Fighting for the Deep Edge #reinventthenet
Fighting for the Deep Edge: Protecting the Future of Internet Architecture
IFTF Second Curve Internet Speaker Series with Richard Whitt—November 11, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 pm
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"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies."
—Groucho Marx
All technology is imbued with values—deliberately-engineered qualities that mirror certain aspects of human behavior. And the Internet is no exception.
Join us November 11 from 6:00-8:00 pm as Richard Whitt discusses the code, people, and processes of the value-laden Internet, with an eye towards describing the recent shift in empowerment from the “core” of the network to users operating at its “deep edges.” Using the 2011-’12 SOPA/PIPA copyright battle in Congress as the backdrop, Rick will then outline the challenge facing the tech industry as it struggles to explain itself to government policymakers, both in Washington and elsewhere. How can we protect the key values of the Internet—including its open, interconnected, end-to-end design—when would-be regulators fail to appreciate or even understand them?
Register today!
Wednesday, November 11
6:00-8:00pm
Institute for the Future
201 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA
About Richard Whitt
Richard Whitt is Corporate Director for Strategic Initiatives at Google Inc. Rick is responsible for guiding the Google Access team’s approach to working with governmental bodies and international organizations to deploy communications infrastructure globally, particularly in emerging market countries.
Previously, Rick served as vice president for global public policy and government relations with Motorola Mobility, and Google’s director and managing counsel for federal policy, overseeing the Company's strategic thinking on issues such as privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, Internet governance, free expression, and international trade. Rick is a 1988 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, and a 1984 graduate of James Madison University.
About the Second Curve Internet Speaker Series
This event is part of IFTF’s Second Curve Internet Speaker Series, an exploration into the critical elements necessary to reinvent the Internet, stemming from our 2014 Ten-Year Forecast research. The series gathers leading minds together with IFTF’s deep experience thinking about technology and the ways of communicating, coordinating, and organizing in the changing world around us.
More Information
- For more information about the Second Curve Internet project and IFTF’s research, please contact Sean Ness (sness@iftf.org).
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