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                                                          Moderated by Mike Feazel
                                                Executive Editor, Communications Daily

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8:00am - 8:45am Breakfast & Registration
8:45am - 9:00am Opening Remarks

Prof. LaVonda Reed-Huff
Syracuse University College of Law

Kelly Bunch
Symposium Chair
9:00am - 9:50am FCC in Review
What were the key communications cases in 2007?
What can we expect from the FCC in 2008?

David Solomon
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
9:55am - 10:45am The Free and Open Internet: Net Neutrality
What does this mean? What impact will have on consumers?

Rick Whitt
Google

Hank Hultquist
AT&T

Brian Josef
CTIA The Wireless Association
10:45am - 11:00am Networking Break
11:00am - 11:50am Communication and Technology Issues in the 2008 Presidential Election

Rebecca Murphy
Patton Boggs LLP

Carly Didden
Patton Boggs LLP
11:50am - 12:20pm Lunch
12:20pm - 1:10pm Future of Radio Panel

Joe Di Scipio
Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC

Roosevelt Rick Wright
Clear Channel Radio/Online, Syracuse

Richard Phipps
Independent Communications Business Consultant

Michael Bracy
Future of Music Coalition
1:15pm - 2:05pm Disability and Equal Access Issues in Communications Law and Policy
How has communication technology helped increase equal access
to the largest minority population in the United States in education,
the workplace, and everyday life?
What policy regulations exist to help contribute to equal access
in communications law?

 Graham Hill
National Council for Disability

Jeffrey Carlisle
Lenovo

William Myhill
Burton Blatt Institute

Kevin Minsky
Microsoft

Prof. Robert Smith
L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science
Syracuse University
2:10pm - 3:00pm Hot Issues in Cable and Broadcasting

Erin Dozier
National Association of Broadcasters

Michael Schooler
National Cable & Telecommunications Association

Elise Hiller
Cable Television Association of New York
3:00pm - 3:15pm Networking Break
3:15pm - 4:05pm Free Speech: Libel Terrorism Protection Act

Prof. Barbara Fought
Tully Center for Free Speech
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University

Assemblyman Rory I. Lancman
New York State Assembly
4:10pm - 4:40pm Keynote Speaker

Donna Gregg
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
4:45pm - 5:00pm Closing Remarks