2005 Telecommunications Symposium
The Changing Landscape of Missouri Telecommunications

Columbia, MO
October 20, 2005
Alumni Center
University of Missouri-Columbia

8:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
Chancellor Deaton

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. - Introduction
• Background Information
• SB237
Speaker:
Richard Telthorst, CAE
President, Missouri Telecommunications Industry Association

8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. - Technology Overview
• Voice Over the Internet (VoIP)
• Broadband (analog and digital transmission, electromagnetic spectrum and bandwidth)
• Satellite, laser and infra-red technologies
• Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (wireless cable TV)
Speakers:
Chris Boyer, Executive Director of Regulatory Policy
SBC Communications
Dale Fox, Vice President of Digital Phones, Time Warner, Kansas City MO
Moderator: Representative Tom George

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. - Break

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - Public - Private Investment in Telecom
• Obstacles facing cities that pursue their own investment strategies
• Risks associated with public investment
• Zoning and municipal ordinances, right-of-ways
Panelists:
Nancy Yendes – Springfield
Jared Craighead, Senior Policy Advisor, State and Federal Affairs
Office of the Governor
Arthur Martinez, CenturyTel
Moderator: Senator John Griesheimer

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. - Break

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Keynote Luncheon - Applied Federalism: Shaping the
Communications Landscape
Kent Lassman, Research Fellow, Director of the Digital Policy Network
Progress and Freedom Foundation

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. - Franchise Issues
Panelists:
Lori Panzino-Tillery – National Association of Telecommunications Advisors and Officers
Sean Stokes, Baller Herbst Law Group, Washington, DC
Jake Posey, Special Counsel, Texas House Committee on Regulated Industries
Allen Garner, City Counselor, Independence, Missouri
Gary Matz, Vice President, Chief Counsel, Regulatory, Time Warner, Stanford CT.
Moderator: Senator Klindt

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. - Break

2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. – Telecom, Economic Development and Job Creation
• Telecom’s Role in the Economy (revitalization, global commerce)
• Contribution to Economic Development (easy access to market info., efficient
production, customer satisfaction, better marketing/promotion, communications)
• Telecom as a core community infrastructure component (facilities and services)
• Telecom impact on underserved rural and urban communities (health, education,
community development)
• The Future of Telecom
o Private Industry Mergers
o Public-Private Partnerships
Speakers:
Gene Crick, Executive Director, Telecommunity Resource Center, TX. - Member, Rural
Telecommunications Panel, RUPRI
Stephen B. Pociask, President of TeleNomic Research,
Moderator:
John Gardner, MU Vice President for Research and Economic Development

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks / Adjourn
Jeff Davis, Public Service Commission

4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. - Reception

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