End-to-End Arguments, Internet Innovation, and the Net Neutrality Debate

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Date: Sep 25 2009 - 10:30am - 12:15pm

End-to-End Arguments, Internet Innovation, and the Net Neutrality Debate

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
1101 K Street, NW, Suite 610A
Washington, DC 20005
Friday, September 25,
10:30am - 12:15pm
http://www.itif.org/index.php?id=281

Many advocates of strict net neutrality regulation base their claims on the purported notion that the Internet's history is one of a "dumb pipe." A new report by ITIF Research Fellow Richard Bennett reviews the historical development of the Internet to show that it always had intelligence built into the core of the network and that it will have to going forward.

Presenters:

Richard Bennett
Research Fellow, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Respondents: John Day (bio)
Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Boston University Metropolitan College

Christopher Yoo
Professor of Law and Communication; Director, Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Dr. William Lehr
Research Associate in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT

Dr. David Farber
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy at the School of Computer Science, Heinz College