National Press Club Small Business Roundtable 28 Jan 2003
Phoenix Center Roundtable:
The Impact of Telecoms competition on U.S. Small Businesses And Entrepreneurs
28 January 2003 • National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
On January 28, 2003, the Phoenix Center gathered leading experts and stakeholders to participate in a roundtable to discuss the impact on telecommunications competition on U.S. small businesses and entrepreneurs.
A full transcript of the roundtable proceedings may be downloaded free here. (pdf)
These experts and stakeholders included:
| Lawrence J. Spiwak (Host) | President, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies |
| Sue Ashdown | Executive Director, American ISP Association |
| Lara Chamberlain | Policy Analyst, National Federation of Independent Business |
| Carol Fleming Williams | Director, FCC Office of Communications Business Opportunities (OCBO) |
| Erin Fuller | Executive Director, National Association of Women Business Owners |
| Joseph A. Gregori | CEO, InfoHighway Communications |
| Jack Goldberg | Vodaventures |
| Kevin Hassett, PhD | Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute |
| Karen Kerrigan | Chairman, Small Business Survival Committee |
| John Mayo, PhD | Dean, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University |
| Daniel Phythyon | Senior Vice President of Law and Policy, United States Telephone Association |
| Barry Pineles | Majority Counsel, House Small Business Committee |
| James Bradford Ramsay | General Counsel, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners |
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