A Silicon Valley Roundtable Series with Congressional Internet Caucus Leaders
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We are pleased to announce that leaders of the Congressional Internet Caucus will lead a series of technology town hall meetings in Silicon Valley as part of the State of the Net West series throughout August and September. Please join these Congressional technology leaders for roundtable discussions with academic scholars, public interest advocates and industry leaders on pressing legislative, regulatory and legal technology issues. The State of the Net West series channels West Coast thought leadership from the academic community and private sector to help inform the technology policy issues debated in Washington and better reflects the fast-paced evolution of the marketplace.
The State of the Net West rolled out as a series of roundtables featuring key Members of Congress. Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Co-Chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus, led the first discussion in Palo Alto on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 (Listen to MP3 Audio of the Roundtable). A schedule of State of the Net West discussions are detailed below.
Prior Events
Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo: A Technology Town Hall Roundtable
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Time: Program begins promptly at 12:00 pm, please check-in by 11:45 am (PST).
Location: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati - 650 Page Mill Road - Palo Alto, California 94306
About: The roundtable will cover the major technology issues debated
in policy and legal circles from California to Capitol Hill. Major
themes will include spectrum, broadband, net neutrality, mobile app
privacy, privacy in the cloud, geo-location privacy and privacy of
youth. Congresswoman Eshoo is a leader in Congress on technology
issues as a Co-Chair (and founding member) of the Congressional
Internet Caucus and is the Ranking Member of the House Commerce
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Features panelists Ryan Calo (Stanford University) and Alan Simpson (Common Sense Media).
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn: A Technology Town Hall Roundtable
Date: September 28, 2011
Time: Program begins promptly at 9:15 am, please check-in by 8:45 am (PST)
Location: Williman Room in the Benson Center, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053
About: The roundtable will cover issues related to Congresswoman Blackburn's policy objectives in Washington including the potential regulation of online behavioral advertising and other privacy issues. The Congresswoman, who serves as Vice Chair of the Commerce, Manufacturing & Trade Subcommittee, will also discuss governmental barriers to small startups and online growth. Congresswoman Blackburn is a member of the Congressional Internet Caucus and sits on the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Featuring speaker Declan McCullagh.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte: A Technology Town Hall Roundtable (Listen to MP3 Audio of the Roundtable)
Audio: Download MP3 Audio of the event.
Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Location: Cooley LLP - 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130
About: The roundtable covered issues related to Congressman Goodlatte's policy objectives in Washington including, but not limited to, innovation, patent reform, Internet copyright, Internet taxation, and broadband. Congressman Goodlatte chairs the Congressional Internet Caucus and chairs the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet.
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren: A Technology Town Hall Roundtable
Date: Monday, September 19, 2011
Time: Program begins promptly at 9:15 am, please check-in by 8:45 am (PST)
Location: Nobili Hall, Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053
About: The roundtable will cover copyright on the Internet and Congressional legislation designed to thwart Internet piracy (e.g. The Protect IP Act) by allowing domain name delisting and requiring credit card providers, advertisers, and search engines to cease transactions deal with the owners of sites deemed to be infringing. Congresswoman Lofgren is a founding member of the Congressional Internet Caucus and a member of the subcommittees on Energy and the Environment and Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology and the subcommittees on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet and Immigration Policy and Enforcement of the Committee on Judiciary Committee.
These educational roundtables are 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 corporations. More information on the ICAC is available at www.netcaucus.org. These events are hosted in conjunction with the Santa Clara University School of Law.