TPI Aspen Forum 2026 — full program, August 16–18, 2026, St. Regis Aspen.
Sunday · Aug 16
6:00 – 7:30 PM — Welcome Reception
Monday · Aug 17
7:30 – 8:00 AM — Breakfast
7:30 AM – 2:00 PM — TPI Tech Hub
8:00 – 8:10 AM — Welcome Remarks. Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute.
8:10 – 8:50 AM — From GPUs to GDP: How Data Center Economics Shapes AI Diffusion. Shane Greenstein — Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Harvard University.
8:55 – 9:30 AM — AI and Energy: Economist's View. Severin Borenstein — E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, Faculty Director of the Energy Institute, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley; Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
9:35 – 10:15 AM — Meeting AI's Power Demand: Who Pays and Who Builds. Marsden Hanna — Head of Sustainability and Energy Policy, Google; Chuck Hufstetler — Senator, State of Georgia; Debra Raggio — Executive Vice President & General Counsel, PowerBridge; Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
10:15 – 10:30 AM — Break
10:30 – 11:15 AM — Does America Lead in Quantum?. David D. Awschalom — Liew Family Professor in Quantum Science & Engineering, Director of the Chicago Quantum Institute & Chicago Quantum Exchange, University of Chicago; Edward Parker — Senior Physical Scientist, RAND; Elizabeth Rossi — Quantum AI External Affairs, Google Quantum; Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
11:20 AM – 12:05 PM — Digital Crossroads, From Telecom to Big Tech. Jonathan Nuechterlein — Nonresident Senior Fellow, TPI; Distinguished Scholar, Competition Law Center, George Washington University; Howard Shelanski — Sheehy Professor of Law, Georgetown University and Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; Phil Weiser — Attorney General, State of Colorado (moderator).
12:10 – 12:55 PM — The Supreme Court in an Era of Political Polarization. Ian Gershengorn — Partner, Jenner & Block, LLP; James Speta — Elizabeth Froehling Horner Professor of Law, Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University; Jonathan Nuechterlein — Nonresident Senior Fellow, TPI; Distinguished Scholar, Competition Law Center, George Washington University (moderator).
1:00 – 1:15 PM — Buffet Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 PM — A Fireside Chat with FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson. Andrew Ferguson — Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission; Brian Sullivan — News Anchor & Business Journalist, CNBC (moderator).
2:00 – 6:00 PM — Afternoon Break
6:00 – 7:00 PM — Networking Reception & Tech Hub Experience
7:00 – 9:00 PM — Breakout Session Dinners
Session I: Spectrum: WRC-27 Countdown and Policy Developments. Rob Alderfer — Vice President of Technology Policy, Spectrum; Scott K. Bergmann — Senior VP, Regulatory Affairs, CTIA; John Giusti — Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA; President, GSMA Foundation; Dale Hatfield — Executive Fellow, Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program, University of Colorado at Boulder; Tricia Paoletta — Senior Advisor for Spectrum, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Megan Stull — Senior Manager, Regulatory Policy & Government Affairs, Apple; Rikin Thakker — CTO & SVP Technology, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association; Jennifer Warren — VP Global Regulatory Affairs & Public Policy, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sarah Oh Lam — VP of Strategic Initiatives, Technology Policy Institute (co-moderator); Shane Tews — Principal, Logan Circle Strategies (co-moderator).
Session II: Universal Service Fund Reform. Will Adams — Vice President, Policy Strategy & Federal Regulatory Affairs, T-Mobile; David Don; Justin Faulb — Senior VP of Policy and General Counsel, NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association; Janice Hauge — Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions, Department of Economics, University of North Texas; John Lin — Senior Counsel, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives; Carol Mattey — Founder, Mattey Consulting LLC; Allison Remsen — EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, US Telecom; Gregory L. Rosston — Gordon Cain Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (moderator).
Session III: Laboratories of Democracy or an American Brussels? States and Digital Regulation. Steve DelBianco — President and CEO, NetChoice; Andrew DeVore — VP & Associate General Counsel, Amazon; Margot Kaminski — Moses Lasky Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School; Director, Privacy Initiative, Silicon Flatirons; Christopher Yoo — Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Matt Perault — Head of AI Policy, a16z; Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
Session IV: Video Competition and Vertical Integration. Brett Danaher — Associate Professor of Economics and Management Science, Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University; Caroline Kitchens — Head of Public Policy Third Party Engagement, TikTok USDS Joint Venture; Jeffrey Prince — Professor of Business Economics and Harold A. Poling Chair of Strategic Management, Indiana University; Ben Sheffner — Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Law & Policy, Motion Picture Association; Laura Martin — Senior Entertainment and Internet Analyst, Needham & Company (moderator).
