Events
November 11, 2009: Rick Ducey, Chief Strategy Officer, BIA/Kelsey Advisory Services
Rick Ducey will visit the department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media to speak to undergraduate classes and PhD students.
Rick Ducey is the Chief Strategy Officer for BIA Advisory Services. Rick assists clients with their business planning and sales models, strategic research and market assessment, designing and implementing IT strategies.
A known expert and frequent speaker on the transforming media ecosystem, Rick is the program director for BIA’s conference, “Winning Media Strategies” and for the continuous advisory service called Transformative Media Strategies (TMS). Both programs address how new technologies, competition, shifting consumer demographics and media usage trends are driving changes in the media ecosystem and what traditional media companies must do to be successful in the new environment.
Prior to joining BIAfn in 2000, Rick was a top executive at the National Association of Broadcasters. He was Senior Vice President of NAB’s Research and Information Group. In this position, he was in charge of the association’s new technology assessment, audience and policy research, strategic planning, information systems, including all Internet operations and he also developed publications and seminars.
Before joining NAB in 1983, Rick was a faculty member in the Department of Telecommunication at Michigan State University where he taught and did research in the areas of emerging telecommunication technologies and strategic market research. He also served on the graduate management faculties of George Mason University and George Washington University in telecommunications management and the University of Maryland, where he taught strategic market management and research methodologies. He published a number of research articles and papers in these areas and serves on editorial boards of leading scholarly journals in the communications field. He worked at radio stations WSOQ-AM/WEZG-FM and Upstate Cablevision in North Syracuse, NY.
Rick received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University; M.S. from Syracuse University and B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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November 19, 2009: QUELLO ANNUAL LECTURE
6:00-7:00 pm | The James B. Henry Center for Executive Development, A170 Large Amphitheater, Lansing (map)
“Governing the Revolution in Global Information and Communications Markets”
Peter F. Cowhey, Senior Counselor, US Trade Representative; Dean and Qualcomm Professor, UC San Diego (on leave)
Post-lecture reception sponsored by the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media’s ICT for Development Lecture Series.
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Peter Cowhey is serving as the Senior Counselor to the US Trade Representative while on leave from his position as Dean and Qualcomm Professor at the University of California, San Diego.
He has served as Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies since 2001. He is the former Director of the University of California system’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and head of policy studies for the California Institute on Telecommunications and Information Technology.
Cowhey’s research has especially focused on the political economy of international trade, investment and regulatory policies. He served as the Senior Counselor to the Chairman and Chief of the International Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission from 1994 to 1997. During this time the Commission completely revamped its global competition policies and worked intensively with USTR on forging a WTO agreement on basic telecommunications services. His newest book is Transforming Global Information and Communications Markets: The Political Economy of Change (MIT Press, 2009).
Cowhey serves on the boards of the Grameen Foundation, the Institute of the Americas, and the California Council on Science and Technology. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Affairs.
Cowhey holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University, and a master’s and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Beyond Broadband Access: Data-based Information Policy for a New Administration
September 22-24, 2009 | The New America Foundation, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
An experts workshop co-organized by the Quello Center with the Institute for Information Policy, The Pennsylvania State University; School of Communication, Information and Library Science, Rutgers University; School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; and The New America Foundation.
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“Browsing as the killer app: Explaining the rapid success of Apple’s iPhone”
April 24, 2009, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | 191 Comm Arts & Sciences
Dr. Joel West of San Jose State University will give a talk entitled “Browsing as the killer app: Explaining the rapid success of Apple’s iPhone.”
Joel West (www.JoelWest.org) is associate professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the San José State University College of Business. His research interests include innovation strategies in the ICT sector, technical entrepreneurship and innovation policy. He is the co-editor of Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm (Oxford, 2006) and is currently working on a book on the San Diego telecommunications industry entitled From MIT to Qualcomm. He holds an S.B. from MIT and a Ph.D. from UC Irvine, and spent 20 years as a software industry engineer, manager and entrepreneur.
