State of the Net Conference 2010

Agenda

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

2:00 to 5:00 PM	Preconference Seminar: Broadband Infrastructure and Net neutrality [More Details] Coordinated by EDUCAUSE and NCTA
5:00 to 7:00 PM	13th Annual Kickoff Technology Policy Exhibition: Featuring remarks by Senator Patrick Leahy [More Details] Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

7:30 am	Main Conference: Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Technology Exhibits
8:00 am	Welcome - Jerry Berman, Chairman, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee [bio] - The Honorable Rick Boucher, Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus [bio]
8:45 am	Keynote Address - Alan Murray, Deputy Managing Editor and Executive Editor Online, The Wall Street Journal [bio] - Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Comcast Corporation [bio]
10:00 am	Copyright Strikes: When Has a Pirate Graduated to Internet Exile? - John Morris, Center for Democracy & Technology [bio] - Shira Perlmutter, Executive Vice-President of Global Legal Policy, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry [bio] - The Honourable John Robertson, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom [bio] - Tim Lordan, (moderator) Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee [bio] - Matthew Schruers, Senior Counsel for Litigation and Legislative Affairs, Computer and Communications Industry Association [bio]
11:15 am	Coffee Break
11:30 am	Breakout Sessions Antitrust in the Internet Era - David Balto, Center for American Progress (moderator) [bio] - Brian Bieron, Senior Director of Federal Affairs, eBay [bio] - Joseph Farrell, Director of the Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission [bio] - Roberta Katz, U.S. Department of Justice [bio] - Catherine Sandoval, Santa Clara University School of Law [bio] Cyberwar: Is Congress Preparing for the Common Defense? - Greg Nojeim, Senior Counsel, Center for Democracy and Technology [bio] - Shane Harris, National Journal [bio] - Robert W. Holleyman, Business Software Alliance [bio] - James Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies [bio] - Lance J. Hoffman, (moderator) Director, Cyberspace Security Policy and Research Institute, The George Washington University [bio] Clouding Internet Policy - The Honourable Derek Wyatt, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom [bio] - Susie Adams, Microsoft [bio] - Jim Dempsey, Center for Democracy and Technology [bio] - Charles Davidson, New York Law School [bio] - Roger Cochetti, (moderator), RJC Associates [bio] - Harry Wingo, Google [bio]
12:30 pm	Networking Lunch
1:30 pm	Keynote Address - The Honorable Howard A. Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Cyber Security, Office of the President [bio] With introductions by the Honorable Bob Goodlatte, Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus [bio]
2:00 pm	Breakout Sessions Global Free Expression: Will the Internet Reign or Get Reined In? (The Judith Krug Memorial Intellectual Freedom Panel) - Alan Davidson, Director of U.S. Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google [bio] - Rebecca MacKinnon, Visiting Fellow, Princeton University Center for Information Technology Policy [bio] - Ambassador Philip L. Verveer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy [bio] - David Weller, (moderator) Regulatory and Government Affairs Department, Wilmer Hale [bio] Transforming Government Through Technology: The Real, The Possible, The Surprising - Jim Geringer, Director of Policy and Public Sector Strategies, Environmental Systems Research Institute [bio] - Eugene Huang, Government Operations Director, National Broadband Task Force, Federal Communications Commission [bio] - Clay Johnson, Director of Sunlight Labs, Sunlight Foundation [bio] - Andrew McLaughlin, (moderator) Deputy Chief Technology Officer, White House [bio] - Robert E. Neilson, Knowledge Management Advisor, United States Army [bio] Debating the Framework for Online Privacy - Chuck Curran, Network Advertising Initiative [bio] - The Honourable Philip Dunne, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom [bio] - Marc Groman, (moderator) House Committee on Energy and Commerce [bio] - Ari Schwartz, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Center for Democracy and Technology [bio] - Anne Toth, Yahoo! [bio]
3:15 pm	Coffee Break
3:30 pm	Breakout Sessions Can the Internet Save the Planet with Smart Grid Energy? - Jeff Dygert, Executive Director, Public Policy, AT&T Services, Inc. [bio] - Brendan Herron, Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy, CURRENT Group [bio] - Edward Tsang Lu, Google [bio] - Lawrence Plumb, Executive Director of Emerging Issues & Technology Policy, Verizon [bio] - Nick Sinai, Federal Communications Commission [bio] - Gerry Waldron, (moderator) Staff Director, House House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming [bio] Social Media in Tech Policy: Meet the new influencers and become one, too - Sean Garrett, (moderator) Partner, 463 Communications [bio] - Kim Hart, The Hill [bio] - Steven VanRoekel, Managing Director, Federal Communications Commission [bio] - Jon Henke, President, Digital Society [bio] - Jonah Seiger, Managing Partner, Connections Media [bio]
4:30 pm	Closing Reception, Regency Foyer

* Subject to change. More panels and keynotes may be added.

Contact
Cat Matsuda at cmatsuda@netcaucus.org or 202-638-4370 for more information.

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.