CITI's 25th Anniversary International Summit on Media & Communication
October 30th-31st, 2008
Two Day of Events Celebrating
The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information's
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
October 30-31, 2008
Co-sponsored by the International Telecommunications Society
In collaboration with IDATE, France, as part of the Trans-Atlantic Dialogue
The CITI 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner
Thursday, October 30th, 2008, 6 - 10P.M.
Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, Columbia UniversitySpeakers Include:
- Vinton Cerf, "Pioneer of the Internet," and Vice President, Google)
- Ivan Seidenberg, CEO, Verizon
- Richard Wiley,"Father of Digital TV" and Media Lawyer)
PLEASE NOTE: DRESS FOR THE GALA DINNER IS BUSINESS ATTIRE.
The Next Generation of Communications - The Dawning of the Ultra-Broadband Era
Friday, October 31st, 2008, 9 A.M.-6 P.M.
Roone Arlidge Auditorium
Lerner Hall
Broadway & 115th Street, Columbia University
New York City
Agenda:
9:00 - Introduction: “Ultra-Broadband: The Next Era for the Communications Sector”
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Eli Noam, Director, CITI - [Presentation]
Eli Noam, Director, CITI - [Presentation]
9:15 - The Demand and Need for Ultra-Broadband
- Leo Hindery, Managing Partner, InterMedia Partners, Former CEO, TCI and of AT&T Broadband
- Heather Hudson, Professor, Telecommunications Management and Policy Program, University of San Francisco - [Presentation]
- Robert Pepper, Senior Managing Director of Global Advanced Technology Policy, CISCO - [Presentation]
- Stephane Dufour, Senior VP Strategy, Swisscom - [Presentation]
- Moderator: Denis Gilhooly, Principal
Advisor, United Nations Office for Partnerships
10: 15 - The Gigabit Infrastructure: Continuity, Volatility, Monopoly? - Jon DeLuca, President, CEO, and Director, Fibernet Telecom Group Inc.
- Marc Fossier, CTO, France Telecom - [Presentation]
- Lorenzo Pupillo, Executive Director, Public & Economic Affairs, Telecom Italia - [Presentation]
- Maggie Wilderotter, Chairman and CEO, Frontier Communications
- David Belanger, Chief Scientist, AT&T Labs - [Presentation]
- Moderator: Robert C. Atkinson, Director of Policy Research, CITI
11:30 – Can Wireless Infrastructure Keep Up In UBB: Gigabits vs. Megahertz
- Thomas Hazlett, Professor of Law and Economics, George Mason University - [Presentation]
- Ambassador Mathew Kirk, Director of External Relationships, Vodafone
- Joe Mallahan, VP of Corporate Strategy, T-Mobile - [Presentation]
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- Brett Glass, Principle, LARIAT - [Presentation]
- Moderator: Raul Katz, Director of Business Strategy, CITI
12:30 – Lunch
- Introduction: John Heywood, Assistant Director, CITI
- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate, Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School
2:00 - Gigabits vs. Megabucks: How UBB Will Be Financed
- Mike Balhoff, Managing Partner, Balhoff & Williams, LLC - [Presentation]
- Simon Flannery, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley - [Presentation]
- John Hodulik, Managing Director, UBS - [Presentation]
- Moderator: Dan Reingold, Project Director for Telecom Finance, CITI
3:00 - Gigabit Networks, Kilobit Government?: A Transatlantic Dialog (with IDATE, France): Experiences from both sides of the Atlantic
- Ron Binz, Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Commission - [Presentation]
- Kathryn Brown, Senior VP, Public Policy Development and Corporate Responsibility, Verizon, Former Chief of Staff, FCC - [Presentation]
- Gabrielle Gauthey, Board Member, ARCEP (French Regulatory Agency) - [Presentation]
- Matthias Kurth, President, Bundesnetzagentur (German Regulatory Agency) - [Presentation]
- Klaus-Peter Statz, President and CEO, Deutsche Telekom (USA) - [Presentation]
- Reza Jafari, Chairman, ITU Telecom Board, & Vice Chairman, Eaton Telecom
- Moderator: Yves Gassot, CEO, IDATE
4:30 - The Gigabit Society and Economy: Impacts and Resolutions
- Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union
- Russ Neuman, Professor, Media Technology Communication Studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan - [Presentation]
- Robert D. Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
- Charlie Firestone, Executive Director, Communications and Society Program, The Aspen Institute - [Presentation]
- James Alleman, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado. Co-founder and former Chairman, International Telecommunications Society - [Presentation]
- Moderator: Larry Pressler, U.S. Senator (ret.)
Reception
Upcoming CITI Events
-
Game Theory, Play Money - November 7, 2008
- Public/Private Next Generation Communications (Seville, Spain) - December 10, 2008
- The Economics of the Digital Television Transition - December 12, 2008
- The New Economics - March 20, 2009
Please contact Assistant Director John Heywood (jwh2121@columbia.edu) for more information about upcoming CITI events.
