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Archived webcast of The Progress & Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit 2006 - featuring a LIVE WEBCAST (August 22, 2006 at 7PM MDT) of the Chairman's Dinner and Address with speaker Sumner M. Redstone, Executive Chairman and Founder of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corporation.
Archived wecast of The Progress & Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit 2006 - featuring a LIVE WEBCAST (August 22, 2006 at 7PM MDT) of the Chairman's Dinner and Address with speaker Sumner M. Redstone, Executive Chairman and Founder of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corporation.
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Agenda
St Regis Aspen * Aspen, Colorado



Monday, August 21 
 
8:00 a.m.

Welcome Remarks and Opening Address

  • George A. Keyworth, Chairman, The Progress & Freedom Foundation

Opening Address: A Culture of Trust and Security: The Foundation of a Growing Digital Economy

  • Arthur W. Coviello, Jr., Chief Executive Officer and President, RSA Security
8:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Global Perspectives on the Digital Economy

  • Thomas M. Lenard, Senior VP for Research and Senior Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • The Honorable Robert Cresanti, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology & Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Chairman, Criterion Economics
  • John Rutledge, Chairman, Rutledge Capital and President, Mundell International University Business School
  • Scott Wallsten, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute  
9:45 a.m.

Keynote Address

  • Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group
10:30 a.m.

Keynote Address: Intellectual Property for the Technological Age

  • Richard Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, Faculty Director for Curriculum, and Director Law and Economics Program, University of Chicago Law School
11:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion: The Definition and Protection of Global IP

  • Solveig Singleton, Senior Adjunct Fellow, Center for the Study of Digital Property, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • The Honorable Jon Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Michael D. Fricklas, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Viacom, Inc.
  • Michael Mudd, Director, Public Policy Asia-Pacific, CompTIA
12:15 p.m.

Luncheon Address: The FTC in the Online World: Promoting Competition & Protecting Consumers

  • The Honorable Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission

Tuesday, August 22 
 
8:00 a.m.

Plenary Address

  • Richard C. Notebaert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qwest Communications International Inc. 
8:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Child Protection and Free Expression in a World of Abundant, Converging Media

  • Adam Thierer, Director of the Center for Digital Media Freedom and Senior Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • Michael Altschul, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CTIA - The Wireless Association
  • Rich Lappenbusch, Director, Media Standards Business Strategy and Media Interoperability, Microsoft Corporation
  • Doug Lowenstein, President, Entertainment Software Association
  • Jennifer M. Mardosz, Corporate Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Qwest Communications International Inc.
  • Hemanshu Nigam, Senior Vice President, Fox Interactive Media and Chief Security Officer, MySpace.com
  • Joe Waz, Vice President, External Affairs and Public Policy Counsel, Comcast Communications
10:00 a.m.

Keynote Address

  • The Honorable Thomas J. Tauke, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Policy and Communications, Verizon
10:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Net Neutrality, Investment & Innovation

  • The Honorable Michael Gallagher, Adjunct Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation and Partner, Perkins Coie, LLP, (Moderator)
  • Carolyn Brandon, Vice President, Policy, CTIA - The Wireless Association
  • James W. Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T
  • Tod Cohen, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Government Relations, eBay
  • David Drummond, General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Corporate Development, Google, Inc.
  • Lawson Hunter, Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Officer, Bell Canada and Bell Canada Enterprises, Inc.
12:00 p.m.

Luncheon Address

  • Irwin Mark Jacobs, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, QUALCOMM Inc.
2:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Perspective of Public Policy Officials

  • Patrick Ross, Senior Fellow and Vice President for Communications and External Affairs, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (Moderator)
  • Andy Black, Deputy Staff Director, Policy, U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce
  • Meredith Attwell Baker, Senior Policy Advisor, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Ambassador David Gross, United States Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State
  • Brian Huseman, Chief of Staff, Federal Trade Commission
  • David W. Jones, Intellectual Property Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Maureen Ohlhausen, Director of Office of Planning & Policy, Federal Trade Commission
  • Neil Patel, Assistant to the Vice President for Domestic Policy, Office of the Vice President
  • Johanna Shelton, Minority Counsel, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee
  • Howard Waltzman, Chief Counsel for Telecommunications and the Internet, U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce
7:00 p.m.

Chairman's Dinner and Address

  • Sumner M. Redstone, Executive Chairman and Founder of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corporation