The Broadband Tax Institute
2008 Broadband Tax Institute (BTI) Conference
Agenda
Sunday, October 19, 2008
8:30 - 11:00 AMBoard of Directors Breakfast & Meeting(Napoli)
1:00PM ShotgunBTI Annual Golf Outing(Pelican Hill Golf Club ~ Ocean North)
6:00 - 8:30 PMWelcome Cocktail Reception(Sunset Terrace)
Sunday Evening Dinner - On Your Own
Monday, October 20, 2008
7:00 - 8:00 AMBreakfastand Registration(Pacific Ballroom Promenade)
8:00 - 8:15 AMWelcome(Pacific Ballrooms2/3)
Steve Riley - TW Telecom
President, Broadband Tax Institute
8:15 - 9:15 AMGeneral Session - Technology Developments in Telecommunications
(Pacific Ballrooms 2/3)
Jack Kane - Duff & Phelps
Rob Miller - Verizon Wireless
9:15 - 9:30 AMShort Break(Pacific Ballroom Promenade)
9:30 - 10:30 AMGeneral Session - Significant Federal & State Decisions That Impact Telecommunications(Pacific Ballrooms 2/3)
Larry Cusack - KPMG
Jeff Friedman - Sutherland Asbill
Phil Zinn - PricewaterhouseCoopers
10:30 - 10:45 AMShortBreak(Pacific Ballroom Promenade)
10:45 - 12:00 PMGeneral Session - What’s Happening in Washington
(Pacific Ballrooms 2/3)
Annabelle Canning - Verizon Wireless
Jon Talisman - Capital Tax Partners
12:00 - 1:30 PMLunch(Pacific Lawn)
Speaker - Pro Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd Baseman, Brooks Robinson
Monday, October 20, 2008 (Continued)
1:30 - 3:00 PMBreakout #1 - Federal - Working For the Accountants (Revisited) - Fin 48
(Pacific Ballroom 1)
Kristine Dankenbrink - Time Warner
Ellen Alderdice - Time Warner
Phil D’Ambrosio - Cablevision
Christ Economos - PricewaterhouseCoopers
Kevin O’Connor - Comcast
Breakout #2-State Income Tax-Alternative State Tax Structures - Income and Transactional Taxes(Adriatic)
Shon Holyfield - Transaction Tax Resources
David Gross - DLA Piper
Breakout #3 - Property Tax -Central Assessment Battles (Mediterranean)
Doug Mo - Thomson Reuters
Mark Schichtel - Time Warner
Carl Hoemke - Duff & Phelps
3:00 - 3:30 PMBreak(Pacific Ballroom Promenade)
3:30 - 5:00 PMBreakout #1 - Federal Tax - Hot Issues in Corporate Tax Accounting
(Pacific Ballroom 1)
Kent Gerety - Ernst & Young
Robert Henry - Ernst & Young
Breakout #2 - State Income Tax - Tax Language In Contracts; As A Buyer (Vendor Language); As A Seller (Dealing With Big Customers); and Government Contracts(Adriatic)
Grady Cunningham, KPMG
Doug Hurst - Qwest
Art Angstreich - Cablevision
Breakout #3 - Property Tax - The Changing Landscape In Telecommunications & Its Impact onObsolescence
(Mediterranean)
Chris Zamora - Thomson Reuters
Rick Masching - Verizon
Joe Molina - Ryan
Kelly Necessary - Time Warner
5:00 - 7:00 PMTennis Tournament
Monday Evening Dinner - On Your Own
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
7:30 - 8:00 AMBreakfast(Pacific Ballroom Promenade)
8:00 - 8:15 AMBroadband Tax Institute Annual Membership Meeting
(Pacific Ballrooms 2/3)
Steve Riley - President
Steve McGuar - Treasurer
8:15 - 9:30 AMGeneral Session-In the Hot Seat: Answering The Hard Questions On
Communications Tax Reform: Fair or Discriminatory?(Pacific Ballrooms 2/3)
Annabelle Canning - Verizon Wireless
Kristine Dankenbrink - Time Warner
Eric Tresh - Sutherland Asbill
David Goodfriend - DIRECTV
David Quam - National Governors Association
Scott Mackey - Kimbell Sherman
Gigi Sohn - Consumer Advocate
9:30- 10:30AMGeneral Session - Wall Street Perspectives On Accounting For Income Taxes
(Pacific Ballrooms2/3)
Steve Backstrom - Comcast
Laura Martin - Media Metrics
10:30 - 10:45 AMBreak(Pacific Ballroom Promenade)
10:45-12:00 PMGeneral Session - State of the Economy -Economic & Market Review
(Pacific Ballrooms 2/3)
Bill Lacon - Deloitte Tax
Ira Kalish - Deloitte Tax
12:00 - 1:15 PMLunch(Pacific Lawn)
1:30 - 2:50 PMBreakout #1 - Federal Tax - Audit Roundtable Including Tier III Issues
(Pacific Ballroom 1)
Pat Beckley - Liberty Media
Ellen Berenholz - Comcast
Breakout #2 - State Income Tax - State Tax Implications on Accounting For Income Taxes - Discussion Of Change In State Rates, Change In Apportionment Rates, FAS5 Disclosures (Adriatic)
Andy Ottinger - Qwest
Jarvis Bomar - Jefferson Wells
Adam Roth - Deloitte
Breakout #3 - Property Tax - State Roundtable (Excluding NY, CA & FL)
(Mediterranean)
Rich Bell - Comcast
Jeff Binkley - Thomson Reuters
Anthony Solomon - Cox Communications
Toby Reece - Duff & Phelps
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (Continued)
2:50 - 3:10 PMBreak(Pacific Ballroom Promenade)
3:10 - 4:30 PMBreakout #1 - Federal Income Tax -Significant Recent Federal Issues Impacting Telecommunications(Pacific Ballroom 1)
Eric Peel - Deloitte Tax
Mike Hines - Dow Lohnes
Breakout #2 - State Income Tax - Audit Roundtable(Adriatic)
Sal Focella - Cablevision
Geoff Christian - Dow Lohnes Price
Dan Filby - Planitax
Prentiss Willson - Ernst & Young
Breakout #3 - Property Tax - Key Developments in Certain Large States
(Mediterranean)
John Harllee - Harllee & Bald
Ronald Meister - Cowan Liebowitz
Jeffrey Sinsheimer - Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass
5:30 - 11:00 PMCocktail Reception / WineTasting/Dinner
(Pacific Lawn/Pacific Ballrooms 2 & 3)
Wineries Include:
Cambria Vineyards
Dierberg Vineyards
Star Lane Vineyards
Entertainment:
Magician ~ Patrick Martin
Conference Concludes
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