[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59491-59492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23564]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[GN Docket No. 14-28; DA 14-1385]


Panelist Information for Open Internet Roundtables

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission released a public notice 
announcing panelist names and other information for a series of 
roundtables. The intended effect of this document is to make the public 
aware of the event and the agenda for the roundtables.

DATES: Thursday, October 2, 2014, 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Commission Meeting Room 
(TW-C305), 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Brennan, Office of Strategic 
Planning and Policy Analysis at (202) 418-2031 or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's 
document in GN Docket No. 14-28; DA 14-1385 released September 24, 
2014. The complete text in this document is available for public 
inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC 
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-
A257, Washington, DC 20554. The document may also be purchased from the 
Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 
12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (800) 
378-3160 or (202) 863-2893, facsimile (202) 863-2898, or via the 
Internet at http://www.bcpiweb.com. It is available on the Commission's 
Web site at http://www.fcc.gov.
    The roundtables will be free and open to the public, and the FCC 
also will stream them live at http://www.fcc.gov/live. The location of 
the roundtables will be the Commission Meeting Room (TW-C305), 445 12th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. The FCC will make available an 
overflow room for those in-person attendees who cannot be accommodated 
in the Commission Meeting Room. We advise persons planning to attend 
the roundtables in person to leave sufficient time to enter through 
building security.
    The FCC encourages members of the public to submit suggested 
questions in advance and during the roundtables by email to 
[email protected] or on Twitter using the hashtag 
#FCCRoundtables. Please note that by submitting a question, you 
will be making a filing in an official FCC proceeding. All information 
submitted, including names, addresses, and other personal information 
contained in the message, may be publicly available online.
    Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are 
available upon request. The request should include a detailed 
description of the accommodation needed and contact information. We ask 
that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible in order 
to allow the agency to satisfy such requests whenever possible. Send an 
email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).

Proposed Agenda

    The Office of Strategic Planning & Policy Analysis of the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC) provides panelist names and other 
information about an event in the Open Internet roundtable series: 
``Economics of Broadband: Market Successes and Market Failures,'' which 
will take place on October 2, 2014. This roundtable was previously 
announced in a Notice. At that time, it was unclear whether the 
roundtable would be a ``meeting'' of the Commission. As such, that 
Notice was not published in the Federal Register. This Notice shall 
serve as notice that a quorum of Commissioners may be present at the 
roundtable, in compliance with part 0, Subpart F of the Commission's 
rules. This Notice does not, however, change the ``permit-but-
disclose'' status of the Open Internet proceeding under the 
Commission's ex parte rules.

Economics of Broadband: Market Successes and Market Failures

1:30-1:45 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

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1:45-5:00 p.m. Economics of Broadband: Market Successes and Market 
Failures

    This roundtable will first consider incentives to provide high 
quality open internet access service and the relevance of market power. 
It will then turn to policies to address market power, consumer 
protection, and shared benefits of the Internet.
    Panelists:

Jonathan Baker, Professor, Washington College of Law, American 
University
Nicholas Economides, Professor of Economics and Executive Director of 
the NET Institute, Stern School of Business, New York University
Thomas Hazlett, Hugh H. Macaulay Endowed Professor, Department of 
Economics, Clemson University
Christiaan Hogendorn, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, 
Wesleyan University
John Mayo, Professor of Economics, Business and Public Policy, 
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Hal Singer, Principal, Economists Inc.; Senior Fellow, Progressive 
Policy Institute
    Moderators:

Tim Brennan, Chief Economist, FCC
Jonathan Levy, Deputy Chief Economist, FCC

Federal Communications Commission.
Tim Brennan,
Chief Economist, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis.
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