The Free State Foundations annual telecommunications conference. This is an hour and a half. Ok, we are going to get started now. One minute. If everyone will take their seats, please. You become so quiet when i say that that i should not even wait the full minute. That is fantastic. We are going to get started now. I think that was a terrific session to get the conference started, talking about regulation more generally, although i knew there would be. I think throughout the day we are going to hear about that neutrality, or restoring internet freedom. The open internet proceeding. We did hear a little bit during the previous session. I will call this the allstars panel. I am not sure i came up with another name. We do have a group of allstars here. We are going to the digging in to Certain Communications issues. I want to do brief introductions. Everyone here has the brochure where we have got the full bios there. The brochure is also on the website, for those of you in our cspan aud
Of the Free State Foundation and im pleased to welcome you to the Free State Foundations ninth annual Telecom President obama conferenc conference. I want to extend a welcome to our cspan audience. Im a selfconfessed cspan junky. My mom, may she rest in peace she always worried when i was a cspan junky, not really knowing what i meant by that. But im always pleased and grateful when cspan is here and welcome to the cspan audience. This years annual Conference Follows on the heels of the 10th Anniversary Gala last december, so with next years annual conference will be in double digits for this event, too. Which just confirms the old adage that time flies when youre having fun and i might add when youre busy as well. Almost every year, i say some of you know this, i say that youre annual Telecom Policy conference just keeps getting bigger, better, and more impactful. Well, as long as it remains true, im going to deep saying it. Even though we had to reschedule this years conference becau
Telecommunication policy conference in washington at the National Press club. Thats where fcc chair pie was joined by Administration Officials and leaders. Well show you about three hours of this conference and well start with the discussion on the future of the internet. Okay. Well, everyone is so quiet that i think we should get started. That was really that was really good. Im randy may, president of the Free State Foundation, and im pleased to welcome you to the Free State Foundations ninth annual Telecom Policy conference. I want to extend an especially warm welcome to our cspan audience. Im a selfconfessed cspan junkie. Some of you may have heard me say that before. My mom, may she rest in peace, she always worried when i told her i was a cspan junkie, not really knowing what i meant by that, but im always pleased and grateful when cspan is here, and welcome to the cspan audience. This years annual Conference Follows on the heels of the tenth Anniversary Gala last december. So wi
In one minute, if everyone will take their seats, please. You become so quiet when i say that, that i shouldnt even wait the full minute. Thats fantastic. So we are going to get started now. Again, i think that was a terrific session to get the conference started talking about regulation more generally. Although, i knew there would be. As i said in my welcome that i think throughout the day were going to hear a lot about Net Neutrality or restoring Internet Freedom or the open internet proceeding, whatever name interview you prefer to call that proceeding by. And we did hear a little bit during the previous session. So i just call this the allstars panel. Im not sure i came up with another name. I dont think there is necessarily a better one because we do have a group of all stars here and were going to be digging in, im certain, to Communications Law and policy issues. So what i want to do is just do brief introductions, as i said at the beginning you have everyone here has the brochu
Warm twwelcome to our cspan audience. Im a selfconfessed cspan junkie. My mom, may she rest in peace, she always worried when i told her i was a cspan junkie, not really knowing what i meant by that. But im always pleased and grateful when cspan is here and welcome to the cspan audience. This years annual Conference Follows on the heels of the tenth Anniversary Gala last december. So with next years annual conference, well be in double digits for this event too. It just confirms the old adage that time flies when youre having fun and i might add when youre busy as well. Almost every year i say some of you know this. I say that our annual Telecom Policy conference just keeps getting bigger, better and more impactful. Well, as long as it remains true, im going to keep saying it. Even though we had to reschedule this years conference because our first date, march 14th, happened to be the only snowy day this winter in washington, i think this years conference upholds the tradition. A quick