Watch Launch of TechFreedom & The Next Digital Decade Live!

Today we're launching both TechFreedom, a new digital policy think tank, and its first publication, The Next Digital Decade: Essays on the Future of the Internet—after the conclusion of the State of the Net conference. Watch the livestream below—12:45-5:30 pm Eastern / 9:45 am – 2:30 Pacific:

Please join the conversation about the book by tweeting about the event using the #NDD hashtag. And follow us at @Tech_Freedom & @Digital_Decade! Check out the agenda below.

Next Digital Decade Symposium Agenda





12:30 – 12:45pm
Lunch buffet served



12:45 – 1:00pm
Introductory Interview: Overview of The Next Digital Decade and TechFreedom

Declan McCullagh, CNET,  @DeclanM
Berin Szoka, TechFreedom,  @BerinSzoka




1:00 – 2:10pm
Panel 1: Internet Optimism, Pessimism & the Future of Online Culture

Berin Szoka, TechFreedom (Moderator)
Andrew Keen, author of Cult of the Amateur, @AJKeen
Adam Thierer, Mercatus Center,  @AdamThierer
Prof. Ann Bartow, South Carolina School of Law,  @ProfABartow




2:15 – 3:25pm
Panel 2: Internet Exceptionalism & Intermediary Deputization

Adam Thierer, Mercatus Center (Moderator)
Prof. Eric Goldman, Santa Clara School of Law, @EricGoldman
Josh Goldfoot
Prof. H. Brian Holland, Texas Wesleyan School of Law,  @Prof_Holland
Prof. Mark MacCarthy, Georgetown University,  @MacCartM
Prof. Frank Pasquale, Seton Hall Law School,  @BlckBx




3:25 – 3:40pm
Coffee break



3:40 – 4:50pm
Panel 3: Who Will Govern the Net in 2020?

Berin Szoka, TechFreedom (Moderator)
Prof. David Johnson, New York Law School
Prof. Milton Mueller, Syracuse University,  @MiltonMueller
Shane Tews, VeriSign  @ShaneTews
Chris Wolf, Hogan Lovells  @PrivacyWolf




4:50 – 5:20pm
Fireside Chat with FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell & Declan McCullagh



5:20 – 5:30pm
Closing Remarks



5:30 – 7:15pm
Cocktail Reception