2025 agenda
Sunday, August 17
Welcome Remarks
and Reception
6:00 PM
President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute
View from the States
7:00 PM
Attorney General, State of Colorado
Monday, August 18
Current Developments in Antitrust Policy
David McDaniel Keller Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Chicago
9:45 AM
Joseph and Madeline Sheehy Chair in Antitrust Law and Trade Regulation; Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology; Professor of Communication; Professor of Computer and Information Science; Founding Director, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, Penn Carey Law, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Technology Policy Institute
The Rule of Law vs the Rule of Lobbyists
1:00 PM
Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Technology Policy Institute
Keynote Address: Innovation, Ideas, and Economic Growth in the Digital Age
STANCO 25 Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
8:10 AM
Fireside Chat:
The Future of Quantum Computing
Elizabeth Rossi
Quantum AI, Google
8:55 AM
Physical Scientist, RAND Corporation
AI and Energy Markets
10:35 AM
Director, AI & Energy Technology Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center
President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute
Evening Networking Reception & Tech Hub Experience
6:00 PM
WORKING GROUP:
Content Moderation and Free Speech
Professor of Law and Brechner Eminent Scholar Emeritus, University of Florida Levin College of Law
President and CEO, NetChoice
7:00 PM
General Counsel, Office of US Senator Mike Lee
Fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum
President and Founder, TechFreedom
Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Technology Policy Institute
WORKING GROUP:
Video Market Dynamics and Competition
7:00 PM
Senior Vice President, FCC Legal & Business Affairs and Assistant General Counsel, Fox Corporation
Vice President, Investor Relations, Roku Inc.
Vice President & Associate General Counsel, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association
Senior Vice President, Head of Public Affairs, Motion Picture Association
Senior Entertainment and Internet Analyst, Needham & Company
Science, Policy & Public Trust
12:15 PM
WORKING GROUP:
Space Policy: Economics of the New Space Race
7:00 PM
Vice President of Satellite Policy, SpaceX
H.H. Macaulay Endowed Chair in Economics, Clemson University
Partner and Co-Chair of the Space Exploration and Innovation Practice Group, DLA Piper
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and International Strategy, AST Space Mobile
Director of Public Policy, EchoStar (parent company of DISH Network)
Partner and Chair of Global Communications Practice Group, Cooley LLP
Chief of the Space Bureau, FCC
WORKING GROUP:
Copyright and AI
7:00 PM
Resident Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation, R Street Institute
Courtney Lang
Vice President of Policy, Information Technology Industry Council
Principal, The Brattle Group
Former Deputy General Counsel, Paramount Pictures
Director of IP Policy, US Senator Thom Tillis, Committee on the Judiciary, US Senate
Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Law & Policy, Motion Picture Association (MPA)
Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy, Heinz College and Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
WORKING GROUP:
Spectrum Policy
7:00 PM
Vice President & Associate General Counsel, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association
Senior Director of Public Policy, Verizon
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Crest Hill Advisors
Executive Fellow, Silicon Flatirons Center
General Counsel and Senior Vice President, CTIA – The Wireless Association
Senior Economic Advisor, Federal Communications Commission
Senior Manager, Regulatory Policy and Government Affairs, Apple Inc.
Senior Counsel and Chief AI Officer, Federal Communications Commission
Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs & Public Policy, Lockheed Martin
Principal, Logan Circle Strategies
The Telecom Regulators
11:35 AM
Chief of Staff, Federal Communications Commission
Managing Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP
Tuesday, August 19
Fireside Chat:
The Future of Wireless & Global Connectivity
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ericsson Group
8:00 AM
Managing Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP
BEAD and the Future of USF
8:45 AM
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Professor of Economics, University of North Texas
Professor, School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
Executive Broadband Officer, State of Colorado
President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute
Privacy and Governmental Surveillance
Founder, Salty Coffee Consulting and Distinguished Fellow, The Aspen Institute
9:45 AM
President, JK Strategies
Principal, Logan Circle Strategies
Senior Fellow, Technology Policy, Cato Institute
Supreme Court and Other Legal Developments
Elizabeth Froehling Horner Professor of Law, Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University
10:35 AM
Partner and Co-Director of Appellate Practice Group, Hogan Lovells US LLP
Jonathan Nuechterlein (moderator)
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute and Distinguished Scholar, Competition Law Center, George Washington University
Digital Trade in a Fractured World
11:15 AM
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Amazon
Moses Lasky Professor of Law, Colorado Law School
Former U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State
Lecturer, Harvard University Law School and Board Chair and President, Future of Privacy Forum
Partner, Wiley Rein LLP
Buffet Luncheon:
Geopolitics of AI
12:15 PM
Director of AI Policy, Meta Platforms, Inc.
Director, Geo-technology, Eurasia Group
Head of Artificial Intelligence Policy, Andreessen Horowitz
Senior Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), Georgetown University
Mike Swift (moderator)
Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent, MLex (invited)
Fireside Chat: A View from Capitol Hill
1:05 PM
General Counsel, Office of US Senator Mike Lee
Chief Counsel, Committee on Energy and Commerce, US House of Representatives (minority)
Chief Counsel, Communications and Technology, Committee on Energy and Commerce, US House of Representatives (majority)
Policy Advisor, Office of US Senator John Hickenlooper, US Senate (minority)
Telecom Reporter, Bloomberg News