<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This is just starting. The opening keynote is by Internet SocietyTrustee David Farber.  For those more interested in International Governance there is a simultaneous event over at ITIF- <a href="http://www.itif.org/events/importance-cross-border-data-flows-traditional-industries">The Importance of Cross-Border Data Flows for Traditional Industries</a> also at 9am EST. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666666;text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:#dddddd"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "Today Tuesday February 24 2015 the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business presents Rewriting the Communications Act: An Introductory Event. After more than a year of preparation, all eyes are on Capitol Hill in 2015 as Congress prepares to und" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto;background-color:#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://cbpp.georgetown.edu/"><img style="margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; background-color: white;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mcdonough.png" alt="mcdonough" border="0"></a>Today <strong>Tuesday February 24 2015</strong> the <strong>G<a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://cbpp.georgetown.edu/">eorgetown University McDonough School of Business</a></strong> presents <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rewriting-the-communications-act-an-introductory-event-tickets-15696461539"><strong>Rewriting the Communications Act: An Introductory Event</strong></a>. After more than a year of preparation, all eyes are on Capitol Hill in 2015 as Congress prepares to undertake one of its most important tasks affecting a significant part of the digital economy: rewriting the Communications Act of 1934. In keeping with the Center's staying ahead of the issues at the nexus of business and public policy, the Center's Evolution of Regulation and Innovation Project is pleased to announce the first of a series of convenings focused on eliciting the best ideas for how a new regime for the tech, media and broadband sectors should look. A panel of experts will address the technology, economic, political, and policy contexts of the current Congressional efforts, offer different perspectives that will identify common ground among parties that will be affected by a rewrite, explore areas of significant uncertainty, and elucidate the policy drivers that will shape the work ahead. Keynote address: <strong>David Farber</strong>, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. Panel: <strong>Larry Downes</strong>, Project Director, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy Project on the Evolution of Regulation and Innovation; <strong>Peter Rysavy</strong>, President and Founder, Rysavy Research; <strong>Glenn Woroch</strong>, Adjunct Professor, University of California, Berkeley and Senior Policy Scholar, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy; <strong>John W. Mayo</strong>, Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy, Georgetown University and Executive Director, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy;<br> Moderator: <strong>Carolyn Brandon</strong>, Senior Industry and Innovation Fellow, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy. The event will be <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://cbpp.georgetown.edu/2015/02/23/communications-act-live-streamed/">webcast live</a>.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>What: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rewriting-the-communications-act-an-introductory-event-tickets-15696461539">Rewriting the Communications Act: An Introductory Event</a><br> Where: Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, Washington DC<br> When: Tuesday February 24 2015 9am-11am EST | 14:00-16:00 UTC<br> Webcast: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://cbpp.georgetown.edu/2015/02/23/communications-act-live-streamed/">http://cbpp.georgetown.edu/2015/02/23/communications-act-live-streamed/</a><br> Twitter: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CommActUpdate?f=realtime&src=hash">#CommActUpdate</a></strong> | <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gtownpolicy?f=realtime&src=hash"><strong>#Gtownpolicy</strong></a></p></div><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:#666666;padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7572#respond">Comment</a></td><td>   <a style="color:#2585b2;text-decoration:underline" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7572#comments">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#dddddd;background-color:#efefef" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#f3f3f3;color:#888888;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:#efefef"><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"> </p><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"> </p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>​Permalink</strong></div><br> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7572">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7572<br></a><div> </div><div class="gmail_signature"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7572">---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Joly MacFie  218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast<br><br> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - </a><a href="http://isoc-ny.org">http://isoc-ny.org</a><br>---------------------------------------------------------------<div> </div><div> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span id="gc-number-47" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>WWWhatsup NYC - <a href="http://wwwhatsup.com" target="_blank">http://wwwhatsup.com</a><br> <a href="http://pinstand.com" target="_blank">http://pinstand.com</a> - <a href="http://punkcast.com" target="_blank">http://punkcast.com</a><br> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - <a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div>
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