Month: December 2014

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

4:00 to 6:00pm

601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (North Building, Suite 900)
Note: The entrance to the building is on Indiana Avenue, next to Fiola restaurant.

Please join the Global Innovation Forum, on December 2 for a discussion about the future of the global Internet in partnership with Cisco, the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University and Tech Cocktail. The forum will feature a conversation with:

Shawn Chang, Former Democratic Chief Counsel, Communications and Technology, House Energy and Commerce Committee
Gordon Goldstein, Managing Director and Head of External Affairs, SilverLake
Christopher Mondini, Vice President, ICANN Global Stakeholder Engagement for North America and Global Business
Robert Pepper, Vice President, Technology Policy, Cisco
John Williams, General Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

Discussants will address —

• The impact of the global Internet on businesses and startups
• How the Internet governance debate can affect access to the global marketplace
• The role of ICANN in Internet governance
• The conversation about  the open Internet and Internet governance issues in Congress

An informal networking reception will follow the discussion.

Hosted by the Internet Society of DC

Monday, December 1, 2014

4:30 to 6:00pm

Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St NW
Washington, DC 20052