Registration Now Open #SOTN2020
Registration is now open for the 16th Annual State of the Net Conference in Washington, DC. Join us on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 – early-bird rates are available for a short time.
Speakers Include:
Announcements
State of the Net Fellowship
Every year the State of the Net Conference happens in late January. Leading up to the conference involves an intense period of time requiring extra hands skilled in policy analysis, event planning and marketing/communications. If you are free to help organize and execute this conference during the months of November, December and/or January, please apply to be a State of the Net Fellow.
SOTN Fellows will have immediate responsibilities including event planning, website and database management, email marketing, content creation, and policy research. Policy interns will communicate directly with key people at the highest levels of Internet policy. It’s a networking-intensive, and rewarding, job.
This is a paid position!
Responsibilities May Include:
- Coordinating with conference speakers on panel topics and themes.
- Manage email marketing (iContact/Mailchimp) and organizational database (Salesforce)
- Maintain and create content for organizational websites (Wordpress)
- Contribute to social media marketing (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, podcasts)
- Outreach to tech policy experts for panels and briefings
- Manage multimedia for events including live-streaming, live-tweeting and photography
- Contribute to communications strategy and media outreach/relations, monitoring press coverage
- Conduct research and brief Executive Director on current tech policy issues and trends
Requirements
- Prior experience with WordPress, email marketing, and social media marketing is helpful but not required
- Bonus Skills: Salesforce, Adobe Creative Suite, and HTML/CSS
- Quick learning and a sense of humor
Testimonial
- Working here is awesome. If you don’t believe us, ask our summer fellow, Rebecca (Blog Post: The Best Place To Intern)
Submit your resume to [email protected]
The Internet Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For 20 years the Internet Education Foundation has been building the most prominent platforms for engagement. The Internet Education Foundation (IEF) hosts four major projects under its umbrella: The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, the State of the Net Conference Series, The Congressional App Challenge, and the Internet Law & Policy Foundry. Interns will work within any or all of these dynamic projects.
1st Interviews Air Tonight on C-SPAN: Delrahim, Langevin, Corey Thomas
In case you missed the airings over the weekend, tonight at 8:00 PM ET, the C–SPAN show “The Communicators” will air interviews with speakers from this year’s State of the Net Conference.
The featured interviews include Makan
The first series of C-SPAN State of the Net interviews air tonight, February 4, at 8 pm on C-SPAN2.
Make sure to tune in tonight at 8:00 PM ET to hear these experts, and we will keep you updated on the other interviews from State of the Net airing on C–SPAN throughout the week.
Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms
We’re thrilled to announce another panel at State of the Net on January 29. We’ve asked a panel of experts to look at the intersection of artificial intelligence and public policy. Deirdre Mulligan of UC Berkeley, Alex Rosenblat of Data & Society, Nicol Turner Lee of Brookings, and Mina Hanna of IEEE-USA join us talk about the policy implications of the rise of AI.
Policymakers continue to express alarm at the rate at which tech firms are incorporating AI into all facets of business, infrastructure, and government. While calls to slow down innovation are rarely effective, policymakers and policy experts are acknowledging the need for a careful examination of the impact of algorithms on all aspects of society and business.
Learn more by attending the 15th Annual State of the Net Internet Policy Conference on January 29, 2019
This year, the conference will feature a number of high-profile speakers, including Deputy Attorney General Makan Delrahim, Columbia Law School Professor Tim Wu, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, and many more.
In the last few years the conference has featured keynote speakers including Senators John Thune and Brian Schatz, Representatives Susan DelBene, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Anna Eshoo, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell, United States CTO Megan Smith, FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeney, Coinbase Co-Founder Fred Ehrsam, Privacy Advocate Max Schrems, and Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Suzanne Spaulding.
Follow us on Twitter for updates as we finalize the conference agenda and announce our final speakers. Registration is free for all government staff, press and media, and a limited number of student tickets are available. Discounted tickets are available for non-profit and academic attendees.
Cybersecurity: What’s The Next Move?
We’re thrilled to announce another panel at State of the Net on January 29. We’ve asked a panel of experts to look at the future of cybersecurity policy in Washington. Faecbook’s most senior cyber security policy executive, Nathaniel Gleicher, will join Evelyn Remaley,* and other experts for an in-depth discussion of pertinent cybersecurity issues.
The past few years have seen both more and more dangerous cyberattacks, and the U.S. government is beginning to respond to emerging cyber threats. The Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security released a report to strengthen systems against botnet attacks last May. 2018 also saw an updated release of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which will be coming up on its 5th Anniversary this year.
Is it time to celebrate that anniversary or do we need something more? At the same time supply chain attacks are becoming increasingly prevalent. Our panel will discuss the current cybersecurity environment, how agencies can improve cybersecurity in government and in the private sector, and the effectiveness of guidance such as the botnet report and NIST framework.
Learn more by attending the 15th Annual State of the Net Internet Policy Conference on January 29, 2019.
*Speaker appearance subject to the federal government re-opening by State of the Net Conference date
** Speaker invited
More speakers may be added.
This year, the conference will feature a number of high-profile speakers, including Deputy Attorney General Makan Delrahim, Columbia Law School Professor Tim Wu, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, and many more.
In the last few years the conference has featured keynote speakers including Senators John Thune and Brian Schatz, Representatives Susan DelBene, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Anna Eshoo, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell, United States CTO Megan Smith, FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeney, Coinbase Co-Founder Fred Ehrsam, Privacy Advocate Max Schrems, and Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Suzanne Spaulding.
Follow us on Twitter for updates as we finalize the conference agenda and announce our final speakers. Registration is free for all government staff, press and media, and a limited number of student tickets are available. Discounted tickets are available for non-profit and academic attendees.
From Lunchpails to Laptops and Beyond: Preparing America’s Workforce for Tomorrow’s Jobs
We’re thrilled to announce another panel at State of the Net on January 29. We’ve asked a panel of experts to look at the future of work in America. The Senior Vice President of Military and Veteran Affairs for Comcast and the Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO join other experts to talk about solutions to labor disruption.
On November 26, General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced that it was cutting 15,000 jobs by saying “we will transform our global workforce to ensure we have the right skill sets to win today and in the future.” While GM is able to pivot towards its perceived future, the question remains on how the 15,000 workers will be ready for a similar shift.
With multiple stakeholders in the process, including governments, educational institutions, employers, and of course the workers themselves, adapting to the new economy will require incorporating multiple perspectives and opinions. The speakers on our panel “From lunchpail to laptops and beyond: Preparing America’s Workforce for Tomorrow’s Jobs” will examine the future of work from the perspectives of different stakeholders, and bring forth ideas for a common way forward. Learn more by attending the 15th Annual State of the Net Internet Policy Conference on January 29, 2019
This year, the conference will feature a number of high-profile speakers, including Deputy Attorney General Makan Delrahim, Columbia Law School Professor Tim Wu, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, and many more.
In the last few years the conference has featured keynote speakers including Senators John Thune and Brian Schatz, Representatives Susan DelBene, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Anna Eshoo, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell, United States CTO Megan Smith, FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeney, Coinbase Co-Founder Fred Ehrsam, Privacy Advocate Max Schrems, and Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Suzanne Spaulding.
Follow us on Twitter for updates as we finalize the conference agenda and announce our final speakers. Registration is free for all government staff, press and media, and a limited number of student tickets are available. Discounted tickets are available for non-profit and academic attendees.
Gail Slater, Daphne Keller, Ellery Biddle Discuss Speech Online At SOTN Panels
We’re thrilled to announce several talks at State of the Net on January 29 regarding online speech and content moderation. Gail Slater from The White House, Daphne Keller of The Center for Internet and Society, and Ellery Roberts Biddle of Global Voices join other experts to talk about policy issues surrounding content online.
We’ve reached a crisis of trust in our society’s sources of information just as the lines between traditional media and Internet media have all but vanished. The Internet platforms are struggling to deal with a host of challenges in regulating offensive and misleading content. At the same time, the U.S. government remains hamstrung by the First Amendment to intervene directly. We’re assembling several panels of experts to discuss and debate the enormous challenges presented by social media expression and effective content moderation.
This year, the conference will feature a number of high-profile speakers, including Deputy Attorney General Makan Delrahim, Columbia Law School Professor Tim Wu, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, and many more.
In the last few years the conference has featured keynote speakers including Senators John Thune and Brian Schatz, Representatives Susan DelBene, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Anna Eshoo, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell, United States CTO Megan Smith, FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeney, Coinbase Co-Founder Fred Ehrsam, Privacy Advocate Max Schrems, and Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Suzanne Spaulding.
Follow us on Twitter for updates as we finalize the conference agenda and announce our final speakers. Registration is free for all government staff, press and media, and a limited number of student tickets are available. Discounted tickets are available for non-profit and academic attendees.
New Panel: Labor Disruption w/ NGA CEO Pattison & AFL-CIO Leader Liz Shuler / RSVP Now
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This year, the conference will feature a number of high-profile speakers, including Deputy Attorney General Makan Delrahim, Columbia Law School Professor Tim Wu, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, and many more.
In the last few years the conference has featured keynote speakers including Senators John Thune and Brian Schatz, Representatives Susan DelBene, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Anna Eshoo, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell, United States CTO Megan Smith, FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeney, Coinbase Co-Founder Fred Ehrsam, Privacy Advocate Max Schrems, and Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Suzanne Spaulding.
