Upcoming Events


The aim of the conferences is to organize and catalyze academic research, to present it to an industry/government/academic/nonprofit audience, and to provide feedback and commentary from speakers from those sectors.

Upcoming 2005 Events

Future of Telecom CITI Advisory Board Members and CITI Staff only
October 20, 2005

Remedies For Telecom Recovery
The State of the Network Sector
 October 21, 2005

Moore's Law: Consequences and Future – co-sponsored by the Marconi Foundation
November 4, 2005

Transatlantic Telecom Forum: Beyond Convergence
(with IDATE and WIK, in France) November 22-24, 2005

(Dates TBD)

The Mobile Revolution: The Making of Mobile Services Worldwide

Spectrum Allocation Methods

Wireless Universal Service

Cable Telephony

Global Media Concentration: Europe, Japan, And The US

E-Commerce Over Broadband

The Economics Of Sharing In Telecommunications
Access To Broadband
Broadband For Small Users

TV Documentary On The Boom And Bust Of The Media And Information Sector ( Under Discussion)


 


  Past Events and Projects

 

2005

CRISIS COMMUNICATION: Lessons from 9/11, Madrid , London, and Hurricane Katrina
September 8, 2005

Corporate Governance in the Information, Communications, & Technology Sector
June 10, 2005

Broadband And Large Users (with The Conference Board, by invitation only)
June 7, 2005

Are Multiple Broadband Infrastructures Sustainable?
June 23, 2005

2-way Video over the Internet in Japan
February 24, 2005
Seminar by Prof. Muneo Kaigo.  (12 noon – 1:30pm; Hepburn Lounge, Uris Hall)

Alternative Broadband Platforms: Can They Compete With Fiber Optics? Where?

March 18, 2005 (10:00am – 4:30pm)

IPTV.2: The Second Generation of TV Over The Broadband Internetco-sponsored by the Marconi Foundation and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Telecom Law Committee
May 23, 2005

The Economics of the Commons: Organizing Private Transactions in Communications
May 25, 2005

Special Project: Remedies for Telecom Recovery

This project deals with the crisis in the US and global telecommunications industry. We ask the question of how to put the industry back on track from its current financial and post 9/11 woes. We conduct a series of studies, workshops and conferences joining industry, government, and academia.  Based on our events and studies, we issue public recommendations.


Project Modules:


  • Why the Crisis?
  • Financial Recovery
  • Managerial Strategies
  • Post-9/11 telecom requirements
  • Policy Recommendations
  • Telecommunication Fundamental Research
  • Recovery and the Internet

     

    2004

    Informing the Public: Health Information on the Internet
    December 14, 2004


    WiMax and the Last Mile
    November 19, 2004

    VoIP in Europe
    November 12, 2004

    Remedies for Telecom Recovery II: One Year Later
    October 29, 2004

    After the Closing of the Spectrum Frontier: What spectrum allocation models work best, when and where?
    September 27, 2004

    Peer-to-Peer Video as a Mass Medium: Business, Technology, Community, & Law
    September 10, 2004

    VoIP Workshop
    May 25, 2004

    Investing in Infrastructure: Increasing Internet Access in the Developing World
    May 14, 2004

    Internet Concentration and Its Impact
    April 15, 2004

    Media Concentration in America
    April 2, 2004

    Trading Opportunities and Options on the Spectrum Frontier (in London)
    March 26, 2004

    Seminar: ITU Statistics (with Michael Minges, head of the statistical unit of the ITU)

    March 2, 2004


    2003
     

    Evaluating the Break-up of the Bell System
    December 19, 2003

    A CITI Address and Discussion: “The Broadbanding of Europe?
    November 5, 2003

    Remedies For Telecom Recovery Conference
    October 3, 2003

    Panel at ITU Telecom World '03
    October 17, 2003

    Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
    September 19-22, 2003, Washington, DC

    Telecommunications Fundamental Research
    May 23, 2003

    Managerial Strategies (with Conference Board)
    June 17, 2003

    Turmoil in the Telecommunications Industry: Implications for Developing Nations
    May 8, 2003

    Post 9-11 Network Resiliency
    May 1, 2003

    Policy Implications
    April 29, 2003
    Washington, D.C.

    European and American Strategies (Matthias Kurth)
    April 25, 2003

    Managerial Strategies
    April 25, 2003

    Power Line Communications III: More Than a Scientific Curiosity, but is It (Finally) the Long-Awaited "Third Wire" to Every Home?
    March 20, 2003

    Global Communications Sector: Recipes for Recovery
    March 4, 2003


    2002
     

    Economies of Scale and Scope in Telecommunications Access?
    December 12, 2002

    NTT DoCoMo and the New Global Communications Culture
    November 12, 2002

    World Wide Web Redux: Trends, Obstacles And Potential
    November 8, 2002

    2002 Marconi Fellowship Award Dinner
    November 7, 2002

    Communications on September 11th
    October 26, 2002

    Education and Research on Technical Standards
    September, 9, 2002

    Simple Decision Making Criterion as Real Options and Its Applications to DSL Service
    September 3, 2002

    Power Line Communications II: More Than a Scientific Curiosity But Is It (Finally) the Long-Awaited "Third Wire" to Every Home?
    July 16, 2002

    The Broadband Deployment Problem
    June 20, 2002

    Dynamic Dualism: A Dynamic Model of the Cost Function under Stochastic Uncertainty
    May 7, 2002

    The New Telecommunications Industry and Financial Markets: From Utility to Volatility
    April 30, 2002

    Discussion of the Book "Tech for Non-Techies: Principles of Modern Communications Technology" by A. Michael Noll
    April 23, 2002

    The Future of Telecommunications in Europe
    April 12, 2002

    Mass Media Content for Mobile Wireless
    April 5, 2002

    Media Usage: Some Intriguing Facts
    April 2, 2002

    Modified Lease Spectrum Auctions: A Controlled Market System
    March 20, 2002

    Reviewing the Report of the National Academy of Sciences "Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits"
    March 18, 2002

    The Future of Telecommunications Sector Investment: Examining the Role of Wholesaling Access in Stimulating Investment
    March 4, 2002

    "An Electronic Public Transmission Act of 2002 for the Minimum Regulation of Content on the Internet"
    with Prof. Koichiro Hayashi
    February 11, 2002

    Power Line Communications: More Than a Scientific Curiosity…But Is It (Finally) the Long-Awaited "Third Wire" to Every Home?
    February 7, 2002


    2001
     

    Legislators vs. Regulators: The Case of Low Power FM Radio
    November 15, 2001

    Telecommunications Law in the Internet Age: A Panel Discussion
    November 8, 2001

    Internet TV: The Content Landscape
    October 31, 2001

    The Broadband Economy
    October 26, 2001

    Key Drivers For 3G Wireless: Will 3G Deliver Its Promise? Or Is It Just Hype?
    October 25, 2001

    Disaster Recovery: Communications and Information Systems in the Financial Industry: Lessons from the World Trade Center and the City of London Attacks
    October 17, 2001

    Live Webcast - The Impact of Telecom Technology on Education
    August 8, 2001

    Telecommunications and Internet Policies: What's Hot and What's Not
    June 12, 2001 

    The Digital Divide: An Inhibitor of Growth?
    June 11, 2001 

    Demand for Bandwidth: Preliminary Models and Results
    May 3, 2001

    Three Years On: Evaluating the Impact of the WTO's Basic Telecommunications Agreement: A Focus on Mexico and South Africa
    April 30, 2001

    Iridium: Infrastructure for the Developing World
    April 25, 2001
     
    Assault On Privacy: Can Encryption Safeguard the Internet?
    April 24, 2001

    Reforming the German Communications Market
    April 13, 2001

    Corporate Strategies for the Digital Economy
    April 11-12, 2001, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Exploring Media Content Strategies in Mobile Communication Markets
    March 28, 2001

    Hugo Dixon on Media/Telecommunications Finance: Understanding the Key to Business and Investment
    March 26, 2001

    Mobile Media Marketing: Translating Consumer Behavior Into Business Strategy
    March 20, 2001

    2000

    TV Over the Internet: Implications for Infrastructure, Content, Policy and Strategy

    November 10, 2000
    December 8, 2000, Dusseldorf

    Setting the Telecommunications Policy Agenda
    November 3, 2000

    Contracting for Credibility
    October 6, 2000

    Evaluating the Deployment of Broadband Connectivity
    September 12, 2000

    Telecom Rates: Reform or Ruse
    August 3, 2000

    1999


    Venture Capital in New Media
    December 10, 1999

    Competition in the Cyber-World
    November 18-19, 1999

    European Lessons in Liberalization:
    The German Experience in Telecommunications & Internet Applications

    February 16, 1999

    Cable TV as Internet Provider: From Business Convergence to a Convergence of Regulation?
    January 26, 1999


    1998


    CITI Tokyo Conference 98
    December 9, 1998

    The New Investment Theory of Real Options and Its Implications For The Cost Models in Telecommunications
    October 12, 1998

    New Approaches to Minority Media Ownership
    July 27-28, 1998

    Has Privatization Worked? The International Experience
    June 12, 1998

    The Next Step in Tele-Competition: The Emerging Market System in Bandwidth
    May 1, 1998

    The Future of Public Television
    March 6, 1998

    French Lessons from the Minitel for the Internet: Making Electronic Commerce Work
    February 24, 1998


    1997


    The Impact of Cybercommunications on the Law: Criminal, Tax, Securities, & Antitrust
    December 12, 1997

    The Future of Digital TV
    November 1997

    New Rules of the Old Game: Interpreting the 1997 FCC Orders
    August 7, 1997

    The Collision of Conduit and Conduit: Changing Models for News and Entertainment Publishing
    May 30, 1997

    From the Blueprint to Reality: A Look Into the Second Year of The Telecommunication Act of 1996
    April 10, 1997

    The Information Superhighway: An Instant Retrospective
    February 13,1997

    1996


    The Role of Wireless Communications in Delivering Universal Service
    October 30, 1996

    The Impact of Cybercommunications on Telecommunications:
    Conference 3, Cybermedia Applications in Business and Government
    September 27, 1996

    Open Video Systems and the Media Marketplace
    May 23, 1996

    The Impact of Cybercommunications on Telecommunications
    Conference 2, Technology and Economics
    May 17, 1996

    Intelsat Restructure and Satellite Competition
    April 26, 1996

    The Jurisprudence of Ratings

    March 25, 1996

    The Impact of Cybercommunications on Telecommunications
    March 8, 1996

    Telecommunications Act of 1996: The Morning After
    February 6, 1996


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