8th Annual “State of the Net” Tech Policy Conference will be organized from January 17 to18 between 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. The host of the 8th annual State of the Net Conference will be Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, a Washington, D.C.-based organization working to teach the Congress and the public about important Internet-related policy issues.
This event offers opportunities to network and engage in vital information technology policy issues and also provides a perfect blend of academics, consumer groups, industry and government. The 2012 State of the Net Conference will feature in-depth discussions with leading Internet policy experts and panel tracks emphasizing on timely topics.
Some of the topics include:
- Online piracy (SOPA)
- Internet sales tax
- Broadband
- Geolocation privacy
- Government surveillance
- Global Internet freedom
- Smartphone patent wars
- Commercial privacy
- Wireless spectrum
- Content licensing
The conference will comprise a keynote discussion between Tim Westergren, CEO & Founder, Pandora Media Inc., and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus. Other keynotes speaker includes Rep. Jared Polis and Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner.
Some keynote speakers will also include:
- The Honorable Jared Polis (D-CO)
- Brian Bieron, Senior Director of Federal Affairs, eBay Inc. (invited)
- Steve Crocker, Chairman of the Board, ICANN; CEO and co-founder, Shinkuro, Inc.
- The Honorable Theodore R. Essex, Administrative Law Judge, International Trade Commission
- Amy D. Hammer, Assistant General Counsel, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Kashmir Hill, Staff Writer, Forbes Magazine
- Bill Hughes, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Retail Industry Leaders Association
- Jamil Jaffer, Senior Counsel, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- The Honorable David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Mike Masnick, Editor, techdirt.com
- Craig Moffett, VP & Senior Analyst, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC.
- Jeffrey Rosen, Professor of Law, The George Washington University; Legal Affairs Editor, The New Republic
- Tommy Ross, Senior Intelligence and Defense Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
- Sascha Segan, Lead Analyst, PCMag Mobile
- Michael D. Smith, Professor of Information Technology and Marketing, Carnegie Mellon University
- Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Pandora Media, Inc.
The State of the Net Conference is the major information technology policy conference in the United States, comprising 600 attendees annually. Being one of the leaders in technology policy, the conference will address policy issues which will challenge the Administration and Policymakers in the next session of Congress. This year, the State of the Net Conference will dedicate a half-day symposium to the challenges presented by the online distribution of traditionally produced entertainment media — from licensing issues to bandwidth constraints on Wednesday, January 18, 2012.
About the Congressional Internet Caucus:
The main motto of Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, an extensive group of public interest, non-profit and industry groups working to educate the Congress and the public about crucial Internet-related policy issues.
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