Net Neutrality

At the heart of the net neutrality debate is whether the Internet, the Web, and associated technologies will continue to thrive as an open platform for innovation and free expression and what policies, if any, are necessary to ensure that they will. Our panelists will focus their discussion on several key scenarios of Internet usage in order to understand the most critical features that allow the Internet to remain open today and how the evolution of networks, technologies, and business models will impact the openness of the Internet tomorrow. The panelists will use scenarios involving web-based commerce, cached news delivery, voice over IP, and fully decentralized multimedia services to frame the discussion. The format for the plenary session is described below, but due to the ever-changing nature and uncertain future of the net neutrality issue, the precise plan for the program may be amended over the coming months.