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Event
Features Public Safety Officials, Former FCC Staff, &
Experts From Leading Companies
The
Syracuse University Communications Law & Policy Society
(CLPS) will host its 2nd Annual
Communications Law and Policy Spring Symposium,
presented by DirecTV and AT&T, March 3 from 8:45 a.m. to
5 p.m. at the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center at 401
University Place. Co-sponsored by the College of Law,
the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, the
School of Information Studies, and the Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, the symposium will offer
an interdisciplinary perspective on communications,
technology, law, and public policy. The lunchtime
keynote speaker is Bryan Tramont, former Chief-of-Staff
to former FCC Chairman Michael Powell, and now a partner
at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, a Washington, D.C. law firm.
One Ipod Mini, donated by InfiniSys Inc., will be given
away in a drawing.
“The
symposium provides an opportunity to bring together the
various colleges on campus which each offer their own
unique perspectives and expertise on communications
policy and to facilitate a discussion on how we can all
further incorporate this dynamic and ever-growing field
of communications law and policy into the Syracuse
University community” said Jennifer Holtz, vice
president of outreach of the two-year-old communications
law and policy society.
The
one-day event includes panels on homeland security and
communicating during national emergencies and an all-new
Dean & Faculty Roundtable titled “The Legacy of 9/11:
What is Left of Free Speech, Free Press, Access to
Information, and the Right to Privacy.” Other panels
will focus on real property and digital technologies,
media ownership, and lobbying the Federal government.
In
addition to Tramont, speakers include Tony Frater,
Director, Office for Interoperability & Compatibility,
Department of Homeland Security; Harlan McEwen of the
International Association of the Chiefs of Police and
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council;
Kenneth Ferree, a former media bureau chief of the FCC
and current partner at Sheppard Mullin; Jane Mago, Vice
President and General Counsel of the National
Association of Broadcasters; and Andrew Jay Schwartzman,
President of the Media Access Project.
“Communications law involves not only
facets of law, but also media studies, information
technology policy and public administration,” added
Holtz. “We wanted to organize an interdisciplinary
program that would provide a cross-section of students
an opportunity to both learn about the field and engage
in a dialogue with practitioners about
emerging
communications technologies.”
The
symposium is free to students and professors and open to
the public. To register for the
symposium
online, visit
http://www.suclps.org
CLPS
seeks to bring together an active group of academics,
practitioners, and students in the Syracuse area with
interests in the communications field, to introduce the
community-at-large to the different facets of
communications law, and to engage in a dialogue about
the legal and policy developments in legal, regulatory,
and legislative arenas. CLPS plans to provide a talented
pool of educated, skillful, and passionate future
attorneys to employers by working with the university
administration to enhance the course offerings in
communications law and by working with practitioners in
bring relevant lectures to the school. |