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Michigan in the Information Economy: Assessing and Improving the State’s ICT Infrastructure
April 20, 2009, 1-6 pm (with reception at 5:30) | Kellogg Center, MSU
Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law
Center for Community and Economic Development
ONSITE PARTICIPATION AGENDA (Speaker bios in PDF | Agenda in PDF)
An archive copy of the webcast is available now at http://wmsu.org/program.php?id=293
Michigan needs to reposition its largely industrial and agricultural economy by expanding high-tech, knowledge intensive economic activities. Access to advanced information and communication technology is an important prerequisite to reaching this goal. However, complementary assets (e.g., education, skills, and entrepreneurs) are needed to take advantage of broadband.
Whereas the private sector will have to play a strong role in advancing our information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, the public sector, non-profit organizations, large users, and small users all have important contributions to make. The goal of this workshop is to bring an inclusive group of stakeholders together to advance the dialog on the status of IT infrastructure in Michigan forward and to explore practical ways to bring the state closer to the forefront of the knowledge economy.
The workshop is designed to facilitate a dialogue among major stakeholders. Online participants may e-mail questions to the presenters to quello@msu.edu. Please join the workshop onsite or online to:
• Learn about initiatives to upgrade Michigan’s information infrastructure
• Hear from vendors and communities about projects in Michigan and in other states
• Get an update on new developments in broadband over powerline, wireless, and fiber
• Network with a community of practitioners and experts
• Participate in developing a joint vision for Michigan’s future in the information economy
AGENDA
1:00-1:10 Welcome
• Johannes M. Bauer, Co-Director, Quello Center
• Rex LaMore, Director, Center for Community and Economic Development
• Charles Steinfield, Chair, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
1:10-1:40 Opening address
• Kenneth Theis, Director, Michigan Department of Information Technology (Presentation PDF)
1:40-3:10 Status of IT infrastructure in Michigan and user needs
Moderator: Kurt DeMaagd, Professor, Michigan State University
• Rose Young, Manager Clinical Systems, Information Technology and Principal Investigator, MATTeR, Marquette General Hospital (Presentation PDF)
• Jamey Fitzpatrick, President & CEO, Michigan Virtual University
• Mike Weber, Executive Director, Northern Michigan Broadband Cooperative
• Robert LaRose, Professor, Michigan State University (Presentation PDF)
3:10-3:30 Networking break
3:30-4:00 Lessons from other states
• Jane Patterson, Executive Director, e-NC (via teleconference) (Presentation PDF)
4:00-5:30 Advancing Michigan in the knowledge economy: solutions and approaches
Moderator: Steven S. Wildman, Co-Director, Quello Center
• Paul Fuglie, Vice President, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs, Verizon
• Raymond Blair, Director of Advanced Networking, IBM Global Services (Presentation PDF)
• Robin Gleason, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, AT&T Michigan
• Scott Zimmer, President, Air Advantage LLC (Presentation PDF)
• Tim Ransberger, Director of Government Relations, Charter Communications
5:30-6:00 Networking reception
Registration for onsite participation
There will be no fee for this event, but please register in advance.
Parking
Metered parking is available in the Kellogg Center ramp (ramp #4).
More information
For more information please contact Johannes M. Bauer (bauerj@msu.edu, 517.432.8003), Kurt DeMaagd (kdemaagd@msu.edu, 517.355.4714), Steve S. Wildman (swildman@msu.edu, 517.432.8004), Rex LaMore (lamore@msu.edu, 517.353.9555), or the Quello Center at 517.432.8001.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS & INFORMATION:
MSU WiROI Presentation
WiROI Pamphlet
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Barry R. Litman Commemorative Lecture
April 9, 2009, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm | 145 Communication Arts and Sciences Building, Reception following
Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, a former student of the late Barry R. Litman and currently a professor and associate dean in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida, will give the first Barry R. Litman Commemorative Lecture on Thursday, April 9th from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm. The lecture is open to the public and will be held in room 145, Communication Arts and Sciences Building.
