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4/17: FCC Hearing on Broadband Network Management Practices

Amanda Smith — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:31:39 -0700

Start: Apr 17 2008 - 12:00pm

End: Apr 17 2008 - 7:00pm

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UPDATE ABOUT FCC HEARING ON BROADBAND NETWORK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO BE HOSTED BY STANFORD LAW SCHOOL’S CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced the names of panelists scheduled to testify at a public hearing hosted by Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet & Society on broadband network management practices and Internet-related issues Thursday, April 17, 2008 starting at 12 noon (Pacific).

The Commission will hear testimony both from expert panelists, and members of the audience who will be permitted to speak directly to the commissioners during the public comment session.
Speakers from Stanford Law School include: Lawrence Lessig, founder of the Center for Internet and Society (CIS) and C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law; and Barbara van Schewick, co-director of CIS and assistant professor of law.

The hearing will be held on the Stanford campus at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. Seating is first-come, first-served, and open to the public. Doors will open at approximately 10 a.m. (Pacific). Free parking (Galvez Field), bus shuttles, and Wi-Fi will be available.

Hearing agenda and list of witnesses:
(All Pacific Time)

12:00 p.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks: Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer

12:45 p.m. Panel Discussion 1 - Network Management and Consumer Expectations

Introduction: Professor Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School

- Rick Carnes, president, Songwriters Guild of America;
- Michele Combs, Christian Coalition of America;
- George Ou, independent consultant and former network engineer;
- Jon Peha, associate director of the Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking; professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University;
- Jean Prewitt, president and chief executive officer, Independent Film & Television Alliance
- James P. Steyer, chief executive officer and founder, Common Sense Media
- Robb Topolski, Software Quality Engineer

2:15 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion 2 - Consumer Access to Emerging Internet Technologies and Applications

Introduction: Assistant Professor Barbara van Schewick, Stanford Law School

- Jason Devitt, chief executive officer, SkyDeck;
- Harold Feld, senior vice president, Media Access Project
- George S. Ford, chief economist Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
- Brett Glass, chief executive officer, Lariat.net
- Blake Krikorian, chief executive officer, Sling Media
- Jon Peterson, co-director, Real-Time Applications and Infrastructure (RAI), Internet Engineering Task Force
- Gregory L. Rosston, deputy director, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
- Ben Scott, policy director, Free Press

4:30 p.m. Public Comment Period

6:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

7:00 p.m. Adjournment

A live audio cast of the hearing will be available to the public on the FCC's website at: http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/. You may also go to "FCC Meetings" from the homepage and then click on FCC Audio/Video events to access the audio cast.

Additional details about the hearing may be posted at the Center for Internet & Society: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu.

This will be the FCC’s second hearing on broadband network management and follows a February 25, 2008 hearing at Harvard University. For contextual information about the first hearing, please see: http://www.fcc.gov/headlines.html and go to headline: “FCC En Banc Hearing on Broadband Network Management Practices, Cambridge, Massachusetts.”

The public may file comments or other documents with the Commission and should reference docket numbers 07-52 when filing by paper. To file electronically, go to http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi and enter proceeding number 07-52. Filing instructions are provided at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/

Sign language interpreters and open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request to the FCC’s Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau.

Free parking is available in the Galvez Field at Galvez & Campus Drive East. From there take a free Marguerite Shuttle to Dinkelspiel Auditorium. (Directional signs will be posted.)

See our announcement in the Stanford Law School news center (www.law.stanford.edu/news), which includes a PDF parking map for this event. Additional campus directions & maps: http://www.stanford.edu/home/visitors/maps/

Instructions for free, secure Wi-Fi access will be made available in the auditorium. Generators will supply electrical power for laptops.

