[icann-eu] INTERNET POLICY FORUM: Friday, January 26 at Georgia Tech

[Hans Klein <hans.klein@pubpolicy.gatech.edu>]

I have moved back to the USA.  If anyone here is in Atlanta on Friday, you
are invited to attend this event! :-)

Hans



INTERNET SELF-REGULATION:
PERSPECTIVES OF BUSINESS, ASIA, AND CIVIL SOCIETY

http://www.cpsr.org/internetdemocracy/GaTech_Forum.html


TIME and LOCATION:
   This Friday, January 26, 4-6 PM
   Room 117, Student Services Building ("Flag Building")
   Georgia Tech (driving directions are below)

SPEAKERS:
- DR. MICHAEL NELSON, IBM:  
  "Government, Governance, and the Next Generation Internet"
- IZUMI AIZU, Asia and Pacific Internet Association:
  "A Truly Global Internet: The View from Asia" 
- PROF. HANS KLEIN, Georgia Tech School of Public Policy & 
  Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR): 
  "Making Self-Regulation Work: Legitimacy and Due Process in ICANN" 
- PROF. SEYMOUR GOODMAN, Georgia Tech College of Computing &
  Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
  Panel Chair
- PROF. STEPHEN LUKASIK, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs (visiting)
  Commentator

ABSTRACT:
    The Internet is a global communication medium, placing individuals,
companies, and nations in immediate proximity.  However, its smooth
functioning requires global coordination and policy-making.  At minimum
there must be common technical standards and some authoritative allocation
of common resources like domain names.  Beyond that, many argue for rules
for intellectual property, free speech, respect for national sovereignty,
and a host of other topics.   
    How can a global system be maintained?  Is a private, self-regulated
approach adequate?  Is government the proper authority in cyberspace?  Are
new forms of global democracy needed?
    This panel will present three perspectives: (US-based) global business,
the Asian region, and (US-based) civil society.


DIRECTIONS:
By foot: the Student Services Building is directly behind the Student
Center (on the
western side.) 
	By car: take I-75/85 to the North Avenue/Georgia Tech exit.  Head west on
North Ave. toward Georgia Tech.  At the second stoplight after the freeway
exchange (at the Coca-Cola tower,) go right on Tech Parkway.  Go one
quarter mile to the first traffic light.  Turn right to enter Georgia Tech
campus.  Go immediately right onto Ferst Drive (the campus loop.)  Shortly
ahead, on your left, is guest parking at 355 Ferst Drive.  Inform parking
attendant that you are attending the Internet Policy Panel.  The Student
Services Building (also called the Smithgall Building) is directly in front
of the parking lot.  Room 117 is on the ground floor. 
	Campus map: http://gtalumni.org/campusmap/


SPEAKER BIOS:

MICHAEL R. NELSON

As Director of Internet Technology and Strategy at IBM, Mike Nelson manages
a team helping define and implement IBM's Next Generation Internet
strategy.  His group is working with university researchers on NGi
technology, shaping standards for the NGi, and communicating IBM's NGi
vision to customers, policy makers, the press, and the  general public.

He is also responsible for organizing IBM's involvement in the Global
Internet Project, a coalition of 14 telecom and computer companies working
to address key Internet issues.

Prior to joining IBM in July, 1998, Nelson was Director for Technology
Policy at the Federal Communications Commission.  There he helped craft
policies to foster electronic commerce, spur development and deployment of
new technologies, and improve the reliability and security of the nation's
telecommunications networks.

Before joining the FCC in January, 1997, Nelson was Special Assistant for
Information Technology at the White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy where he worked with Vice President Gore and the President's Science
Advisor on issues relating to the Global Information Infrastructure,
including telecommunications policy, information technology, encryption,
electronic commerce, and information policy.

>From 1988 to 1993, Nelson served as a professional staff member for the
Senate's Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, chaired by
then-Senator Gore.  He was the lead Senate staffer for the High-Performance
Computing Act.

Nelson has a B.S. in geology from Caltech, and a Ph.D. in geophysics from MIT.


IZUMI AIZU

Izumi Aizu is project director at the Center for Global Communications
(GLOCOM) at the International University of Japan and the research director
at the Institute for HyperNetwork Society. Mr. Aizu is a founder of the
Institute for Networking Design, a think tank for online communications,
and served from 1987 to 1992 as secretary general of Networking Forum, an
annual conference of PC networking in Japan. He has been a member of study
groups on computer networks and informatization at the Ministry of
International Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Posts and
Telecommunications, and other agencies. He received the David Rodale Award
from Electronic Networking Association in1988 for his contribution to
"building global communities."


HANS KLEIN

Hans K. Klein is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy at the
Georgia Institute of Technology.  He is also Chair of Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), where he leads the Civil
Society Democracy Project (CivSoc).

Klein's research interests include the democratic uses of the Internet, the
governance of the Internet (notably ICANN, the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers), and the the political shaping of  technology
development.  Other systems about which he has written include local cable
television networks, Intelligent Transportation Systems, the
Superconducting Supercollider (SSC), and the Space Shuttle. 

Prof. Klein received a Ph.D. in 1996 from MIT's Dept. of Political Science
and Program in Technology, Management and Policy; an M.S. in 1993 from
MIT's Technology and Policy Program; and a B.S.E. in 1983 from Princeton
University's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He
has also studied at the Technical University of Munich and served as a
visiting researcher at the Ecole des Mines in Paris.


SEYMOUR GOODMAN

Seymour (Sy) E. Goodman is Professor of International Affairs and Computing
at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the College of
Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology. He also serves as Co-Director
of the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy and
Co-Director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center.

Prof. Goodman studies international developments in the information
technologies and related public policy issues. In this capacity, he has
published well over 100 articles and served on many government and industry
advisory and study committees. He has been the International Perspectives
editor for the Communications of the ACM for the last ten years. Earlier
work had been in areas of mathematical physics and computer science.

Immediately before coming to Georgia Tech, Prof. Goodman was the director
of the Consortium for Research in Information Security and Policy (CRISP),
jointly with the Center for International Security and Cooperation and the
School of Engineering, Stanford University. He has held various
appointments at the University of Virginia (Applied Mathematics, Computer
Science, Soviet and East European Studies), The University of Chicago
(Economics), Princeton University (The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs, Mathematics), and the University of Arizona (MIS,
Middle Eastern Studies). Prof. Goodman was an undergraduate at Columbia
University, and obtained his Ph.D. from the California Institute of
Technology.



STEPHEN LUKASIK

Dr. Stephen Lukasik was Deputy Director and then Director of the Advanced
Research Projects Agency (ARPA) when the Internet was created (circa
1968-1974).  During his tenure at ARPA, ARPANET was conceived and launched.
 Subsequently, he was Chief Scientist of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) from 1974-1978.

Dr. Lukasik also has extensive business experience and has served as vice
president at Xerox Corporation, Northrop Corporation, the TRW Space and
Defense Sector, and at the RAND Corporation.  His most recent research
analyzes technical and policy issues related to protection of critical
infrastructure against cyber attack.  Dr. Lukasik received his Ph.D. from MIT.


Sponsored by:  
· The Georgia Tech School of Public Policy (www.spp.gatech.edu)
· Georgia Tech chapter of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
(www.CPSR.org) 

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