With virtually every country, regional group, and intergovernmental organization focusing on promoting and regulating aspects of the Internet, the tech industry is often faced with differing rules and attitudes towards privacy, antitrust, net neutrality and other regulatory issues affecting internet platforms. Will the results be the death of the internet economy by a thousand, well-intentioned governmental acts, or a safer, more globally accepted internet world? The discussion panel “Whose Rules? Internet Regulations in a Global Economy” at the 2015 TPI Aspen Forum, will focus on the practical issues facing companies, governments, and others trying to work in or regulate an environment with constantly changing technologies and services, as well as increasingly complex and often conflicting rules and policies.
Aspen Forum
TPI Aspen Forum: Updated Agenda Now Available
An updated agenda is available for the Technology Policy Institute’s 2015 Aspen Forum, scheduled for August 16 – 18. Registration for the signature event can be performed on the TPI website and reduced fees are offered until July 1.
TPI Aspen Forum Opening Panel: Fall and Rise of the Regulatory State
Today’s policymakers, particularly in the technology space, seem to favor preemptive interventions consistent with the “precautionary principle” of regulation. This holds that it is better to prevent problems before they happen but eschews cost-benefit analysis when creating rules. In contrast, previous academic research documenting regulatory costs led to a loosening of regulatory regimes. What accounts for the newfound infatuation with the regulatory state? An all-star panel of academics will discuss this shift in attitudes towards the regulatory state and its possible consequences during the opening session: “Fall and Rise of the Regulatory State” at this year’s TPI Aspen Forum.
TPI Aspen Forum: Working Agenda Now Available
A working agenda is now available for the Technology Policy Institute’s 2015 Aspen Forum, scheduled for August 16 – 18. Registration for the signature event can be performed on the TPI website and reduced fees are offered until July 1.
Registration Now Open for TPI Aspen Forum
Online registration is now open for the 2015 Technology Policy Institute Aspen Forum, scheduled this year for August 16 – 18.
2014 TPI Aspen Forum has Ended, but the Videos Live On…
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TPI Aspen Forum Videos Now Available
Videos of the panels and keynotes at the 2014 Technology Policy Institute Aspen Forum are now available.
Dispatch from the TPI Aspen Forum
Sunday, August 17 Last night, we kicked off our 2014 Aspen Forum…
TPI Aspen Forum Kicks Off Next Weekend
The 2014 Technology Policy Institute Aspen Forum begins next Sunday, August 17 and runs through August 19. Congressman Scott Tipton (CO-3) will give opening remarks at this year’s Forum and is expected to discuss the government’s role in furthering progress in the technology sector. Prominent economist Tim Bresnahan from Stanford University will give a keynote address on entrepreneurship and economic growth and the featured Monday night dinner speaker will be David Cohen, Executive Vice President at Comcast. The event will also feature a special luncheon conversation with the authors of the landmark book “Information Rules,” Carl Shapiro of the University of California, Berkeley and Hal Varian, Chief Economist of Google.
Aspen Breakout Sessions Address Key Policy Issues
The Technology Policy Institute has confirmed presenters for the 2014 Aspen Forum breakout sessions. The three informal, off-the-record breakout sessions will cover the pertinent topics of net neutrality, innovation and patents, and spectrum sharing. The Aspen Forum is scheduled for August 17 – 19 and registration can still be performed online.