PROGRAM TPRC '02

Agenda 2002

2002 Program.pdf

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 Policy Program, University of San Francisco
AP Online: Analysis of a Policy Prescription for Increasing Postsecondary Access and Achievement Opportunities for Low-Income and Minority Students
Deborah Schwartz, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan
10:10am-10:40am Coffee Break
10:40am-12:20pm

Session:

Spectrum 2

Moderator:

Jorge Schement, Pennsylvania State University
Papers: A Comparative Analysis of Spectrum Management Regimes
Johannes M. Bauer, Quello Center for Telecommunications Management and Law
Reforming U.K. Spectrum Policy
Martin Cave, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK
Spectrum Management: Property Rights, Markets, and the Commons
Gerald Faulhaber, University of Pennsylvania
David Farber, University of Pennsylvania
The Rise of Regional Standards Setting Bodies in Digital Radio Technology
Hernan Galperin, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California
Titus Levi, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California

Session:

Security

Moderator:

Ed Balkovich, RAND
Papers: Improving Network Reliability - Liability Rules Must Recognize Investor Risk/Reward Strategies
Barbara Cherry, Federal Communications Commission
Disruptions and Emergencies on the Internet
Peter H. Salus, Matrix NetSystems, Inc.
John S. Quarterman, Matrix NetSystems, Inc.

Session:

Private Governance

Moderator:

Elliot Maxwell
Papers: Governance in Namespaces
Stefan Bechtold, University of Tuebingen Law School
Advantage ISP: Terms of Service as Media Law -- A Comparative Study
Sandra Braman, University of Alabama
Stephanie Lynch, University of Alabama
Neither Bottom-Up Nor Top-Down: A Tacit Public-Private Cooperative Solution for Internet Regulation
Jay P. Kesan, College of Law and the Institute of Government & Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andres A. Gallo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Interest Groups and the Public Interest: Civil Society Action and the Globalization of Communications Policy
Milton Mueller, Syracuse University

Session:

Community Networks

Moderator:

Gene Crick, Telecommunity Resource Center
Papers: Perceptions of Risks, Benefits, and Costs in Community Technology Center Participants' Constructions of Information and Communication Technologies
Lynette Kvasny, School of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University
Community Networks and Social Services: A Survey and Assessment
Anand Natarajan, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Shafiz M. Yusof, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Dong Hee Shin, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Murali Venkatesh, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Community Network and Social Embeddedness: Survey and Results
Dong Hee Shin, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Shafiz Yusof, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Murali Venkatesh, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
The Role of Fixed Wireless Access Networks in the Deployment of Broadband Services and Competition in Local Telecommunication Markets
Kanchana Wanichkorn, Carnegie Mellon University
Marvin Sirbu, Carnegie Mellon University
12:20pm-1:50pm Lunch and Closing Session

Conference Adjournment