[Air-L] WEBCAST MAR 25 – Free State Foundation 17th Annual Policy Conference

Fri Mar 28 05:32:25 PDT 2025

As promised, indexed, transcribed and summarized.

https://isoc.live/19057/

Not a lot about digital trade, Comments welcome!

On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> Let it not be said that ISOC.LIVE is partisan, even if it very much is, in
> support of the Internet Society's mission "to  promote the open, secure,
> and globally connected Internet for all". Nevertheless ISOC and the FSF
> might occasionally be on the same page when it comes to avoiding
> ill-conceived legislation / regulation.
>
> However the current hold up in the role out of BEAD funding, the
> existential legal threat to the USF, and the newly announced 'Delete,
> Delete, Delete' are questionable. Some even worry that ted Cruz will
> revisit his positions on IANA.
>
> Likely  there will be vocal support at today's event for these positions,
> but worth paying attention to pick up the odd nunce.
>
> I will run it though the ai summary mill when done.
>
> On Tuesday March 25, 2025, from 09:00-14:45 EDT (13:00-18:45 UTC) the The
> Free State Foundation (FSF) will convene their 17th Annual Policy
> Conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC. They will webcast
> the proceedings live on YouTube. AGENDA…
>
>
> <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3dd8ca8638316a8a6b2c9d686dced1c18da49f6b72eb3d89629ee859300604df&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19057&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=078ff3fe1ec2d805bbb56c87c80a7635&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9pc29jLmxpdmUvMTkwNTc&email_id=6d006a455d1dd643570e48c00e97bd47>On
> *Tuesday March 25, 2025*, from *09:00-14:45 EDT* (13:00-18:45 UTC) the
> The *Free State Foundation
> <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=719ca8bd094b7f9348419ff69c3fff9d1cd30a6e267403a1bfae42ddc02ecfe2&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19057&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=f872d37a74a70ec7e0c39a520e78ec85&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9mcmVlc3RhdGVmb3VuZGF0aW9uLm9yZy8&email_id=6d006a455d1dd643570e48c00e97bd47>*
> (FSF) will convene their *17th Annual Policy Conference
> <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=495ddd473e1dee4883840293b116869a337a4c8d82bb8e1397d272a91c819ed7&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19057&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=498053982c4b8061d10885346c437829&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9iaXQubHkvNGNiY0FHdw=&email_id=6d006a455d1dd643570e48c00e97bd47>*
> at the National Press Club in Washington DC. They will webcast the
> proceedings live on *YouTube
> <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=2714342ec5de09dc99e74174485e5eab23b2db1848d64b8d9b10e70cfef37cc7&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19057&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=d5452451a527e1e06c7e7a2b853f2702&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9HMzNjOFVsUWp4RQ=&email_id=6d006a455d1dd643570e48c00e97bd47>*
> .
>
> *AGENDA*  (all times UTC-4)
>
> *09:00 – Welcome and Introduction*
> *Randolph May*, President, Free State Foundation
> *09:10 – Fireside 'New Directions in Competition and Consumer Protection
> Policies'*
> *Andrew Ferguson* - Chairman, FTC
> Co-Moderators: *Randolph May* / *Barry Nigro*
> *09:40 Keynote 'The Indispensable Right: FreeSpeech in an Age of Rage'*
> *Jonathan Turley* - George Washington University Law School
> *10:10 'New Directions in Communications Policy'*
> *Rick Cimerman* - VP, NCTA
> *Robert Fisher* - SVP, Verizon
> *Rosa Mendoza* - CEO, ALLvanza
> Moderator: *Seth Cooper*, Free State Foundation
> *10:45 Keynote 'The View from the Senate'*
> *Senator Ted Cruz,* Chair, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
> Transportation
> *11:30 – Fireside - 'New Directions in Communications Policy'*
> *Brendan Carr* – Chair, FCC
> Moderator: *Randolph May*, FSF
> *12:10 Panel: 'Universal Service After the Supreme Court's Consumers'
> Research Decision'*
> *Michelle Connolly*, Duke University
> *Daniel Lyons*, Boston College Law School
> Moderator: *Randolph May*, FSF
> *13:10 Fireside – 'TMT With Mike O’Rielly'*
> *Melissa Holyoak* - Commissioner - FCC
> *Ajit Pai* - ex-Chair, FCC
> *Nathan Simington* - Commissioner, FCC
> Moderator: *Michael O'Rielly* - ex-FCC
> *14:15 'Keynote – 'The View from the House'*
> *Rep. Richard Hudson* - Chair, House Subcommittee on Communications and
> Technology
>
> *LIVESTREAM https://youtu.be/G33c8UlQjxE
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