Tuesday · Aug 18
7:30 – 8:00 AM — Breakfast
7:30 AM – 2:00 PM — TPI Tech Hub
8:00 – 8:40 AM — Who Gets the Computing Power?. Anjney Midha — Founder, AMP PBC; Scott Wallsten — President & Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
8:45 – 9:30 AM — A View from the Hill. John Connolly — Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (minority); John Lin — Senior Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (majority); Courtney Reinhard — Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy, Science and Transportation (majority); Johanna Thomas — Senior Counsel, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce (minority); Brian Sullivan — News Anchor & Business Journalist, CNBC (moderator).
9:30 – 9:45 AM — Break
9:45 – 10:30 AM — Overruling Humphrey's Executor: The Implications for Antitrust Enforcement. William Kovacic — Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, George Washington University Law School; Maureen Ohlhausen — Partner & Co-Chair of Antitrust and Competition Practice, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Lawrence White — Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business; Thomas Lenard — Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
10:35 – 10:55 AM — A Fireside Chat with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez. Anna Gomez — Commissioner, U.S. Federal Communications Commission; Bryan Tramont — Managing Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP (moderator).
11:00 – 11:45 AM — Does AI Change the Economics of Telecom?. Harold Feld — Senior Vice President, Public Knowledge; Melissa Mann — Chief Public Policy Officer, Lumen; Giulia McHenry — Senior Vice President for Public Policy, AT&T; Mark Walker — Vice President, Technology Policy, CableLabs; Kelcee Griffis — Telecom Reporter, Bloomberg News (moderator).
11:50 AM – 12:10 PM — A Fireside Chat with FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty. Olivia Trusty — Commissioner, U.S. Federal Communications Commission; Bryan Tramont — Managing Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP (moderator).
12:10 – 12:25 PM — Buffet Lunch
12:25 – 1:10 PM — What Are Cybersecurity's Hardest Problems?. Elizabeth Chernow — Associate Vice President, Public Policy, Comcast Corporation; Katerina Megas — Program Manager, Cybersecurity for IoT Program, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology; Alan Raul — Lecturer, Harvard Law School; Board Chair & President, Future of Privacy Forum; Ari Schwartz — Managing Director of Cybersecurity Services, Venable LLP; Shane Tews — Principal, Logan Circle Strategies (moderator).
1:10 – 1:55 PM — Who Should Regulate the Space Economy?. Robert McDowell — Chair, Global Communications Practice Group and Partner, Cooley LLP; Jay Schwarz — Former Chief, Space Bureau, U.S. Federal Communications Commission; Clayton Swope — Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project, Center for Strategic & International Studies; Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
1:55 – 2:00 PM — Closing Remarks. Scott Wallsten — President & Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute.
2:00 PM — Adjourn
TPI Aspen Forum 2026 — full program, August 16–18, 2026, St. Regis Aspen.
Sunday · Aug 16
6:00 – 7:30 PM — Welcome Reception
Monday · Aug 17
7:30 – 8:00 AM — Breakfast
7:30 AM – 2:00 PM — TPI Tech Hub
8:00 – 8:10 AM — Welcome Remarks. Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute.
8:10 – 8:50 AM — From GPUs to GDP: How Data Center Economics Shapes AI Diffusion. Shane Greenstein — Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Harvard University.
8:55 – 9:30 AM — AI and Energy: Economist's View. Severin Borenstein — E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, Faculty Director of the Energy Institute, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley; Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
9:35 – 10:15 AM — Meeting AI's Power Demand: Who Pays and Who Builds. Marsden Hanna — Head of Sustainability and Energy Policy, Google; Chuck Hufstetler — Senator, State of Georgia; Debra Raggio — Executive Vice President & General Counsel, PowerBridge; Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
10:15 – 10:30 AM — Break
10:30 – 11:15 AM — Does America Lead in Quantum?. David D. Awschalom — Liew Family Professor in Quantum Science & Engineering, Director of the Chicago Quantum Institute & Chicago Quantum Exchange, University of Chicago; Edward Parker — Senior Physical Scientist, RAND; Elizabeth Rossi — Quantum AI External Affairs, Google Quantum; Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
11:20 AM – 12:05 PM — Digital Crossroads, From Telecom to Big Tech. Jonathan Nuechterlein — Nonresident Senior Fellow, TPI; Distinguished Scholar, Competition Law Center, George Washington University; Howard Shelanski — Sheehy Professor of Law, Georgetown University and Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; Phil Weiser — Attorney General, State of Colorado (moderator).
12:10 – 12:55 PM — The Supreme Court in an Era of Political Polarization. Ian Gershengorn — Partner, Jenner & Block, LLP; James Speta — Elizabeth Froehling Horner Professor of Law, Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University; Jonathan Nuechterlein — Nonresident Senior Fellow, TPI; Distinguished Scholar, Competition Law Center, George Washington University (moderator).
1:00 – 1:15 PM — Buffet Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 PM — A Fireside Chat with FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson. Andrew Ferguson — Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission; Brian Sullivan — News Anchor & Business Journalist, CNBC (moderator).
