Reinventing the Internet’s Phone Book?
Institutions, Industry, Infrastructure
Friday, April 19th, 2013
Executive Conference Room (ECR), 7th Floor, Intercultural Center (ICC)
Georgetown University Main Campus
37th and O Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.
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The “invisible” infrastructures of the Internet’s lower layers – addresses, protocols, domain names – are increasingly used to serve political objectives different from the purpose they were initially designed for. Are we currently experiencing a “turn to infrastructure” for Internet governance? This conference explores the political, social and technical implications of this recent tendency, by focusing on a particularly controversial aspect of Internet infrastructure: the Domain Name System, the Internet’s “phone book.” |
9:30-9:35am: Welcome
Jim Seevers, Interim Director, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
9:35-10am: Introduction. Internet governance by infrastructure: the case of the Domain Name System
Francesca Musiani, Yahoo! Fellow, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
10am-12pm: Panel 1. Enforcement, security, and mobilizations: the DNS today
Moderator: Derrick Cogburn, Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University
Panelists:
Steve Crocker, CEO, Shinkuro, Inc. & Chair, ICANN Board
Matthew Schruers, CCIA & Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
Scott McCormick, Consultant, McCormick ICT International
Luke Pelican, Consultant, Ammori Group
12:00pm-1pm: Lunch
1pm-3pm: Panel 2. New actors in Internet governance: privatization, infrastructure, alternatives
Moderator: Nanette Levinson, Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University
Panelists:
Fiona Alexander, Associate Administrator, Office of International Affairs, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Matthew Hindman, Associate Professor, George Washington University
Francesca Musiani, Yahoo! Fellow, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
Shane Tews, Chief Policy Officer, 463 Communications
3pm-3:30pm: Final Keynote. The “Turn to Infrastructure” and the future of IG
Laura DeNardis, Associate Professor, School of Communication, American University
3:30pm-3:40pm: Concluding Remarks
Jim Seevers, Interim Director and Francesca Musiani, Yahoo! Fellow, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
Sponsored by:
Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, E. A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Yahoo! Fund on Communication Technology, International Values, and the Global Internet
Co-sponsored by:
School of International Service, American University
Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
