Future of Democratic Discourse on Internet (final posting, they got me right this time .. djf)

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 07:48:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: James Love <love () essential org>
            THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC DISCOURSE ON THE INTERNET


        2nd Workshop by the Telecommunications Policy Roundtable


The Telecommunications Policy Roundtable announces its second
workshop on the future of democratic discourse on the Internet.
The first workshop was held on April 21, and featured Professor
Hal Varian, who discussed his paper,  Economic FAQs About the
Internet.  The time, place and subject of the second workshop are
as follows:


WHEN:     Friday, April 29, 1994 from 2pm to 5pm


WHERE:    Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachussetts Avenue NW,
          Washington, DC


WHAT:     Future of Democratic Discourse on the Internet Workshop


PRICE:    Free


The April 29 workshop will feature two panels.


The first panel will discuss the new architecture of the Internet
and the future pricing of Internet services, including the issue
of flat rate or metered usage of internet services.  The panel
will include:


     David Farber, Chairman of the Gigabit Testbed Coordinating
     Committee, and The Alfred Fitler Moore Professor
     Telecommunication Systems, University of Pennsylvania.  David
     is a pioneer in computing and networking and a board member
     of EFF.


     William Schrader, President and CEO of Performance Systems
     International.  PSI is one of the largest independent Internet
     service providers, a key member of the CIX, and recently
     announced a cable/internet service venture with Continenta
     Cable.


     Stephen Wolff, Director of the National Science Foundation's
     Networking, Communications, Research and Infrastructure
     Division.  Steve is the architect of the new internet
     architecture.


The Second Panel will discuss how the Internet is used for
democratic discourse and the consequences of different methods of
pricing Internet services. Panel members will include:


     Scott Armstrong,  a journalist formerly with the Washington
     Post currently with the Information Trust,


     Richard Civille,  Center for Civic Networking,


     Lisa Kimball, Metasystems Design Group, Inc.,


     James Love, Taxpayer Assets Project,


     Marc Rotenberg, Computer Professionals for Social
     Responsibility, and


     Jennifer Simpson,  United Cerebral Palsy Associations.


For more information, contact Michael Ward  (202/ 387-8030,
mike () essential org)




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