Broadcast Spectrum Incentive and Forward Auctions: Understanding the World's Most Groundbreaking Spectrum Auctions
The FCBA Wireless Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Engineering & Technical Committees will jointly present an inaugural CLE on Monday, June 16 from 6:00 – 9:30 p.m. entitled “Broadcast Spectrum Incentive and Forward Auctions: Understanding the World's Most Groundbreaking Spectrum Auctions.” This program will be held at Mayer Brown LLP, 1999 K Street, NW.This CLE, undoubtedly the first of many, will explore the views of government and private sector leaders on the legal, policy, and implementation questions surrounding the FCC’s most significant spectrum auctions in history. Following the direction of Congress in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, the FCC will conduct a voluntary, multi-part auction to repurpose spectrum by encouraging broadcast licensees to voluntarily relinquish spectrum usage rights in exchange for a share of the proceeds from an auction of new wireless broadband licenses. This CLE will be an early opportunity for FCBA members to learn about the rules adopted by the Commission on May 15, 2014, to begin to analyze the import of the new rules, and to identify and discuss outstanding issues.
Registrations and cancellations due by 12:00 Noon, Friday, June 13, 2014.
AGENDA
6:00 – 6:05 p.m. Welcome and Introduction
6:05 – 7:05 p.m. FCC Reflections on the Incentive Auction Order and Next Steps
Moderators: Jessica B. Lyons, Wiley Rein LLP and FCBA Wireless Committee Co-Chair
Jack N. Goodman, Law Offices of Jack N. Goodman and FCBA Mass Media Committee Co-Chair
Speakers: Julie Knapp, Chief, FCC, Office of Engineering & Technology
Roger Sherman, Chief, FCC, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Dorann Bunkin, Chief Policy Counsel, FCC, Media Bureau, Video Division
Gary Epstein, Chair, FCC Incentive Auction Task Force Howard Symons, Vice Chair, FCC Incentive Auction Task Force 7:05 – 7:15 p.m. Break 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. Stakeholder Perspectives on the Keys to a Successful Incentive Auction
Moderators: Angela E. Giancarlo, Mayer Brown LLP and FCBA Wireless Committee Co-Chair
John Hane, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Speakers: Scott K. Bergmann, Vice President – Regulatory Affairs, CTIA Tara Shostek, Regulatory Counsel, Rural Wireless Association
Jennifer Fritzsche, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Securities Rick Kaplan, Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning, National Association of Broadcasters Preston Padden, Executive Director, Expanding Opportunities for Broadcasters Coalition
8:15 – 8:30 p.m. Break
8:30 – 9:30 p.m. Post-Auction Transition Technical and Policy Issues
Moderator:
Kelly Williams, Senior Director of Engineering & Technology Policy, National Association of Broadcasters and FCBA Engineering and Technical Committee Co-Chair
Speakers:
David Cole, Widelity Broadcast Services, and President of Cole Appraisal Services, Inc.
Victor Tawil, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, National Association of Broadcasters
Gerard J. Waldron, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP, representing NBC and CBS Affiliates
