WEBCAST FEB 11 – State of the Net 2025
On Tuesday February 11 2025 from 9am-5:15pm EST (14:00-22:15 UTC) the Internet Education Foundation presents the 2025 State of the Internet (SOTN) conference in Washington DC.
Annually attracting over 600 attendees, the State of the Net Conference provides unparalleled opportunities to network and engage on key policy issues. It is also the only Internet policy conference with over 50 percent of Congressional staff and government policymakers in attendance, making it the perfect setting to explore important, emerging trends.
AGENDA https://sotn25.sched.com/
(All times EST = UTC-5)
09:00 Welcome / Introductions
Tim Lordan – Executive Director, Internet Education Foundation
09:15 Keynote with Beth Williams
Hon. Beth Williams – Board Member, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
09:30 Fireside Chat with Representative Jay Obernolte
Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA)
Maria Curi – Tech Policy Reporter, Axios
10:00 Keynote with Senator Edward Markey
Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA)
10:15 Keynote with Senator Marsha Blackburn
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
10:30 AI Governance: Will the USG Lead A New Policy Framework?
Samir Jain – Vice President, Policy Center for Democracy & Technology
Olivia Zhu – Former Assistant Director for AI Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Chip Pickering – CEO, INCOMPAS
Neil Chilson – Head of AI Policy, Abundance Institute
Moderator: Mohar Chatterjee – Computational Journalist, POLITICO
10:30 Deepfakes and the Digital Self: Legislation, Innovation, Or Cooperation?
Jamie Susskind – Legislative Director for Sen. Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senate
Rick Lane – Chief Executive Officer, Iggy Ventures, LLC
Jeremy Grant – Managing Director, Venable LLP
Shoshana Weissmann – Digital Director and Policy Fellow, R Street Institute
Moderator: Natalie Alms – Staff Reporter, NextGov
10:30 Revisiting Broadband Competition: Is New Federal Framework Needed?
Angie Kronenberg – President & CEO, Sligo Solutions LLC
Michael O’Rielly – Strategic Advisor & Advocate, MPORielly
Nathan Leamer– Chief Executive Officer, Fixed Gear Strategies
Kathryn de Wit – Project Director, Broadband Access Initiative, The Pew
Moderator: Kelcee Griffis – Telecom Reporter, Bloomberg News
11:30 Emerging Tech Under Trump
Matt Perault – Head of AI Policy, A16Z
John Mitchell – Senior Manager, Government Affairs, CTA
Kristin Smith – Chief Executive Officer, Blockchain Association
Diane Rinaldo – Executive Director, Open RAN
Miranda Nazzaro – Technology Reporter, The Hill
11:30 The Future of Online Safety for Kids: Legislative Changes on the Horizon
Amina Fazlullah – Head of Tech Policy Advocacy, Common Sense Media
Andrew Zack – Policy Manager, Family Online Safety Institute
Shae Gardner – Director of Policy & Research, LGBT Tech
Maureen Flatley – Stop Child Predators Advisor
Moderator: Margaret McGill – Director of Policy Engagement, Carnegie Mellon University
11:30 The Geopolitics of the Internet: How Will Trump Reframe the New World Order
Luke Hogg – Director of Policy and Outreach, Foundation for American Innovation
Fiona Alexander – Distinguished Fellow Internet Governance Lab, American University
Milton Mueller – Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Tech
James Lewis – Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Moderator: Maggie Miller – Cybersecurity Reporter, POLITICO
13:30 Keynote with Shira Perlmutter
Shira Perlmutter – Director and Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office
14:30 AI at Work: Making the Digital Transformation Work for Everyone
Brent Orrell – Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Amber Ezzell – Policy Counsel, Future of Privacy Forum
Athina Kanioura – Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, PepsiCo
Moderator: Steven Overly – Host and Producer, POLITICO Tech
14:30 Tech Competition Policy: From Hipster To Trumpster Antitrust
Jennifer Huddleston – Senior Fellow in Technology Policy, Cato Institute
Jenn Taylor Hodges – Director of US Public Policy & Government Relations, Mozilla
Svetlana Gans – Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Avery Gardiner – Global Competition Policy, Spotify
Moderator: Leah Nylen – Antitrust Reporter, Bloomberg News
14:30 The Frontiers For Free Speech In The Trump Era: The Content Moderator’s Dilemma
Yael Eisenstat – Senior Fellow, Cybersecurity for Democracy,
Jacob Mchangama – Executive Director, The Future of Free Speech Project
Joel Thayer – President, Digital Progress Institute
Ari Cohn – Lead Counsel, Tech Policy, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Moderator: Oma Seddiq – Tech Policy Reporter, Bloomberg Government
15:45 Keynote with Commissioner Anna Gomez
Hon. Anna Gomez – Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
16:00 Keynote with Congressman Suhas Subramanyam
Hon. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA)
16:30 Keynote with Representative Kat Cammack
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL)
16:45 Closing Remarks
Tim Lordan – Executive Director, Internet Education Foundation
LIVESTREAMS
PLENARY + BREAKOUT 1
VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/IliFqFlDkYU
BREAKOUT 2
VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/tveY-Ge5m8c
BREAKOUT 3
VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/W1gpph7Usko
LIGHTNING TALKS (will be recorded and posted to archive)
10:30 AI & Digital Trust
Safety By Design: What Role Should Artificial Intelligence Play in User Safety? – Matt Kaufman, Roblox
Beyond the Algorithm: Safeguarding Children in the Age of Character AI – Danielle Davis
Legislating Protections Against Unauthorized Digital Replicas – Andrew Foglia, U.S. Copyright Office
AI in Cybersecurity: A Sword or Shield? – Reema Moussa, Goodwin
Covenants Without the Sword – Vaibhav Garg, Comcast
11:30 Internet Infrastructure & Foundations
Exploring Preference Signals for AI with Creative Commons – Shanna Hollich, Creative Commons
Beyond Fragmentation: Re-networking Internet Infrastructure to Achieve Strategic Autonomy – Juan Ortiz Freuler, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
LunaNet to MarsLink: Building the First Internet Infrastructure in Space – Nick Reese, Frontier Industry
Fiber vs LEO Satellite: The Most Economically Efficient Way to Deliver Quality Broadband for All – Shahan Osman and Michael Kende, Analysys Mason
Link Taxes and the Online Information Ecosystem: What’s at Stake? – Tricia McCleary, Computer & Communications Industry Association
14:30 Information & Regulation
TC Authority Over AI: Looking Back at 2024 – Andy Jung, TechFreedom
Regulating Public Sector AI in States: How Policymakers Should Move in 2025 – Maddy Dwyer, Center for Democracy & Technology
Free Flow of Information Shapes the Internet. What Happens if Information is Restricted? – Taylor Downs, ACT | The App Association
Community Notes: An Internet-Scale Approach to Addressing Misleading Information, Found Helpful Across the Political Spectrum – Keith Coleman, X
Differentiated, Personalized, and Transparent Online Search – Joseph Jerome, DuckDuckGo
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