[Chapter-delegates] State of the Net 2026 - Full livestream schedule

[Joly MacFie]

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On Monday February 9, 2026 from 9am-5:15pm EST (14:00-22:15 UTC) the Internet
Education Foundation <https://www.neted.org/> presents the 2026 State of
the Internet <https://www.stateofthenet.org/> (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://sotn26.sched.com/ (All times EST = UTC-5)
PLENARY + BREAKOUT 1
VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/WIrMZOdVAcw

9:15am – Welcome / Introductions

9:30am – Keynote with Arpan Sura
Arpan Sura – Senior Counsel and Chief AI Officer, Federal Communications
Commission

9:45am – Fireside Chat with Congresswoman April McClain Delaney
The Honorable April McClain Delaney – Representative of Maryland’s 6th
Congressional District, U.S. House of Representatives

10:15am – Keynote with Commissioner Anna Gomez
The Honorable Anna Gomez – Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

10:30am – 30 for 30: 30 Years of Broadband Competition, 30 Years of What’s
Next
Evan Swarztrauber – Senior Fellow, Foundation for American Innovation
David Don – Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Comcast
Blair Levin – Policy Analyst, New Street Research
Christopher Lewis – President & CEO, Public Knowledge
Moderator: Kelcee Griffis – Telecom Reporter, Bloomberg News

11:30am – The Future of AI Infrastructure: Affordably Securing Energy for
Innovation
Lindsey Baxter Griffith – Chief Executive Officer, Clean Tomorrow
Steve DelBianco – President & CEO, NetChoice
Tanya Das – Vice President of Strategy, Dataerai
Marsden Hanna – Head of Energy and Sustainability Policy, Google
Moderator: Rebecca Kern – Senior Correspondent, The Capitol Forum

12:30pm – Lunch

1:30pm – Keynote with Cory Gardner
The Honorable Cory Gardner – President & CEO, NCTA

1:45pm – Keynote with Commissioner Olivia Trusty
The Honorable Olivia Trusty – Commissioner, Federal Communications
Commission

2:00pm – Fireside Chat with Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling
The Honorable Keith Sonderling – Deputy Secretary of Labor, Department of
Labor
Steve DelBianco – President & CEO, NetChoice

2:30pm – Verifying the Future: The Paxton Decision, Age Assurance, and the
Next Phase of Online Safety
Ariel Fox Johnson – Senior Advisor, Common Sense Media
Sarah Scheffler – Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Jessica Melugin – Director, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jon Schweppe – Senior Advisor, American Principles Project
Moderator: Ashley Gold – Senior Tech Policy Reporter, Axios

3:30pm – Coffee Break

3:45pm – Fireside Chat with Assistant Secretary Arielle Roth
The Honorable Arielle Roth – Administrator, National Information and
Telecommunications Administration
Moderator: Daniel Lyons – Professor, Boston College Law School

4:15pm – Fireside Chat with Senator Scott Wiener
Senator Scott Wiener – Senator for Senate District 11, California State
Senate
Makena Kelly – Senior Writer, WIRED

4:45pm – Wrap Up


*BREAKOUT 2*

VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/tN2cbtawlEk

10:30am – Hitting Refresh on Cybersecurity to Address Emerging Technologies
Camille Stewart Gloster – CEO and Founder, CAS Strategies, LLC
James Lewis – Distinguished Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis
Michael Daniel – President & CEO, Cyber Threat Alliance
Rob Knake – CEO, TPO Group
Moderator: Shane Tews – President, Logan Circle Strategies

11:30am – Making BEAD a Success To Connect All Americans
Nicol Turner Lee – Senior Fellow, Governance Studies and Director, Center
for Technology Innovation, The Brookings Institution
Lyndsay Moyer – Vice President, State Government Affairs, Comcast
Paul Garnett – Founder and CEO, Vernonburg Group
Joseph Wender – Executive Director, SHLB Coalition
Moderator: Chris Teale – Managing Editor, Route Fifty

2:30pm – Sovereign AI and the New Internet Order: Governing Intelligence
Across Borders
Kellee Wicker – Vice President of the Center for Technology, Innovation,
and Space, Meridian International Center
Caitlin Clarke – Senior Director for Cybersecurity Services, Venable LLP
Morgan Reed – President, ACT | The App Association
Adrian Shahbaz – Vice President, Research and Analysis, Freedom House
Moderator: Nancy Scola – Journalist


BREAKOUT 3
VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/mE-CYvOr2as


10:30am – Chatting with Machines: Mental Health, AI Companions, and the New
Psychology of Connection
Amina Fazlullah – Head of Tech Policy Advocacy, Common Sense Media
Amanda Lenhart – Senior Fellow, Joan Ganz Cooney Center
Adam Thierer – Senior Fellow, R Street Institute
Shae Gardner – Director of Policy and Research, LGBT Tech
Moderator: Amrith Ramkumar – Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

11:30am – AI Liability: Who’s Responsible When Machines Act?
Tod Cohen – Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Helen Toner – Interim Executive Director, Center for Security and Emerging
Technology
Neil Chilson – Head of AI Policy, Abundance Institute
Aaron Rieke – Senior Partner, Clarion AI Partners
Moderator: Miranda Bogen – Director, AI Governance Lab, Center for
Democracy & Technology

2:30pm – The New Frontiers of Speech
Luke Hogg – Director of Policy and Outreach, Foundation for American
Innovation
Ashkhen Kazaryan – Senior Legal Fellow, Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt
University
Corbin Barthold – Internet Policy Counsel and Director of Appellate
Litigation, TechFreedom
Joel Thayer – President, Digital Progress Institute



LIGHTNING TALKSLightning Talks will be recorded and available soon
<https://www.youtube.com/@sotndc>.

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