For anyone interested in this topic, this might be a good event to attend.

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: New America Foundation communications@newamerica.net Date: 2012/11/15 Subject: INVITE 11/29: Who Should Govern the Internet? To: nicholasbashour@gmail.com

[image: New NAF Logo]http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWD4poNC-rkxhP34ZIR3MSTge7f4uL2RPBgz5ecqkZYnVkkCGgQjS4U1r4Bq74Xyljt2oQiEkVvpa8S7qUWoU01GOhXC9l-42iQQNdbF3vvcdQ== *Who Should Govern the Internet?* * * * ** * *Thursday, November 29, 2012* *9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. *

*New America Foundation* *1899 L St. NW Suite 400* *Washington DC, 20036*

[image: RSVP]http://newamerica.net/events/2012/who_should_govern_the_internet

The United Nations has its eyes on the Internet. A summit next month could lead to a telecommunications treaty granting a U.N. agency jurisdiction, and control, over the online universe. The issue is being furiously debated and lobbied in advance of the summit. Companies, technologists, free speech advocates and national governments must now consider the relative merits of the current decentralized, U.S.-centered governance of the Internet, versus a more equitable, multinational (but possibly more restrictive) system. Haven't heard much about this looming fight that could radically alter the character of the Internet? It's not too late -- join Future Tense to learn about all about it.

*On Twitter? Follow @FutureTenseNowhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWCO6FSxEG0mvn5mh8WKhMZP-HuMFX_RI7nrZyz-gMV-x2QxEKMt3P0gmeuQANSn0THtctGJMjY6Gw8y62fvhyOuLV9U-Of0GfqCNMesM9Gjjs_uFMNLS4JR and use #netgov for updates. *

*Participants*

*Sunil Abraham*(via Skype) - @sunil_abrahamhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWD9udC7Ofp9FXvnCdMW6ggL48idfROArAx4YGg_V9oczmIvFpq37Ws6AuwBUnCEjaXrEfNs3vhDCTS3EgmprTaUd-4ITf95A2LotCbTuxkf7nadMdGT6hFS

Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society

*Ellery Biddle* - @ellerybiddlehttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWANBbD_K2G5Mh_tssyFqbJdx7pNqawwFUtWxHYsHEmENkmkhfUC1mHBYfrrltjBh1SDPrYRoRUGQAjSjj6Bz07q4HIUNiAJKUJ2TmvIBivvxW0hxo3GTU5X Policy Analyst, Center for Democracy and Technology

*Jim Cicconi -* @ATTPublicPolicyhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWBZn8yNj76bmc0t4vAecK1s9KQP2TTzVO1bUke_L47gjxAOZ297u6yw_O2IcjMjF39QAgSC8XW_ndoWPXbJxaDcuDzkgDKQVGMMuZAD0yzoCqawD49BryW_ Senior Executive Vice President for External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T

*Derrick Cogburn* - @derrickcogburnhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWAeUUEGzQJjJPrQKJZbnek0QDYXmYgWGULEDBInQAmxFnt22wf44RUcncaPHKGvv99B9aJogqIf_Gy4WtRhQTHRyyJRnuX1T2bcBuH8-6jOp_rISMAQbRqp Associate Professor of International Relations, American University

*Susan Crawford* (invited) - @scrawfordhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWDPsZ_nw9I47xo3NklJnbcOD2SKABQbJ7FQ7UgSMcQMkb5ZrVHU7NMWExZDIfXtYMU680bgP5yR7blHU8vR-XJci7rSkTfALvaYlm173UsyLMVHLM4Dd-h1 Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Author, *Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the Gilded Age* Member of ICANN Board of Directors (2005-2008)

*Jonathan Koppell *- @ASUhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWDqHlQFO4tMhTdr9MtblJAGg5b-GxYggfDFT-9P5IRGR2s40BNDatZPa-wp7JAXdtUcQDaSM1vKYR3F8WWAXmOV6pMm1165l9BcFBAiCItp9g== Dean of College of Public Programs, Arizona State University Author, *World Rule: Accountability, Legitimacy, and the Design of Global Governance*

*Rebecca MacKinnon *- @rmackhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWAZM2uGZF0aNGt75YoxFWnzqbQMyfqjZ1VWbIdvzQARjyfmNamVn8dUfjZ7oTbY9ggAKU_-oL_5VCtQS7PxVasP-Cki1-iIy8RTHokAqjSLTA== Senior Fellow, New America Foundation Author, *Consent of the Networked*

*Sascha Meinrath *- @saschameinrathhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWD2nZ5XF1xlfwvV16KA4i53yWtM9js1j_x-xrFtNXUwSqTfzM-glFRFAsFzA7TKoNE6ieoTFJqYDga_I_HNI93U3I3eLfHPy4n_GTTQwEjhIlv7D2eIJqTu Vice President and Director, Open Technology Institute, New America Foundation

*Milton Mueller *- @miltonmuellerhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWClX9KyNOpBIocpg4y77AdyobZSeVRqaosF0K8UT5KcK_4NkhiCKTyEaPXCjtX09Wi-eeUF_Z5jLfuRrwGe7ruZ2-jd4c0pQ0KT8Y4lUqw7Q3oqpl60iwMs Professor and Director, Telecommunications Network Management Program, Syracuse University School of Information Studies

*David Post* - @templelawhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWDChutk2JKb2H2FVkKkPSzRL7acIguXf3STqYufkL8bYxB6wropUxNNjk80cVp2KzRyeL3jUtXKCdT5Ukm87s4KEHE3Oj6b0cznkLy8RfEWUiDveCKYooh_ Professor of Law, Temple University Author, *In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace*

*Tim Wu* - @superwusterhttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mKMB2W0XMWCkog8TvqC2Q4W6IL2n1gEHk7eZ8vmON6wa2ZT1Ihtm49Bb-eqwoupvwjPQmSujDQNKQUcaHW5Hc0CqUCULShTcWkha7otnfdRjNAfGiJHPDE1Y9bsIPNH8 Future Tense Fellow, New America Foundation Author, *The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall Information Empires*

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* * *For questions, contact Stephanie Gunter at New America at (202) 596-3367or gunter@newamerica.net.*

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