Professor Barry R. Litman was a noted media economist who taught in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at MSU for more than 30 years. He passed away in December of 2008. The Department and the Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law at MSU have established the Barry R. Litman Commemorative Lecture in his honor.
Dr. Chan-Olmsted’s talk is entitled, “From Industrial Organization of Broadcast TV to Strategic Management of Mobile TV: The Evolving Paths of Media Management and Economics.”
Biography:
Dr. Sylvia Chan-Olmsted received her Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University with an emphasis in media economics and marketing. She is a professor in the Department of Telecommunication, and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Journalism and Communiations at the University of Florida. Dr. Chan-Olmsted also currently holds the Al and Effie Flanagan Professorship in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida. She is the author of the book, Competitive Strategy for Media Firms, co-editor of the books, Media Management and Economics Handbook and Global Media Economics, and author of numerous book chapters and articles published in the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, and the Journal of Media Economics. Dr. Chan-Olmsted teaches classes in audience analysis, telecommunication management, media strategy and competition, brand management, and research methods. Dr. Chan-Olmsted is also a senior research associate of the Public Utility Research Center (PURC) at the University of Florida and has received research grants from institutions such as the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), Magness Institute at Cable Center, and Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER).
Sponsored by the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media and the Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law. Additional support for the lecture has come from donations from many students, colleagues, and friends of Barry Litman.
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NAB Event Honors Jim Quello and Quello Center Anniversary
March 31, 2009 | Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Washington, DC
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The Quello Center and the NAB are honoring Jim Quello and the Quello Center’s 10 year anniversary as part of the NAB 2009 State Leadership Conference. The reception for Jim Quello will begin after the NAB reception and dinner at 7:00 pm.
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Applying Complexity Theory to Improve Communications Policy Workshop
March 30, 2009, 9:00 am-6:00 pm | Georgetown University, McShain Lounge Small, McCarthy Hall, Washington, D.C.
Digitization, convergence, and policy change have transformed information and communication industries to dynamic, open, complex adaptive systems. Traditional methods of regulatory and policy analysis, being based on theories that fail to recognize the manifold direct and indirect feedback effects that exist in advanced ICT, fail in designing effective policies to harness their enormous potential.
Approaches based on the perspective of complex adaptive systems have great promise for the development of superior policies. A growing number of researchers and practitioners have recognized this potential and for the past few years explored the relevance, but also the possible limitations, of applying complexity theory to shape communications policy. This workshop will bring together experts from academia, industry, government, and civic society to share cutting edge recent research and derive specific lessons for public policy.
The morning will be dedicated to presentations and discussion reviewing current developments in the theory of complex adaptive systems and their relevance for communications policy. In the afternoon, the group will apply this knowledge to a specific current issue of communications policy with the goal to work out specific and tangible lessons. We hope to produce a brief report based on the workshop and possibly publish background paper contributions as a special journal issue.
