You’re invited to attend America’s largest Internet policy conference. The 11th Annual State of the Net Conference is only a month away. Join an audience of 700 annual attendees engaged in key Internet policy issues on January 27, 2015 at the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue in the heart of Washington, DC. Confirmed speakers for this […]
Last month Internet policy leaders gathered at the 2014 State of the Net Conference in Washington, DC to discuss the trends in technology that challenge Washington policymakers. Perhaps the most fascinating development in Internet technology is the rise of virtual, math-based currency. The most well-known Internet currency is bitcoin and renowned academics and business leaders […]
Today, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board issues its own list of recommendations to the President regarding NSA reforms (1-2pm, ET). With this latest development and State of the Net quickly approaching, we wanted to direct you to our upcoming panel, “Reforming the NSA Surveillance System: Assessing the Options.” Description: The NSA’s surveillance program brought to […]
State of the Net 2014 will feature (cue the ominous Star Wars music) a provocative panel called “NSA Crypto Wars, Episode VII: the Internet Strikes Back?” featuring a panel of Internet engineers discussing technical responses to NSA surveillance revelations. Regardless of what the President says on Friday about the surveillance programs engineers are busy at […]
On the day that Congress prepares to receive the President’s address on the State of the Union, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will address the State of the Net, the Internet’s premier policy conference. We are pleased that Secretary Pritzker, who recently hosted a dynamic Twitter chat on #open4biz, will address State of the Net attendees on January […]
Former FISA Judge Jame G. Carr will speak at the State of the Net Conference in January on the controversial and systemic NSA surveillance program. Yesterday federal district judge Richard Leon dealt a substantial constitutional blow to the NSA’s phone collection program and cast doubt about the legality of many other government surveillance programs. Judge […]
One Year After the Dramatic Showdown in Dubai the Internet Governance Debate Is At A Fever Pitch We are pleased to announce that both Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda and ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade will participate in the State of the Net Conference on topics related to the future of Internet governance and the role of multistakeholderism […]
We are pleased to announce that Dropbox Founder and CEO Drew Houston will keynote the 10th Annual State of the Net Conference on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at its new location, The Newseum. We will be announcing additional speakers, keynotes and panels in the coming weeks. Register now to make sure you save your spot […]
Today the State of the Net Steering Committee announced that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, recently confirmed by the Senate, will address the 10th Annual State of the Net Conference, the largest Internet policy conference in the nation on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at its new location, The Newseum — just blocks from the […]
Today the Internet Education Foundation announced that Internet governance expert and Syracuse University professor Milton L. Mueller has been selected to serve as a Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee Fellow. Mueller is a professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies where his research and teaching explores the political economy of communication and information. […]