2:00 – 6:00 PM — Afternoon Break
6:00 – 7:00 PM — Networking Reception & Tech Hub Experience
7:00 – 9:00 PM — Breakout Session Dinners
Session I: Spectrum: WRC-27 Countdown and Policy Developments. Rob Alderfer — Vice President of Technology Policy, Spectrum; Scott K. Bergmann — Senior VP, Regulatory Affairs, CTIA; John Giusti — Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA; President, GSMA Foundation; Dale Hatfield — Executive Fellow, Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program, University of Colorado at Boulder; Tricia Paoletta — Senior Advisor for Spectrum, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Megan Stull — Senior Manager, Regulatory Policy & Government Affairs, Apple; Rikin Thakker — CTO & SVP Technology, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association; Jennifer Warren — VP Global Regulatory Affairs & Public Policy, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sarah Oh Lam — VP of Strategic Initiatives, Technology Policy Institute (co-moderator); Shane Tews — Principal, Logan Circle Strategies (co-moderator).
Session II: Universal Service Fund Reform. Will Adams — Vice President, Policy Strategy & Federal Regulatory Affairs, T-Mobile; David Don; Justin Faulb — Senior VP of Policy and General Counsel, NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association; Janice Hauge — Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions, Department of Economics, University of North Texas; John Lin — Senior Counsel, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives; Carol Mattey — Founder, Mattey Consulting LLC; Allison Remsen — EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, US Telecom; Gregory L. Rosston — Gordon Cain Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (moderator).
Session III: Laboratories of Democracy or an American Brussels? States and Digital Regulation. Steve DelBianco — President and CEO, NetChoice; Andrew DeVore — VP & Associate General Counsel, Amazon; Margot Kaminski — Moses Lasky Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School; Director, Privacy Initiative, Silicon Flatirons; Christopher Yoo — Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Matt Perault — Head of AI Policy, a16z; Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
Session IV: Video Competition and Vertical Integration. Brett Danaher — Associate Professor of Economics and Management Science, Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University; Caroline Kitchens — Head of Public Policy Third Party Engagement, TikTok USDS Joint Venture; Jeffrey Prince — Professor of Business Economics and Harold A. Poling Chair of Strategic Management, Indiana University; Ben Sheffner — Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Law & Policy, Motion Picture Association; Laura Martin — Senior Entertainment and Internet Analyst, Needham & Company (moderator).
Tuesday · Aug 18
7:30 – 8:00 AM — Breakfast
7:30 AM – 2:00 PM — TPI Tech Hub
8:00 – 8:40 AM — Who Gets the Computing Power?. Anjney Midha — Founder, AMP PBC; Scott Wallsten — President & Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
8:45 – 9:30 AM — A View from the Hill. John Connolly — Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (minority); John Lin — Senior Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (majority); Courtney Reinhard — Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy, Science and Transportation (majority); Johanna Thomas — Senior Counsel, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce (minority); Brian Sullivan — News Anchor & Business Journalist, CNBC (moderator).
9:30 – 9:45 AM — Break
9:45 – 10:30 AM — Overruling Humphrey's Executor: The Implications for Antitrust Enforcement. William Kovacic — Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, George Washington University Law School; Maureen Ohlhausen — Partner & Co-Chair of Antitrust and Competition Practice, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Lawrence White — Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business; Thomas Lenard — Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
10:35 – 10:55 AM — A Fireside Chat with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez. Anna Gomez — Commissioner, U.S. Federal Communications Commission; Bryan Tramont — Managing Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP (moderator).
11:00 – 11:45 AM — Does AI Change the Economics of Telecom?. Harold Feld — Senior Vice President, Public Knowledge; Melissa Mann — Chief Public Policy Officer, Lumen; Giulia McHenry — Senior Vice President for Public Policy, AT&T; Mark Walker — Vice President, Technology Policy, CableLabs; Kelcee Griffis — Telecom Reporter, Bloomberg News (moderator).
11:50 AM – 12:10 PM — A Fireside Chat with FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty. Olivia Trusty — Commissioner, U.S. Federal Communications Commission; Bryan Tramont — Managing Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP (moderator).
12:10 – 12:25 PM — Buffet Lunch
12:25 – 1:10 PM — What Are Cybersecurity's Hardest Problems?. Elizabeth Chernow — Associate Vice President, Public Policy, Comcast Corporation; Katerina Megas — Program Manager, Cybersecurity for IoT Program, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology; Alan Raul — Lecturer, Harvard Law School; Board Chair & President, Future of Privacy Forum; Ari Schwartz — Managing Director of Cybersecurity Services, Venable LLP; Shane Tews — Principal, Logan Circle Strategies (moderator).
1:10 – 1:55 PM — Who Should Regulate the Space Economy?. Robert McDowell — Chair, Global Communications Practice Group and Partner, Cooley LLP; Jay Schwarz — Former Chief, Space Bureau, U.S. Federal Communications Commission; Clayton Swope — Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project, Center for Strategic & International Studies; Scott Wallsten — President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator).
1:55 – 2:00 PM — Closing Remarks. Scott Wallsten — President & Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute.
2:00 PM — Adjourn