After hibernating for a few months while we’ve been rebuilding IPDI, we’re very pleased to announce our first event on the 2009-2010 academic calendar.

Join Arts+Labs & the GSPM’s Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet for

New Media, New Networks: The Evolution of Content on the Internet

With Moderator Richard Wiley (Former Chairman of the FCC)

In wake of the FCC Broadband NOI, broadband workshops on broadband, content and cybersecurity - as well as Genachowski’s recent announcement on net neutrality - several well-respected experts will gather to talk about their viewpoints on network policy - problems, opportunities and common ground. These are the most important string of events centered around this topic in over a year, and we encourage you to take part in the discussion.

WHERE: George Washington University - 1957 E Street NW, 7th Floor – Washington D.C.

WHEN: Thursday, October 29th – 9am to 12pm ET

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. REGISTER HERE.

AGENDA:

• Breakfast and Welcome (9:00-9:30)

• Panel #1 – Networks for the Future (9:30-10:30) – The Importance of Wired and Wireless Next Generation Networks, deployment, capacity, interactivity, consumer choice and content. Panelists:
  • Bret Swanson (Entropy Economics, WSJ Contributor)
  • S. Derek Turner (Research Director, Free Press)
  • Robert Curtis (FCC Director, Network Deployment)
  • Christopher Yoo (Director, Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition at the University of Pennsylvania Law School)

• Q&A Session (10:30-10:45)

• Panel #2 – Network Management and Delivering for the Consumer (10:45-11:45) – The evolving role of the networks – better, smarter, faster. Panelists:
  • Richard Bennett (Research Fellow, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation)
  • Robb Topolski (Chief Technologist of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation)
  • Dave Farber (Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy at the School of Computer Science, Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University)
  • Harold Feld (Legal Director of Public Knowledge)

• Q&A Session (11:45 – 12:00)