[Chapter-delegates] WEBCAST FEB 11 – State of the Net 2025

Sun Feb 9 09:43:31 PST 2025

The agenda has been announced for State of the Net on Tuesday. Breakout
room assignments are still TBD, Adjustments will be made on
https://isoc.live/18839 <http://isoc.live/> once they are known. There will
be no real time text, but there will be auto-captions on the livestreams,
and transcripts and summaries in the archive.

The Internet Society is to be thanked for its sponsorsorship of this
webcast from 2015 to 2024. This year's production is funded by the Internet
Education Foundation.

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On *Tuesday February 11 2025* from *9am-5:15pm EST* (14:00-22:15 UTC)
the *Internet
Education Foundation
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presents
the *2025 State of the Internet
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(SOTN)
conference in Washington DC.

Annually attracting over 600 attendees, the State of the Net Conference
provides unparalleled opportunities to network and engage on key policy
issues. It is also the only Internet policy conference with over 50 percent
of Congressional staff and government policymakers in attendance, making it
the perfect setting to explore important, emerging trends.
AGENDA https://sotn25.sched.com/
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(All times EST = UTC-5)

*09:00 Welcome / Introductions*
*Tim Lordan* - Executive Director, Internet Education Foundation

*09:15 Keynote with Beth Williams*
*Hon. Beth Williams* - Board Member, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight
Board

*09:30 Fireside Chat with Representative Jay Obernolte*
*Rep. Jay Obernolte* (R-CA)
*Maria Curi* - Tech Policy Reporter, Axios

*10:00 Keynote with Senator Edward Markey*
*Sen. Edward Markey* (D-MA)

*10:15 Keynote with Senator Marsha Blackburn*
*Sen. Marsha Blackburn* (R-TN)

*10:30 AI Governance: Will the USG Lead A New Policy Framework?*
*Samir Jain* - Vice President, Policy Center for Democracy & Technology
*Olivia Zhu* - Former Assistant Director for AI Policy, White House Office
of Science and Technology Policy
*Chip Pickering* - CEO, INCOMPAS
*Neil Chilson* - Head of AI Policy, Abundance Institute
Moderator: *Mohar Chatterjee* - Computational Journalist, POLITICO

*10:30 Deepfakes and the Digital Self: Legislation, Innovation, Or
Cooperation?*
*Jamie Susskind* - Legislative Director for Sen. Marsha Blackburn, U.S.
Senate
*Rick Lane* - Chief Executive Officer, Iggy Ventures, LLC
*Jeremy Grant* - Managing Director, Venable LLP
*Shoshana Weissmann* - Digital Director and Policy Fellow, R Street
Institute
Moderator: *Natalie Alms* - Staff Reporter, NextGov

*10:30 Revisiting Broadband Competition: Is New Federal Framework Needed?*
*Angie Kronenberg* - President & CEO, Sligo Solutions LLC
*Michael O'Rielly* - Strategic Advisor & Advocate, MPORielly
*Nathan Leamer*- Chief Executive Officer, Fixed Gear Strategies
*Kathryn de Wit* - Project Director, Broadband Access Initiative, The Pew
*Moderator: Kelcee Griffis* - Telecom Reporter, Bloomberg News

*11:30 Emerging Tech Under Trump*
*Matt Perault* - Head of AI Policy, A16Z
*John Mitchell* - Senior Manager, Government Affairs, CTA
*Kristin Smith* - Chief Executive Officer, Blockchain Association
*Diane Rinaldo* - Executive Director, Open RAN
*Miranda Nazzaro* - Technology Reporter, The Hill

*11:30 The Future of Online Safety for Kids: Legislative Changes on the
Horizon*
*Amina Fazlullah* - Head of Tech Policy Advocacy, Common Sense Media
*Andrew Zack* - Policy Manager, Family Online Safety Institute
*Shae Gardner* - Director of Policy & Research, LGBT Tech
*Maureen Flatley* - Stop Child Predators Advisor
Moderator: *Margaret McGill* - Director of Policy Engagement, Carnegie
Mellon University

