Approaches to Preserving the Open Internet

Approaches to Preserving the Open Internet

Federal Communications Commission
April 28, 2010
9:30 a.m. PDT
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-297135A1.doc

The Federal Communications Commission announced a public workshop for the FCC's Open Internet proceeding, entitled "Approaches to Preserving the Open Internet."

The workshop will address how the Internet's openness can best be preserved, including by examining historical and ongoing efforts to protect Internet openness in the United States and other countries, and by discussing the key technological, economic, and legal considerations relevant to the need for and substance of the Commission's proposed open Internet policies.

PANELISTS:

• Cole Brodman, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, T-Mobile
• Terry Davis, Technical Fellow, Boeing
• Michael Geist, Professor of Law, University of Ottawa
• Carl Gipson, Director for Small Business, Technology and Telecommunications, Washington Policy Center
• Preston McAfee, Vice President and Research Fellow, Yahoo! Research
• Barbara van Schewick, Assistant Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
• Bill Schrier, Chief Technology Officer, City of Seattle
• Mike Sievert, Chief Commercial Officer, Clearwire
• Gigi Sohn, President and Co-Founder, Public Knowledge
• Simon Wilkie, Chair, University of Southern California Economics Department

The workshop will be open to the public; however, admittance will be limited to the seating available.

Audio/video coverage of the workshop will be broadcast live with open captioning over the Web at www.openinternet.gov.

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please include a description of the accommodation you will need. Individuals making such requests must include their contact information should FCC staff need to contact them for more information. Requests should be made as early as possible. Please send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau: 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).

For additional information about the Open Internet proceeding, please visit www.openinternet.gov.