<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Apologies to anyone who had problems with the livestream link. It is <a href="http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/citisot2017">http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/citisot2017</a>  I will segment the panels shortly.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Great conference!</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Joly MacFie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:president@isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">president@isoc-ny.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">This just kicking off. As mentioned before, CITI's move online is very much caused by rebuilding on campus leading to a lack of space, albeit welcome. This year's SoT is as topical as ever, if somewhat briefer than we are accustomed. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div class="gmail_default">​​</div><br><u></u><div class="m_-5959730106451467452gmail-m_6737259116575243021subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:766px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="m_-5959730106451467452gmail-m_6737259116575243021subscribe-body" style="width:746px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="m_-5959730106451467452gmail-m_6737259116575243021subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="8" class="m_-5959730106451467452gmail-m_6737259116575243021subscribe-header-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:8px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="m_-5959730106451467452gmail-m_6737259116575243021the-post"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody></tbody></table><div class="m_-5959730106451467452gmail-m_6737259116575243021post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/citisot2017" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="m_-5959730106451467452gmail-m_6737259116575243021size-full m_-5959730106451467452gmail-m_6737259116575243021wp-image-9609" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/citi_sot2017_170x255.png" alt="Livestream" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"></a>Today <strong>Friday November 17th 2017 </strong>the <strong><a href="http://www.citicolumbia.org/" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">Columbia Institute for Tele-Information</a> </strong>presents its annual <strong>State of Telecom</strong> conference. This year's event, held online, has the theme <strong><a href="https://citistateoftelecom2017.eventbrite.com/" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">The Internet's Next Bottlenecks? Major Platforms, Video Clouds, and the Middle Mile</a></strong>. In the past, improvements in business entry and regulatory policy have lowered a number of market barriers in the telecom and TV industries, enabling competition and access. As this shift has occurred, what bottlenecks are left or have emerged in the new digital environment? This online half day conference will explore the potential or actual disruption by the new content and distribution platforms and their impact on media and technology markets. It will also analyze the various public policy options that have been advocated. The focus will be on real issues that exist and what responses might be. Speakers include representatives of <strong>AT&T</strong>, <strong>Verizon</strong>, <strong>Facebook</strong>, and the <strong>FCC</strong>. The event will be webcast live via the <a href="https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/citisot2016" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank"><strong>Internet Society livestream channel</strong></a>.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica N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