Conference # Telecom and Broadband Policy ##### Watch the Event HTML Code: [ ![tv](/images/icons/tv.gif)](/realaudio/chf-11-14-02.ram) [Watch the Event in Real Video](/realaudio/chf-11-14-02.ram) ![](/images/shim.gif)[Listen to the Event in Real Audio (Audio Only)](/realaudio/chfa-11-14-02.ram) Join the conversation on X using [\#CatoEvents](https://x.com/hashtag/CatoEvents). Follow [@CatoInstitute](https://x.com/catoinstitute) on X to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute. Date and Time November 14, 2002 9 AM - 3:30 PM EST Location Hayek Auditorium Share This Event ##### Featuring Speakers include **Hon. Kathleen Abernathy**, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; **Howard Waltzman**, Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee; **James K. Glassman**, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; and **Robert W. Crandall**, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution. **Media Archives** Real Audio: [Morning Session](/realaudio/confa-11-14-02.ram), [Afternoon Session](/realaudio/confa-11-14-02-2.ram) The American telecommunications sector went into afreefall in 2002. Telecom stocks tanked as onceproud industry giants and smaller carriers alike werefinancially decimated. Numerous providers were forced todeclare bankruptcy. And the reverberations were felt wellbeyond the boundaries of the telecom sector as upstreamand downstream industries took a hit as well. What were the causes of this market meltdown? Was it driven purely by misguided corporate decisionmaking and bad business models, or is public policy more to blame? The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was supposed to rejuvenate this sector by encouraging increased competition, innovation and investment, but most industry watchers have been dissatisfied with the sluggish pace of change. This conference will explore recent developments in thetelecommunications sector and feature a set of balanceddebates over the future of both wireline and wireless publicpolicy. | [![Media Name: upper-left.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/212434321813/upper-left.gif?itok=qceFuRnY)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/212434321813/upper-left.gif) | [![Media Name: shim.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif?itok=IDxErnOo)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif) | [![Media Name: upper-right.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/212434321813/upper-right.gif?itok=4SktowB-)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/212434321813/upper-right.gif) | |---|---|---| | [![Media Name: shim.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif?itok=IDxErnOo)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif) | | [![Media Name: shim.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif?itok=IDxErnOo)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif) | [![Media Name: shim.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif?itok=IDxErnOo)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif) | \| 8:00–8:30 a.m. \| Registration–F.A. Hayek Auditorium Foyer \| \| 8:30–8:40 a.m. \| Welcoming Remarks **Adam D. Thierer** Director of Telecommunications Studies, Cato Institute **Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.** Director of Technology Policy, Cato Institute \| \| 8:40–9:30 a.m. \| Morning Keynote Address **Howard Waltzman** Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee **Introduction:** Adam D. Thierer, Cato Institute \| \| \| Part One: Wireline \| \| 9:30–10:30 a.m. \| **Panel 1 *The Telecom Market Meltdown: Causes and Consequences*** **Moderator: Adam D. Thierer** Cato Institute **Larry Darby** Founder and President, Darby Associates **Robert Gensler** Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Investment Analyst, T. Rowe Price **Anton Wahlman** Research Analyst in Broadband Access Technology, Needham & Co. **John Wohlstetter** Senior Fellow for Technology & Society, Discovery Institute \| \| \| 10:30–10:45 a.m. \| Break \| \| 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. \| Panel 2 ***What Vision Will Govern Broadband? Deregulation, Open Access, or Structural Separation?*** **Moderator: Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.** Cato Institute **Peter Jew** Vice President of Marketing, Optical Solutions **James K. Glassman** Host, Tech Central Station, and Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute **John Ryan** Principal, Chief Analyst, and Cofounder, RHK Telecommunications Industry Analysis **Robert W. Crandall** Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution **Fred L. Smith Jr.** Founder and President, Competitive Enterprise Institute \| \| 12:00–12:45 p.m. \| Lunch—Wintergarden \| \| \| Part Two: Wireless \| \| 12:45–1:15 p.m. \| Luncheon Keynote Address **Hon. Kathleen Abernathy** Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission **Introduction:** Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato Institute \| \| 1:15–2:30 p.m. \| Panel 3 ***The Future of Spectrum Governance:Property Rights or a Spectrum Commons?*** **Moderator: Adam D. Thierer** Cato Institute **Yochai Benkler** Professor of Law, New York University School of Law **David Reed** Systems Designer and Researcher **Thomas W. Hazlett** Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute **Gerald Faulhaber** Professor of Public Policy and Management, University of Pennsylvania **Rudy Baca** Vice President and Global Strategist, Precursor Group \| | [![Media Name: shim.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif?itok=IDxErnOo)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif) | [![Media Name: shim.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif?itok=IDxErnOo)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif) | |---|---|---| | [![Media Name: lower-left.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/212434321813/lower-left.gif?itok=Y-kkg2mh)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/212434321813/lower-left.gif) | [![Media Name: shim.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif?itok=IDxErnOo)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif) | [![Media Name: lower-right.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/212434321813/lower-right.gif?itok=pzbuvD95)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/212434321813/lower-right.gif) | | [![Media Name: shim.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif?itok=IDxErnOo)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/8693878921/shim.gif) | [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).