Wednesday

Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel
Newport Beach, CA

• 7:00am - 5:00pm-
Registration Open

• 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast

An introduction to the new and improved Association website that flies the banner of NEBSA

• 9:00AM -10:30AM

Session: Educational Broadband – Applications and Challenges

Chair:Bruce Braciszewski, Director ITV Services, San Diego County Office of Education

Presenters: Dr. Patrick Gossman, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Wayne State University; Steve Gorski, President & CEO, NITV; Ernie Anastos, Superintendent and Daryl LaGace, CTO, Lemon Grove School District; Tom Greaves, Chairman, The Greaves Group; Bill Stewart, Digital Media Solutions Sales, Public Sector, IBM Americas Group

More about the new opportunities that can be possible with high speed wireless mobility.

• 10:30AM -10:45AM Coffee Break

• 10:45AM -11:45AM

Session: Spectrum Valuation 2008

Chair: Dr. Jerry Williams, Director, Division of Lifelong Learning, Missouri Southern State University

Presenters: Noelle Beams,VP Spectrum Development, Clearwire; Chip Gaskins, Jr., Director, Business Development, Digital Bridge Communications Corp,; Kim Randolph, Manager, Financial Consulting, BIA Financial Network

Spectrum auctions, the expiration of existing leases, white space, and the higher profile of smaller markets as wireless moves toward nationwide coverage will all be factors in valuation. Plan to be there for the presentations and the Q&A.

• 12:00PM- 1:30PM

Luncheon

Thirty Years of NIA and NEBSA/NIA Annual Meeting

Chair: Dr. Phyllis Schiffer-Simon, NEBSA President

Presentations: The Annual Report: Lynn Rejniak, NIA Board Chair

Happy Birthday NIA! Ted Steinke, Past NIA Board Chair

• 1:45PM –3:00PM

Session: Transition Prospects and Perspectives

Panelists: Brandon Bullis, Director Spectrum Development, Clearwire Wireless Communications; Kanwar Jolly, Director Spectrum Development, Sprint Nextel; Chip Gaskins, Jr., Director, Business Development, Digital Bridge Communications Corp.

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

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

Session: Excess Capacity Leases – Looking Forward

Chair:Todd Gray, NEBSA/NIA FCC Counsel

Panel 1 - The Operators: George Alex, Executive 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, Xanado

Panel 2 - Lawyers: Mary O'Connor, Wilkinson Barker Knauer,LLP; Donna Balaguer, Fish and Richardson P.C.; Robert Rini, Rini Coran P.C.; Jennifer L. Richter, Patton Boggs, LLP

Whether your licensee has 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

• 6:00PM - Buses Leave Hotel

The Final Event - Dinner on the Docks/Waterfront

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.

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