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October 24, 2005:

Session 1. Impact of Technology on Markets

Speakers:

  • Brian McFadden, Chief Research Officer, Nortel
    2.38 MB - PPT - 6 pages
  • David Reed, Executive V.P. and Chief Strategy Officer, CableLabs
    107 KB - PPT - 7 pages
  • Dennis Weller, Chief Economist, Verizon
      6.76 MB - PPT - 25 pages
  • Christopher Libertelli, Government and Regulatory Affairs, North America, Skype Technologies S.A.
    203 KB - PPT - 12 pages
  • Robert Pepper, V.P., Worldwide Government Affairs, Cisco Systems Inc.
    MB - PPT - 21 pages

Session 2. Information and Communications Technologies and Productivity

Speakers:

  • John Baldwin, Director, Microeconomic Studies and Analysis Division, Statistics Canada
    650 KB - PPT - 25 pages
  • Leonard Waverman, Chair, Department of Economics, London Business School
    542 KB - PPT - 17 pages
  • Melvyn Fuss, Professor of Economics, University of Toronto
    542 KB - PPT - 17 pages
  • Andrew Sharpe, Executive Director, Centre for the Study of Living Standards
    542 KB - PPT - 10 pages
    Revised speaking notes
    216 KB - DOC - 12 pages
  • Martin Baily, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Senior Advisor, McKinsey Global Institute
    857 KB - PPT - 24 pages

Session 3. Consumer, Small and Medium Business Issues

Speakers:

  • Michael Janigan, Executive Director and General Counsel, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
  • Nancy Hughes Anthony, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
    71 KB - PPT - 16 pages
  • Gilles Taillon, President, Conseil du patronat du Québec

October 25, 2005:

Session 4. Regulation of Future Telecom Markets - Part I

Speakers:

  • Robert Crandall, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institute
    19 KB - PPT - 3 pages
  • John MacDonald, President, Allstream Division, MTS Allstream
    MB - PPT - 22 pages
  • Robin Foster, Partner, Strategy and Market Development Group, Ofcom
    253 KB - PPT - 18 pages
  • Elliot Noss, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tucows Inc.
    19 KB - PPT - 19 pages
  • Edmund (Ted) Chislett, President, Primus Canada Inc.

Session 5. Regulation of Future Telecom Markets - Part II

Speakers:

  • Reed Hundt, Independent Advisor on Information Industries, McKinsey & Co.
    364 KB - PPT - 29 pages
  • Alfred Kahn, Robert Julius Thorne Professor of Political Economy, Cornell University
    65 KB - DOC - 10 pages
  • Lee Selwyn, President, Economics and Technology Inc.
    491 KB - PPT - 17 pages

October 26, 2005:

Session 6. Regulatory Institutions

Speakers:

  • Warwick Davis, Director, Telecommunications Branch, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
    878 KB - PPT - 10 pages
  • Clive Gordon, Director, Telecommunications and Competition Law, Ofcom
    179 KB - PPT - 3 pages
  • David Colville, Vice-Chairman (Retired), Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission
    39 KB - DOC - 8 pages

Session 7. Relationship between Policy-making and Regulation

Speakers:

  • David Colville, Vice-Chairman (Retired), Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission
    37 KB - DOC - 7 pages
  • Warwick Davis, Director, Telecommunications Branch, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
    902 KB - PPT - 14 pages
  • Robin Foster, Partner, Strategy and Market Development Group, Ofcom
    175 KB - PPT - 6 pages
  • John Manley, Senior Counsel, McCarthy Tétrault