COMPTEL PLUS REGULATORY TRACK

Monday, September 13, 2010 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Solving the Perpetual Riddle - The End of Days for Intercarrier Compensation?   This session will consist of an in-depth interview with FCC Wireline Competition Deputy Bureau Chief Donald Stockdale about the future of intercarrier compensation, including a discussion of the options and consequences of reform.
Moderator:
			Joe Gillan (bio) Consultant Gillan Associates
Speaker:
			Donald Stockdale (bio) Deputy Bureau Chief Wireline Competition Federal Communications Commision

Monday, September 13, 2010 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm Universal Service & the National Broadband Plan: An FCC Perspective The FCC’s National Broadband Plan proposed substantial reforms of the current universal service regime, including support for the deployment and adoption of broadband services. This one-on-one interview with an FCC official will focus on the rulemakings underway at the Commission and their possible implications for the telecommunications industry.
Moderator:
			Michael Pryor (bio) Member Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Speaker:
			Donald Stockdale (bio) Deputy Bureau Chief Wireline Competition Federal Communications Commision

Monday, September 13, 2010 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm How Mid-Term Elections Could Impact the Telecom Industry and What It Means for Your Business Come hear Washington insiders discuss the upcoming mid-term elections and how the results could impact your business.
Moderator:
			Bill O'Niell (bio) Vice President of Government Affairs COMPTEL
Speaker:
			Bill Barloon (bio) Vice President of Government Affairs Sprint
			Pat Williams (bio) Founding Partner Cormac Group

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:00 am - 9:45 am Emerging Privacy Issues and Opportunities for Internet Providers and Competitive Telecom Providers Privacy is the cause célèbre in Washington and is becoming an increasingly significant business and legal-regulatory issue for competitive telecom carriers. Congress is considering the adoption of a wide-ranging privacy bill, privacy concerns were raised  prominently in the FCC's Broadband Plan and both the FCC and FTC have been examining a myriad of privacy-related issues for quite some time. Now, with the rise of cloud-based computing, public interest organizations and service providers are advocating for reform of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.  Competitive telecom carriers are on the front line of the privacy debate, whether it is using customer data to market services, offering Internet access, working with cloud-based computing providers, or responding to law enforcement.  This session will examine privacy issues  and business opportunities relevant to competitive telecom carriers.
Moderator:
			Andrew Lipman (bio) Senior Partner Bingham McCutchen LLP
Speakers:
			Ron Del Sesto (bio) Partner Bingham McCutchen LLP
			Katherine Mudge (bio) Director, State Affairs & ILEC Relations Covad Communications Company
			Erica Newland (bio) Policy Analyst Center for Democracy & Technology
			Sherry L. Ramsey (bio) AVP Public Policy AT&T

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:00 am - 10:45 am The Explosive and Disruptive Growth of SMS Today SMS messaging is exploding in the United States. The number of SMS users has grown 300 percent – from 30 million to 100 million – since 2001 and the number of messages has grown from 33 million to 48 billion in the same period. Moreover, SMS is increasingly built into applications, from social networking to information services. This explosion is having a disruptive effect across industry segments. In this session, speakers will address how carriers frequently block “short codes” as a means of discriminating against specific providers or specific content/applications, the impact of unsolicited SMS messages on consumers, and how SMS is creating huge additional demand for backhaul for cellular carriers and resellers.
Moderators:
			Michael B. Hazzard (bio) Partner Arent Fox
			Jon Canis (bio) Partner Arent Fox
			Bret Mingo  (bio) Founder, President and CEO Core Communications, Inc. (CoreTel)
			Ari Rabban (bio) CEO and Co-founder Phone.com

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Regulatory Workshop Preparing for "Next Generation" Interconnection Agreements: Sponsored by: Casey, Gentz & Magness, LLP
9:00 am - 9:50 am Interconnection and Intercarrier Compensation As companies’ services and networks evolve, their interconnection agreements with ILECs must be revised to address their current and future business needs.  Changes in technology are affecting interconnection methods, and possible shifts in federal policy will alter intercarrier compensation provisions.  This panel will discuss the business impacts of those changes as carriers develop new interconnection agreements.
Moderator:
			Bill Magness (bio) Partner Casey, Gentz & Magness, LLP
Speakers:
			Joe Gillan (bio) Consultant Gillan Associates
			Bill Haas (bio) VP Public Policy & Regulatory PAETEC
			Rich Morris (bio) Senior Counsel - Federal & State Government Affairs Sprint
Break
10:00 am - 10:50 pm Leased Facilities & Business Issues Since most carriers’ last round of interconnection negotiations, the regulatory landscape for unbundling and special access has changed dramatically.  Similarly, the dynamics surrounding collocation have shifted. This panel will discuss these and other related issues facing competitive carriers today, including availability & terms for leased facilities, collocation, and business-to-business issues typically contained in ICAs.
Moderator:
			Robin Casey (bio) Partner Casey, Gentz & Magness, LLP
Speakers:
			Stephen W. Crawford (bio) General Counsel & SVP, Mergers and Acquisitions Alpheus Communications, L.P.
			Kristie Ince  (bio) Vice President of Regulatory Affairs tw telecom, llc
			Val Kirk (bio) Partner Casey, Gentz & Magness, LLP
			Howard Siegel (bio) Vice President of External and Regulatory Affairs Logix Communications
Break
11:00 am - 11:50 pm Obtaining Reasonable Access to Pole Attachments and Rights-of-Way Since the Pole Attachment Act in 1978 and the federal Telecom Act in 1996, efforts have been made to promote deployment and competition by improving access to pole attachments and rights-of-ways.  This panel will look at where we are today, the challenges to access that still exist and additional reforms that may be necessary.
Moderator:
			Diane Barlow (bio) Partner Casey, Gentz & Magness, LLP
Speakers:
			Jack Shives (bio) Manager - National Engineering Qwest Communications Company, LLC
			Dave Thomas (bio) Partner Hogan Lovells US, LLP