*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 53072.doc* Reasonable Accommodation The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or other mobility aids. Meeting agendas and handouts will be provided in accessible formats; sign language interpreters, open captioning, and assistive listening devices will be provided on site. The meeting will be webcast with open captioning at www. fcc. gov/ cgb/ cac . Request other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities as early as possible; please allow at least five days advance notice. Include a description of the accommodation you will need including as much detail as you can. Also include a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send an e- mail to: fcc504@ fcc. gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202- 418- 0530 (voice), 202- 418- 0432 (tty). -- FCC – CGB Contact: Scott Marshall 202- 418- 2809 (voice) or 202- 418- 0179 (TTY); e- mail: scott. marshall@ fcc. gov. 2 CONSUMER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S. W., Room TW- C305, Washington, DC Friday, November 18, 2005 8: 30 a. m. - 4: 00 p. m. A G E N D A Morning Session 8: 30 - 9: 00 a. m. Continental Breakfast, Networking and Conversation 9: 00 - 9: 05 a. m. Welcome and Call to Order Shirley L. Rooker, Chair, Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) 9: 05 - 9: 10 a. m. Meeting Logistics Scott Marshall, CAC Designated Federal Officer, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) 9: 10 - 9: 30 a. m. Introduction of the Chairman and Commissioners, (Chairman and Commissioners invited -- schedules permitting) Monica Desai, Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) 9: 30 - 9: 45 a. m. CGB Update, Monica Desai, Chief, CGB 9: 45 - 10: 00 a. m. Break 10: 00 - 11: 00 a. m. Perspectives on Telecommunications Competition and Consumers Panel Discussion: Debra Berlyn, Chair Competition Policy WG 11: 00 - 12: 00 p. m. Media Ownership and Consumer Interest Panel Discussion: Denis Moynihan, Chair, Media WG, (speakers Juan Gonzalez; David Honig, Executive Director Minority Media and Telecommunications Council; Anthony Riddle, Alliance for Community Media; Hannah Sassaman, Program Director, Prometheus Radio Project) 12: 00 - 1: 00 p. m. Lunch and Networking 3 Afternoon Session 1: 00 - 1: 45 p. m. Recommendation Concerning Consumer Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters Charles Benton, Member, Media WG Presenter: James Goodmon, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Member President's Advisory Committee on the Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters 1: 45 - 2: 30 p. m. Recommendation Regarding Access to VRS Networks Dixie Ziegler, Chair, TRS WG 2: 30 - 2: 45 p. m. Break 2: 45 – 3: 15 p. m. Public participation via New Information and Communication Technologies at the FCC Speaker: Joanne Holman, Associate Professor, School of Media Arts & Design, James Madison University 3: 15 – 3: 45 p. m. Captioning and DTV Demonstration Introduction: Julie Kearney, CAC Member Presenters: Brian Markwalter, Vice President Technology and Standards, Consumer Electronics Association; Paul Thomsen, Director, Design/ Technology & Standards, Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc.; Robert N. Blanchard, Standards Coordinator, Sony Electronics Television Operations of the Americas, Advanced Technology and Planning Division. 3: 45 – 4: 00 p. m. Wrap up, Comments from the Public, and Future Meetings 4: 00 p. m. Adjournment 4