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Open Internet Workshops

Workshop: Innovation, Investment, and the Open Internet

January 13, 2010 4:30 PM ET
MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater Cambridge, MA

Coordinator info: Carol Simpson (202) 418-2391Carol.Simpson@fcc.gov

The Internet has become an unprecedented, global platform for commerce, unleashing the power of American innovators and driving economic growth and job creation. This workshop will examine how the Internet’s openness affects the ability of network operators, Internet content and application providers, and other Internet technology developers to innovate and to drive investment, job creation, and economic growth throughout the Internet ecosystem. These issues will be explored from the diverse perspectives of innovators and entrepreneurs, investors, network operators and equipment vendors, and experts in Internet innovation and investment.

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Workshop Materials

Perspective of a Mobile Application Developer & Entrepreneur
Jeffrey Glueck, CEO, Skyfire
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Transaction Cost, Transparency, and Innovation for the Internet
Shane Greenstein, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
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Innovation and Investment in the Internet: Past, present and future
Marcus Weldon, CTO, Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs
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Remarks - Federal Communications Workshop Innovation, Investment, and the Open Internet
Lynn St.Amour, President & CEO Internet Society
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Factors that Foster Application Innovation
Barbara van Schewick, Stanford Law School
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The Transformation of the Internet
Christopher S. Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Law School
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