[isoc-ny] WEBCAST TODAY: Internet Independence Day

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Tech Innovators is essentially a loose coalition of old-school Internet
folks who are anti-Title 2 because they think it'll screw things up. Led by
VOIPers who do not want that industry in particular to be hamstrung, but
including widely respected elders like ISOC Trustee Dave Farber and the
EFF's John Perry Barlow. It will be interesting to hear what they have to
say.

   joly posted: "Today Thursday April 30 2015 Tech Innovators – a civic
initiative of Internet pioneers convened by VCXC founder Daniel Berninger -
will celebrate the inaugural "Internet Independence Day" to mark the 20th
anniversary of the commercialization of the Intern"

[image: Internet Independence Day]
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/InternetIndependenceDay>Today *Thursday
April 30 2015* *Tech Innovators <http://techinnovators2020.com/>* – a civic
initiative of Internet pioneers convened by VCXC founder *Daniel Berninger* -
will celebrate the inaugural "*Internet Independence Day*
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-independence-day-kick-off-reception-tickets-16563993350>"
to mark the 20th anniversary of the commercialization of the Internet,
following the decommissioning of the National Science Foundation's NSFNET
<https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/cyber/internet.jsp>. The
group has written to Congress <http://vcxc.org/documents/openletter.pdf>
requesting that April 30 be officially recognized as Internet Independence
Day. Today's inaugural event will include remarks by *Bob Metcalfe*,
professor, University Texas; *Bryan Martin*, Chairman, 8x8; *Charlie
Giancarlo*, senior advisor, Silver Lake; *Dave Farber*, professor emeritus
CMU, board member ICANN, ISOC; *George Gilder*, author; *Jeff Pulver*,
founder, Zula; *John Gilmore*, activist, co-founder EFF; *John Perry Barlow*,
lyricist, co-founder EFF; *Les Vadasz*, former EVP, Intel; *Mark Cuban*,
founder, AXS TV; *Michael Robertson*, founder, MP3.com; *Ray Ozzie*,
founder, Talko; and *Tim Draper*, founder, Draper Fisher Jurvetson. It will
webcast live on the *Internet Society's Livestream Channel
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/InternetIndependenceDay>*.





*What: Internet Independence Day
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-independence-day-kick-off-reception-tickets-16563993350>
Where: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC When:
Thursday April 30 2015 6pm-9pm EDT | 22:00-01:00 UTC Webcast:
https://livestream.com/internetsociety/InternetIndependenceDay
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/InternetIndependenceDay> Twitter:
#InternetIndependence
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/internetindependence?f=realtime&src=hash>*

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