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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS CONTACT:
September 14, 2009 Mark Wigfield, 202-418-0253
Email: mark.wigfield@fcc.gov
FCC ANNOUNCES BROADBAND WORKSHOPS ON HEALTH CARE, CONTENT 
AND SPECTRUM FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14
Washington, D.C. -- The Federal Communications Commission’s staff workshops this week for 
the development of a National Broadband Plan will explore:
· Telehealth and the barriers facing the health care community in accessing broadband 
connectivity (Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.)
· Online content, piracy, and the tradeoffs between availability that drives broadband adoption, 
and content protection (Thursday at 9:30 a.m.)
· Spectrum supply, demand, sources and innovation (Thursday at 1:30 p.m.)
LOCATION: FCC Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th St. SW, Washington D.C. 20554.  
Those attending are asked to register in advance at http://www.broadband.gov/. Click on 
“Workshops” tab.  
ONLINE: Press and public attending online must register in advance at 
http://www.broadband.gov/. Click on “Workshops” tab.  
During the workshops, audience members -- both in the room and online -- will have the 
opportunity to suggest questions in writing. Questions will be reviewed and, time permitting, 
may be asked by the moderator. 
Staff workshops will be held throughout August and into September to promote an open dialogue 
between the FCC and key constituents on matters important to the National Broadband Plan.  
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 directed the FCC to submit a National 
Broadband Plan to Congress by February 17, 2010 that addresses broadband deployment, 
adoption, affordability, and the use of broadband to advance solutions to national priorities, 
including health care, education, energy, public safety, job creation, investment, and others.
Tuesday, September 15
HEALTH CARE
1:30 p.m.
FCC Participants:
· Erik Garr, General Manager, Omnibus Broadband Initiative, Office of Strategic Planning and 
Policy Analysis (OSP)
· Dr. Mohit Kaushal, Director of Healthcare, Omnibus Broadband Initiative, OSP
· Ernesto Beckford, Attorney Advisor, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, WCB
Panel 1: Connectivity
· Douglas Van Houweling, President & CEO, Internet2 
· Scot J. Eberle, CEO, FiberUtilities Group LLC
· Dale Alverson, Professor of Pediatrics & Regents’ Professor, University of New Mexico 
School of Medicine
· John Clarey, Chairman, National Medical Wireless Broadband Alliance
· Raju Prasannappa, Chief Technologist, Harris Healthcare Solutions
Panel 2: Investment and Usage
· Aneesh Chopra, Assistant to the President & Chief Technology Officer, Office of Science 
and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
· Dr. Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, Vice President & Global Lead Health Practice, Internet Business 
Solutions Group – Healthcare, Cisco
· Protima Advani, Practice Manager, IT Insights Program, Advisory Board Company
· Dr. Karen Rheuban, MD, Senior Associate Dean for CME & External Affairs Medical 
Director, Office of Telemedicine, University of Virginia; President, American Telemedicine 
Association
· Nina M. Antoniotti, R.N., M.B.A., Ph.D., Program Director, Marshfield Clinic TeleHealth 
Network
Thursday, September 17
THE ROLE OF CONTENT IN THE BROADBAND ECOSYSTEM
9:30 a.m.
Government Participants:
· John Horrigan, Consumer Research Director, Omnibus Broadband Initiative, FCC 
· Kris Monteith, Deputy Bureau Chief, Media Bureau, FCC
· Phillip Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
· Susan DeSanti, Director, Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade 
Commission
Panelists:
· Dan Glickman, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Motion Picture Association of America 
· Patrick Ross, Executive Director, Copyright Alliance; Chairman, Copyright Alliance 
Education Foundation
· Kathy Garmezy, Assistant Executive Director/Government and International Affairs, 
Directors Guild of America
· Frederick D. Huntsberry, Chief Operating Officer, Paramount Pictures 
· Gigi B. Sohn, President & Co-Founder, Public Knowledge
· Michael W. Carroll, Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law  
· Michael Bracy, Policy Director, Future of Music Coalition
· Alex Shapiro, Composer
· Charles B. Slocum, Assistant Executive Director, Writers Guild of America, West
SPECTRUM
1:30 p.m.
FCC Participants:
· Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker
· John Leibovitz, Deputy Bureau Chief, WTB
· Nese Guendelsberger, Acting Chief, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, WTB
· Carlos Kirjner, Senior Advisor to the Chairman on Broadband
· Ruth Milkman. Bureau Chief, WTB
· Margaret Wiener, Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, WTB 
· David Goldman, Acting Legal Advisor, Office of Chairman Julius Genachowski
· Scott Deutchman, Deputy Chief of Technology Officer, Telecommunications, Office of 
Science and Technology Policy
· Julius P. Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology
· Rashmi Doshi, Chief, Laboratory Division, Office of Engineering and Technology
· Robert Alderfer, Office of Management and Budget
· Jon Peha, Chief Technologist
Panel 1: 4G Spectrum: Supply and Demand
· Tarun Gupta, Vice President of Strategic Development, FiberTower
· Rajiv Laroia, Ph.D. Senior Vice President of Technology, Qualcomm
· Gavin R. Leach, Vice President for Finance & Administration, Northern Michigan University
· Kris Rinne, Senior Vice President, Architecture and Planning, AT&T, Inc.
· John Saw, Ph.D., Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Clearwire
· Bill Stone, Executive Director, Network Strategy, Verizon Wireless
Panel 2: Sources of Spectrum - Opportunities and Mechanisms
· Coleman Bazelon, Ph.D., Principal, The Brattle Group
· Michael Calabrese, Vice President, New America Foundation
· Kathleen O’Brien Ham, Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs, T-Mobile USA, Inc.
· William Webb, Head of Research and Development & Senior Technologist, Ofcom
Panel 3: Innovating in Spectrum Access -Technological Advances and Other Approaches to 
Facilitate More Productive Spectrum Use
· Ranveer Chandra, Ph.D., Researcher, Networking Research Group, Microsoft
· Bruce Fette, Ph.D., Program Manager, Strategic Technology Office, DARPA XG Project
· Paul Kolodzy, Ph.D., Independent Telecommunications Consultant, Kolodzy Consulting, 
LLC
· Paul Mankiewich, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Wireless Networks Division, Alcatel 
Lucent 
· Dr. Joseph Mitola III, Distinguished Professor & Vice President, Research Enterprise 
Stevens Institute of Technology