Communications Forum - Luncheon Speakers

Below is a list of the representatives from government and the communications industry who have been featured speakers at The Media Institute's Communications Forum luncheons.

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  Rick Boucher
Congressman (D-VA)

March 13, 2008
Luncheon Speaker

 
  Gary Shapiro
President and CEO, CEA

February 28, 2008
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Gary Shapiro's speech from this luncheon.
 
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  Craig Dubow
President and CEO, Gannett Co., Inc.

December 11, 2007
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Craig Dubow's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Robert M. McDowell
FCC Commissioner

November 19, 2007
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Robert McDowell's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Jack Sander
Joint Board Chairman, NAB
Senior Advisor, Belo Corp.

September 11, 2007
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Jack Sander's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Dan Jaffe, Executive Vice-President, ANA (Moderator)
Mary Engle, Associate Director, Advertising Practices Division, FTC
Bill MacLeod, Former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC
Angela Campbell, Professor of Law, Georgetown University

July 25, 2007
Panel Discussion

 
  Kyle McSlarrow
President & CEO, NCTA

May 15, 2007
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Kyle McSlarrow's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Mitch Bainwol
Chairman & CEO, RIAA

April 26, 2007
Luncheon Speaker

 
  Patricia Harrison
President & CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

March 19, 2007
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Patricia Harrison's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Deborah Tate
FCC Commissioner

February 28, 2007
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Deborah Tate's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Richard Wiley, Esq., Senior Partner - Wiley Rein LLP
Scott Cleland - Founder & President, Precursor, LLC
Gigi Sohn - President and Co-Founder, Public Knowledge

January 24, 2007

 
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  David Donovan
President, MSTV

November 16, 2006
Luncheon Speaker

 
  Gordon Smith
Senator (R-OR)

September 13, 2006
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Gordon Smith's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Tom Tauke
Executive Vice President - Public Affairs, Policy and Communications, Verizon Communications

July 11, 2006
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Tom Tauke's speech from this luncheon.
 
  John M. R. Kneuer
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, U.S. Department of Commerce/NTIA

June 22, 2006
Luncheon Speaker

 
  Paula Kerger
President & Chief Executive Officer, PBS

April 17, 2006
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Paula Kerger's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Pat Esser
President, Cox Communications

March 22, 2006
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Pat Esser's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Fred Upton
Congressman (R-MI)

February 16, 2006
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Fred Upton's speech from this luncheon.
 
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  Donna Gregg
Bureau Chief, Media Bureau (FCC)

December 14, 2005
Luncheon Speaker

 
  John Sturm
President & CEO, Newspaper Association of America (NAA)

November 30, 2005
Luncheon Speaker

Read: John Sturm's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Kathleen Abernathy
FCC Commissioner

October 4, 2005
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Kathleen Abernathy's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Kenneth Y. Tomlinson
Chairman, Broadcasting Board of Governors and Corporation for Public Broadcasting

September 22, 2005
Luncheon Speaker

Read: Kenneth Y. Tomlinson's speech from this luncheon.
 
   Kyle McSlarrow
 
President & CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA)
 

 June 22, 2005
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: Kyle McSlarrow's speech from this luncheon.
 
   Jonathan S. Adelstein
 
FCC Commissioner
 

 May 25, 2005
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: Jonathan S. Adelstein's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Panel Discussion - Copyright in Cyberspace - April 27, 2005

Professor Peter Jaszi, American University
Marybeth Peters, US Copyright Office
Don Verrilli Jr., Jenner & Block LLP
Rod Smolla, Dean, University of Richmond (Moderator)
 

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 NAB Joint Board Chairman Philip Lombardo
 
CEO, Citadel Communications Co.
 

 February 3, 2005
 Luncheon Speaker

Philip Lombardo's speech from this luncheon.
 
