Passing the Torch: How Will Internet Governance Change in a Post-American World?

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Thursday, March 17, 2016
9 - 10:30 am
https://itif.org/events/2016/03/17/passing-torch-how-will-internet-gover...

How the Internet is governed will change significantly in the year ahead, as the U.S. government anticipates relinquishing its oversight of key technical functions to ICANN and China launches a competing institution to encourage greater state control of the Internet. This creates significant uncertainty and raises important questions for stakeholders around the world. Does ICANN have the institutional capacity and leadership ability to take on its new role? How will the rapidly changing environment impact Internet policy in coming years? And who will be the biggest winners and losers?

The event is free and open to the public. It will be webcast live on this page and a recording will be available afterward. Follow @ITIFdc (link is external) during the event, and join the conversation using #PassingTheTorch.