State of the Net Conference 2013

Agenda - Tuesday, January 22, 2013

7:30 am - Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 am - Welcoming Remarks:

Shane Tews, 463 Strategy and Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee [Bio]

9:00 am - Keynote Addresses:

The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo, (CA-18), Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus [Bio] [VIDEO]
The Honorable Jerry Moran, (KS) [Bio] [VIDEO]
Victoria A. Espinel, U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, The White House [Bio] [VIDEO]

10:30 am - Reflections on the State of the Net - Flash Talks:

Nicol Turner-Lee, President and CEO, National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications [Bio] [VIDEO]
Fred Humphries, Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs, Microsoft [Bio] [VIDEO]

11:15 am - Coffee Break

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11:30 am - Morning Breakout Sessions:

Plumbing the Policy Implications of Data Analytics and Defining "Big Data," the Year's Most Overused Term [AUDIO]

Becky Burr, Chief Privacy Officer, Neustar [Bio]
Brian Eoff, Data Scientist, bit.ly [Bio]
Erik Jones, Deputy General Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee [Bio]
Paul Ohm, Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [Bio]
Nancy Scola, Journalist [Bio] - Moderator

Should Congress Rewrite the Telecom Act? [AUDIO]

Larry Downes, Consultant & Author [Bio]
Tim Lordan, Executive Director, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee [Bio] - Moderator
Cathy Sloan, Vice President Government Relations, Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) [Bio]
Corie Wright, NetFlix [Bio]
Christopher Yoo, John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania Law School. [Bio]

Congress as NetMusic's DJ: Is It Spinning the Turntables in the Right Direction for Innovation and Creativity? [AUDIO]

Jerry Brito, Senior Research Fellow/Professor of Law - George Mason University [Bio]
Delida Costin, General Counsel, Pandora [Bio]
Michael Huppe, President, SoundExchange Inc. [Bio]
Lee Knife, Digital Media Association (DiMA) [Bio]
Casey Rae, Deputy Director - Future of Music Coalition [Bio] - Moderator

12:30 pm: Networking Lunch

Welcome & Introduction: Jerry Berman, Chairman, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee [Bio]

1:15 pm - Luncheon Keynote Discussion: [VIDEO]

Travis Kalanick, CEO and Co-Founder - UBER [Bio]
The Honorable Bob Goodlatte, (VA-6), Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus [Bio]

2:00 pm - Afternoon Breakout Sessions:

Post-Petraeus: Privacy, Passion, Probable Cause? [AUDIO]

Kevin Bankston, Senior Counsel, Center for Democracy & Technology [Bio]
Mary Ellen Callahan, Partner, Jenner & Block [Bio] - Moderator
Richard Salgado, Director, Law Enforcement and Information Security, Google [Bio]
Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, CATO Institute [Bio]
Mike Vatis, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP [Bio]
Jason Weinstein, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) [Bio Forthcoming]

Big Broadband: What Happens When the Psychology of Abundance Confronts Both the Economics of Deployment and the Rules of Regulators? [AUDIO]

James M. Assey, Executive Vice President - National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) [Bio]
Ramona Carlow, Vice President of Public Policy and Strategy, AT&T [Bio]
Blair Levin, Communications & Society Fellow - Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program [Bio]
Kevin Lo, General Manager - Google Fiber [Bio]
Jessica Zufolo, Deputy Administrator, Rural Utilities Service (RUS), U.S. Department of Agriculture [Bio] - Moderator

First Sale and No Resale: Could SCOTUS and the Internet Redefine Content Ownership? [AUDIO]

Tod Cohen, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel - eBay [Bio]
Christian Genetski, Senior Vice President & General Counsel - Entertainment Software Association [Bio]
Keith Kupferschmid, General Counsel & Senior Vice President - Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) [Bio]
John Ossenmacher, Founder - ReDigi [Bio Forthcoming]
David Sohn, General Counsel/Director of Copyright and Technology Project - Center for Democracy & Technology [Bio] - Moderator

3:00 pm - Coffee Break

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3:30 pm - Late Afternoon Breakout Sessions:

Cyber Security Legislation, Regulation and Executive Order: Government Officials Discuss

Jason Cervenak, Senior Counsel, House Judiciary Committee [Bio]
Tom Corcoran, Senior Policy Advisor - House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence [Bio]
Michael Hermann, Military Legislative Assistant - Office of Rep. Jim Langevin (RI-02) [Bio]
Shane Tews, 463 Strategy and Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee [Bio] - Moderator

No Rest for the WCIT: Charting An Affirmative Plan to Safeguarding Internet Freedom! (The Fourth Annual Judith Krug Memorial Intellectual Freedom Panel) [AUDIO]

Fiona Alexander, Associate Administrator, Office of International Affairs, National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) [Bio]
Colin Crowell, Head of Global Public Policy, Twitter [Bio]
Jamie Hedlund, Vice President, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) [Bio]
Andrew McLaughlin, betaworks [Bio]
Thomas O'Toole, Managing Editor, Electronic Commerce & Law Report, Bloomberg BNA [Bio] - Moderator

Demystifying the Cloud: What Adopters and Policymakers Need to Know [AUDIO]

Dan Chenok, Executive Director, IBM Center for the Business of Government [Bio]
Robert Holleyman II, President & CEO, BSA | The Software Alliance [Bio]
Deven McGraw, Director of the Health Privacy Project, Center for Democracy & Technology [Bio]
Rodney Petersen, Senior Government Relations Officer & Managing Director, Educause [Bio]
Ari Schwartz, Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Commerce [Bio] - Moderator

4:30 pm - Networking Reception

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Agenda - Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The Internet Leadership Challenge: Restoring America to Economic Greatness Through Sound Internet Policy

1:30 pm - Welcome Remarks by:

Alan Davidson, Visiting Scholar, Technology and Policy Program, MIT, Board of Directors, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee [Bio]

Congressional Keynote by:

The Honorable Steve Scalise, U.S. House of Representatives (LA-1) & Chairman, Republican Study Committee [Bio] [VIDEO]

1:50 pm - Introductions:

Joe Waz, Senior Strategic Advisor, Comcast Corporation [Bio]

Perspectives by:

Blair Levin, Communications & Society Fellow - Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program "The Politics of Abundance" [Bio] [VIDEO]

Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform [Bio] [VIDEO]

2:05 pm - Panel 1 [VIDEO]

Moderated by Joe Waz, Senior Strategic Advisor, Comcast Corporation [Bio]

Discussants:
- Blair Levin, Communications & Society Fellow - Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program "The Politics of Abundance" [Bio]
- Robert McDowell, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [Bio]
- Bruce Mehlman, Partner, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti [Bio]
- Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform [Bio]

3:00 pm - Coffee Break

3:10 pm - Panel 2: [VIDEO]

Moderated by Rey Ramsey, President & CEO, TechNet [Bio]

Discussants:
- Marvin Ammori, Principal, Ammori Group and Steering Committee, Engine Advocacy
- Rob Atkinson, President, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) [Bio]

4:00 pm - Conclusion

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.