Source: Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy will host a forum convening public policy experts for an in-depth look at current and evolving U.S. broadband sectors and technologies and the policy choices facing federal regulators as they pursue various policy objectives. Through presentations and a panel discussion, the participants will focus on what policies will foster innovation and investment in next generation broadband infrastructure and simultaneously drive wider adoption and use of the infrastructure among consumers including small businesses, universities, research institutions, the medical field, and the burgeoning applications and software sector.
WHAT: The Broadband Technology Explosion: Rethinking Communications Policy
WHEN: Thursday, June 20
9:00 am – 12:30 pm PDT
WHERE: Quadrus Conference Center room Q1
2400 Sand Hill Rd
Menlo Park, CA 94025
WHO: Larry Downes, author of Big Bang Disruption, published in Harvard Business Review, and author of a forthcoming book on the subject.
Hal Singer, co-author of The Need for Speed: A New Framework for Telecommunications Policy for the 21st Century, an eBook published by The Brookings Institution in which the authors posit suggestions on reforming the FCC and its oversight of the broadband sector.
James Prieger, associate professor of economics, Pepperdine University, author of several papers on broadband economics and policy.
Richard Clarke, AT&T, author of Expanding Mobile Wireless Capacity: The Challenges Presented by Technology and Economics, a white paper published on SSRN.
The Broadband Technology Explosion: Rethinking Communications Policy can be seen via Livestream at: http://player.netromedia.com/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.7.swf.
HOSTED BY: Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
