Top Tech Executives, Government Officials to Speak at Aspen Summit Aug. 18-20

8/16/2002

From: David Fish of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, 202-289-8928

News Advisory:

-- Top Tech Executives, Government Officials at Aspen Summit -- Aug. 18-20, St. Regis Hotel, Aspen Colo.

Top corporate leaders, including Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, Peter Chernin of the News Corporation, Michael Capellas of Hewlett-Packard, Leslie Vadasz of Intel, Tim Donahue of Nextel, and Eddy Hartenstein of DirecTV are only a few of the dozens of high-level corporate and government officials participating in next week's Aspen Summit scheduled Aug. 18-20.

Bush Administration officials, FCC Commissioners Kathleen Abernathy and Kevin Martin, and U.S. Representatives Tom Davis and Jane Harman will also speak at the event sponsored by The Progress & Freedom Foundation. An annual gathering of the digital world's most prominent business leaders, probing thinkers, and influential policymakers, the Aspen Summit takes place at the St. Regis Hotel in Aspen, Colo.

This year's Summit focuses on the drivers behind the next generation of Internet-driven innovation and growth. Topics include: the next digital revolution, e-commerce, broadband content, technology's role in the homeland security agenda, network security, digital copyright, telecommunications policy and the future of wireless.

Following its 1995 debut, the annual Aspen Summit became one of the most prominent events of its kind. Wired News has compared it to the annual Davos summit in Switzerland.

MONDAY, AUGUST 19 (Mountain Time) 8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Opening Remarks -- George A. Keyworth, chairman, The Progress & Freedom Foundation

8:45 - 9:30 a.m. Keynote Address: The Fourth "S": Digital Content and the Future of the Web -- Jeffrey A. Eisenach, president, PFF

9:30 - 10:45 a.m. Discussion: When Voice Meets Video: Perspectives on the Future of Convergence -- Tim Donahue, president and CEO, Nextel -- Eddy W. Hartenstein, chairman and CEO, DIRECTV -- Hon. Thomas J. Tauke, SVP, Verizon

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Discussion: Stove Pipes and Double Standards: Can Communications Policy Ever Catch Up to the marketplace? Moderator: -- Randolph J. May, Senior Fellow and Director of Communications Policy Studies, PFF Participants: -- Hon. Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Commissioner, FCC -- Steven K. Berry, SVP for Government Affairs, CTIA -- Hon. Kevin J. Martin, Commissioner, FCC -- Walter B. McCormick, Jr., President and CEO, USTA -- Robert Sachs, President and CEO, NCTA -- Hon. Nancy J. Victory, Assist. Sec. of Commerce and Administrator, NTIA

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 9 - 9:45 a.m. Keynote Address: The Next Digital Revolution Introduction: -- Jack Valenti, president & CEO, MPAA Speaker: -- Peter Chernin, president & COO, News Corporation chairman and CEO, Fox Group

9:45 - 11 a.m. Discussion: Perspectives on the Future of E-Commerce Moderator: -- Thomas M. Lenard, vice president for research and senior fellow, PFF Participants: -- W. Michael Cox, Senior VP, Fed. Reserve Bank of Dallas -- Sam Gilliland, President and CEO, Travelocity -- Hon. Bruce Mehlman, Assist. Sec. of Commerce for Tech. Policy -- Phillip Merrick, Chairman and CEO, webMethods -- Geoffrey Ramsey, CEO, eMarketer -- Sudhakar V. Shenoy, Chairman and CEO, IMC

11 - 11:45 a.m. Plenary Address: Broadband, Content and the PC -- Leslie L. Vadasz, executive vice president, Intel president, Intel Capital

1 - 2 p.m. Luncheon Address -- Michael D. Capellas, president, Hewlett-Packard

2:30 - 3:15 p.m. Special Briefing: The Homeland Security Agenda and the IT Sector -- Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) -- Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)

3:15 - 4:30 p.m. Discussion: Network Security in an Always On World Moderator: -- Mary Pat McCarthy, vice chairman, KPMG Participants: -- Gail E. Hamilton, executive VP, Symantec Corporation -- Brian L. Kelly, SVP, Electronic Industries Alliance -- Paul B. Kurtz, Sr. Dir., Office of Cyberspace Sec., NSC -- Eileen O'Neill Odum, president, Nat. Operations, Verizon -- Hon. Orson Swindle, commissioner, FTC

6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Chairman's Dinner and Address -- Jeff Bezos, founder, chairman and CEO, Amazon.com

The Progress & Freedom Foundation is a market-oriented think tank that studies the digital revolution and its implications for public policy. It is a 501(c)(3) research & educational organization.