What: The Digital Broadband Migration: Examining the Internet's Ecosystem
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When: Sunday, January 31 - Monday, February 1, 2010
Where: Wolf Law Building on Sunday and the UMC Building on Monday, University of Colorado
Summary:
The Internet exists as an ecosystem, where an array of network providers, application developers, content creators and end users co-exist with one another. In the best of contexts, this is a peaceful co-existence with shared goals and a mutual understanding of the interdependent nature of the ecosystem. In the worst of contexts, the different actors are at war with one another--either in word or in deed. Most often, however, there is a tense co-existence, with the various tensions often just beneath the surface.
At our 2009 Digital Broadband Migration conference (on Imagining the Internet's Future), the interconnected and misunderstood nature of the Internet ecosystem arose as a dominant theme (see here, here, and here). In this year's conference, we will pick up that thread and examine an array of issues, including (1) the dynamics of market structure and opportunities for innovation; (2) governance challenges around issues involving cooperation, such as the issues around interconnection between network providers and network provider and application developers, and (3) the business models that sustain content in an environment where many content creators (newspapers, for example) are sustaining to find a source of revenue to stay in business. To do so, we will bring together a leading group of academics, public interest advocates, governmental officials, and industry executives.
Schedule of Event:
- Welcome: Dave Hatfield, Executive Director, Silicon Flatirons Center, Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado, Former Chief Engineer, FCC
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- Overview Address: Phil Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
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- 9:30- 11:30a.m: PANEL- The Internet Ecoststem in Perspective
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Moderator: Phil Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division
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Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group, Mobiu Venture Capital
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Dale Hatfield, Executive Director, Silicon Flatirons Center, Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado, Former Chief Engineer, FCC
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Larissa Herda, Chairman, CEO, President, tw telecom inc.
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Michael Powell, Former Chairman, FCC, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity
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Meredith Atwell Baker, Commissioner, FCC
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Marc Berejka, Senior Policy ADvisor, Office of the Secretary, Department of Commerce
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Lisa Tanzi, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Business DIvision, Microsoft Corporation
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- 1:00- 3:00 p.m: PANEL- Evolving Business Models and Policy Challenges for the Content Industries
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Moderator: Jonathan Sallet, Silicon Flatirons Senior Adjunct Fellow, University of Colorado, Managing Director, The Glover Park Group
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Mark Cooper, Silicon Flatirons Senior Adjunct Fellow, University of Colorado, Director of Research, COnsumer Federation of America
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Ellen Goodman, Professor of Law, Rutgers University-Camden
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Mark Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford University
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Michael Gallagher, President & CEO, Entertainment Software Association
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Preston Padden, Executive VP, Walt Disney Company
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Gigi Sohn, Silicon Flatirons Senior Adjunct Fellow, University of Colorado, President & Co-founder, Public Knowledge
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- 3:15- 5:15p.m: PANEL- Industry Structure and Opportunities for Innovation
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Moderator: Ari Fitzgerald, Partner, Hogan & Hartson
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Carl Shapiro, Deputy ASsistant Attorney General for Economics, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice
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Howard Shelanski, Deputy Director for Antitrust, BUreau of Economics, FTC
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Daniel Weitzner, Associate Administrator for Policy, NTIA
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Kathy C. Brown, Senior VP, Public Policy & Corporate Responsibility, VErizon
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Jon Nuechterlein, Partner, WilmerHale
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Stephen Williams, Senior Judge, US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
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- 9:00-10:00 a.m: Keynote Address- James Crowe, LEvel 3 Communications
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- 10:00- 12:00p.m: PANEL- The Governance Challenges of Cooperation in the Internet Ecosystem
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Moderator: Paul Ohm, Associate PRofessor of Law, University of Colorado
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Pierre de Vries, Silicon Flatirons Senior Adjunct Fellow, University of Colorado
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Michael Froomkin, Professor of Law, University of Miami
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Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University
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Dorothy Atwood, Senior VP, Public Policy, Chief Privacy Officer, AT&T
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Edward Felten, Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs, Princetn University
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Andrew McLaughlin, US Deputy Chief Technology Officer
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- 12:30- 1:00p.m: Closing Address- Larry Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, NTIA, US Department of Commerce
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