Public Knowledge - Events

2009 Public Knowledge IP3 Awards Ceremony

Webmaster — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:53:46 -0400

October 15, 2009 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Public Knowledge will celebrate its 8th Anniversary and 6th Annual IP3 Awards at a ceremony on Thursday, October 15th, 2009. Awards are given to individuals who over the past year (or over the course of their careers) who have advanced the public interest in one of the three areas of “IP” – Internet Protocol, Intellectual Property and Information Policy.

Sewall-Belmont House
144 Constitution Ave, NE
Washington, DC

(on the corner of Constitution Ave and 2nd Street.)

OneWebDay 2009

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:07:47 -0400

September 22, 2009 (All day)

OneWebDay is an Earth Day for the internet. The idea behind OneWebDay is to focus attention on a key internet value (this year, Digital Inclusion), focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills), and create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet.

For more information please visit OneWebDay’s About page.

2009 NAMAC Conference

Webmaster — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:42:57 -0400

August 26, 2009 (All day) - August 29, 2009 (All day)

It’s a time of flux: new Administration, new Congress, shifting demographics, evolving economics, emergent technologies. What does it all mean for media arts and culture?

NAMAC will convene media makers, artists, scholars, researchers, technologists, policy wonks, media and visual arts organizations, and advocacy groups this year in Boston to cross-pollinate ideas and chart an innovative path forward.

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers
64 Arlington Street
Boston, MA

For more information please visit the conference website at:
http://namac.org/conference

Broadband Competition Policy: After the Stimulus and in the Shadow of the DOJ

Webmaster — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:36:08 -0400

July 13, 2009 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

PK Legal Director Harold Feld will particpate in a panel at this congressional seminar sponsored by the Technology Policy Institute. The seminar will address key questions of how the U.S. broadband market is developing, how competition in the U.S. compares to elsewhere, and how various policy prescriptions, such as open access and functional separation, would be likely to affect investment.

Rayburn House Office Building
Room B340
Washington, DC

For additional information and instructions on registering please visit:
http://www.techpolicyinstitute.org/news/show/23153.html

The End of Spectrum 'Scarcity': Opportunistic Access to the Airwaves

Webmaster — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:43:25 -0400

June 25, 2009 - 12:15pm - 1:45pm

This panel discussion, presented by The New America Foundation’s Wireless Futures Program, will examine which combination of technologies and policy reforms can open the airwaves and enable an era of pervasive connectivity. The panel includes technology and policy experts who believe dynamic, opportunistic access to underutilized spectrum - especially federal government bands - is feasible if we can only muster the political will.

New America Foundation
1899 L St NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20036

For additional information, and to RSVP, please visit:
http://newamerica.net/events/2009/end_spectrum_scarcity

ITIF Event: White House Leadership on Innovation Policy: The Case for an Office of Innovation Policy

Webmaster — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:15:56 -0400

June 24, 2009 - 9:00am - 10:30am

In an ITIF report to be released, Duke Law School professors Stuart Benjamin and Arti Rai propose that the Obama administration (or Congress, if Congress is willing) create an Office of Innovation Policy that would draw upon, and feed into, existing regulatory review processes but would have the specific mission of being the “innovation champion” within these processes.

Please join use for a discussion of this new proposal to create an Office of Innovation Policy.

ITIF
1101 K Street, NW, Suite 610
Washington, DC

For more information and to RSVP please visit the event’s website.

Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the Field

Webmaster — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:48:42 -0400

June 23, 2009 - 10:00am - June 24, 2009 - 3:00pm

PK President Gigi Sohn will be participating in the Practioner Panels at this conference sponsored by the Grant Makers in Film + Electronic Media and the Media Democracy Fund. Rapid changes in the financial landscape — as well as shifts in the media and technology sectors and the upheaval in journalism — require that funders stay on top of emerging trends and opportunities to continue to have significant impact. Conference participants will be informed by leading practitioners and share their own knowledge of funding for media content, media policy, and media infrastructure.

Open Society Institute
New York, NY

For more information please visit the conference website.

Open Video Conference

Webmaster — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:56:08 -0400

June 19, 2009 (All day) - June 20, 2009 (All day)

The Open Video Conference is a production of Open Video Alliance, an umbrella coalition for the development of an open video ecosystem.

Vanderbilt Hall
NYU Law School
40 Washington Square S
New York, NY

For program and registration information please visit:
http://openvideoconference.org/

Broadband Policy Summit V: Building Out America

Webmaster — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:49:32 -0400

June 18, 2009 - 7:30am - June 19, 2009 - 12:30pm

PK President Gigi B. Sohn and PK Legal Director Harold Feld will be participating on seperate panels at the 2009 Broadband Policy Summit. The summit, Pike & Fischer’s preeminent communications policy forum, will once again play host to over 200 of the nation’s top executives, regulators and legislators as they debate and discuss the future of the broadband landscape.

Sheraton Crystal City
Arlington, VA

For more information please visit:
http://www.broadbandpolicysummit.com/

Celebration and Wine Reception: Open Technology Initiative Launch

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:23:52 -0400

June 10, 2009 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Please join The New America Foundation to officially launch the Open Technology Initiative (OTI) and to learn more about its current projects, including M-Lab, an open platform for researchers to deploy Internet measurement tools; Building the 21st Century Broadband Superhighway, an initiative to deploy middle-mile fiber infrastructure across the country; and other ways OTI promotes affordable, universal, and ubiquitous communications networks through partnerships with communities, researchers, industry, and public interest groups.

New America Foundation
1899 L Street NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC

For more information and to register please visit:
http://newamerica.net/events/2009/open_technology_initiative_launch