Press should contact Judith Romero for entry /seating questions. TV crews should call about truck set up outside the event.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Stanford Law School:
Judith Romero, judith.romero@stanford.edu, 650.723.2232, www.law.stanford.edu/news

FCC:

For press: Robert Kenny at 202-418-2668 or Clyde Ensslin at 202-418-0506,
http://www.fcc.gov

For accessibility and similar accommodations: call 202.418.0432 (voice) or 202.418.0432 (TTY); or send email to fcc504@fcc.gov

12/1: CIS/SLATA Speaker Series

Amanda Smith — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:17:47 -0700

Start: Dec 1 2008 - 12:50pm

End: Dec 1 2008 - 1:50pm

Name of Speaker:

TBD

Topic Description:

TBD

11/17: CIS/SLATA Speaker Series

Amanda Smith — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:15:22 -0700

Start: Nov 17 2008 - 12:50pm

End: Nov 17 2008 - 1:50pm

Name of Speaker:

TBD

Topic Description:

TBD

11/3: CIS/SLATA Speaker Series

Amanda Smith — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:14:38 -0700

Start: Nov 3 2008 - 12:50pm

End: Nov 3 2008 - 1:50pm

Name of Speaker:

TBD

Topic Description:

TBD

10/20: CIS/SLATA Speaker Series

Amanda Smith — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:13:52 -0700

Start: Oct 20 2008 - 12:50pm

End: Oct 20 2008 - 1:50pm

Name of Speaker:

TBD

Topic Description:

TBD

10/6: CIS/SLATA Speaker Series

Amanda Smith — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:13:03 -0700

Start: Oct 6 2008 - 12:50pm

End: Oct 6 2008 - 1:50pm

Name of Speaker:

TBD

Topic Description:

TBD

9/22: CIS/SLATA Speaker Series

Amanda Smith — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:12:08 -0700

Start: Sep 22 2008 - 12:50pm

End: Sep 22 2008 - 1:50pm

Name of Speaker:

TBD

Topic Description:

TBD

9/8: Meet the Center for Internet and Society!

Amanda Smith — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:57:52 -0700

Start: Sep 8 2008 - 12:50pm

End: Sep 8 2008 - 1:50pm

Description:

Find out more about the Center for Internet and Society. Speak with current CIS staff. Hear about our recent wins! Get updates on our current cases!

9/15: Book Talk & Reception for Born Digital: Understanding The First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey & Urs Gasser

Amanda Smith — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:52:07 -0700

Start: Sep 15 2008 - 6:00pm

Description:

Dear Friends,

As part of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University’s commitment to building human networks and community around our projects, connecting our friends and colleagues with one another, and protecting against Cambridge isolation, we have initiated a series of gatherings around the country where we jointly explore substantive issues and social time to reflect on them.

In San Francisco, we'll be celebrating the release our newest publication -- John Palfrey and Urs Gassers' Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives -- in which they explore many of the key issues at the intersection of new technology and young people, including privacy, safety, creativity, learning, civic engagement. We're hoping Berkman friends, colleagues, alumni, and others who have interest in Internet and society issues will attend, and we would love to bring you and your community into the mix, by both joining us and inviting people you think would be interested.

The book talk and reception will take place on Monday, September 15 at Hotel Vitale at 6:00PM, and is generously co-hosted by our colleagues: David Hornik (HLS '94) of August Capital, the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, Creative Commons, Tod Cohen of eBay Inc., the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Stanford's Center for Internet & Society, and Meg Garlinghouse of Yahoo! Inc. Directions and details are below.

We look forward to the 15th, and hope you will be able to join us! Please be in touch if you have any questions, thoughts, or suggestions.

Sincerely,
Catherine Bracy
on behalf of
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

PS: We would love your recommendations for individuals and groups that we should reach out to in the San Francisco area, including entrepreneurs, policy makers, educators, and academics working in the Internet field. You are encouraged to send this invitation along to them and/or send their contact information back to me at cbracy@cyber.law.harvard.edu.

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Book Talk and Reception for Born Digital: Understanding The First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser
Monday, September 15th, 2008
6:00PM, to be followed by a cocktail reception.
Free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

Hotel Vitale
8 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 278-3700
Directions and map: http://www.hotelvitale.com/location/directions&map.html

More about the Event: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/4575
More about Born Digital and the Authors: http://www.borndigitalbook.com/
Born Digital in Seattle 9/17/08: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/4576
About the Berkman Center: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/about

Hawaii - Podcamp

Colette Vogele — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:09:24 -0700

For those of you interested in new media and also needing a vacation, PodCamp Hawaii is being planned for October 24-25 in Honolulu. More info is available here. Roxanne Darling, of Beach Walks With Rox, is on the planning committee and I'm sure it will be a fantastic event.