"Focus On The Future"

Program & Schedule

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Wednesday Afternoon- February 20, 2008

Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel

 

  1:45pm - 3:00pm  - Session

 

"Transition Prospects and Perspectives"

 

Panelists: Brandon Bullis, Director Spectrum Development, Clearwire Wireless Broadband; Kanwar Jolly, Director Spectrum Development, Sprint Nextel;

Chip Gaskins, Jr., Director, Business Development, Digital Bridge Communications Corporation

 

An opportunity to learn what is happening on the ground, or in the air, in those markets where transition is either underway or planned for 2008. 

 

We'll hear the perspectives of proponents, EBS licensees and knowledgeable observers.

 

•  3:00pm - 3:15pm  Coffee Break

 

Sponsored by:

Rini Coran, P.C.

http://www.rinicoran.com

 

3:30pm - 5:00pm  - Session

 

"Excess Capacity Leases - Looking Forward"

 

Chair: Todd Gray, NEBSA FCC Counsel

 

Panel 1 - The Operators:

George Alex, Sr. Vice President/CFO, NextWave Wireless;

Robert Finch, Vice President Spectrum Development, Sprint Nextel;

Gerry Salemme,Executive  Vice President, Clearwire;

Howard Verlin, Executive Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, Xanadoo

 

Panel 2 - The Lawyers

Mary O'Connor, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP; Donna Balaguer, Fish & Richardson P.C.; Robert Rini, Rini Coran P.C.; Jennifer L. Richter, Patton Boggs, LLP

 

Whether your licensee has not leased its spectrum, is in the process of negotiating a lease, or has not made a leasing decision, there is still much to know.

 

If your licensee has not leased its spectrum, what preparations should you be making?  Find out what licensees are asking for and what they are getting in exchange for their spectrum, and then, in the years following a lease signing what  should you be doing to protect the interests of your licensee.

 

•  6:00 pm Buses Leave Hotel for Final

   Event

 

The Final Event

"Dinner on the Docks/Waterfront"

 

Sponsored by:

NextWave Wireless

http://www.nextwave.com

 

We will be taking the bus to dine on the waterfront at the Historic Harborside Restaurant overlooking Newport Beach Harbor and the Pacific Ocean. 

 

We'll be too late for the sunset, but there will be the harbor lights, a fine meal and refreshments.

Thursday - February 21, 2008

Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel

• 8:00am - 11:00am  NEBSA/NIA Board of Directors Meeting

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