Rethinking the Internet: The Way Forward

Overview

The advent of smartphones and other mobile devices, and the resulting explosive growth in internet usage have transformed the way that societies communicate. The internet is a major driver for global economies as it continues to create new forms of interaction, and offers unprecedented business opportunities and profitable collaborations. The evolution of the internet is however also contributing to changing social perceptions of privacy and copyright, and concerns are developing about the security of countries and organisations, and the liabilities of internet intermediaries.

Another crucial issue is internet governance. Some doubts have been cast on the effectiveness of the present decision-making model in setting the basis for an investment-conducive and future-proof framework, and in balancing the interests of all the players involved in the market scenario.

Rethinking the Internet: The Way Forward, organised by the Financial Times and Telecom Italia, will contribute to this debate by featuring interactive CEO-level workshops that explore the impact of the internet on business models, the role of public and private collaborations in enabling innovation, the key policy, governance and security considerations that need to be addressed, and future implications of the internet evolution for all players in the global communications industry.

Agenda Day One: Thursday, March 22, 2013

Agenda Day Two: Friday, March 23, 2013

Currently confirmed to participate now include:

• Alessandro Acquisti, Associate Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

• Jan Philipp Albrecht MdEP / MEP, Member, European Parliament

• Virgilio Augusto Fernandes Almeida, Secretary for Information Technology Policies, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI-SEPIN), Brazil

• Suleyman Anil, Head, Cyber Defence Section, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO

• Johannes M Bauer, Professor, Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media and Director of Special Programs, Quello Center for Telecommunication Management & Law, Michigan State University

• Franco Bernabè, Chairman and CEO of Telecom Italia

• Anne Bouverot, Director General & Member of the Board, GSMA

• Peter Bradwell, Campaigner, Open Rights Group

• Angelo Maria Cardani, Chairman, AGCOM

• James W. Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President-External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T Services, Inc

• Giuseppe Corasaniti, General Prosecutor, Italian Supreme Court

• Juan Carlos De Martin, Faculty co-director, nexa center for internet & society, Politecnico di Torino and Faculty Fellow, berkman center for internet & society, Harvard University

• Adrian Farrel, Routing Area Director, IETF, Juniper Networks and Old Dog Consulting

• William W Fisher, Wilmer Hale Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Faculty Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University

• Luigi Gambardella, Chairman Executive Board, ETNO

• Hartmut Richard Glaser, Executive Secretary/CGI.br, Brazilian Internet Steering Committee

• David A. Gross, Former U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy and Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

• Ian Hargreaves, Professor of Digital Economy, Cardiff University

• James Harkin, Author and Director, Flockwatching

• Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, CEO, Etisalat Group

• Dr Robert E Kahn, TCP/IP co-creator and Chairman, CEO and President, Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)

• Loz (Laurence) Kaye, Leader, Pirate Party UK

• Thomas M. Lenard, President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

• Gerd Leonhard, Futurist, Author and CEO, The Futures Agency

• Jonathan Liebenau, Reader in Technology Management, Department of Management, London School of Economics

• Robert Levine, Journalist and Author of Free Ride

• Patrice Lyons, Corporate Counsel, Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)

• Joe McNamee, Executive Director, European Digital Rights

• Milton L Mueller, Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University

• Eli Noam, Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Professor of Finance and Economics and Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Columbia University Business School

• Sam Paltridge, Directorate of Science Technology and Industry, OECD

• Prof. Francesco Pizzetti, Chairman, Privacy Authority

• Pranesh Prakash, Policy Director, Centre for Internet and Society

• Philip R. Reitinger, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Sony Corporation

• Dr Georg Serentschy, CEO Telecommunications, RTR-GmbH (Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications)

• Michael Skapinker, Assistant Editor and Columnist, Financial Times

• Christopher Soghoian, Principal Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst, American Civil Liberties Union

• Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Nico van Eijk, Professor of Media and Telecommunications Law and Director of the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam

• Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent

• Philip L. Verveer, Ambassador, U.S. Coordinator, International Communications and Information Policy, US Department of State

• Richard Waters, West Coast Editor, Financial Times

• Christopher S Yoo, John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science, Founding Director, Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition, University of Pennsylvania Law School