The United Nations has its eyes on the Internet. A summit next month could lead to a telecommunications treaty granting a U.N. agency jurisdiction, and control, over the online universe. The issue is being furiously debated and lobbied in advance of the summit. Companies, technologists, free speech advocates and national governments must now consider the relative merits of the current decentralized, U.S.-centered governance of the Internet, versus a more equitable, multinational (but possibly more restrictive) system. Haven't heard much about this looming fight that could radically alter the character of the Internet? It's not too late -- join Future Tense to learn about all about it.
Agenda
9am — Should the U.N. Save the Internet?
Andrew McLaughlin – @McAndrew Entrepreneur-in-Residence, betaworks Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States (2009-2011)
9:15 — Rethinking America’s Dot-Com Hegemony
Ellery Biddle – @ellerybiddle Policy Analyst, Center for Democracy and Technology
Andrew McLaughlin – @McAndrew Entrepreneur-in-Residence, betaworks Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States (2009-2011)
Milton Mueller – @miltonmueller Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies; Internet Governance Project
Moderator Sascha Meinrath– @saschameinrath Vice President and Director, Open Technology Institute, New America Foundation
10:05 — The View from the Developing World
Sunil Abraham(via Skype) – @sunil_abraham Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society
10:30 — Can’t We Leave It to the AT&T’s and Googles of the World?
Jim Cicconi –@ATTPublicPolicy Senior Executive Vice President for External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T
Moderator Jonathan Koppell – @coppasu Dean of College of Public Programs, Arizona State University Author, World Rule: Accountability, Legitimacy, and the Design of Global Governance
10:55 — Jefferson’s Moose: How to Teach the World what it Doesn’t Understand about the Internet
David Post – @templelaw Professor of Law, Temple University Author, In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace
11:10 — Can We Govern Our Way to a More Perfect Internet?
Derrick Cogburn –@derrickcogburn Associate Professor of International Relations, American University
Jonathan Koppell – @coppasu Dean of College of Public Programs, Arizona State University Author, World Rule: Accountability, Legitimacy, and the Design of Global Governance
Rebecca MacKinnon – @rmack Senior Fellow, New America Foundation Author, Consent of the Networked
Moderator Christine Rosen - @tnajournal Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow, New America Foundation Senior Editor, The New Atlantis
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