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  Panel Discussion - Impact of the Fall 2004 Elections on Telecom Policy and the FCC - December 1, 2004

Cheryl Bolen, BNA
Paul Gallant, Stanford Financial Group
David Kaut, Legg Mason
Chris Stern, Medley Global Advisor
Dick Wiley (Moderator)
 
   Dan Glickman
 
President, Motion Picture Association of America
 

 November 10, 2004
 Luncheon Speaker

Topic: MPAA's Efforts To Combat Digital Piracy

 
   David Solomon
 
Chief of Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
 

 July 7, 2004
 Luncheon Speaker

Topic: The FCC's Indecency Policy

 
   Jeff Smulyan
 
President and CEO, EMMIS Communications
 

 June 3, 2004
 Luncheon Speaker

 
   Richard DalBello
 
President, Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA)
 

 May 13, 2004
 Luncheon Speaker

 
   John Lawson
 
President and CEO, Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)
 

 April 28, 2004
 Luncheon Speaker

 
  Panel Discussion - The Year Ahead in Congress - March 22, 2004

Lee Carosi, Senate Subcommittee on Communications
Will Nordwind, House Committee on Energy & Commerce
Gregg Rothschild, House Comittee on Energy & Commerce
Rachel Welch, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
Dick Wiley (Moderator), Wiley, Rein & Fielding
 
   Michael Gallagher
 
Acting Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
 

 February 24, 2004
 Luncheon Speaker

 
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   Mitch Bainwol
 
Chairman & CEO, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
 

 Decenber 9, 2003
 Luncheon Speaker

 
   John Rogovin
 
FCC's General Counsel
 

 November 18, 2003
 Luncheon Speaker

 
  Panel Discussion - The Transition to Digital Television - September 11, 2003

Rick Chessen, FCC
Neal Goldberg, NCTA
Michael Petricone, CEA
Valerie Schulte, NAB
Dick Wiley (Moderator), Wiley, Rein & Fielding
 
   Lamar Smith
 
Congressman (R-Tex)
 

 July 15, 2003
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: Congressman Lamar Smith's speech from this luncheon.
 
  Panel Discussion - The FCC's Media Ownership Decision: What's Ahead in the Market - June 17, 2003

Victor Miller, Bear Stearns
Blair Levin, Legg Mason
Rudolfo Baca, The Precursor Group
Dick Wiley(Moderator), Wiley, Rein & Fielding
 
   Jonathan S. Adelstein
 
FCC Commissioner
 

 May 30, 2003
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: Jonathan S. Adelstein's speech from this luncheon.
 
   Edward O. Fritts
 
NAB President & CEO
 

 April 23, 2003
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: Edward O. Fritts' speech from this luncheon.
 
   Michael Powell
 
FCC Chairman
 

 March 27, 2003
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: Chairman Michael K. Powell's speech from this luncheon.
 
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   Andrew Lack
 
NBC President
 

 November 21, 2002
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: NBC President Andrew Lack's Keynote Speech
 
  Panel Discussion - FDA Marketing Regulations and the First Amendment - October 3, 2002
David Vladeck, Public Citizen
Jack Calfee, American Enterprise Institute
C. Lee Peeler, FTC
Arnold Friede, Pfizer Inc.
Robert Peck(Moderator), Center for Constitutional Litigation
 
   Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, Nancy J. Victory
 

 July 18, 2002
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: Assistant Secretary Nancy J. Victory's speech from this luncheon.
   Comissioner Michael J. Copps
 

 

 June 26, 2002
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: Comissioner Michael J. Copps' speech from this luncheon.
   Rep. Rick Boucher
 
House Subcommittee on
 Telecommunications and the Internet

 

 May 2, 2002
 Luncheon Speaker

 
   David Gross
 
Deputy Assistant Secretary
 of State for International
 Communications and
 Information Policy

 

 April 16, 2002
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Communications and Information Policy's David Gross' speech from this luncheon.
 
   Peter Chernin
 
President and Chief Operation
 Officer, News Corporation

 

 March 20, 2002
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: News Corporation's Peter Chernin's speech from this luncheon.
 
   Kathleen Abernathy
 
FCC Commissioner
 

 February 7, 2002
 Luncheon Speaker

Read: FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy's speech from this luncheon.