One can surmise that this will be streamed live via R Street's YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgb_ZUMEkHHVpmEXp4xTtEA/live On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:20 PM, Mueller, Milton L <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You're invited to a Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group event: > > <http://email.rstreet.org/t/i-l-kihykll-kridudyuu-r/> > > > · YOU'RE INVITED · *The Future of ICANN: What's Next for Internet > Governance?* > > > > On Oct. 1, the National Telecommunications and Infrastructure > Administration’s (NTIA) contract with the nonprofit Internet Corporation > for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) expires and the transition to a > global multistakeholder governance model goes into effect. Unless, of > course, Congress stops it. > > Regardless of what happens on Oct. 1, the debate over the ICANN transition > raises important questions about what it will take to keep the Internet > truly free. These include: How do we prevent influential special interests > or authoritarian governments from using ICANN as an online cop? Should > we keep ICANN's mission limited to technical functions? What is the > viability of alternative systems, such as blockchain-based domain servers? > > As Congress grapples with this issue, they must consider the political and > technological implications of the transition, and the diplomatic > consequences of delaying it further or blocking it altogether. > > Join us <http://email.rstreet.org/t/i-l-kihykll-kridudyuu-y/> for lunch > and a lively discussion of the future of internet governance, with an > expert panel that includes: > > *** > > *Anne Hobson* > *Fellow, R Street Institute (Moderator*) > > *Milton Mueller* > *Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Director, Internet Governance > Project* > > *Eli Dourado* > *Research Fellow & Technology Policy Program Director, Mercatus Center at > George Mason University* > > Additional panelists TBA. > > *** > > *LUNCH WILL BE SERVED (TAYLOR GOURMET)* > > > > > *Click here to RSVP* <http://email.rstreet.org/t/i-l-kihykll-kridudyuu-j/> > > > WHERE > > R Street Institute > 1050 17th St NW #1150 > Washington, DC > > > WHEN > > Friday, September 30 > At 11:45am > > > > > <http://email.rstreet.org/t/i-l-kihykll-kridudyuu-t/> > > <http://email.rstreet.org/t/i-l-kihykll-kridudyuu-i/> > > <http://email.rstreet.org/t/i-l-kihykll-kridudyuu-d/> > > R Street Institute > 1050 17th St NW #1150 > Washington, DC 20036 > > You are most likely receiving this email because you previously connected > with someone on our team, attended one of our events, or signed up on our > website. Follow the links below to adjust your communication preferences. > > > *Like* <http://email.rstreet.org/t/i-fb-kihykll-kridudyuu-h/> > > *Tweet* <http://email.rstreet.org/t/i-tw-kihykll-kridudyuu-p/> > > *Forward* > <http://rstreetinstitute.forwardtomyfriend.com/i-kridudyuu-974216CC-kihykll-l-x> > > Preferences > <http://rstreetinstitute.updatemyprofile.com/i-kihykll-974216CC-kridudyuu-m> > | Unsubscribe <http://email.rstreet.org/t/i-u-kihykll-kridudyuu-c/> > > > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -