2018-SOTN

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Futurist Amy Webb To Keynote #SOTN2018 | Register Now

If ever Washington tech policymakers needed to look into the future, it’s now. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that Amy Webb, quantitative futurist and strategist, will keynote the 14th Annual State of the Net Conference.

Ms. Webb is a professor of strategic foresight at the NYU Stern School of Business and founder of the Future Today Institute, where she helps leaders and their organizations prepare for complex futures. She is a 2017-18 Delegate in the United States-Japan Leadership Program and was a Delegate on the former U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, where she worked on the future of technology, media and international diplomacy. Her most recent book, The Signals Are Talking, explains how to predict and manage technological change.

Congressman Greg Walden

Every year, key Internet policy makers and thinkers gather at State of the Net. Join them on January 29, 2018 at the Newseum’s Knight Conference Center in Washington, D.C. to be part of the Internet policy conversation.

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The upcoming State of the Net Conference will cover the most important policy issues facing the Internet today. Congressional and administration leaders will engage with stakeholders on issues such as digital inclusion, freedom of expression, trust & tribalism, broadband fragmentation, innovation, and many more. As always, State of the Net will be your first look at the new players and the new issues that will take center stage in 2018. Whether it’s artificial intelligence or cyber security policies, State of the Net is the best place to debate them all. This conference is unique. It’s been consistently lauded for its balanced blend of perspectives and its provocative thinkers. In an increasingly polarized policy space, State of the Net is the most important stakeholder gathering that brings you together with key people with whom you disagree (respectfully). That’s the point. 

Past keynote speakers include: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, UBER Founder/CEO Travis Kalanick, Dropbox Founder/CEO Drew Houston, Comcast NBC CEO Brian L. Roberts and many others. Find out more about our recent past speakers here.

State of the Net attracts over 600 attendees by providing unparalleled opportunities to network and engage on key policy issues. 

Want to know more about what State of the Net does? Here are video highlights of the conference to give a better sense of what the event does.

Follow us on Twitter for conference news and updates as we finalize the conference agenda and announce our final panelists and keynote speakers. Registration is free for all government staff, press and media, and a limited number of student tickets are available. Discounted tickets are available for non-profit and academic attendees.

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Chairman Greg Walden To Keynote #SOTN18 | Register Now

Congressman Greg Walden will keynote the 14th Annual State of the Net Conference on January 29, 2018 at the Newseum in Washington D.C. Congressman Walden joins a roster of leading speakers – from government, business, and academia – who are shaping the future of Internet policy.  

Congressman Walden is Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce, which oversees broad swaths of the Internet ecosystem. Recently, Chairman Walden has held hearings focused on online consumer safety, security, and access to the flow of information. 

Congressman Greg Walden

Every year, key Internet policy makers and thinkers gather at State of the Net. Join them on January 29, 2018 at the Newseum’s Knight Conference Center in Washington, D.C. to be part of the Internet policy conversation.

REGISTER NOW

The upcoming State of the Net Conference will cover the most important policy issues facing the Internet today. Congressional and administration leaders will engage with stakeholders on issues such as digital inclusion, freedom of expression, trust & tribalism, broadband fragmentation, innovation, and many more. As always, State of the Net will be your first look at the new players and the new issues that will take center stage in 2018. Whether it’s artificial intelligence or cyber security policies, State of the Net is the best place to debate them all. This conference is unique. It’s been consistently lauded for its balanced blend of perspectives and its provocative thinkers. In an increasingly polarized policy space, State of the Net is the most important stakeholder gathering that brings you together with key people with whom you disagree (respectfully). That’s the point. 

Past keynote speakers include: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, UBER Founder/CEO Travis Kalanick, Dropbox Founder/CEO Drew Houston, Comcast NBC CEO Brian L. Roberts and many others. Find out more about our recent past speakers here.

State of the Net attracts over 600 attendees by providing unparalleled opportunities to network and engage on key policy issues. 

Want to know more about what State of the Net does? Here are video highlights of the conference to give a better sense of what the event does.

Follow us on Twitter for conference news and updates as we finalize the conference agenda and announce our final panelists and keynote speakers. Registration is free for all government staff, press and media, and a limited number of student tickets are available. Discounted tickets are available for non-profit and academic attendees.

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Rod J. Rosenstein, USDOJ, To Keynote State of the Net Conference

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein will keynote the 14th Annual State of the Net Conference on January 29, 2018 at the Newseum in Washington D.C. The Deputy Attorney General joins a roster of engaging and informative speakers who are shaping the future of Internet policy.

Rod J. Rosenstein

Rod J. Rosenstein

Deputy Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice

As second in command at the Justice Department, Mr. Rosenstein plays a key role in setting the Department’s priorities including prosecuting cyber crimes. Recently, he has argued that digital technology should be securely and “responsibly” encrypted, allowing law enforcement access to digital data with judicial authorization.

