PHOENIX CENTER2002 U.S. TELECOMS SYMPOSIUM

20 November 2002Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill

Washington, D.C.

Conference Theme:

How Do We Go From “One” to “Many”? What Do We Need to Do to Create a

Vibrant Wholesale Market for “Last Mile” Local Access?

Phoenix Center President Lawrence J. Spiwak with 2002 Jerry B. Duvall Public Service Award

Recipient Senator Byron L. Dorgan.

2002 Jerry B. Duvall Public Service Award

2002 Jerry B. Duvall Public Service Award Recipient Senator Byron L. Dorgan addresses

Symposium delegates as Phoenix Center President Lawrence J. Spiwak looks on.

From left to right: Phoenix Center Chief Economist Emeritus Jerry B. Duvall, Senator Byron L. Dorgan, Senator Dorgan’s aide Emmett O’Keefe, Phoenix

Center President Lawrence J. Spiwak.

2002 Phoenix Center Annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium Delegates.

From left to right: Phoenix Center President Lawrence J. Spiwak, Hon. Rebecca Kline,

Chairman – Texas Public Utility Commission, Hon. Robert B. Nelson, Commissioner – Michigan

Public Service Commission, Hon. Marilyn Showalter, Chairwoman – Washington Utilities

and Transportation Commission, Hon. Elliot Smith, Member – Iowa Utilities Board.

NARUC President David Svanda announces major new State advocacy initiative as Phoenix Center

President Lawrence J. Spiwak and Texas PUC Chairman Rebecca Kline look on.

From left to right: Phoenix Center President Lawrence J. Spiwak, Hon. Rebecca Kline,

Chairman – Texas Public Utility Commission, Hon. Robert B. Nelson, Commissioner – Michigan

Public Service Commission, Hon. Marilyn Showalter, Chairwoman – Washington Utilities

and Transportation Commission, Hon. Elliot Smith, Member – Iowa Utilities Board.

John Mayo - Dean, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University (right) discusses issues

with a Symposium Delegate.

Robert Blau, Vice President, Executive and Federal Regulatory Affairs, BellSouth makes his

presentation, as Dr. Michael Pelcovits, Principal, MiCRA and former Chief Economist,

MCIWorldCom, Dr. Simon Wilkie, FCC Chief Economist and Dr. Jerry B. Duvall look on.

Dr. Michael Pelcovits, Principal, MiCRA and former Chief Economist, MCIWorldCom presents his

paper to the Symposium Delegates.

Phoenix Center Chief Economist Emeritus Jerry B. Duvall talks with Associate FCC Media Bureau

Chief Barbara Esbin.

J. Scott Marcus, Senior Advisor for Internet Technology, Federal Communications

Commission addresses the Symposium as Phoenix Center Adjunct Fellows Dr. George Ford

and Thomas M. Koutsky look on.

From Left to Right: Thomas M. Koutsky, Phoenix Center Adjunct Fellow; Vice President for Law

and Policy, Z-Tel Communications, Jessica Zufolo – Legislative Director, National Association of

Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), Hon. Gregory L. Rohde – e-Copernicus.com; former

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and

Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information

Administration (NTIA), and J. Scott Marcus, Senior Advisor for Internet Technology, Federal

Communications Commission.

Phoenix Center Adjunct Fellow Dr. George Ford presents empirical data questioning the validity

of “inter-modal” competition.

James Bird (left), Senior Counsel to the General Counsel and leader of the FCC’s Merger Review Transaction Transaction Team talks with FCC Chief Economist Simon Wilkie (right) at the

Symposium.

From Left to Right: Phoenix Center Lawrence J. Spiwak, Christopher Wright, Partner, Harris

Wiltshire and Grannis; former General Counsel, FCC, Hon. Tom Tauke, Senior Vice President –

Public Policy and External Affairs, Verizon Communications, Hon. Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute;

former Commissioner, FCC and Jon Canis, Partner, Kelley Drye and Warren.

Jon Canis, Partner, Kelley Drye and Warren, presents the CLEC perspective in the “Telecoms

Twilight Zone” as Phoenix Center President Lawrence J. Spiwak and former FCC General

Counsel Chris Wright look on.

Lunch