Property Rights in Spectrum, Water, and Minerals

The definition of property rights in contexts outside of traditional metes and bounds of land raises a series of interesting issues. In a range of contexts, including access to water, wireless spectrum, and minerals, governments face a question of how to ensure that the resource is used effectively and that adjacent users do not interfere with the rights of one another. In each context, different strategies are used to accomplish these goals and rarely are those strategies compared and contrasted across the specific domains.

In this conference, building on last year's conference discussing the move towards more dynamic markets in different areas, we will bring together leading experts from the different fields to examine and compare two concepts that have enjoyed different success in these three domains?a "use it or lose it" regime and different judicial or administrative regimes to guard against and address concerns around interference. To reflect on the day's discussions, the nation's leading property scholar, Richard Epstein, will offer a keynote address.

Detail Agenda

Welcome	1:00pm - 1:15pm
Phil Weiser Dean University of Colorado Law School Executive Director Silicon Flatirons Center
Overview Panel	1:15pm - 2:00pm
Bruce Kramer Of Counsel McGinnis Lochridge Thomson Visiting Professor of Law University of Colorado David Redl Chief Counsel, Communications and Technology U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Charles Wilkinson Distinguished Professor, Moses Lasky Professor of Law University of Colorado Moderator Phil Weiser Dean University of Colorado Law School Executive Director Silicon Flatirons Center
Panel One: Minerals	2:05pm - 3:05pm
Stanley Dempsey Chairman of the Board of Directors Royal Gold Patty Limerick Faculty Director & Chair of the Board Center of the American West University of Colorado Jack Luellen Partner Fox Rothschild LLP Thomas Roesch Senior Director, Land Newmont Mining Corporation Moderator William Boyd Associate Professor of Law University of Colorado
Break	3:05pm - 3:15pm
Panel Two: Wireless Spectrum	3:15pm - 4:15pm
Rob Alderfer Principal Strategic Analyst CableLabs Robert Kelly Partner Squire Sanders (US) LLP Joan Marsh Vice President Federal Regulatory AT&T Pantelis Michalopoulos Partner Steptoe & Johnson LLP Moderator Bryan Tramont Managing Partner Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP Silicon Flatirons Senior Adjunct Fellow
Break	4:15pm - 4:25pm
Panel Three: Water	4:25pm - 5:25pm
Charles Howe Professor of Economics University of Colorado Ramsey L. Kropf Shareholder Patrick, Miller, Kropf & Noto, PC Karin Sheldon President Four Echoes Strategies Moderator Raymond Gifford Partner Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP Senior Adjunct Fellow Silicon Flatirons Center Former Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Keynote	5:30pm - 6:15pm
Richard Epstein Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law New York University School of Law
Reception Sponsored by Burleson LLP	6:15pm - 7:15pm

Event Details

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