Each year, we bring together key Internet policy makers and thinkers. Join us to be part of the Internet policy conversations at the State of the Net on January 29, 2018 at the Newseum’s Knight Conference Center in Washington, D.C.

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Want to know more about what State of the Net does? There are video highlights of the conference to give a better sense of what the event does.

Make sure you follow @SOTN and use the hashtag #SOTN2018 on Twitter for conference updates!

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Panels Announced for State of the Net 2018


In 14 years of planning the State of the Net Conference, we’ve never seen a more interesting, challenging, and complex set of policy issues on the table. We plan on tackling all of them on January 29 and we hope you join your colleagues in Washington. We’ll start announcing our speakers soon. In the meantime, here are some of the topics that you won’t want to miss at State of the Net. The issues are still evolving and we’ll put more topics on the agenda as they develop.

Internet Expression: Truth, Trust, Transparency, & Tribalism

“The intel wasn’t 100%.” In the aftermath of Pizzagate, what sources of information and which speakers can be trusted? We have had to create a new lexicon to understand the state of free expression on the Internet: Fake news, troll-farms, disinformation, nation-state sponsored advertising, post-fact society, data injection attacks, narrative-laundering, networked propaganda, to name a few. Solutions to these problems are far more complex than most are willing to believe. We have to start somewhere.

The Fragmentation of Communications Policy

The policy framework guiding communications policy has never been more fragmented and uncertain. The FCC is expected to undo its “Open Internet,” Congress recently rolled back FCC privacy rules (which some states are taking up), and the House and Senate are drafting legislation.

The Witches’ Brew of Cyber Security: Beyond Money and Mischief

During a recent Homeland Security Committee hearing Chairman Ron Johnson asked FBI Director Christopher Wray to describe the “witches’ brew” of cyber security threats. Wray painted a picture of “a blurring between different kinds of threats,” from nation-state actors working with hackers-for-hire enlisting troll farms and autonomous bots. Now some of them are using NSA-developed weapons released into the wild. Money and mischief are no longer the only motivations for these attacks.

Internet Governance: Are We In A Post Multi-Stakeholder World?

2018 may be the most significant year in terms of Internet governance since the dawn of the Internet. The Trump Administration’s preference for bilateral deals is at odds with the previous Administration’s multi-stakeholder approach. Will nation states, having just witnessed of the awesome power of the Internet in the period between Arab Spring and the 2017 elections, seek to exploit lack of consensus for greater control?

Authentication in Post-Equifax World: Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin

The massive Equifax breach demonstrated that our antediluvian Internet authentication methods should have been left back in the last century. Yet, blockchain technology has quietly been growing as a versatile ledger for all sorts of authenticated transactions beyond currency. The applications are endless. Our panel will explore how blockchain may be the answer to our public policy prayers in a post Equifax world.

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Click Here to Watch an Introduction Video to State of the Net
Congresswoman Suzan Delbene with board member Julie Samuels. Click to watch a short video about State of the Net.

Make sure you follow @SOTN and use the hashtag #SOTN2018 on Twitter for conference updates!



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State of the Net 2018 Registration Open

State of the Net 2018 has been announced. Watch the above video for highlights of the event.

On Monday, January 29, 2018 policy leaders will convene at the 14th Annual State of the Net Conference in Washington, DC, the nation’s premier technology policy conference. Early-bird rates are available for a short time.

Register here.

The upcoming State of the Net conference will cover the most important policy issues facing the Internet today. Congressional and administration leaders will engage with stakeholders on issues such as digital inclusion, freedom of expression, trust & tribalism, broadband fragmentation, innovation, and many more. As always, State of the Net will be your first look at the new players and the new issues that will take center stage in 2018. Whether it’s artificial intelligence or cyber security policies, State of the Net is the best place to debate them all. This conference is unique. It’s been consistently lauded for its balanced blend of perspectives and its provocative thinkers. In an increasingly polarized policy space, State of the Net is the most important stakeholder gathering that brings you together with key people with whom you disagree (respectfully). That’s the point. 

Past keynote speakers includes FCC Chair Tom Wheeler, UBER Founder/CEO Travis Kalanick, Dropbox Founder/CEO Drew Houston and many others. Want to know more? Find out more about our recent past speakers here.

State of the Net attracts over 600 attendees by providing unparalleled opportunities to network and engage on key policy issues. The 2018 edition of State of the Net will take place at The Newseum’s Knight Conference Center.

Want to know more about what State of the Net does? There are video highlights of the conference to give a better sense of what the event does.

Some of our speakers for State of the Net 2018 are:

Jessica Rosenworcel SOTN
Jessica Rosenworcel Commissioner Federal Communications Commission
Representative Bob Goodlatte
Rep. Bob Goodlatte Chairman House Judiciary Committee

More speakers to be announced.

 

We hope you can join us and on-site registration will be available. Make sure you follow @SOTN and use the hashtag #SOTN2018 on Twitter for conference updates!

 

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