[isoc-ny] Beyond the Future of the Internet

[ISOC-NY announcements]

On Friday May 22, from 3-5pm in the Board Room of Civic Hall, 156 Fifth
Avenue, the Internet Society of NY and Zoetic Networks will present
"Beyond the Future of the Internet,"  an informal roundtable discussion
about the future of the Internet - and what may lay beyond it. We'll
explore new wireless technologies, policy and regulatory issues in
getting access to underserved communities and the dangers that the loss
of trust present in the post-Snowden era.  Open to all, it will be
recorded as part of a new Internet Society of NY podcast series.

Where: Board Room of Civic Hall, 156 Fifth Avenue, NYC

When: Friday May 22, from 3-5pm

The event is free and open to the public

Speakers will include:

Bruce Kushnick

If you have ever used a telephone over the last three decades, odds are
Bruce Kushnick had something to do with it. Over the last two decades,
Kushnick and other individuals, small businesses, analysts, phone bill
specialists and even phone and broadband customers formed Teletruth, to
defend the public’s telecom and broadband interests. Kushnick and his
associates have filed complaints with the FCC and various public service
commissions, requested investigations by the IRS, worked with the Small
Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy to create a “Roundtable”
for small competitors, and has help to create of “The Broadband Bill of
Rights”, a proposed piece of legislation, and have helped to initiate
multiple successful class action suits resulting in tens of millions of
dollars

Alex Goldman

Long time telecom analyst and journalist who has worked closely with the
Wireless ISP Association (WISPA), recently graduated Brooklyn Law and
passed bar to become attorney.

Dave Burstein

Editor and publisher dslprime.com. "I found myself deep in engineering,
finance, and policy, although I'm not formally trained. I developed some
surprising friends in high places, and got startled one day when a
bureau chief called me 'the conscience of the FCC.' Wall Street analysts
made me their pet geek." Dave will discuss the rapid acceleration of
wireless technology and it's implications for policy and bridging the
last mile to bring Net access to underserved communities.

It will be followed by an open discussion.

The podcast series will also include a conversation with Zephyr Teachout
in which we discuss whether the big telephone and cable monopolies
should be broken up - already recorded but needs some last post
production stuff. I'm also scheduling an interview with ex-CIA spook and
Reform Party Presidential candidate Robert Steele.

Hope you can make it on Friday!

Best,

David

-- 
David Solomonoff, President
Internet Society of New York
president at isoc-ny.org
isoc-ny.org