State of the Net Conference 2009

Agenda *

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

2:00 to 4:30 PM	Preconference Seminar: Strategies for Investing in and Benefiting from America's Broadband Infrastructure [More Details] Coordinated by EDUCAUSE and NCTA
5:00 to 7:00 PM	12th Annual Kickoff Technology Policy Exhibition: Featuring remarks by Senator Patrick Leahy [More Details] Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

8:00 am	Main Conference: Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Technology Exhibits
8:30 am	Welcome Watch Video on YouTube - Jerry Berman, Chairman, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee [bio]
9:00 am	What Does the Transition Mean for Internet Policy? Watch Video on YouTube - The Honorable Rick Boucher, Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus [bio] - Blair Levin, Team Leader for the Technology, Innovation and Government Reform Working Group on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team
10:15 am	Comments and Perspectives on Internet Policy - James Elles, Member, European Parliament [bio] Watch Video on YouTube - Aneesh Paul Chopra, Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia [bio] Watch Video on YouTube - John Windhausen and Rick Cimerman Summarizing the Preconference Seminar: Strategies for Investing in and Benefiting from America's Broadband Infrastructure Watch Video on YouTube
11:15 am	Coffee Break
11:30 am	Breakout Sessions Making Online Personal Information More Anonymous: Will It Save Privacy? Download MP3 Audio - Stu Ingis, Venable LLP [bio forthcoming] (moderator) - Pam Dixon, World Privacy Forum [bio] - Mike Hintze, Microsoft [bio] - Anne Toth, Yahoo! [bio] Future of ICANN and Internet Governance Download MP3 Audio - Roger Cochetti, RJC Associates [bio] (moderator) - Jeff Brueggeman, AT&T [bio forthcoming] - Steve DelBianco, NetChoice [bio] - Paul Levins, ICANN [bio] - Everton Lucero, Embassy of Brazil [bio] Top Tech Policy Bloggers on The State of the Net Download MP3 Audio - Sean Garrett, 463 Communications [bio] (moderator) - John "CZ" Czwartacki, Verizon Policy Blog [bio] - Ajit Jaokar, Open Gardens Blog & Oxford University [bio] - Mike Masnick, TechDirt [bio] - Julian Sanchez, Ars Technica [bio]
12:30 pm	Networking Lunch
1:30 pm	Keynote Address Watch Video on YouTube Featuring Josh Silverman, President, Skype [bio] with The Honorable Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus
2:15 pm	Breakout Sessions Has the Internet Transmuted Electoral Politics and Policymaking? Hosted in conjunction with George Washington University’s Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. Download MP3 Audio - Julie Barko Germany, Institute for Policy Democracy and the Internet [bio] (moderator) - Garrett Graff, Washingtonian [bio] - Sam Graham-Felsen, Blue State Digital [bio] - John Henke, Internet Strategy and Communications Consultant [bio] - Cyrus Krohn, Republican National Committee [bio] - Simon Rosenberg, NDN [bio] The Top Five Ways Congress Can Save Healthcare Through Technology Download MP3 Audio - Lygeia Ricciardi, Clear Voice Consulting, LLC [bio] (moderator) - Dr. David Lansky, Pacific Business Group on Health [bio] - Deven McGraw, Center for Democracy and Technology [bio] - George Scriban, Microsoft [bio] - Dr. Steven Waldren, American Academy of Family Physicians [bio] Policy Issues Facing Cloud Computing Download MP3 Audio - David Schellhase, Salesforce.com [bio] (moderator) - Susie Adams, Chief Technical Advisor, Microsoft - Alan Davidson, Google [bio] - Jim Dempsey, Center for Democracy and Technology [bio]
3:15 pm	Coffee Break
3:30 pm	Sessions Final Report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force: Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies Watch Video on YouTube John Palfrey, Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society [bio] [download full report, 2.7MB pdf] Digital Copyright: What's Next? Download MP3 Audio - Aaron Cooper, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee - Alec French, NBC Universal - Neil Fried, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee - Daryl P. Friedman, Vice President, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc. - Joe Keeley, Arent Fox, (moderator) - Michael Petricone, Consumer Electronics Association - Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge
4:30 pm	Inaugural Reception, Regency Foyer

* Subject to change. More panels and keynotes may be added.

Contact
Cat Matsuda at cmatsuda@netcaucus.org or 202-638-4370 for more information.

This is a widely attended event hosted by the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (ICAC), part of a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. The ICAC is a private sector organization comprised of public interest groups, trade associations, non-profits, and industry leaders. The diversity of ICAC membership ensures that all educational events and initiatives are fair and balanced forums for Internet-related discussion. The ICAC does not promote any particular policy position.