[isoc-ny] Beyond the Future of the Internet

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Topic: ISOC-NY - Beyond the Future of the Internet
Time: May 22, 2015 2:30 PM (GMT-4:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 2:16 PM, ISOC-NY announcements <
announce at lists.isoc-ny.org> wrote:

>
> 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
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>
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