The conference featured presentations and discussions of new studies by academic experts on the future of competition and the Internet ecosystem after the Open Internet Order.
The conference featured presentations and discussions of new studies by academic experts on the future of competition and the Internet ecosystem after the Open Internet Order.
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
January 8, 2016
Holeman Lounge
National Press Club
555 13th St. NW
Washington, DC
Robert E. Kahn will be the keynote luncheon speaker for the event. Kahn is the co-creator of TCP/IP, the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the internet. He is currently CEO and President of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
Registration and a continental breakfast will begin at 8:30am, with the program starting at 9:00am. Questions be should directed to Ashley Benjamin at abenjamin@techpolicyinstitute.org. Members of the press should contact Amy Smorodin at asmorodin@techpolicyinstitute.org.
Presenters:
Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Paper: The Post-Internet Order Ecosystem: Lessons from the Pre- Internet Order Experience
Keith Hylton, Boston University School of Law
Paper: Law, Social Welfare, and Net Neutrality
Michael Katz, University of California, Berkeley
Paper: TBA
John Mayo, Georgetown University
Paper: The Evolution of “Competition”: Lessons for 21st Century Telecommunications Policy
Roger Noll, Stanford University
Paper: Incentives to Invest in the Debate over Net Neutrality Rules
Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Paper: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Net Uniformity: Towards a Better Implementation of Nondiscrimination and Interconnection
Discussants:
Michelle Connolly, Duke University
Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School
David Sappington, University of Florida
Lawrence White, New York University