State of the Net 2021 Preview
SOTN 2021 is nearly here. Below is a list of the amazing speakers and panels confirmed for this year’s conference.
The Honorable Geoffrey Starks
Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission
The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo
U.S. House of Representatives
Member of Congress
The Honorable Michael K. Powell
President & CEO
NCTA – The Internet & Television Association
Joan Barata
Intermediary Liability Fellow
Stanford Center for Internet & Society
Nora Benavidez
Director, U.S. Free Expression Programs
PEN America
Jamal Greene
Professor (and Board Member of the Oversight Board)
Columbia Law School
Charlotte Willner
Executive Director
Trust & Safety Professional Association and Foundation
Tiffany Li
Columnist (and Internet Law & Policy Foundry Fellow)
MSNBC
Davey Alba
Technology Reporter
The New York Times
Renee DiResta
Technical Research Manager
Stanford Internet Observatory
Dr. Joan Donovan
Research Director
Harvard Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Ashley Gold
Washington Reporter
The Information
Jamal Greene
Dwight Professor of Law & Oversight Board Co-Chair
Columbia University
Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Brown School of Public Health
Tim Lordan
Executive Director
Internet Education Foundation
Bruce Mehlman
Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy
U.S. Department of Commerce
Ana Santos Rutschman, S.J.D.
Advisor
Biden Campaign COVID-19 Innovation Committee
Julie Samuels
Executive Director
Tech:NYC
Daniel Sepulveda
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary Ambassador
U.S. Department of State
Olivier Sylvain
Professor & Academic Director
Fordham University, Center on Law & Information Policy
Amie Stepanovich
Executive Director
Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Josephine Wolff
Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity Policy
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Announcements
New Panel: When Words Can Kill: The COVID Infodemic’s Impact IRL
Presidential de-platforming, Parler, and insurrection are getting all the disinfo headlines lately. But consider the mortal implications of COVID vaccine disinformation. Experts predict that large swaths Americans will refuse the vaccine because of misinformation, resulting in scores of deaths in America. There’s an urgent need to tackle widespread misinformation about its safety, efficacy and deployment […]
Geopolitical Internet Forces and Biden: Sepulveda, Strayer, & Mehlman Discuss
“The New Geopolitics Of The Internet: How Will The Biden State Department Navigate Them?” Panel Dear <<First Name>>, The State of the Net Conference is around the corner and we’ve assembled a panel of experts to make sense of the new geopolitical forces shaping Internet policy. Two former ambassadors, one of DC’s top strategic thinkers, and a […]
State of the Net 2020 Recap
SOTN 2020 is over. Below is a recap of the amazing speakers and panels from last year’s conference. Video and photos are available for each segment of the program.
Breakout Panels Session 1
Federal Privacy Sticking Points: From Preemption To PRA … And Everything In Between
Is Democracy Safe? Social Media Amplification
Video Streaming: Where is OTT Video Taking Us and What Does That Mean for Policy?
Breakout Panels Session 2
IoT On 5G: Proposals For Security, Privacy, and Interoperability In An Interconnected World
Law Enforcement Access To Encrypted Data: Is There A Path Forward
Regulating Speech: Next Decade, Can We Do Better?
Breakout Panels Session 3
Are Cities And States The New Battleground Of Internet Policy?
Pumping The Brakes On Artificial Intelligence?
Tech Platforms 2030: Will They Reign Or Get Reined In?
New Panel: When Words Can Kill: The COVID Infodemic’s Impact IRL
Presidential de-platforming, Parler, and insurrection are getting all the disinfo headlines lately. But consider the mortal implications of COVID vaccine disinformation. Experts predict that large swaths Americans will refuse the vaccine because of misinformation, resulting in scores of deaths in America. There’s an urgent need to tackle widespread misinformation about its safety, efficacy and deployment […]
Geopolitical Internet Forces and Biden: Sepulveda, Strayer, & Mehlman Discuss
“The New Geopolitics Of The Internet: How Will The Biden State Department Navigate Them?” Panel Dear <<First Name>>, The State of the Net Conference is around the corner and we’ve assembled a panel of experts to make sense of the new geopolitical forces shaping Internet policy. Two former ambassadors, one of DC’s top strategic thinkers, and a […]
Rep. Eshoo on COVID disinfo & TSPA’s Charlotte Willner on Trust & Safety behind-the-scenes
Misinformation is going to be a huge focus at the the State of the Net Conference this year. We’re thrilled to announce that Representative Anna G. Eshoo and Charlotte Willner, the new Founding Executive Director of the Trust & Safety Professional Association, will keynote the conference on issues related to content moderation and misinformation. Representative Eshoo […]
Panel: You Thought 2020 Was Tough For Content Moderation? Welcome To 2021
The developments of yesterday and today made an already challenging content moderation environment all the more difficult. We had already planned on a heavy Section 230 and content moderation focus at the State of the Net Conference on January 26 & 27. Pandemic and election misinformation made 2020 incredibly hard for moderation content on platforms. But just […]
