[Chapter-delegates] End-to-End Arguments, Internet Innovation, and the Net Neutrality Debate

[Khaled KOUBAA]

For those who will have the opportunity to be in DC to attend this event 
or to fellow it with the webcast.
Enjoy.


End-to-End Arguments, Internet Innovation, and the Net Neutrality Debate

Many advocates of strict net neutrality regulations argue that the 
Internet has always been a “dumb pipe” and that Congress should require 
that it remain so.  A new report by ITIF Research Fellow Richard Bennett 
reviews the historical development of the Internet architecture and 
finds that, contrary to such claims, an extraordinarily high degree of 
intelligence is embedded in the network core.  Indeed, the fact that the 
Internet was originally built to serve the needs of the network research 
community but has grown into a global platform of commerce and 
communications was only made possible by continuous and innovative 
Internet engineering.  In the new ITIF report “Designed for Change: 
End-to-End Arguments, Internet Innovation, and the Net Neutrality 
Debate,” Bennett traces the development of the Internet architecture 
from the CYCLADES network in France to the present, highlighting 
developments that have implications for Internet policy. This review 
will help both engineers and policymakers separate the essentials from 
the incidentals, identify challenges to continued evolution, and develop 
appropriate policy frameworks.

Please join ITIF on Friday, September 25, from 10:30am – 12:15pm for the 
release of this report.

Presenters: 	Richard Bennett (bio 
<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2X0NECIFHQZCB57W04X3WH>)
Research Fellow, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Respondents: 	John Day (bio 
<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2X0NECIFHQZCB57W05X3WH>)
Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Boston University Metropolitan 
College

Christopher Yoo (bio 
<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2X0NECIFHQZCB57W06X3WH>)
Professor of Law and Communication; Director, Center for Technology, 
Innovation, and Competition at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Dr. William Lehr (bio 
<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2X0NECIFHQZCB57W07X3WH>)
Research Associate in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence 
Laboratory at MIT

Dr. David Farber (bio 
<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2X0NECIFHQZCB57W08X3WH>)
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy at the 
School of Computer Science, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University

Date: 	Friday, September 25, 2009
Time: 	10:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Place: 	ITIF
1101 K Street, NW, Suite 610A
Washington, DC 20005 (map 
<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2X0NECIFHQZCB57W09X3WH>)


Light refreshments will be provided.

Click here 
<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2X0NECIFHQZCB57W0AX3WH> to RSVP.

This event will be webcast live on this page 
<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2X0NECIFHQZCB57W0BX3WH>. 
Video and audio from the event will be posted shortly after the event.

This will be a widely attended event hosted by ITIF and this event 
complies with all new ethics rules.
News media inquiries only (no registrations), please call (202) 449-1351.


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