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August 11, 2000

FCC Calendar of Events

Friday, August 11

Commissioner Susan Ness will speak at the Federal Communications Bar Association’s Seminar West 2000, “Does Broadband Shift the Rules of Regulatory Engagement?,” the Silvered Resort, Napa, CA, 3:00 pm.

Monday, August 14

Commissioner Gloria Tristani will give the keynote address at the 66th Annual APCO (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials) International Conference and Exposition, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, noon.

Tom Sugrue, Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) will speak on an FCC Regulatory Panel at the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials – International’s 66th Annual Conference and Exposition, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, 2:00 pm.

Thursday, August 17

Francisco R. Montero, Director, Office of Communications Business Opportunities (OCBO), will participate on a panel, “Regulation and Legal Issues”, at the National Association of Broadcaster’s (NAB) 2nd Annual NAB Americas Radio and TV Conference, Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Miami, FL, 10:00 am – 11:40 am. This conference will be held August 15 – August 17. -2-

Wednesday, August 23

The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council to hold meeting at the FCC, Portals II, Commission Meeting Room, Room TW-C305, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

Thursday, September 7

Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth will deliver a keynote address to the 66th Annual Convention, Tennessee Telecommunications Association, Sheraton-Music City, Nashville, TN, 9:15 am.

Tuesday, September 12

Deborah Lathen will deliver a keynote address to the Florida Cable Telecommunications Association Annual Meeting, The Registry Resort, Naples, FL, noon.

Thursday, September 14

The FCC will hold an open meeting, FCC, Portals II, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 9:30 am.

Friday, September 15

The Public Safety National Coordination Committee will hold a General Membership Meeting, Department of Commerce, Herbert H. Hoover Building – HCHB Auditorium (First Floor), 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm.

Friday, September 22

Commissioner Furchtgott-Roth will address the NAB Radio Show Policymaker’s Breakfast, the Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA, 7:30 am. -3-

Wednesday, September 27

Commissioner Furchtgott-Roth will participate on a panel discussion with fellow Commissioners on the “The FCC and the Converging Marketplace”, the PCIA GlobalXChange Conference, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, 11:30 am.

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