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Kevin Werbach
Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics


Education

JD, Harvard University, 1994; BA, University of California at Berkeley, 1991

Recent Consulting

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (2011). Analysis of the development and diffusion of digital content, such as online video.

Federal Communications Commission (2009-10). Advising on broadband, open Internet, and open government policies.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce (2009). Assist in development and implementation of Broadband Technology Opportunity Program.

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 2004-present

Other Positions

Founder, Supernova Group, 2002-present; Editor, Release 1.0, 1998-2002; Counsel for New Technology Policy, Federal Communications Commission, 1994-1998

Professional Leadership 2005-2010

Board of Directors, TPRC Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, 2003-2009; Fellow, Global Institute for Communications (GLOCOM), 2002-present; Advisory Board, Knowledge@Wharton, 2005-present;Editorial Board, Info: The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information and Media, 2010-present; International Editorial Board, I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society, 2006-present; Editorial Board, Journal of Information Policy, 2010-present

Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2010

FCC Review Co-Lead, Obama-Biden Transition Project, 2010-11; Advisory Board, Public Knowledge, 2002-present; Advisory Board, Socialtext, 2003-2008; Advisor Board, Genesys Angelbridge Fund, 2000-2009

Publications
Kevin Werbach (2011), The Network Utility, Duke Law Journal, Vol. 60, p. 1761
Kevin Werbach (2011), The Wasteland: Anticommons, White Spaces, and the Fallacy of Spectrum, Arizona Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2011
Kevin Werbach (2010), Why Network Neutrality Is Good for Business, Harvard Business Review Blog, August 18, 2010
Kevin Werbach (2010), Off the Hook, Cornell Law Review, Vol. 95, p. 101
Kevin Werbach (2010), Castle in the Air: A Domain Name System for Spectrum, Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 104, p. 613

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In The News
Sensors and sensibilities, The Economist, 11/04/2010, Kevin Werbach
FCC Chief On Defensive Over Stalled Broadband Plan, NPR, "All Things Considered", 10/06/2010, Kevin Werbach
A virtual counter-revolution, The Economist, 09/02/2010, Kevin Werbach
3 Hot Topics at Supernova: Public Policy, Social Media, Privacy, PBS.org, 08/11/2010, Kevin Werbach
Rivals Google, Comcast join to back Wharton forum, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 07/12/2010, Kevin Werbach

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Knowledge@Wharton
What the New FCC Rules Will Mean for Wireless Users, 09/29/2010, Kevin Werbach
New Rules for a New Age: Creating an 'Economic Stimulus Agency' out of the FCC, 04/01/2009, Kevin Werbach

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Werbach Kevin
Kevin Werbach
649 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-1222
werbach@wharton.upenn.edu

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Research Interests:
Digital convergence; innovation; telecommunications policy; the business/government interface; gamification