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FCC Announces Panelists for 9/16 Open Internet Roundtable Discussions(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following public notice: DA 14-1310 Released: September 9, 2014 THE WIRELINE COMPETITION, CONSUMER & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, AND WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAUS ANNOUNCE PANELIST INFORMATION FOR OPEN INTERNET ROUNDTABLES The Wireline Competition Bureau,Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureauof the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provide panelist names and other information about the first two events in the Open Internet roundtable series: "Policy Approaches to Ensure an Open Internet"and "Mobile Broadband and the Open Internet," which will both take place onSeptember 16, 2014. "POLICY APPROACHES TO ENSURE AN OPEN INTERNET" Agenda 8:30 - 8:45 am Welcome and Opening Remarks 8:45 - 10:15 am Roundtable 1: Tailoring Policy to Harms Two fundamental questions will guide this roundtable: what are the harms to Internet openness in the absence of open Internet regulations, and what are the right policies to address those harms? Panelists: Althea Erickson, Policy Director, Etsy Julie Kearney, Vice President,Consumer Electronics Association Randolph May, President, Free State Foundation Barbara van Schewick, Professor of Law, Stanford University Michael Weinberg, Vice President, Public Knowledge David Young, Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs, Verizon Moderators: Julie Veach, Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC Matthew DelNero, Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC 10:30 am - Noon Roundtable 2:Scope of Open Internet Rules This roundtable will consider the proper scope of new open Internet rules, with a focus on the definition of reasonable network management, treatment of specialized services, and whether new rules should extend to the point of interconnection between last-mile Internet service providers (ISPs) and other networks and services (i.e., Internet traffic exchange). Panelists: Jeff Campbell, Vice President, The Americas, Cisco Systems, Inc. Daniel Pataki, Executive Director, European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO) Jon M. Peha, Professor, Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon Univ. Matt Wood, Policy Director, Free Press Corie Wright, Director of Global Public Policy, Netflix, Inc. Christopher Yoo, John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School Moderators: Julie Veach, Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC Matthew DelNero, Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC Noon- 1:00 pm Lunch Break 1:00 - 2:30 pm Roundtable 3: Enhancing Transparency This roundtable will consider proposed enhancements to the existing transparency rule, which currently requires providers of broadband Internet access services to disclose accurate information about their service offerings and make this information accessible to the public. Panelists: Jonathan Banks, Senior Vice President, Law and Policy, USTelecom Gerald R. Faulhaber, Professor Emeritus of Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School of the Univ. of Pennsylvania Leigh Freund, VP & Chief Counsel, Global Public Policy, AOL Inc. Geoffrey Manne, Executive Director & Founder, International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) Claude L. Stout, Executive Director, TDI (f/k/a Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing) Moderators: Kris Monteith, Acting Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC Julie Veach, Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC "MOBILE BROADBAND AND THE OPEN INTERNET" Agenda 2:45 - 3:00pm Welcome and Opening Remarks 3:00 - 4:30 pm Roundtable: Mobile Broadband and the Open Internet This roundtable will consider the application of Open Internet rules to mobile broadband, with a focus on consumers' use of mobile broadband and on reasonable network management practices in the mobile context. Panelists: Amalia Deloney, Policy Director, The Center for Media Justice Delara Derakhshani, Policy Counsel, Consumers Union Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Executive Vice President, CTIA - The Wireless Association Roslyn Layton, Ph.D. Fellow, Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies, Aalborg University Morris, Senior Policy Counsel, Open Technology Institute, New America Jonathan Spalter, Chair, Mobile Future Moderators: Roger Sherman, Chief, Wireless Telecommunication Bureau, FCC Jim Schlichting, Senior Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunication Bureau, FCC Attendance and Participation: The roundtables will be free and open to the public, and the FCC also will stream them live athttp://www.fcc.gov/live. The location of the roundtables will be the Commission Meeting Room (TW-C305), 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., 20554. The FCC will make available an overflow room for those in-person attendees who cannot be accommodated in the Commission Meeting Room. We advise persons planning to attend the roundtables in person to leave sufficient time to enter through building security. The FCC encourages members of the public to submit suggested questions in advance and during the roundtables by email to [email protected] on Twitter using the hashtag #FCCRoundtables. Please note that by submitting a question, you will be making a filing in an official FCC proceeding. All information submitted, including names, addresses, and other personal information contained in the message,may be publicly available online. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. The request should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed and contact information. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible in order to allow the agency to satisfy such requests whenever possible. Send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY). For additional information about the roundtables on Policy Approaches to Ensure an Open Internet, please contactKristine Fargotstein, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-2774 (voice) or [email protected] (email).For additional information about the roundtable on Mobile Broadband and the Open Internet, please contactDaniel Ball, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-1577 (voice) or [email protected] (email). TNS 18EstebanLiz-140910-30FurigayJane-4852275 30FurigayJane (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |