Summary of 2013’s Program: One of the Most Successful in the History of the ICAC
Dear Members of the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee),
We’re getting close to the end of our programmatic year and we have just a few more Internet Caucus AC briefings remaining. Once we host our Spectrum briefing and our FCC Open Internet Decision briefing (assuming the court rules in 2013) we will have capped off one of the most productive and influential educational years in the 17 years since the Congressional Internet Caucus was created to help assure sound Internet policymaking.
We have detailed below the remarkable breadth of Internet policy briefings and events hosted by the NetCaucus AC in 2013. We thank those of you who have lent your time, expertise and (to some) who lent much needed financial support to this important Internet policy program. If your organization has year-end funds please consider becoming a supporter of this indispensable program.
Thank you for a fantastic 2013. Looking forward to working with you all to make 2014 even better.
2013 Highlights:
* In 2013 we will have hosted a record number Congressional briefings on Net policy in the Capitol complex (despite a government shutdown!),
* A whopping 40% of our briefings were telecast on the CSPAN network, radically expanding our audience,
* A record number of Congressional staff attended ICAC briefings,
* We inspired the House of Representatives to embrace STEM by creating legislation and regulations for the first ever youth Congressional App Challenge (expected launch Feb 2014),
* The NetCaucusAC and the State of the Net transitioned to new, more powerful website platforms (respectively),
* Launched a pilot project to coordinate educational programs on Internet Ecosystem Economics,
* And we threw a 20th anniversary party for the World Wide Web!
* See the full list of program below …
2013 Summary of Program
Remaining 2013 Events
Spectrum Briefing
Fri. December 13, 2013
Details TBD – Rayburn HOB
Overview
The FCC’s Open Internet Order Decision Briefing
Details TBD Upon Court Decision
Past 2013 Events
The New European Data Privacy Regulation and What It Means for Global Privacy and the Internet Industry: A Presentation From European Commission Officials
November 19, 2013 – Rayburn HOB
Overview
Are the Kids Alright? Assessing the Impact of 20 Years of the Internet on America’s Youth
Fri., October 25, 2013 – Rayburn HOB, 2237
Overview
The NSA Internet Surveillance System: Who Has Oversight and How Transparent is the Program?
12:00 to 1:00 PM, Fri., October 25, 2013 – Rayburn HOB, 2226
Overview
Buying Your Next Plane Ticket Online: How Can the Internet Make Travel More Efficient?
Wed., Aug 28, 2013 – Rayburn HOB, 2226
Overview | Video | Audio
Privacy, the NSA, and Your Constituents’ Phone and Internet Records: An Experts’ Primer on the Law, the Technology and the History.
Fri., June 21, 2013 – Rayburn HOB, 2237
Overview | Video | Audio
Faceoff: A Fact-Based Debate on U.S. Internet Policy and Access Networks
Fri., June 7, 2013 – Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC 203-02
Overview | Audio
Patent Litigation Strangling High Tech? Congress?
Thurs., May 30, 2013 – Rayburn HOB, 2226
Overview | Audio
Enabling Do Not Track Privacy: Is It Dead or Alive?
Fri., May 24, 2013 – Rayburn HOB, B-339
Overview | Video | Audio
The World Wide Web 20th Anniversary Cocktail Reception
Thurs., May 9, 2013 – Sewall-Belmont House & Museum
Overview
Collecting Online Sales Taxes: Should Congress Weigh In?
Thursday, Mar. 21, 2013 – Rayburn HOB, Room 2237
Overview | Audio
Cyber Security After the White House Executive Order: Will Congress Make the Next Move?
Friday., Mar. 15, 2013 – Rayburn HOB, B-339
Overview | Audio
Combating Piracy Online: The Copyright Alert System, A Voluntary Approach
Friday., Mar. 8, 2013 – Rayburn HOB, Room 2168
Overview | Video
State of the Net / Mobile Net Events
State of the Mobile Net
May 9, 2013
Keynotes
– The Honorable Jason Chaffetz, Member, U.S. House of Representatives Video
– The Honorable Hank Johnson, Member, U.S. House of Representatives Video
Mobile Location: The Policies of Where,
May 9, 2013
Overview | Video
The “State” of Mobile Privacy: Should It Be Treated Differently?,
May 9, 2013
Overview | Video
Mitigating the Mobile Broadband Squeeze: Creative Approaches to Avoiding a Bandwidth Catastrophe,
May 9, 2013
State of the Net Conference Events
January22/23, 2013
Keynotes:
– The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo, (CA-18), Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus VIDEO
– The Honorable Jerry Moran, (KS) VIDEO
– Victoria A. Espinel, U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, The White House VIDEO
– Nicol Turner-Lee, President and CEO, National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications VIDEO
– Fred Humphries, Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs, Microsoft VIDEO
Plumbing the Policy Implications of Data Analytics and Defining “Big Data,” the Year’s Most Overused Term
January 22, 2013
Overview| AUDIO
Should Congress Rewrite the Telecom Act?
January 22, 2013
Overview | AUDIO
Congress as NetMusic’s DJ: Is It Spinning the Turntables in the Right Direction for Innovation and Creativity?
January 22, 2013
Overview | AUDIO
Luncheon Keynote Discussion:VIDEO
– Travis Kalanick, CEO and Co-Founder – UBER with
– The Honorable Bob Goodlatte, (VA-6), Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus
Post-Petraeus: Privacy, Passion, Probable Cause?
January 22, 2013
Overview | AUDIO
Big Broadband: What Happens When the Psychology of Abundance Confronts Both the Economics of Deployment and the Rules of Regulators?
January 22, 2013
Overview | AUDIO
First Sale and No Resale: Could SCOTUS and the Internet Redefine Content Ownership?
January 22, 2013
Overview | AUDIO
Cyber Security Legislation, Regulation and Executive Order: Government Officials Discuss
January 22, 2013
Overview
No Rest for the WCIT: Charting An Affirmative Plan to Safeguarding Internet Freedom!
January 22, 2013
Overview | AUDIO
Demystifying the Cloud: What Adopters and Policymakers Need to Know
January 22, 2013
Overview | AUDIO
The Internet Leadership Challenge: Restoring America to Economic Greatness Through Sound Internet Policy
January 23, 2013
Overview
Keynotes
– The Honorable Steve Scalise, U.S. House of Representatives (LA-1) & Chairman, Republican Study Committee VIDEO
– Blair Levin, Communications & Society Fellow – Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program “The Politics of Abundance” VIDEO
– Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform VIDEO