ISOC-DC Event Sep. 14, 2009
      A Discussion on INTERNET 2020

Event:            A Discussion on Internet 2020
Date:             Monday, Sep. 14, 2009
Place:           U.S. Capitol Visitors Center
Orientation Theatre
East Front, U.S. Capitol Building

Hosted by Representative Edolphus Towns

A full video of the event is available CLICK HERE

The Internet is forty years old but still evolving–at an accelerating pace. According to some forecasters, in the next ten years we will see even more growth and new applications than we’ve seen in the last forty. Entire industries will be transformed. The Internet of Things connecting hundreds of billions of devices and sensors, new mobile applications, Cloud computing, and virtual worlds are just a few of the “game changers” that ubiquitous, high-speed networks will enable.

But with these opportunities come new challenges. Will competing companies work together on critical standards or try to lock in customers using proprietary software? Will efforts to address Internet security vulnerabilities be more successful than the hackers who seek to exploit them?

Join us for an informal, wide-ranging discussion of where the Internet is headed.

Discussion Leaders:

+ Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer, Internet Society
+ Eric Burger, Chief Technology Officer, Neustar
+ Steve Crocker, Internet pioneer and CEO, Shinkuro, Inc.

Moderator:

+ Michael R. Nelson, Visiting Professor, Internet Studies, CCT Georgetown University

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Instructions for getting to the Capitol follow.

For information on getting to the Capitol, go to:

www.visitthecapitol.gov/Visit/Getting%20to%20the%20Capitol

If coming by car, most offices in the Capitol close about 5:00 – 6:00 PM, and therefore you likely will be able to find street or meter parking 1 or 2 blocks north of the Capitol.

For a map of the Capitol Building area:

www.visitthecapitol.gov/Visit/Capitol%20Complex%20Map

The Capitol South Metro station is 3 blocks south of the entrance to the Capitol Visitors Center, on First Street. Referring to the map above, the Visitors Center main entrance is shown with 2 small red triangles; that is where you will enter.

If you have not toured the Capitol Building since the Visitors Center opened less than a year ago, you are in for a rare treat. The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is the newest addition to this historic complex. At nearly 580,000 square feet, the Visitor Center is the largest project in the Capitol’s more than two-century history and is approximately three quarters the size of the Capitol itself. The entire facility is located underground on the east side of the Capitol so as not to detract from the appearance of the Capitol and the grounds.

Visiting the new Visitors Center after-hours provides an exceptional opportunity to take in the architectural beauty of this new structure, and walk past a new generation of historic exhibits that tell the story of Congress, the Capitol building, and the history of our company.