International Dialogue | July 2006 Program | Digital Economy Discussion
In July of 2006 the Internet Caucus Advisory Committee welcomed the Internet Caucus' European counterparts from the European Internet Foundation and staff from the Transatlantic Policy Network to join them in discussions on international Internet policy issues.
Program of Bilateral Meetings
European Participants:
- Paulo Casaca, MEP (Portugal)
- James Elles, MEP (UK)
- Malcolm Harbour, MEP (UK)
- Edit Herczog, MEP (Hungary)
- Piia-Noora Kauppi, MEP (Finland)
- Erika Mann, MEP (Germany)
- Arlene McCarthy, MEP (UK)
- Lambert van Nistelrooij, MEP (Netherlands)
- Bill Newton Dunn, MEP (UK)
- Peter Skinner, MEP (UK)
- Hannes Swoboda, MEP (Austria)
Congressional Meetings
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Monday, July 17, 2006, 4:00 pm
U.S. Participants: Congressman Ed Markey, Ranking Member, House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and Colin Crowell, Senior Telecom Advisor
Issues Discussed: Telecom regulation and Net Neutrality.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006, 3:30 pm
U.S. Participants: Congressman Cliff Stearns, Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Issues Discussed: Regulation of commercial practices, privacy and consumer protection, and data retention.
House Committee on the Judiciary
Tuesday, July 18, 2006, 9:30 am
U.S. Participants: Congressman Lamar Smith, Chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property
Issues Discussed: Intellectual property protection, music licensing, and patent reform.
Wedsday, July 19, 2006, 8:30 am
U.S. Participants: Rick Boucher, Co-Chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus
Issues Discussed: Net Neutrality, Internet governance, patent reform, DMCA, video franchising, and data protection.
House Select Committee on Homeland Security
Tuesday, July 18, 2006, 11:30 am
U.S. Participants: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment
Issues Discussed: Cybersecurity and data protection.
Administration Meetings
U.S. Department of State
Tuesday, July 18, 2006, 12:15 pm
U.S. Participants: U.S. Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Tim Finton, Senior Counselor for International Communications and Information Policy, and Sally Shipman, Telecommunications Policy Advisor, Office of International Communications and Information Policy
Issues Discussed: Cooperation on e-issues, Internet governance, The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and ICANN.
U.S. Department of Commerce and Patent & Trademark Office
Monday, July 17, 2006, 10:30 am
U.S. Participants: Robert Cresanti, Undersecretary of Commerce for Technology, Chris Israel, US Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement, and Mary Critharis, USPTO Senior Counsel for Patents, International Relations
Issues Discussed: RFID, patent reform, and cross-border intellectual property protection and enforcement.
U.S. Department of Justice -- Computer Crimes & Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)
Monday, July 17, 2006, 2:30 pm
U.S. Participants: Betty-Ellen Shave, Assistant Deputy Chief for International Computer Crime, Christopher M.E. Painter, Deputy Chief of CCIPS, Christopher Merriam, International Coordinator for IPR, Howard Cox, Trial Attorney for Computer Crime
Issues Discussed: Intellectual property protection, data theft, computer crimes, and enforcement.
Federal Communications Commission
Tuesday, July 18, 2006, 4:30 pm
U.S. Participants: Commissioner Robert McDowell and Tracey Weisler, Senior Adviser to the FCC for European Affairs, International Bureau
Issues Discussed: Telecom regulations including VoIP and NetNeutrality, innovation, spectrum, and the DTV transition.
Internet Caucus Panel Discussion
Transatlantic Dialogue on the Digital Economy
Tuesday, July 18, 2006, 2:00 pm
Congressmen Bob Goodlatte, Co-Chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus, chaired an international Internet policy discussion between Members of Congress and Members of the European Parliament. Discussion topics included Net Neutrality, anti-trust, patent reform, Internet governance and ICANN, and RFID. [More Info]