EU-U.S. TELECOM POLICY: FUTURE HARMONY OR CONFLICT WORKSHOP
FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2001
Program Organizers:
European Union Center of the University System of Georgia
Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology(GCATT)
Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research(GT CIBER)
DuPree College of Management
Present a workshop entitled
EU-U.S. TELECOM POLICY: FUTURE HARMONY OR CONFLICT?
May 18, 2001
at the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology,
250 14th Street, NW,Auditorium,
Atlanta, GA 30318
The program is a workshop designed to assemble key actors from the private and public sectors involved
in the development and regulation of new technologies in telecommunications. The workshop focuses on the
transatlantic dimension since the United States and Europe are the major players in the field.
Program:
- 9:00 - 10:30
- TECHNOLOGIES & INSTITUTIONS: SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT, REGULATION, STRATEGIC ALLIANCESM
- Moderator: Joseph Bankoff, King & Spalding
- Paul Verhoff, European Commission
- Philip Evins, Managing Director, European Competitive Telecommunications Association
- Hervé Castelnau, Sokolow, Dunaud, Mercadier & Carreras, Paris, France
- Barbara Evans, Vice President Government and Regulatory Affairs, Concert
- 11:00 - 12:30
- CASE STUDIES ON INNOVATION
- Moderator: Joseph Bankoff, King & Spalding
- William Malik, Vice President and Research Director, The Gartner Group
- Michael Bartholomew, Director, European Telecommunications Network
- Operators' Association , Brussels
- 2:00 - 3:30
- FUTURE CHALLENGES: WIRED V. WIRELESS, THIRD GENERATION, INDUSTRY INDEBTEDNESS
- Moderator: Clifford Koutsky, Regional Manager, GlobalOne
- Barbara Cherry, Associate Director, Center for Telecommunication Management & Law
- Donna Parker, Senior Vice President, Society of Telecommunications Consultants
- Jagdish Sheth, Professor of Business, Emory University
- Myles Denny-Brown, Office of Telecommunications, US Department of Commerce
- 4:00 - 5:30
- WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS: MAPPING THE SITUATION & DEGREES OF CLARITY
Cost of the program: $50. Make check payable to The European Union Center of the University System of Georgia
and send to the EU Center, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA 30332-0610 and respond before May 11, 20.
For more info: contact Mark Ballam, GT CIBER, 404 894 4379, email: ciber@mgt.gatech.edu