Follow us on Twitter for updates as we finalize the conference agenda and announce our final speakers. Registration is free for all government staff, press and media, and a limited number of student tickets are available. Discounted tickets are available for non-profit and academic attendees.
State of the Net Conference 2019 Registration
Registration is now open for the 15th Annual State of the Net Conference in Washington, DC. Holy smokes will our Internet stakeholder community have a lot to talk about. SOTN, the nation’s premier Internet policy conference, features diverse perspectives on the most pressing issues. Join us on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 – early-bird rates are available for a short time.
As always, State of the Net will be your first look at the new players and the new issues that will take center stage in 2019. Whether it’s algorithms or expression, broadband or blockchain, State of the Net sets up the debate. This conference is unique. It’s been consistently hailed for its unwavering commitment to fairness. In an increasingly polarized policy space, State of the Net is the most important stakeholder gathering that brings you together with key people with whom you disagree (respectfully). That’s the point. Find out more about our recent past speakers here.
Here’s a peak and just some of our speakers for State of the Net 2019:
SPEAKERS
Makan Delrahim
Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Division
The U.S. Department of Justice
Mary Stone Ross
Proponent and Co-Author
California Consumer Privacy Act
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter
Commissioner
Federal Trade Commission
Many more speakers to be announced.
State of the Net attracts over 600 attendees by providing unparalleled opportunities to network and engage on key policy issues. The 2018 edition of State of the Net will take place at The Newseum’s Knight Conference Center.
Want to know more about what State of the Net does? There are video highlights of the conference to give a better sense of what the event does.
We hope you can join us and on-site registration will be available. Make sure you follow @SOTN and use the hashtag #SOTN2019 on Twitter for conference updates!
Recap: Media, Diversity, and Milestones from #SOTN2018
Five weeks ago the Internet stakeholder community came together for the 14th annual State of the Net Conference, the nation’s most prominent Internet policy summit. They grappled with the most pressing issues facing the Internet in 2018 including the Internet’s effect on democracy, free expression, blockchain and much more.
Below is a recap of #SOTN2018 with links to video on YouTube, FacebookLive, and C-SPAN. We’ve also detailed our record setting statistics on diversity, livestream viewership, audience composition, and social media trending.
State of the Net will be back in January 2019 for its 15th annual summit. For now, our staff is hard at work curating debates for the Congressional Internet Caucus Academy and hosting the Congressional App Challenge.
Save the date for next year’s #SOTN2019!
Livestream Views Skyrocket
The Fox News livestream of the fireside chat between Rod Rosenstein and Kim Hart (Axios) surpassed 350,000 views on Facebook. Additionally, the Internet Society’s livestreams have vastly increased viewership by expanding to a worldwide audience in the past few years.
Massive C-SPAN Coverage
C-SPAN not only broadcasted the plenary and breakout discussions from State of the Net, but the show also recorded dozens of panelist interviews that are airing throughout the month on their cable show, “The Communicators.” This includes Katie Harbath, whose interview can be viewed by clicking the video link on the right.
LEADERSHIP: DIVERSITY & BALANCE
State of the Net works assiduously to make our panels as diverse as possible. This year, 46.81% of the speakers were men and 53.19% were women. We are very proud of these results.
GENDER BREAKDOWN OF SPEAKERS
46.81% of the speakers were men and 53.19% were women.
While the gender diversity of speakers at #SOTN2018 slightly exceeds national averages, it dramatically exceeds the averages in our space.
#SOTN2018 ATTENDEES
Our attendees are also diverse with regard to sectors represented. Our percentage of government staff attendees (36.7%) is exceptional, and the amount of registered press is unmatched.
#SOTN2018 ATTENDEES
750+ registered attendees.
300+ government policy staff
70+ members of the press.
(Does not include livestream viewership.)
Video and Photos From Every Keynote and Panel
Watch YouTube videos of keynotes, fireside chats, and panels from #SOTN2018
View and use photos from #SOTN2018. Photos have permissible Creative Commons licenses.
Additional keynote speeches can be found at the YouTube links below.
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel Keynote Address (top left) – DHS Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke Address (top right) – Chairman Goodlatte and Bill Moore Fireside Chat (bottom left) – Senator Klobuchar Keynote Address (bottom right).
#SOTN2018 Trending #1 on Twitter in Washington D.C.
#SOTN2018 was the #1 Trending topic in the Washington D.C. area for over 6 hours during the Conference.
179 users and 226 tweets (170 RTs) in 1 week made #SOTN2018
8 Verified Accounts Helped Get Us to A Trending Topic (Klobuchar, House of Comm, Etc)
Press Coverage of State of the Net 2018
State of the Net 2018 ushered in an impressive amount of media coverage over numerous outlets. Below is just a sample of the different stories that derived from last month’s conference.
