Future of Democratic Discourse on the Internet Workshop

[Michael Ward <mike@essential.org>]

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            THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC DISCOURSE ON THE INTERNET

        2nd Workshop by the Telecommunications Policy Roundtable

The Telecommunications Policy Roundtable announces its second
workshop on the future of democratic discourse on the Internet. 
The first workshop was held on April 21, and featured Professor
Hal Varian, who discussed his paper,  Economic FAQs About the
Internet.  The time, place and subject of the second workshop are
as follows:

WHEN:     Friday, April 29, 1994 from 2pm to 5pm

WHERE:    Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachussetts Avenue NW,
          Washington, DC 

WHAT:     Future of Democratic Discourse on the Internet Workshop

PRICE:    Free

The April 29 workshop will feature two panels.

The first panel will discuss the new architecture of the Internet
and the future pricing of Internet services, including the issue
of flat rate or metered usage of internet services.  The panel
will include: 

     David Farber, Chairman of the Gigabit Testbed Coordinating
     Committee,

     William Schrader, President and CEO of Performance Systems
     International (the company that offers high speed Internet
     connection over existing cable line), and

     Stephen Wolff, Director of the National Science Foundation's
     Networking, Communications, Research and Infrastructure
     Division.

The Second Panel will discuss how the Internet is used for
democratic discourse and the consequences of different methods of
pricing Internet services. Panel members will include:

     Scott Armstrong,  a journalist formerly with the Washington
     Post currently with the Information Trust,

     Richard Civille,  Center for Civic Networking,

     Lisa Kimball, Metasystems Design Group, Inc.,

     James Love, Taxpayer Assets Project,

     Marc Rotenberg, Computer Professionals for Social
     Responsibility, and

     Jennifer Simpson,  United Cerebral Palsy Associations.

For more information, contact Michael Ward  (202/ 387-8030,
mike@essential.org)

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