Johannes M. Bauer, Michigan State University
Barbara A. Cherry, Indiana University
D. Linda Garcia, Georgetown University
Patricia H. Longstaff, Syracuse University
Volker Schneider, University of Konstanz
Ellen Surles, Booz Allen Hamilton
Agenda
9:00-9:10 Welcome and workshop goals
Johannes M. Bauer, Michigan State University
9:10-11:00 Theoretical foundations and contributions
*What can complexity theory explain that other theories cannot
*How to develop policies under uncertainty characteristic of complex adaptive systems (adaptability, resilience, sustainability)
Facilitator: Barbara A. Cherry, Indiana University
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-1:00 Models and tools to analyze complex adaptive systems
*Modeling issues
*Using empirical data
Facilitator: Ellen Surles, Booz Allen Hamilton
1:00-2:00 Working lunch
*Break-out discussions “Applying complexity theory to the development of a U.S. national broadband strategy”
2:00-2:30 Break
2:30-4:00 Policy application: applying complexity theory to the development of a U.S. national broadband strategy
*Innovation policy
*Funding for broadband infrastructure
*Network neutrality
*Lessons from other nations’ broadband strategies
Facilitator: Patricia H. Longstaff, Syracuse University
4:00-4:30 Break
4:30-6:00 Communication with policy-makers and shaping a research agenda
*How to communicate a complexity theory perspective to a broader audience
*Developing a research agenda
Facilitator: D. Linda Garcia, Georgetown University
5:50-6:00 Concluding remarks
Volker Schneider, University of Konstanz
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2009 Quello Symposium: Rethinking Media Policy in the Age of New Media
May 19, 2009, 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm | The National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Richard E. Wiley, Partner, Wiley Rein, and former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
Symposium Agenda | Speaker Biographies | Presentations NOW AVAILABLE
Sponsor: John D. Evans Foundation
Internet-based new media are reshaping the media landscape. The effects on the print and broadcast media have been most dramatic. The newspaper industry is collapsing, the magazine industry is consolidating around fewer publications with reduced circulations, radio profits have declined substantially, and broadcast television ratings continue to slide. Multichannel services (cable, satellite, and telco IPTV) are net gainers, but more impressive has been the rise and proliferation of online sources of content. Recent Pew surveys show that more people now get their news online than from newspapers. The variety of content available online vastly exceeds what is supplied by traditional media. These changes have been rapid and are not yet incorporated in our thinking about media policy. This symposium explores the implications of new media for U.S. communications policy by focusing on traditional goals of media policy and asking how they might best be achieved in the new and emerging media environment.
Schedule
1:00-1:10 Welcome
1:10-1:40 Opening keynote address
Richard E. Wiley, Partner, Wiley Rein, and former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (Wiley Keynote)
1:40-3:00 Scarcity, Diversity, Efficiency: Media Structure Regulation Reconsidered
Diversity and Efficiency are policy goals traditionally pursued through Congressional mandates and FCC regulations to that relied heavily on media ownership restrictions to promote competition within individual media industries and limit concentration of voices. While there is some disagreement among scholars, a basic assumption of these policies is that less concentration promotes diversity and, within limits, efficiency—especially when the number of outlets is limited. The rise of internet-based suppliers of content raises questions about whether scarcity concerns are still valid, while at the same time undermining the economics of traditional media. On the one hand, this means fewer traditional media outlets are likely to survive in the future, which, other things equal, would heighten concentration concerns. On the other hand, some consolidation may be necessary to preserve outlets and, perhaps, voices. It must also be asked whether rising prominence of internet sources should allay concerns about concentration in traditional media.
Chair: Larry Patrick, Patrick Communications
Panelists:
Kevin J. Martin, Former chairman, Federal Communications Commission
John B. Horrigan, Pew Internet and American Life Project (Horrigan Presentation)
Eli M. Noam, Columbia University
Patricia Aufderheide, American University (Aufderheide Presentation)
Allen P. Grunes, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck (Grunes Remarks | Grunes Presentation)
3:00-3:30 Refreshments
3:30-4:50 Media Proliferation and Fragmentation: Media Content Regulation Reconsidered
The regulatory response to the proliferation of media outlets in recent decades has been diminished regulation of content, even as remaining content regulations have become more asymmetric: treating alternative platforms and delivery modes quite differently. The widely accepted notion of a marketplace of ideas holds that a larger number and diversity of media outlets contributes to a vibrant civic society and might justify even less regulatory oversight. However, new research suggests that bias may matter more than could be documented in the past. Further, there is work showing that political participation on the local level is influenced by the media consumed and available to local citizens. On the other hand, there is growing concern that a proliferation of content options is fragmenting media audiences to the point that we can no longer count on shared media experiences and exposure to opposing ideas, and this is leading to a less productive policy dialog and increasing polarization. This session explores the implications of these trends and conflicting observations for the future of media content policy.
