On Wednesday January 28 2015 the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) hosted Tech policy 2015: The year ahead. The event comprised 3 panels which examined the FCC, Congress, and international regulatory processes respectively. Senator John Thune, chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee delivered a lunchtime keynote. Video is below.
Twitter: #ThuneatAEI
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PANEL: Regulatory activism at the FCC: Looking ahead to a busy year
View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/qV-NvM5SLfY?t=06m28s
Speakers: Richard Bennett, AEI; Matthew Berry, FCC;Babette Boliek, AEI;Gus Hurwitz, AEI; Daniel Lyons, AEI.
Moderator: Mark Jamison, PURC, University of Florida
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KEYNOTE: John Thune, US Senate (R-SD)
View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/qV-NvM5SLfY?t=1h09m20s
Prepared statement: http://www.aei.org/publication/tech-policy-2015-year-ahead-thune-remarks/
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PANEL: Can Congress fix communications policy? Prospects for statutory reform
View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/qV-NvM5SLfY?t=1h52m50s
Speakers: Ray Baum, House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Peter Davidson, Verizon; Mark Jamison, PURC, University of Florida; Roslyn Layton, AEI; Bret Swanson, AEI.
Moderator: Richard Bennett, AEI
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PANEL: Cyberspace vs. nation states: Is the Internet (still) ungovernable?
View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/qV-NvM5SLfY?t=3h6m43s
Speakers: David Gross, Wiley Rein LLP; David Post, New America Foundation; Ariel Rabkin, AEI; Tom Sydnor, AEI; Shane Tews, AEI;
Moderator: Jeffrey Eisenach, AEI
Today, Wednesday November 12 2014, the American Enterprise Institute hosted ‘Reforming Lifeline for the broadband era‘ a panel discussing reform of the FCC’s ifeline, a $1.8 billion-a-year program that helps provide baseline Internet services to low-income individuals. FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn delivered a keynote. Panel: Jessica Gonzalez, National Hispanic Media Coalition; Hank Hultquist, AT&T; Blair Levin, Brookings Institution; Scott Wallsten, Technology Policy Institute. Moderator: Jeffrey Eisenach, AEI. Video is below:
View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/ugVedT4tZRE
Transcribe on YouTube: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/QrTJamzRhAD8/
Twitter: #FCCatAEI