Keynotes & Fireside Chats
The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo
Member of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Geoffrey Starks
Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission
The Honorable Michael K. Powell
President & CEO
NCTA – The Internet & Television Association
Charlotte Willner
Executive Director
Trust & Safety Professional Association and Foundation
Matthew Lira
Former Special Assistant to the President for Innovation Policy and Initiatives
White House Office of American Innovation
The Honorable Kelly Armstrong
Member of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Member of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
State of the Net 2021 Speakers
Below is a list of some of the speakers and panelists for this year’s conference. Full list here.
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
Jennifer Huddleston
Director of Technology and Innovation Policy
American Action Forum
Tiffany Li
Columnist (and Internet Law & Policy Foundry Fellow)
MSNBC
Davey Alba
Technology Reporter
The New York Times
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
Sarah Miller
Executive Director
American Economic Liberties Project
Dr. Josephine Wolff
Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity Policy
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Ashley Baker
Director of Public Policy
Committee for Justice
Charlotte Slaiman
Competition Policy Director
Public Knowledge
Leah Nylen
Antitrust Reporter
POLITICO
Panels
When Words Can Kill: The COVID-19 Infodemic’s Impact IRL
Speakers | Video | Audio & Transcript
The Solar Winds of Cybersecurity: Biden and the 117th Congress Need A Unified Strategy
Speakers | Video | Audio & Transcript
Revising Section 230: What Proposals are on the Table?
Speakers | Video | Audio & Transcript
Resiliency & Network Performance: When A Low Impact, High Impact Event Happens
Speakers | Video | Audio & Transcript
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Communities of Color, Tribal Communities & Students Nationwide
Speakers | Video | Audio & Transcript
You Thought 2020 Was Tough For Content Moderation? Welcome To 2021
Speakers | Video | Audio & Transcript
The New Geopolitics Of The Internet: How Will The Biden State Department Navigate Them?
Speakers | Video | Audio & Transcript
Tech Competition: What Can Biden Learn From The Last Tech-ade Under Obama and Trump?
SOTN 2021 Announcements
Diversity At State of the Net 2021
Two weeks ago we were thrilled to convene the Internet stakeholder community at the 17th annual State of the Net Conference, the nation’s most prominent Internet policy summit. The diversity of our speakers’ perspectives makes SOTN unlike any other Internet policy conference in the world. We also strive to assure diversity of the speakers and […]
Video: FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks & Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell Keynotes
Last week FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks keynoted the State of the Net Conference along with former FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell (a fireside chat with National Urban League’s Clint Odom). In case you missed, the video from both keynotes are available below (along with audio and transcripts).
Watch: Senator Amy Klobuchar Keynote And Panel On “Tech Competition: What Can Biden Learn From The Last Tech-ade Under Obama and Trump?”
We were thrilled to have Senator Amy Klobuchar keynote State of the Net last week and preview her plans to address a range of tech policy issues including antitrust. Today she announced her antitrust reform legislation and plans for the subcommittee. At SOTN an expert panel on antitrust and competition policy followed her comments. Antitrust […]
Civic & Gov Tech 3.0 Under Biden Featuring Matthew Lira
Using the Internet to make government more responsive and accountable to its citizens remains a stubbornly bipartisan issue. While other aspects of Internet policy have become politicized, “civic tech” is having a decade of policy support from both sides of the aisle. From the US Digital Service, 18F, the Presidential Innovation Fellowship program, and the […]
Rep. Katko Leads Cyber Discussion At SOTN, SolarWinds Panel to Follow
Rep. John Katko to Keynote Followed by “The Solar Winds of Cybersecurity: Biden and the 117th Congress Need A Unified Strategy” Panel The newly minted Biden Administration will need to work with Congress to address devastating attacks like the recent SolarWinds hack. Rep. John Katko, the new Ranking Member on the Homeland Security Subcommittee on […]
Leading Scholars Break Down Section 230 Legislation At SOTN
The only thing that Joe Biden and former President Trump seemed to agree on was that Section 230 needed to be “revoked, immediately.” Those were President Biden’s words in 2020 and President Trump inserted a repeal of 230 in the National Defense Authorization Act passed in December. Legislative repeal is only one option for a law […]