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<div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This Congress will be an important one for the Internet. Not just Net Neutrality, but also cybersecurity, infrastructure, free speech, privacy, blockchain, and AI are among the issues that our regulators will face. Tune into our webcast today for a preview!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><u></u><div class="gmail-m_2856638232675938352m_29078860779289126gmail-m_-8183127749724334943gmail-m_8092213004613299546gmail-m_-8757859463992926239gmail-m_4377493999511407754gmail-m_-4305246914515369509gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:691.818px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_2856638232675938352m_29078860779289126gmail-m_-8183127749724334943gmail-m_8092213004613299546gmail-m_-8757859463992926239gmail-m_4377493999511407754gmail-m_-4305246914515369509gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601subscribe-body" style="width:671.818px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail-m_2856638232675938352m_29078860779289126gmail-m_-8183127749724334943gmail-m_8092213004613299546gmail-m_-8757859463992926239gmail-m_4377493999511407754gmail-m_-4305246914515369509gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="http://bit.ly/sotn2018live" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><img class="gmail-alignright gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-9875" src="https://i0.wp.com/isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sotn.png?resize=300%2C169" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: right; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; display: block; clear: none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 98%; height: auto;"></a>On<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Monday January 29 2018</strong><span> </span>the <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a title="IEF" href="http://neted.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Internet Education Foundation</a> </strong>(IEF) will host the<span> </span><a href="http://www.stateofthenet.org/sotn-18/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none"><strong style="font-weight:bold">2018 State of the Net Conference</strong></a><span> </span>at the<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Newseum</strong><span> </span>in<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Washington DC</strong>. As the<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">116th Congress</a></strong><span> </span>kicks off, attendees include some 300 congressional staff and other policymakers. Speakers include, from the Internet Society, Vice President of Global Policy Development<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Sally Wentworth</strong>. Other familiar names include<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Larry Strickling</strong>,<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Jessica Rosenworcel</strong>,<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Jovan Kurbalija</strong>,<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Steve DelBianco</strong>,<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Shane Tews</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Mike Masnick</strong>. Congress will be represented by, from the House, Representative <strong style="font-weight:bold">Bob Goodlatte<span> </span></strong>and, from the Senate, Senator<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Greg Walden</strong>. The entire event will be webcast live on the<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://bit.ly/sotn2018live" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-weight:bold">What:<span> </span><a href="http://www.stateofthenet.org/sotn-18" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">2018 State of the Net Conference</a><br>Where: Newseum, Washington DC<br>When: Monday January 29 2018 9am-5pm EST | 14:00-22:00 UTC<br>Agenda:<span> </span><a href="http://www.stateofthenet.org/sotn-18/agenda/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">http://www.stateofthenet.org/sotn-18/agenda/</a><br>Speakers:<span> </span><a href="https://stateofthenet2018.sched.com/directory/speakers" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">https://stateofthenet2018.sched.com/directory/speakers</a><br>Webcast:<span> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/sotn2018live" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">http://bit.ly/sotn2018live</a><br>Twitter:<span> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/sotn2018" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">#sotn2018</a></strong></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" 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