DA 00-1185
           Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services
                 Gulf States and Southeastern Regional 
                    Field Hearing in Miami, Florida 

                                    
Release Date: May 26, 2000

The Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services (Joint Conference) will hold a
field hearing on June 9, 2000, from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Wyndham Miami Beach Resort in Miami,
Florida.  The field hearing will be hosted by Joint Conference members FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani,
Louisiana Public Service Commission Chair Irma Dixon, Public Utility Commission of Texas Commissioner
Brett Perlman, North Carolina Utilities Commission Chair Jo Anne Sanford and Florida Public Service
Commission Chairman Joe Garcia. 

The agenda of the field hearing is as follows:

8:45 a.m. Registration 

9:10 a.m. Welcoming Remarks By Florida Public Service Commission Chairman Joe Garcia 

9:15 a.m. Introductory Remarks By FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani 

9:30 a.m. Panel One: Fixed Wireless 
          Moderator - Texas Commissioner Brett Perlman 
                    AT&T & Fixed Wireless - Stephen Pallen, Product Manager 
                    Nortel Fixed Wireless DSL - Bill Paradise, Director, Business Development & Marketing 
                    MCI MMDS Trial in Louisiana - John Stupka, President, MCI WorldCom Wireless 

10:30 a.m.     Panel Two:  Deployment To Rural and Urban Multicultural Communities 
                    Moderator - Louisiana Chair Irma Dixon 
                         BellSouth IFITL / Charter School Grants - Joe Lacher, President BellSouth Florida 
                         Florida Internet Technology Taskforce - Julia Johnson, Chairperson 
                         Community Access Centers - Dr. Pat Hadley, Florida State University 
                         Glasgow Kentucky Story - William Ray, P.E. 
                    Spanish Search Engines - Andre Vanyi-Robin, CEO Visualcom 

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11:30 a.m.     Panel Three: Public-Private Partnerships 
                    Moderator - North Carolina Chair Jo Anne Sanford 
                         North Carolina Department of Commerce - Secretary Rick Carlisle 
                    Florida Division of Management Services - Roy Cales, Director, Executive Office of the               
               Governor, Information Services NAP / Florida Internet Coast
Accris Corporation - Jeff Kline, CEO 
                    MediaOne Group - Ms. Lorine Card, Director Congressional Affairs 
                    Texas Library Association - Peggy Rudd, Executive Director 

12:30  p.m.    Adjourn


Transcripts of this meeting will be posted on the Joint Conference's web site: www.fcc.gov/jointconference. FCC
Contact: Emily Hoffnar (202) 418-0940 TTY: (202) 418-0484.  
Florida PSC Contact: John Mann 850-413-6976.
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