Chair: John D. Evans, John Evans Foundation (Evans Opening Remarks | Evans Presentation)
Panelists:
Robert M. Entman, George Washington University (Entman Presentation)
Gigi B. Sohn, Public Knowledge
Frank Pasquale, Seton Hall Law School (Pasquale Presentation)
Matthew Hindman, Arizona State University (Hindman Presentation)
4:50-5:00 Concluding Remarks
5:00-6:00 Reception (Winners Room, National Press Club)
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2009 Michigan Forum on Economic and Regulatory Policy
January 30, 2009, 8:30 am-4:45 pm | Kellogg Center, MSU
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Moving Michigan Forward
Together with other leading experts, Quello Center Co-Directors Johannes M. Bauer and Steve Wildman will participate on the Telecommunications Issues Roundtable. For more information please visit http://ipu.msu.edu/programs/miforum/index.php.
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Regulation, Innovation, and Investment Workshop
December 11, 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Institute of Public Utilities in Williamsburg, VA
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Johannes M. Bauer will conduct a workshop at the Annual Regulatory Policy Conference of the Institute of Public Utilities in Williamsburg, Virginia, exploring the effects of regulation on innovation and investment in telecommunications. For more information see http://www.ipu.msu.edu.
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2008 Quello Center Lecture: Eli M. Noam
November 17, 2008, 1:30 p.m. with reception following | MSU Union Gold A/B Rooms
“If Fiber is the Medium, What is the Message? Next Generation Content for Next Generation Media”
Abstract: The nature of content is critical for the economic viability of a next-generation infrastructure. This talk asks what types of media content will arise when we achieve widespread fiber optic networks. In the past, an expansion of transmission capacity led to a ‘widening’ of the TV medium. But the impact of ultrabroadband will be a ‘deepening’ of the content to a richer, more bit-intensive content. The talk investigates, for 25 media, the price and capacity trends over the past century. This enables us to identify the trend of bits per second delivered – the ‘richness’- of the media over time. It grows at about 8% per annum. Projecting this rate permits us to predict the type, style, and genres of media content of the near future. It also enables us to determine the time when media will become visually richer than 3-D real life in terms of sensory experience. Finally, the lecture derives regulatory implications of this kind of content.
Bio: Eli Noam has been a Professor of Economics and Finance at the Columbia Business School since 1976. In 1990, after having served for three years as Commissioner with the New York State Public Service Commission, he returned to Columbia. He is the Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information. CITI is a university-based research center focusing on strategy, management, and policy issues in telecommunications, computing, and electronic mass media. In addition to leading CITI’s research activities, Noam initiated the MBA concentration in the Management of Media, Communications, and Information at the Business School and the Virtual Institute of Information, an independent, web-based research facility.
Besides the over 400 articles in economics, legal, communications, and other journals that Professor Noam has written on subjects such as communications, information, public choice, public finance, and general regulation, he has also authored, edited, and co-edited 27 books.
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Venu Vasudevan: Nexgen TV
October 30, 2008, 4:00 p.m. | MSU Union Building, Parlor C
Frontiers of Communications Lecture: “Nexgen TV”
Abstract: The move to all digital content and all-IP networks is challenging traditional “linear TV” as users demand the same conveniences from TV as other digital media - namely to move beyond prime time to my time, and from a one-way experience to a personalized, two-way experience that supports user participation. On the business side, double and triple play strategies have led to companies that own TV, wireless and internet properties, and in some cases combine content and delivery assets. Such businesses are looking for strategic advantages in owning “3 screens” beyond unified billing and opex reduction. This talk will address how the next generation of TV will handle these new demands from consumers, advertisers and media businesses - offering as proof points a view of Motorola’s work on a “Nexgen TV” initiative that caters to 3-screen sporting experiences, support for interactive and addressable advertising, and advanced technologies for interacting with TV content.
