Upcoming event
Agenda:
9:00-9:15 a.m. – Welcome
Judith Lichtenberg
Executive Director, Global Network Initiative
Sharon Bradford Franklin
Director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity Policy, New America’s Open Technology Institute
Wes Rist
Deputy Director, American Society for International Law
Broadband Access & Adoption
- Broadband Reliability: Zachary Bischof, Northwestern University
- Broadband Speed and Economic Growth: George Ford, Phoenix Center
- US Broadband Deployment: Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University
- Digital Divide: Laleah Fernandez, Michigan State University
Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technology Policy Issues
Who's In, Who's Out for DOJ Meeting on Tech
The Justice Department has received “an increased level of interest from state attorneys general” for its Sept. 25 meeting on “tech companies, competition, and free exchange of ideas.” The DOJ said it invited a bipartisan group of 24 state AGs to the meeting, which comes amid an avalanche of conservative allegations of tech company bias (which the companies firmly deny). According to a Justice Department official, that group includes Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson (R), California’s Xavier Becerra (D), Washington’s Bob Ferguson (D) and Texas’ Ken Paxton (R).
This hearing will examine privacy policies of top technology and communications firms, review the current state of consumer data privacy, and offer members the opportunity to discuss possible approaches to safeguarding privacy more effectively.
Witnesses:
The Federal Communications Commission has a key role in the United States’ transition to fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies and infrastructure. New technologies and devices connecting to the internet as part of the Internet of Things will radically increase the amount of traffic on the network, and important applications such as self-driving cars and health applications will rely on 5G to function.
Agenda
8:55am ET Welcome
Emily Akhtarzandi, Managing Director AtlanticLIVE
Niki Christoff, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Government Relations, Salesforce*
9:00am ET A View from the Senate
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)
With Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic
9:30am ET A View from the House
Representative Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
With Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Pre-Conference Session
10:30 am Graduate Student Consortium (by invitation)
11:30 am Capitol Hill Briefing
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
8:00 am Registration
9-10:40 am Paper Session I
(Five simultaneous tracks of 3 papers per session. For paper titles, click here.)
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz will deliver an opening address on the state of competition in the United States; former FTC Chairman William Kovacic will deliver remarks on the evolution of U.S. antitrust law. The morning session will feature two moderated panel discussions on the state of U.S. antitrust law. The afternoon session will feature a moderated panel discussion on monopsony power. Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen will offer closing remarks.
Specific topics to be discussed at the sessions include (but are not limited to):
FTC Announces Second Session of Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Sept 21
The Federal Trade Commission will hold the second session of its 21st Century Hearings initiative with a full-day event on Sept 21 at the FTC’s Constitution Center facilities in Washington (DC). The event will be webcast live. FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter will make opening remarks. Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz will deliver an opening address on the state of competition in the United States, and former FTC Chairman William E. Kovacic will deliver remarks on the evolution of US antitrust law.