*11:30 The Geopolitics of the Internet: How Will Trump Reframe the New
World Order*
*Luke Hogg* - Director of Policy and Outreach, Foundation for American
Innovation
*Fiona Alexander* - Distinguished Fellow Internet Governance Lab, American
University
*Milton Mueller* - Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Tech
*James Lewis* - Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic and
International Studies
Moderator: *Maggie Miller* - Cybersecurity Reporter, POLITICO

*13:30 Keynote with Shira Perlmutter*
*Shira Perlmutter* - Director and Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright
Office

*14:30 AI at Work: Making the Digital Transformation Work for Everyone*
*Brent Orrell* - Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
*Amber Ezzell* - Policy Counsel, Future of Privacy Forum
*Athina Kanioura* - Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, PepsiCo
Moderator: *Steven Overly* - Host and Producer, POLITICO Tech

*14:30 Tech Competition Policy: From Hipster To Trumpster Antitrust*
*Jennifer Huddleston* - Senior Fellow in Technology Policy, Cato Institute
*Jenn Taylor Hodges* - Director of US Public Policy & Government Relations,
Mozilla
*Svetlana Gans* - Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
*Avery Gardiner* - Global Competition Policy, Spotify
Moderator: *Leah Nylen* - Antitrust Reporter, Bloomberg News

*14:30 The Frontiers For Free Speech In The Trump Era: The Content
Moderator's Dilemma*
*Yael Eisenstat* - Senior Fellow, Cybersecurity for Democracy,
*Jacob Mchangama* - Executive Director, The Future of Free Speech Project
*Joel Thayer* - President, Digital Progress Institute
*Ari Cohn* - Lead Counsel, Tech Policy, Foundation for Individual Rights
and Expression
Moderator: *Oma Seddiq* - Tech Policy Reporter, Bloomberg Government

*15:45 Keynote with Commissioner Anna Gomez*
*Hon. Anna Gomez* - Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

*16:00 Keynote with Representative Kat Cammack*
*Rep. Kat Cammack* (R-FL)

*16:15 Fireside Chat with Travis LeBlanc*
*Hon. Travis LeBlanc* - Former Board Member, Privacy and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board
*Brian Fung* - Tech Reporter, CNN

*16:45 Closing Remarks*
*Tim Lordan* - Executive Director, Internet Education Foundation
LIVESTREAMSPLENARY + BREAKOUT 1

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 *BREAKOUT 2*

*VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/tveY-Ge5m8c
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 BREAKOUT 3

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 *LIGHTNING TALKS* (will be recorded and posted to archiveS)

*10:30 AI & Digital Trust*
*Safety By Design: What Role Should Artificial Intelligence Play in User
Safety? - Matt Kaufman*, Roblox
*Beyond the Algorithm: Safeguarding Children in the Age of Character AI -
Danielle Davis*
*Legislating Protections Against Unauthorized Digital Replicas - Andrew
Foglia*, U.S. Copyright Office
*AI in Cybersecurity: A Sword or Shield? - Reema Moussa*, Goodwin
*Covenants Without the Sword - Vaibhav Garg*, Comcast

*11:30 Internet Infrastructure & Foundations*
*Exploring Preference Signals for AI with Creative Commons - Shanna Hollich*,
Creative Commons
*Beyond Fragmentation: Re-networking Internet Infrastructure to Achieve
Strategic Autonomy - Juan Ortiz Freuler*, USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism
*LunaNet to MarsLink: Building the First Internet Infrastructure in Space -
Nick Reese*, Frontier Industry
*Fiber vs LEO Satellite: The Most Economically Efficient Way to Deliver
Quality Broadband for All - Shahan Osman and Michael Kende*, Analysys Mason
*Link Taxes and the Online Information Ecosystem: What’s at Stake? - Tricia
McCleary*, Computer & Communications Industry Association

*14:30 Information & Regulation*
*TC Authority Over AI: Looking Back at 2024 - Andy Jung*, TechFreedom
*Regulating Public Sector AI in States: How Policymakers Should Move in
2025 - Maddy Dwyer*, Center for Democracy & Technology
*Free Flow of Information Shapes the Internet. What Happens if Information
is Restricted? - Taylor Downs*, ACT | The App Association
*Community Notes: An Internet-Scale Approach to Addressing Misleading
Information, Found Helpful Across the Political Spectrum - Keith Coleman*, X
*Differentiated, Personalized, and Transparent Online Search - Joseph
Jerome,* DuckDuckGo

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