Bio: Venu Vasudevan, Ph.D., is Senior Director, Software Platforms Research, Motorola Technology. Dr. Vasudevan oversees Software Platforms research at Motorola Labs, leading research efforts in media delivery architectures, novel advertising experiences and mobile interactive entertainment. His work led to Motorola’s “Liquid Media” technology and related subsequent “follow-me” media innovations showcased at CTIA, CES and other venues. Dr. Vasudevan is a frequent speaker and panelist at such venues as the Yankee Group, Digital Hollywood and the Pelorus Group summits on mobile local search. Dr. Vasudevan has over fifteen years of architecture and strategy experience in the telecommunications and enterprise spaces, including past experience as the Database and Network Management Architect on the Iridium satellite communications system.
Dr. Vasudevan holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Ohio State University and is a member of Motorola’s Science Advisory Board.
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James Quello Honored as Giant of Broadcasting
September 25, 2008 | Grand Hyatt, New York, NY
James H. Quello will be inducted into the ranks of Giants of Broadcasting by The Library of American Broadcasting. The honor is presented to Jim in recognition of his distinct career in broadcasting and public service. The 98 Giants include industry founders such as Guglielmo Marconi and David Sarnoff as well as broadcasters like Edward Murrow and Walter Cronkite. Congratulations!
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Quello Center Initiates NSF-Funded Study of Media Localism and Ownership
August 2008 | Michigan State University
Beginning this Fall an interdisciplinary team of five MSU researchers will initiate the largest study of local media performance to date, examining coverage of local affairs by traditional media and on the internet for selected cities in 100 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
The study is funded by NSF for two years at the level of $500,000.
The Quello Center will play a major role in this project as the PI is Quello Center Co-Director Steve Wildman and two of the Co-PIs (Professor Stephen Lacy and Professor Emeritus Thomas Baldwin) are Quello Center faculty associates and the project will utilize Quello Center facilities and student research assistants.
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Complexity and Large Technical Systems Conference
May 30-31, 2008 | Meersburg, Germany
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Complexity and Large Technical Systems co-organized with Volker Schneider at the University of Konstanz, Germany, co-funded by a grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.
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Information and the Information Economy
May 2-3, 2008 | Fordham, University, New York
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Co-sponsored with the McGannon Center at Fordham University and the Intellectual Property Law Program at Michigan State University.
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2008 Quello Communication Law and Policy Symposium - Communications Policy in an IP-Environment
April 23, 2008, 1-5 pm | National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
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The two sessions of the conference explore infrastructure and content policy in the era of increasingly IP-based networks. Reception following.
1:00-1:10 Welcome and Introduction
Johannes M. Bauer, Quello Center
1:10-2:40 Infrastructure Access: Fairness and Efficiency
Next-generation IP-based networks will most likely be more strongly differentiated into a transportation layer and an application and services layer. In the emerging environment of inter-modal competition between multiple broadband platforms, the interests of platform providers and content providers will often be aligned but may sometimes at odds. Is the possibility of such frictions sufficient reason to mandate certain nondiscrimination principles or may they be dealt with more efficiently on a case by case basis? Will the absence of non-discrimination bias the evolution of technical network architectures toward more closed approaches that may hamper innovation in the long run? How will we best handle massive amounts of traffic as multimedia applications proliferate? Under which conditions will there be sufficient investment in next-generation infrastructure to close the gap that has opened to other nations?
Chair:Brian Fontes, AT&T
Speakers:
Marvin Sirbu, Carnegie Mellon University
Joe Waz, Comcast
Link Hoewing, Verizon
Rick Ducey, BIAfn and SpectraRep
2:40-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-3:30 Keynote Address
Speaker:The Honorable Robert M. McDowell, Commissioner, FCC
3:30-5:00 Serving the Public Interest in Next Generation Media
Even when media were one-way vehicles for delivering content to media consumers, identifying the public’s interest in media services and crafting policies to address that interest posed conceptual and logistical challenges that were never fully resolved—a situation abundantly evident in the current clash of opinions over ownership policies for commercial media and the funding and oversight of public broadcasting. These challenges are considerably amplified by the emergence of a plethora of new media services delivered via IP based networks. With new media, users are both sources as well as recipients of information? What are the policy interests in the types of services and user-to-user relationships this new functionality has unleashed? Failures of commercial media to adequately supply socially-important information services is the traditional rational for public broadcasting. Will there be similar unmet public needs in a future dominated by IP-based services? If so, how should policy respond?
