--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 16:01:33 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FC: Progressive Policy Institute forum in DC on September 13 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 15:54:35 -0400 >From: Randolph Court <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Policy makers and high-tech execs to meet in DC > >Declan - Please post this conference announcement to the politech mailing list. > >The Progressive Policy Institute's New Economy Task Force will host a public forum on the policy implications of the information technology revolution and the New Economy on Monday September 13 at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Building in Washington, DC. > >The Task Force is made up of 50 leading elected officials and New Economy entrepreneurs, including Senators Jeff Bingaman, Joe Lieberman, and Ron Wyden; Representatives Cal Dooley, Zoe Lofgren, and Adam Smith; America Online CTO Marc Andreesen, Intuit founder Scott Cook, Nanogen President and COO Tina Nova, and WebTV Co-founder Steve Pearlman. > >Co-chairmen Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle and Gateway CEO Ted Waitt, along with more than 20 other Task Force members will be attending the event on the 13th, where the group will release and discuss a new framing declaration: "Rules of the Road: Governing Principles for the New Economy." > >- AGENDA - > >Monday, September 13, 1999 > >10:00 am - Public Program Begins > >10:00 - 10:10 - Welcome/Overview: Will Marshall, PPI President > >10:10 - 10:40 - Opening Remarks: > Task Force Co-Chairs, Sen. Tom Daschle (SD) and Gateway CEO Ted Waitt > >10:40 - Noon - Panel Discussion: "Rules of the Road: Governing Principles for the New Economy." > Task Force members will present and discuss the 10 "Rules of the Road" for governing in the New Economy. > >Noon - 1:30 pm - Luncheon Discussion: "Ensuring Digital Opportunity" > As the digital economy emerges, a key issue is ensuring that all Americans can use and benefit from these potentially empowering technologies. > >1:30 - 3:00 - Panel Discussion: "Internet Policy: New Approaches for a New Medium." > The digital revolution is changing the underlying rules of commerce and raising a host of policy issues, from encryption and privacy to sovereignty and governmental jurisdiction. This panel will discuss the extent to which the unique nature of the Internet both enables and requires new policy frameworks. Task Force members will be joined by two leading thinkers on e-commerce policy: > - Thomas P. Vartanian, who leads the Financial Institutions Transactions and E-Commerce Practice of the Washington law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson > - Christine Varney, Partner, Internet Practice Group, Hogan & Hartson; former Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission. > >For more information, please call PPI at 202-547-0001, or go to http://www.dlcppi.org/ppi/tech/events/99conf_home.htm > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
