
Revising Copyright Law for the Information Age
Jessica Litman, Wayne State University Law School
The Economics of Scientific Journals: Implications for the Information Superhighway
Roger Noll, Stanford University
On the Duration of Copyright Protection for Digital Information
Yuehong Yuan and Stephen Roehrig, Carnegie-Mellon University
DISCUSSANTS:
Wendy Gordon, Boston University Law School
Margaret Jane Radin, Stanford School of Law
SESSION III:
Universal Service
SESSION CHAIR:
Steve Wildman, Northwestern University
PAPERS:
A Framework for Managing Telecommunications Regulation While Meeting Universal Service Goals
Barbara Cherry, Ameritech and Steve Wildman, Northwestern University
A Critique of Federal Telecommunications Policy: Initiatives Relating to Universal Service and Open Access to the NII
John Beachboard, Charles McClure and John Bertot, Syracuse University
The Minimum Suscribership Plan (MSP): Quality, Prices and Current Policy
Larry Robert Blank, The Ohio State University
Can Universal Service Survive in a Competitive Telecommunications Environment? Evidence from a Consumer Expenditure Survey
Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University
DISCUSSANTS:
Jim Lewis, MCI
Andrew Blau, Benton Foundation
SESSION IV:
Interoperability
SESSION CHAIR:
Brian Kahin, Harvard University
PAPERS:
Interoperability and the NII: Mapping the Debate
Francois Bar, Stanford University
Richard Steinberg and Michael Borrus, University of California, Berkeley
The Economics of Advanced Services in an Open Communications Infrastructure: Transaction Costs, Production Costs, and Network Externalities
Joseph Bailey, Lee McKnight and Paul Bosco, MIT Research Program on Communication Policy
The Institutional Governance of Interoperability in the Computer and Telecommunications Industries
Christopher Weare, University of Southern California
DISCUSSANT:
Marvin Sirbu, Carnegie-Mellon University
ADJOURN