Telecom & Photonics Opportunities
In The Obama Stimulus Plan

Objective | Program & Speakers

April 23, 2009 | Washington, DC

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

The Washington Room
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
875 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005

The Obama Stimulus Package includes approximately $800 billion in new investment designed to boost the U.S. economy over the next 24 months. More than $30 billion will be specifically directed at Telecommunications, Photonics, and Information Technologies (TPIT). Another $30 billion will be spent on related activities that could directly and indirectly give a further boost to TPIT.

Are you ready to take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity?

To assist you in coming to grips with, and understanding, this opportunity, Information Gatekeepers Inc (IGI), in cooperation with the Paul Hastings LLP and Information Age Economics (IAE), is planning a series of telecommunications and photonics executive briefings. These briefings will bring together leaders from President Obama’s Administration, the U.S. Congress, senior members of the Executive Branch, and other policymakers and stakeholders, who will explain the market opportunities and how you can access them.

The first Executive Briefing will be an overview of the stimulus package and an analysis of the major sections that focus on the telecommunications, photonics, and IT markets. The briefing will be held on April 23 in Washington, D.C., and will be held at Paul Hastings’ Washington, D.C. office. Dr Alan Pearce, President of Information Age Economics and a world-renowned Telecommunications Economist, and Tara Giunta, a Partner in Paul Hastings’s Telecom, Media and IT Practice, will be the Co-Chairs.

The preliminary agenda will include:

• Overview of the Stimulus Package
• Broadband Infrastructure
• Smart Grids
• Transportation Infrastructure
• Education
• Health and IT
• Science and Technology
• Recommendations & Strategies on how to approach these market opportunities.

Who should be interested?

• Equipment suppliers
  
• Service suppliers
  
• Systems integrators
  
• Contractors and Sub-contractors
  
• Consultants
  
• Lawyers

Typical questions that will be answered:

• Who will be spending the funds?
  
• When will the funds be spent?
  
• What will be the rules and regulations?
  
• Who should apply, i.e., who will be eligible and who will not?
  
• What strategies would be most effective?

Briefing Topics & Speakers