Innovation '08, Forum on May 12: The Future of Content and Control

Posted: Tuesday April 29, 2008

The Media Access Project (MAP – www.mediaaccess.org) cordially invites you to participate in a ground breaking series of conferences that will bring together public policy experts and tech industry leaders to draft policy recommendations for the next President of the United States. These events will take place in Silicon Valley and in Washington, DC, and we would be especially pleased to have you attend our inaugural program on May 12, 2008 at the eBay campus in San Jose, CA.

The May 12 Forum is entitled “The Future of Content & Control” and will be held at eBay Headquarters in the Town Hall, at 2161 North First Street, San Jose, California 95131. Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited so please RSVP by Tuesday May 6 with Brooke Rae-Hunter at brooke@mediaaccess.org or 202.454.5686.

Agenda:
Agenda:
10:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks – Tod Cohen, VP and Deputy General Counsel for Government Relations, eBay

10:05 AM
Welcoming Remarks – Albert Kramer, Chair, MAP Board of Directors

10:15 AM
Panel 1: The Changing Nature of “Content” — The Challenge of Making Policy for Dynamic Technologies

This discussion will focus on how decisions that the government makes about who controls distribution, content and ownership will be critical in determining the course of innovation in the United States.

Panelists:
Patrick Ross, Executive Director, Copyright Alliance
Mike Godwin, General Counsel, Wikipedia
Jule L. Sigal, Senior Policy Counsel/Copyright & Trademark, Microsoft
Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President, Media Access Project (Moderator)

11:45 AM
Lunch

12:45 PM
Panel 2: Whose Pipe is it – The End of “End to End?”
This panel will examine the concept of the Internet as a “closed pipe” and whether that concept is challenged by new technologies and network management demands.

Panelists:
Jason Devitt, Co-Founder and CEO, Skydeck
Jeff Brueggeman, Vice President, Regulatory Planning & Policy, AT&T
Blake Krikorian, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO, Slingbox
Mark Lemley, Professor, Stanford Law School
Harold Feld, V.P., Media Access Project, (Moderator)

Please direct any questions to Brooke Rae-Hunter at brooke@mediaaccess.org or 202.454.5686.