September 22, 2000 FCC Calendar of Events Sunday, September 24 September 28 The FCC's Indian Telecom Training Initiative 2000 (ITTI 2000) will hold a tutorial and educational forum, the Radisson Hotel, St. Paul, MN. Tuesday, September 26 Commissioner Susan Ness will be representing the FCC at the Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce at the Intercontinental Hotel, Miami, FL, 9:30 am. Tom Sugrue, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) will participate on a panel entitled, "Wireless Voice: State of the Industry," at the PCIA GlobalXChange Conference, at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, 10:00 am 11:30 am. Wednesday, September 27 Commissioner Ness will be featured in a panel on "The FCC and the Converging Marketplace," at the Personal Communications Industry Association's Global Exchange Conference, the McCormick Convention Center, Chicago, IL, 11:30 am. Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth will participate on a panel discussion with fellow Commissioners on the "The FCC and the Converging Marketplace," the PCIA GlobalXChange Conference, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, 11:30 am. -2- The Technological Advisory Council will hold its 6th Meeting at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW, Room TW-C305, Washington, DC, 10:00 am. Thursday, September 28 Chairman William E. Kennard will give keynote address to Indian Telecommunications Training Initiative 2000, "ITI 2000 Fulfilling the Promise," the Radisson Hotel, St. Paul, MN, 12:30 pm. Commissioner Ness will speak on a roundtable discussion, "Chaos in the Public Information Domain," at the Corporate State: A Women's CEO & Senior Management Summit, the Mark Hotel, New York, NY, 8:45 am. Commissioner Furchtgott-Roth will address the Indian Telecom Training Initiative 2000 at the Radisson Riverfront Hotel, St. Paul, MN, 8:45 am. Tom Sugrue, Chief, WTB will speak at the Asia-Pacific Mobile Communications Symposium 2000, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong. Thursday, October 5 Tom Sugrue, Chief, WTB will speak at the ITA/USMSS Private Wireless Spectrum Management Conference and Exposition, the Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC, 8:00 am. Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel will be a speaker on a panel, "Telecom Mergers and Acquisitions: Regulatory and Antitrust Aspects," at the ALI-ABA Seminar, "Antitrust and Regulatory Issues in the Communications Marketplace," Washington, DC, 4:00 pm. -3- Wednesday, October 11 The FCC will host a forum for Hispanic Consumers at the FCC, Portals II, Commission Meeting Room, Room TW-C305, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 1:00 pm 3:30 pm. Thursday, October 12 The FCC will hold a Commission Meeting at the FCC, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 9:30 am. Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel will participate on a panel, "The 'Last Mile' in FCC Practice: The Path from the Agency to the Courthouse, and the Procedural Hurdles Along the Way," at the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice 2000 Administrative Law Conference, Westin Fairfax Hotel, Washington, DC, 2:30 pm 4:30 pm. Thursday, December 14 Tom Sugrue, Chief, WTB will speak at the Practicing Law Institute's 18th Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy and Regulation, at the Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, 1:35 pm. -FCC-