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Thursday, July 30

 

7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:15 Chairman's Introduction

Bruce Jacobs
Partner
Fisher, Wayland, Cooper, Leader & Zaragoza

 

8:30 Keynote Presentation

Steve Wolff
Executive Director -
Advanced Internet Initiatives
Cisco Systems

 

9:15 ISP Panel on Internet Growth Opportunities & Challenges

Harold (Pete) Wills
Executive V.P. & COO - PSINet

Dr. Richard Mandelbaum
CEO - AppliedTheory Communications

Dr. Marcos Bergamo
Principal Scientist, BBN Technologies/GTE

 

10:00 Break

 

10:30 The Advantages of the LEO Constellation Approach

Daniel M. Kohn
Director of Marketing
Teledesic

 

11:00 Internet Via Satellite: Challenges & Solutions

Dr. Benjamin Pontano
President
COMSAT Laboratories

 

12:00 Lunch & Presentation:

Large Scale Satellite Broadcasts Using the Internet

Vinay Kumar
President & CTO
ICAST Corporation

 

1:30 Keynote Presentation - Broadband Services Via Satellite

Ed Fitzpatrick
Vice President - SPACEWAY
Hughes Communications, Inc./Hughes Electronics Corp.

 

2:15 Understanding and Managing the Regulatory Environment

Antoinette Cook Bush
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Regina M. Keeney
International Bureau Chief
FCC

 

3:00 Break

 

3:30 Extending the Internet Backbone Via Satellite

Dr. John Stevenson
Manager, Communications Engineering Support and R&D
INTELSAT

Robert Bednarek
CTO
PanAmSat

 

4:15 Satellite Webtone: A New Approach to Interactive Multimedia

Gary A. Johanson
Chief Architect
Nortel Satellite Network Solutions

 

6:30 Cocktail Reception Hosted by Nortel (Northern Telecom)

 

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