Agenda
 St Regis Aspen * Aspen, Colorado

Sunday, August 20
 
6:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception
6:45 p.m. Opening Remarks: Global Competition, Convergence & Culture
  • The Honorable Raymond L. Gifford, President and Senior Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation
7:00 p.m.

Opening Keynote Address

  • The Honorable Jonathan S. Adelstein, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
    Adelstein Speech
Monday, August 21 
 
8:00 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

  • George A. Keyworth, Chairman, The Progress & Freedom Foundation
8:15 a.m.

Opening Address: A Culture of Trust and Security: The Foundation of a Growing Digital Economy

  • Arthur W. Coviello, Jr., Chief Executive Officer and President, RSA Security
8:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Global Perspectives on the Digital Economy

  • Thomas M. Lenard, Senior VP for Research and Senior Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • The Honorable Robert Cresanti, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology & Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Chairman, Criterion Economics
  • John Rutledge, Chairman, Rutledge Capital and President, Mundell International University Business School
  • Scott Wallsten, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute  
9:45 a.m.

Keynote Address

  • Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group
10:30 a.m.

Keynote Address: Intellectual Property for the Technological Age

  • Richard Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, Faculty Director for Curriculum, and Director Law and Economics Program, University of Chicago Law School
11:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion: The Definition and Protection of Global IP

  • Solveig Singleton, Senior Adjunct Fellow, Center for the Study of Digital Property, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • The Honorable Jon Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Michael D. Fricklas, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Viacom, Inc.
  • Michael Mudd, Director, Public Policy Asia-Pacific, CompTIA
12:15 p.m.

Luncheon Address: The FTC in the Online World: Promoting Competition & Protecting Consumers

  • The Honorable Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission

6:00 p.m.

Informal Reception

7:00 p.m. Informal Working Dinners:
 

Privacy & Security: To Regulate or Not to Regulate - That is the Question?

  • Daniel W. Caprio Jr., Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • Andy Black , Deputy Staff Director, Policy, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Tod Cohen , Deputy General Counsel & Vice President, Government Relations, eBay Inc.
  • Douglas Farry , Managing Director of Government Affairs, McKenna Long and Aldridge
  • Tony Hadley , Vice President for Government Affairs, Experian
  • The Honorable Jon Leibowitz , Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
  • Paul Martino , Counsel, Legislative and Public Policy Group, Alston & Bird LLP
  • Neil Patel, Assistant to the Vice President for Domestic Policy, Office of the Vice President
  • The Honorable Orson Swindle , Distinguished Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation and Senior Policy Advisor, Center for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP

Triumphs and Troubles: The State of Intellectual Property Worldwide

  • James V. DeLong, Director of the Center for the Study of Digital Property and Senior Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • Fritz E. Attaway , Executive Vice President and Special Policy Advisor, Motion Picture Association of America
  • James M. Burger , Partner, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC
  • Braden Cox , Counsel, Association for Competitive Technology
  • Robert Kramer , Vice President, Global Public Policy, CompTIA
  • Douglas G. Lichtman , Professor of Law, University of Chicago
  • Julia D. Mahoney, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia
  • Marybeth Peters , Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office
  • Mark F. Schultz , Assistant Professor of Law, Southern Illinois University

Competition & Convergence in Communications

  • The Honorable Raymond L. Gifford, President, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • Dale Hatfield, Professor, University of Colorado
  • Michael Katz, Sarin Chair in Strategy and Leadership, Haas School of Business
  • Walter B. McCormick Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer, USTelecom
  • John Muleta, Founder, M2Z Networks, Inc.
  • The Honorable Connie Murray, Commissioner, Missouri Public Service Commission
  • Robert Pepper, Senior Managing Director, Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • Neil Pickett, Senior Advisor for Policy and Projects, Office of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels
  • James B. Speta, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
  • Howard Waltzman, Chief Counsel for Telecom and the Internet, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Masa Yamashita, General Manager, Washington DC Office, NTT and Senior Vice President NTT America
Tuesday, August 22 
 
8:00 a.m.

Plenary Address

  • Richard C. Notebaert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qwest Communications International Inc. 
8:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Child Protection and Free Expression in a World of Abundant, Converging Media

  • Adam Thierer, Director of the Center for Digital Media Freedom and Senior Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • Michael Altschul, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CTIA - The Wireless Association
  • Rich Lappenbusch, Director, Media Standards Business Strategy and Media Interoperability, Microsoft Corporation
  • Doug Lowenstein, President, Entertainment Software Association
  • Jennifer M. Mardosz, Corporate Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Qwest Communications International Inc.
  • Hemanshu Nigam, Senior Vice President, Fox Interactive Media and Chief Security Officer, MySpace.com
  • Joe Waz, Vice President, External Affairs and Public Policy Counsel, Comcast Communications
10:00 a.m.

Keynote Address

  • The Honorable Thomas J. Tauke, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Policy and Communications, Verizon
10:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Net Neutrality, Investment & Innovation

  • The Honorable Michael Gallagher, Adjunct Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation and Partner, Perkins Coie, LLP, (Moderator)
  • Carolyn Brandon, Vice President, Policy, CTIA - The Wireless Association
  • James W. Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T
  • Tod Cohen, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Government Relations, eBay
  • David Drummond, General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Corporate Development, Google, Inc.
  • Lawson Hunter, Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Officer, Bell Canada and Bell Canada Enterprises, Inc.
12:00 p.m.

Luncheon Address

  • Irwin Mark Jacobs, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, QUALCOMM Inc.
2:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Perspective of Public Policy Officials

  • Patrick Ross, Senior Fellow and Vice President for Communications and External Affairs, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • Andy Black, Deputy Staff Director, Policy, U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce
  • Meredith Attwell Baker, Senior Policy Advisor, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Ambassador David Gross, United States Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State
  • Brian Huseman, Chief of Staff, Federal Trade Commission
  • David W. Jones, Intellectual Property Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Maureen Ohlhausen, Director of Office of Planning & Policy, Federal Trade Commission
  • Neil Patel, Assistant to the Vice President for Domestic Policy, Office of the Vice President
  • Johanna Shelton, Minority Counsel, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee
  • Howard Waltzman, Chief Counsel for Telecommunications and the Internet, U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce
6:00 p.m.

Chairman's Reception
 

7:00 p.m.

Chairman's Dinner and Address

  • Sumner M. Redstone, Executive Chairman and Founder of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corporation