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Annual Cato Institute / Forbes ASAP Conference - Technology & Society 2000
Conference Program


• • • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9

4:00–6:00 p.m.

 Registration
6:00–6:30 p.m.

 Welcoming Reception
6:30–8:30 p.m.
 Dinner & Address

Welcoming Remarks
Edward Crane, President, Cato Institute

Mike Malone, Editor, Forbes ASAP

Address
Michael L. Robertson

CEO & Chairman, MP3.com, Inc.
8:30–10:30 p.m.
 Tech Demos and Bar— Games and more.

• • • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10

8:00–9:00 a.m.

 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00–10:30 a.m.
 Module One—The Move to Digital Bandwidth
What are the technical and business challenges facing companies merging entertainment with new technologies? How will Internet companies, satellite-casters, broadcasters, cable co's and others compete when real convergence comes? Will outmoded policies get in the way?

Moderator: Jim Glassman, Host of Tech Central Station

Stanley Hubbard, Chairman & CEO, Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.

Scott Sander, President & CEO, SightSound.com, Inc.

Mark Hyman, Vice President, Corporate Relations, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

Tom Tauke, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, Verizon Communications, Inc.

10:30–10:45 a.m.

 Break

10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
 Packaging E-Wares: What Waits beyond MP3 and iCraveTV?
Packaging E-entertainment wares is one thing; keeping them packaged is another. Will Napster and Linux kill copyright? Or will the Sega/Nintendo model prevail, using technology and "tying" to keep the locks on? Will open source or free copying finance capital-intensive creative efforts?

Moderator: David Post, Professor of Law, Temple University Law School; Senior Fellow, Tech Center, George Mason University

Michael L. Robertson, CEO & Chairman, MP3.com, Inc.

Scott Draeker, President, Loki Entertainment Software, Inc.

Tyler Cowen, Author, In Praise of Commercial Culture

David E. Leibowitz, Chairman, Verance Corporation

12:15–2:00 p.m.
 Luncheon & Address

Christie Hefner, Chairman, Playboy Enterprises, Inc.; Chairman & CEO, Playboy.com Inc.

2:15–3:30 p.m.
 Module Three-Content & Network Alliances: Exclusive or Shared?
Is open access a good business model for partners that sell both content and networks? What are the benefits of exclusive deals? Why the fuss about commercialization?

Moderator: Lawrence Gasman, Founder, Communications Industry Researchers, Inc.; Senior Fellow in Telecommunications, Cato Institute.

Ken Rice, Chairman and CEO, Enron Broadband Services

Jim Courter, President, IDT Corporation

Leo Hindery, CEO, Global Crossing Ltd

Bernard Luskin, CEO, Global Learning Systems

George Vradenburg, SVP, Global and Strategic Policy, America Online, Inc.

3:30–3:45 p.m.

 Break

3:45–5:00 p.m.
 Module Four-The View from Capital Markets
Entrepreneurs talk about where the money comes from, and where it is going in online entertainment markets.

Moderator: Harry Glazer, Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P.

Jason McCabe Calacanis, Editor, Silicon Alley Reporter

Jeff Walker, Managing General Partner, Chase Capital Partners

Robert Lessin, Chairman & Co-CEO, Wit Soundview Group, Inc.

Kevin Wall, Founding Partner, Shelter Ventures

5:00–6:00 p.m.


 Reception


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