TPI Aspen Forum Panel: The Future of Privacy in a World of Ubiquitous Data

Sunday, August 21:

6:00 pm Opening Reception
Welcoming Remarks

Monday, August 22:

8:30 am Panel:  Innovation, Productivity and Growth: Is the Party Over?
Timothy Bresnahan, Landau Professor in Technology and the Economy and Professor of Economics, Stanford University

Carol Corrado, Senior Policy Scholar, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy and Senior Advisor and Research Director in Economics, The Conference Board

John Haltiwanger, Distinguished University Professor of Economics, University of Maryland

Chad Syverson, J. Baum Harris Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Scott Wallsten (moderator), Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

9:30 am Keynote Address

Dennis Kooker, President, Global Digital Business & U.S. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment

10:30 am Keynote Address

Laura Martin, Senior Analyst, Entertainment, Cable and Media, Needham & Company LLC

11:00 am Panel: The Future of Connectivity

Donna Epps, Vice President for Public Policy and Strategic Alliances, Verizon

William Lehr, Research Associate, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jennifer Manner, Senior Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, Echostar and Chair of Satellite Industry Association

Peter Pitsch, Associate General Counsel and Executive Director, Communications Policy, Intel Corporation

David Quinalty, Policy Director, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Scott Wallsten (moderator), Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

12:30 pm Luncheon Keynote Discussion

The Honorable Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission

2:00-3:30 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions

The FCC’s Set Top Box Rulemaking- Freedom for Consumers, Destruction of the Cable Industry or Something in Between?

James Assey, Executive Vice President, National Cable & Telecommunications Association

John Bergmayer, Senior Staff Attorney, Public Knowledge

Robert Crandall, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution

Neil Fried, Senior Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Motion Picture Association of America

Kelsey Guyselman (invited), Counsel, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Staci Pies, Senior Public Policy and Government Relations Counsel, Google

Nicol Turner-Lee, Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer, Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council

Matt Zinn, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Privacy Officer, TiVo

Scott Wallsten (moderator), Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

Music Licensing: Ideas for Reform

Jason Everett (invited), Chief Counsel, Intellectual Property, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives

Michael Katz, Professor, Department of Economics and Sarin Chair, Strategy and Leadership, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Deirdre McDonald, Executive Vice President, Global Industry and Government Relations, Sony Music Entertainment

Katherine Oyama, Senior Policy Counsel, Google

Shira Perlmutter, Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Katie Peters, Director, Government Relations at Pandora

Cary Sherman, Chairman and Chief Executive Office, Recording Industry Association of American

Michael Smith, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute; Professor of Information Systems and Marketing and Co-Director of Initiative for Digital Entertainment Analytics, Carnegie Mellon University

Ann Sweeney, Senior Vice President, Global Policy, BMI

Lawrence White, Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics and Deputy Chair, Economics, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University

Thomas Lenard (moderator), President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

Unlicensed, Lightly Licensed, and Shared Spectrum: New Spectrum Models

Hilary Cain, Director, Technology and Innovation Policy, Government and Industry Affairs, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

David Goldman (invited), Counsel, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Kathleen Ham, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, T-Mobile

Thomas Hazlett, Hugh H. Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics, John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University

Joan Marsh, Vice President of Federal Regulatory, AT&T

Guilia McHenry, Chief Economist, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Gregory Rosston (moderator) Director, Public Policy Program, Stanford University and Deputy Director, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

6:00 pm Dinner and Keynote

Evan Shapiro, Executive Vice President, Digital Enterprises, NBCUniversal

Tuesday, August 23

9:00 am Panel: The Future of Privacy in a World of Ubiquitous Data Collection
Rebecca Arbogast, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, Comcast Corporation

Honorable Michael Daniel, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator

Avi Goldfarb, Ellison Professor of Marketing, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Ginger Zhe Jin, Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission

The Honorable Alan Raul, Partner and Leader, Privacy, Data Security and Information Law Practice, Sidley Austin LLP

Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google

Thomas Lenard (moderator), President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

10:10 am Panel: The Future of Digital Policy in the Global Economy

Wolfgang Kopf, Senior Vice President for Group Public and Regulatory Affairs, Deutsche Telekom AG

The Honorable Julie Brill, Partner and Co-Leader, Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice, Hogan Lovells LLP

Adam Kovacevich, Senior Director, U.S. Public Policy, Google

Matthew Perault, Head of Global Policy Development, Facebook

Daniel Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State

David Gross (moderator), Partner and Chair, International and Internet Practice, Wiley Rein LLP

11:10 am Panel: The Future of Antitrust in the Digital Marketplace

Michael Katz, Professor, Department of Economics and Sarin Chair, Strategy and Leadership, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

The Honorable William Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, Professor of Law, and Director, Competition Law Center, George Washington University Law School

Geoffrey Manne, Executive Director, International Center for Law and Economics

Lawrence White, Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics and Deputy Chair, Economics, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University

Thomas Lenard (moderator), President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

12:30 pm Closing Luncheon

Robin Hanson, Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University and Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University and author, The Age of Em – Work, Love and Life When Robots Rule the Earth