Preserving the Open Internet: Is a Consensus Emerging?

Title: Preserving the Open Internet: Is a Consensus Emerging?
Location: 1101 K Street, NW, Suite 610A
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Description: Rough consensus is emerging on many of the issues raised in the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Preserving the Open Internet, particularly those relating to transparency and disclosure, network management, and the value of helping latency-sensitive applications such as gaming and voice applications such as Skype. A number of key players in the Open Internet – or net neutrality – debate have refined their positions in the last few months, but there is still disagreement about how far these regulations should go into the mobile networking space and their specific details.

Please join us for a panel discussion among the leading players in the Open Internet debate as we search for consensus on the remaining questions.

Moderator:
Robert Atkinson
President, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (and member of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age)

Panelists:
Richard Bennett
Research Fellow, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

C. Lincoln Hoewing
Assistant Vice President, Internet and Technology Issues, Verizon Communications

Michael Katz
Sarin Chair in Strategy and Leadership and Director, Institute of Management, Innovation, and Organization, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Julius Knapp
Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal Communications Commission

Paul Misener
Vice President, Global Public Policy, Amazon.com

Morgan Reed
Executive Director, The Association for Competitive Technologies

Rick Whitt
Washington Telecom and Media Counsel, Google

Light refreshments will be provided.

Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-02-23
End Time: 10:30