Policy 15

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Policy 15

Jun 9, 2015 ET

Techonomy Policy, at the Confluence of Governance and Tech
Power in the Age of Data Exhaust

Techonomy Policy aims to bring a higher level of dialogue to the confluence of technology innovation and government. The need for the tech industry and Washington to better understand, engage and productively work together is crucial to the future of economic progress and social cohesion in our tech-enhanced, digitally-enabled times.

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Policy 15

June 9, 2015

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Techonomy Policy, at the Confluence of Governance and Tech
Power in the Age of Data Exhaust

As tech’s advances spread into virtually every sector of business and society, how do government and policy keep up and respond? And as tech companies aggressively move into diverse industries and more and more areas become tech-infused, how does business better work with policymakers?

Techonomy Policy brings together legislators, regulators, policy-makers and others in government with entrepreneurs, technologists, business leaders and policy experts. The aim is to conduct a uniquely big-picture conversation about forces altering the fundamental relationship between business and government, and to help develop ways to deliberately smooth economic growth, boost social progress and reinforce democracy.

Our program will examine specific areas where policy and tech developments intersect, as well as broader trends that underlie the fast-changing landscape of technology innovation. Leaders from government will appear with senior technology executives. Interviews and panels, interspersed by to-the-point briefings, will enable attendees to develop a better sense of where to go next.

Speakers

Erich Andersen

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft

Aamer Baig

Senior Partner, McKinsey Center for Government, McKinsey & Company

Don Baptiste

Co-founder and Head, Bloomberg Government

Cory Bennett

Cybersecurity Reporter, The Hill

Cory Booker

Senator (D-NJ), United States Senate

Robert Boorstin

Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group

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Ethics + Responsibility

The Worrisome Future of the Internet

June 11, 2015

Session Description: Today’s Internet is in jeopardy as a global system. Post-Snowden, governments increasingly diverge on what kind of Internet ought to operate in their country. This is alarming to those who believe that how the unitary Net works has led to stunning economic progress and business transformation for everyone. Goldstein: Thank you, David. Very briefly, we have three outstanding panelists this morning to talk about a couple of key issues related to the future of the Internet. To my right is Fadi Chehadé, CEO and president of ICANN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, plays one of the vital roles in terms of the governance and function of the global Internet. Miriam Sapiro is our former Deputy USTR, United States Trade Representative, now affiliated with Brookings, and I believe also assisting with ICANN and some of their transitional issues. And finally, Steve DelBianco is the head of NetChoice, a Washington trade group. He has also been deeply and intimately involved in the transition issues related to ICANN as one of the members of the Accountability Working Group, which we’ll talk about in a moment, and has testified before Congress multiple times in the past year about these important issues related to the future of the Internet. Let’s begin by setting the stage for the audience and making sure that everyone has, in a factual sense, an understanding of where we are. A very important transition was announced a year ago. In March of 2014, the Commerce Department announced that it would ultimately relinquish...

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