Invitation

Perspectives on the Future of Digital Communications

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and the Time Warner Cable Research Program on Digital Communication are pleased to invite you to hear from some of today’s leading thinkers about developments shaping the future of digital communications.
Please join us as the authors of five essays on the future of digital communications, policy and technical perspectives present and discuss their perspectives in issues ranging from broadband capacity to changes in our civic life. If you would like to see the essays, please click here.

Date: November 16th, 2010

Place: Chandelier Room-St. Regis Hotel,
          16th and K Streets, Washington, DC

Time: 4:00 - 5:30 PM panel discussion 
          5:30 - 7:00 PM cocktail reception

Moderators:
Rob Atkinson
President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Fernando Laguarda
Director, Time Warner Cable Research Program on Digital Communications and Vice President, External Affairs and Policy Counselor at Time Warner Cable

Panel Members:
Dale N. Hatfield
Executive Director, Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship, University of Colorado
“The Challenge of Increasing Broadband Capacity.”
Read the essay.

John G. Palfrey, Jr.
Henry N. Ess III professor of Law, Harvard Law School
“The Challenge of Developing Effective Public Policy on the Use of Social Media by Youth.”
Read the essay.

Nicol Turner-Lee
Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
“The Challenge of Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Age.”
Read the essay.

Scott J. Wallsten
Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute
“The Future of Digital Communications Research and Policy.”
Read the essay.

Christopher S. Yoo
Professor of Law & Communications, University of Pennsylvania Law School
“The Challenge of New Patterns in Internet Usage.”
Read the essay.

Please contact Kathryn Angstadt with any questions concerning the event at 202.449.1351 or kangstadt@itif.org

For more information on the Time Warner Cable Research Program on Digital Communication, please click here.