State of the Net 2011
Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee
Jan 18-19, 2011
Agenda
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
7:30 am Main Conference: Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Welcome
- The Honorable Rick White, Co-Founder of The Congressional Internet Caucus & Advisor, Lee & Hayes
- Jerry Berman, Chairman, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee
9:00 am Keynote Address
- The Honorable Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Cameron Kerry, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce
- John Morton, Director, Department of Homeland Security U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement
10:00 am General Session: Congress, Technology & The Tea Party
- The Honorable Tom Davis, President & CEO, Republican Main Street Partnership
- Elizabeth Frazee, (moderator) Founder, Twin Logic Strategies
- Rey Ramsey, President & CEO, TechNet
- Amy Schatz, Technology Reporter, Wall Street Journal
11:15 am Coffee Break
11:30 am Breakout Sessions
Rooting Out Online Copyright Pirates with COICA: Will It Work?
- Daniel Castro, Sr. Analyst, The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
- Dan Kaminsky, Chief Scientist, Doxpara
- Andrew Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
- Greg Piper, (moderator) Correspondent, Warren Communications
- David Sohn, Sr. Policy Counsel and Intellectual Property & Technology Project Director, Center for Democracy & Technology
DOJ Surveillance Blueprints: A CALEAmity for the U.S. Technology Industry?
- Kevin Bankston, Sr. Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Bruce Heiman, Leader, Policy & Regulatory Practice, K&L Gates
- Jeremy Pelofsky, (moderator) Correspondent, Reuters
- Bruce Schneier, Security Technologist & Author
- Marc Zwillinger, Partner, Zwillinger Genetski LLP
The State of the Social Net: A Catalyst for Civil & Political Revolution or a Hyped Distraction
- Jerry Berman, Chairman, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee
- Alex Howard, Correspondent, Government 2.0, O'Reilly Media
- Andrew Keen, Author & Host "Keen On" at TechCrunch.tv
- Lee Rainie, (moderator) Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project
- Clay Shirky, Technology Consultant & Author
12:30 pm Networking Lunch
1:15 pm Keynote Address
- The Honorable Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus [bio]
- Dr. Ed Amoroso, Senior Vice President & Chief Security Officer, AT&T [bio]
- Howard A. Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President & White House Cyber Security Coordinator [bio]
2:00 pm Breakout Sessions
Can the U.S. Continue to Support a Free Global Internet in the Age of Wikileaks, Cyberwar and Rampant Copyright Piracy? (The Judith Krug Memorial Intellectual Freedom Panel)
- Stewart Baker, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson [bio]
- David Israelite, President & CEO, National Music Publishers Association [bio]
- Mark MacCarthy, Georgetown University (moderator)
- Rebecca MacKinnon, Sr. Fellow, New America Foundation [bio]
- Dr. Milton Mueller, Professor, Syracuse University [bio]
Online Privacy on Trial: Has Congress Given Industry Self-Regulating Long Enough?
- Jodie Bernstein, Of Counsel, Kelley Drye [bio]
- Justin Brookman, Director, Project on Consumer Privacy, Center for Democracy & Technology (invited) [bio]
- Stuart Ingis, Partner, Venable LLP [bio]
- Declan McCullagh, Founder & Editor, Politech & Chief Political Correspondent, CNET News.com [bio]
- Peter Swire, (moderator) Professor, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law [bio]
Author's Corner: Can Innovation Drive the Economic Recovery?
From broadband to emerging technologies, what role might innovation play in driving an economic recovery and job creation in the United States? Which government policies hold the most promise for 2011? Join us for a riveting conversation between authors Gary Shapiro and Kevin Maney (invited) moderated by Michael Mandel:
- Gary Shapiro, The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore the American Dream (2011).
Shapiro is the president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
- Kevin Maney, Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't (2010).
Maney was a technology reporter at USA Today for 22 years and a contributing editor to Conde Nast Portfolio. He writes for The Atlantic, Fortune, and Fast Company. His fourth book will be published fall 2011. (invited)
- Michael Mandel, (moderator) Editor-in-Chief, Visible Economy and Former Chief Economist at BusinessWeek.
Mandel holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and is Senior Fellow at Wharton's Mack Center for Technological Innovation and Senior Fellow at the nonpartisan Progressive Policy Institute.
3:15 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm Breakout Sessions
Legislating Cybersecurity: A Government Staff Perspective
- Matt McCabe, Sr. Counsel, House Homeland Security Committee (majority) [bio]
- Brandon Milhorn, Republican Staff Director & Chief Counsel, Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee (minority) [bio]
- Jake Olcott, Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee (majority) [bio]
- Branden Ritchie, Legislative Director for Congressman Bob Goodlatte (majority) [bio]
- Tommy Ross, Sr. Defense & Intelligence Advisor to Senator Harry Reid (majority) [bio]
- Shane Tews, Vice President of Global Public Policy & Government Relations, VeriSign, Inc. (moderator) [bio]
The Clouding of Internet Policy: A Perfect Storm for U.S. Security & Privacy Policy
- Roger Cochetti, (moderator), RJC Associates [bio]
- Jim Dempsey, Vice President of Public Policy, Center for Democracy & Technology [bio]
- Ed Felten, Chief Technologist, Federal Trade Commission [bio]
- Ambassador Phillip Verveer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State & U.S. Coordinator for International Communications & Information Policy, State Department [bio]
Legislating Broadband Policy: A Government Staff Perspective
- Neil Fried, Chief Counsel, House Energy & Commerce Committee (majority) (invited) [bio]
- Brian Hendricks, General Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee (minority) [bio]
- Jessica Rosenworcel, Sr. Counsel, Senate Transportation & Commerce Committee (majority) (invited) [bio]
- Roger Sherman, Sr. Counsel, House Energy & Commerce Committee (minority) (invited) [bio]
4:30 pm Reception
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM State of the Net Conference, Day Two
9:00 am Introductory Remarks
- Verizon Senior Executive (invited)[bio]
9:20 am Congressional Keynote
9:40 am Congress & the Open Internet Order: Discuss
- Colin Crowell, Founder & Principal, Crowell Strategies [bio]
- Larry Downes, Technology Consultant & Author [bio]
- Markham Erickson, Executive Director, Open Internet Coalition [bio]
- Tim Lordan, Executive Director, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (moderator) [bio]
- Professor Christopher Yoo, Director, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, University of Pennsylvania Law School [bio]
10:40 am Coffee Break
10:45 am The Strain of Online Videos: How Will Lawmakers & Regulators React?
- Opening presentation on Internet Content Delivery Systems and their economic implications by William Lehr, Research Associate, MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory [bio]
- Marvin Ammori, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska Law School
- Gary Arlen, President, Arlen Communications (moderator)[bio]
- Richard Bennett, Sr. Fellow, The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation [bio]
- Susan Crawford, Professor, Cardozo Law School & Research Collaborator, The Center for Information Technology Policy [bio]
- Adam Thierer, Sr. Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University [bio]
* Subject to change. More panels and keynotes may be added.
Contact
Cat Matsuda at cmatsuda@netcaucus.org or 202-638-4370 for more information.