Chair:Steven S. Wildman, Quello Center
Speakers:
Paula Kerger, PBS
Robert Corn-Revere, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Philip Napoli, Fordham University
Ben Scott, Free Press
5:00-6:00 Reception
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Quello Center Occasional Lecture - Telecommunications in China
February 1, 2008, 12 noon -- 1 pm | 191 Communication Arts and Sciences, MSU
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Dr. Hui Chen, Director of Transmissions and Access Network Research Department of Telecommunications Planning and Research Institute, Ministry of Information Industries, Beijing, China. A light lunch will be provided. Parking available in adjacent garage.
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2007 Quello Lecture - The Changing Landscape of Communications
Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 5:30-6:30 pm | James B. Henry Center for Executive Development
Robert W. Quinn, Jr., Senior Vice President-Federal Regulatory, AT&T Services, Inc. Robert Quinn, senior vice president-federal regulatory, is responsible for management of regulatory matters at the Federal Communications Commission, as well as the coordination and support of regulatory and external affairs activities throughout AT&T’s regional operations. He was appointed to his current position in February 2006.
Free to the public, but please RSVP | Reception following the lecture at 6:30 pm
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2006 Quello Lecture - Developments in Communications Policy
October 30, 2006 | Michigan State University
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The Honorable Deborah Taylor Tate, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission.
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2006 Quello Communication Law and Policy Symposium - Toward A New Communication Policy Paradigm
April 6, 2006, 8am - 5pm | Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, DC
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
All sessions in Constitution A, Lower Level
8:00-8:30
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BRAKFAST
8:30-8:40
WELCOME
Steven S. Wildman, Co-Director, Quello Center
8:40-10:10
THE STATE OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
Chair: Kathleen Wallman, Visiting Research Professor, Georgetown University
Speakers: Richard E. Wiley, Managing Partner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding (Presentation)
Nicholas Economides, Professor of Economics, New York University (Presentation)
Johannes M. Bauer & Steven S. Wildman, Co-Directors, Quello Center (Presentation)
10:10-10:30
Break
10:30-12:00
NET NEUTRALITY AND INTEROPERABILITY
Chair: Roderick (“Rick”) S. Coy, Member, Clark Hill PLC
Speakers: David D. Clark, Senior Research Scientist, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab MIT (Presentation)
Link Hoewing, Assistant Vice President Internet and Technology Issues, Verizon (Presentation)
Lawrence Strickling, Chief Regulatory Officer, Broadwing Communications (Presentation)
Gerard J. Waldron, Partner, Covington & Burling
12:00-1:30
LUNCH
Chair James H. Quello, former FCC Commissioner; Consultant, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
Introduction: The Honorable Ted Stevens, U.S. Senate (R-AK)
Address: The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. Senate (D-HI)
1:30-3:00
DESIGNING A NEXT-GENERATION LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Chair: Lawrence J. Spiwak, President, Phoenix Center
Speakers: Randolph May, Senior Fellow & Director of Communications Studies, Progress Progress and Freedom Foundation
Gigi B. Sohn, Founder and President, Public Knowledge
Daniel Brenner, Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy, National Cable & Telecommunications Association (Presentation)
Barbara A. Cherry, former Associate Director, Quello Center (Presentation)
3:00-3:20
Break
3:20-4:50
RETHINKING PUBLIC INTEREST GOALS IN MEDIA AND TELECOMS
Chair: Gary Reid, Associate Director, Quello Center
Speakers: Jorge R. Schement, Distinguished Professor, Penn State (Presentation)
Gloria Tristani, President, Benton Foundation
Michael Oden, Associate Professor Urban Studies University of Texas, Austin (Presentation)
4:50-5:00
CONCLUDING COMMENTS
5:00
ADJOURNMENT
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