2002 University of Kansas School of Business Finance Conference
Telecom Finance and Restructuring:
New Initiatives for a New World
PRESS COVERAGE AND PICTURESS COVERAGE AND PICTURES
A conference made possible with the generous assistance of the Wagnon Fund and arranged
by the Center for Management Education, School of Business, University of Kansas
Hope and disappointment have marked the global telecommunications industry over the last
four years. Mergers, a flood of IPOs, dramatic reversals of strategy, extreme fluctuations in
stock prices, and financial distress have accompanied the cycle of boom and bust.
Broadband and other new technologies promise faster, cheaper and more convenient
communication, but the industry is still searching for the business models, regulatory
framework and structure that will bring investors back.
Join leading industry executives and analysts for a half-day conference on the present
condition and future of the telecom industry.
Speakers:
Keynote Speaker: Ed Whitacre, Chair and CEO, SBC
Panelists:
Tom Hazlett, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Keith Kostuch, VP-Strategic Planning, Alltel
Art Krause, CFO, Sprint
Richard Nespola, Pres., TMNG (publicly traded telecom consultancy)
Scott Schubert, CFO, Williams
Dave Scott, CEO, Birch Telecom
Organizers:
George Bittlingmayer, Wagnon Distinguished Professor of Finance
Joseph D. Rei, Managing Director, Center for Management Education
Richard Stilwell, Center for Management Education
Who Should Attend:
- Telecom executives and managers
- Investors, analysts, portfolio managers
- Suppliers to telecom industry
- Customers of the telecom industry
- Regulators at the state and federal level
- Academics specializing in telecom issues
