Subject: Harvard IIP Participating in Consortium

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Consortium for Research on Telecommunications Policy (members include: 
The Harvard Information Infrastructure Project, the University of Michigan, 
Northwestern University, and the University of California, Berkeley; 
funding for CRTP is provided by the Ameritech Foundation) will hold a 
conference on policy and telecommunications. 


                   BRIDGING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
                      AND REGULATORY PARADIGMS
           The Berkeley Symposium On Policy and Strategy
               for Converging Information Industries
                           June 27-28, 1997
The Consortium for Research on Telecommunications Policy is pleased to 
sponsor a conference on the economics of converging information 
industries.  The third in a series, this year's conference will inaugurate 
Berkeley's new Center for Telecommunications & Digital Convergence, and 
will be held at the architecturally acclaimed Haas School of Business on 
the University of California, Berkeley campus.

THEME
Digital convergence presents new challenges for business strategy and 
public policy.  As legal and regulatory barriers standing between 
information industries fall, incumbent firms and startups alike adopt a 
wide array of strategies to capitalize on integrated digital services. 
These strategies need to be evaluated from perspectives of profitability 
as well as their competitive and efficiency effects.
PLENARY SESSIONS
The first day of the conference will be devoted to plenary sessions of 
general interest:
-    Integrated Networks: Is the Dream Still Alive?
-    Networks and Bottlenecks: Telephone and Computer Hardware and Software 
-    What Urgent Issues Does Digital Convergence Raise for the
          Telecommunications Industry?
 -    What Can the Computer and Telecommunications Industries Learn     
           from Each Other?
          
INVITED SPEAKERS
Business and government leaders and distinguished academic researchers 
have be invited to serve as panelists and keynote speakers, including:
     Hans-Werner Braun, Chief Technology Officer, Teledesic *
     James Canizales, Executive Director, Corporate Strategy, AirTouch * 
     Rachelle Chong, Commissioner, FCC *
     Richard Gilbert, University of California * 
     Andrew Grove, CEO, Intel Corporation
     Peter Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute * 
     Avram Miller, Senior VP, Intel Corporation 
     Richard Notebaert, CEO, Ameritech *
     Gary Reback, Senior Partner, Wilson, Sonsini *
     David Reed, VP Strategic Assessment, Cable Laboratories * 
     Michael Riordan, Chief Economist, FCC *
     Tony Rutkowski, VP, General Magic *
     Eric Schmidt, CEO, Novell *
     Carl Shapiro, University of California *
                           *   -  confirmed
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
The second day of the conference will consist of parallel sessions with 
presentations aimed at the research community.  Presentations are confirmed 
by
the following authors:
Erik Brynjolfsson        Bruce Owen          Daniel Spulber 
Martin Cave              Mark Schankerman    Len Waverman 
Nicholas Economides      Oz Shy              Dennis Weisman 
Joe Farrell              David Sibley        Larry White 
Gerry Faulhaber          J. Greg Sidak       Steve Wildman 
Shane Greenstein         Pablo Spiller       Frank Wolak 
Sandy Levin
FACULTY ORGANIZERS
Prof. Glenn A. Woroch, Director, Consortium for Research on
     Telecommunications Policy
Prof. Michael Katz, Director, Center for Telecommunications & Digital
     Convergence
CONFERENCE WEB PAGE
The conference will maintain a web page at:
          http://haas.berkeley.edu/~imio/crtp3.html5-5/wang.html
Attendees may register for the conference on line.  The site also provides 
local travel and accommodation information as well as an updated conference 
program.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registration Fees:       $300 corporate 
(by June 26)             $200 government
                         $100 academic/nonprofit
Late Registration:       $50 additional (after June 25) 
Refunds:                 Before June 23: full refund less $50
                         processing fee
                         After June 22: no refund
Registration includes:   Lunch and dinner at the University Art Museum
                         on Friday
                         Continental breakfast on Friday and Saturday 
                         Breakout refreshments
                         Internet access sites on location
                         
ACCOMMODATIONS
Rooms has been reserved at the following local hotels:
     Claremont Hotel & Resort (510-843-3000) 
     Durant Hotel (510-845-8981)
     Bancroft Hotel (800-549-1002, 510-549-1000) 
     Berkeley Marriott Hotel (510-548-7929)
You may also want to consider these nearby hotels:
     Gramma's Rose Garden Inn (510-549-2145) 
     The French Hotel (510-548-9330)
The conference website has many more options including San Francisco 
accommodations.
REGISTRATION FORM
To register, please the complete this form and mail, e-mail or fax to:
     Ms. Pat Murphy
     CRTP-CTDC Conference
     F402 Haas School of Business #1930
     University of California at Berkeley 
     Berkeley, CA 94720-1930
     Email:    dobson@haas.berkeley.edu
     Fax: 510-642-2826
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