Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Freepress Summit Thursday, May 14

Not up for a quick trip to DC? Not to worry.

You can watch it all live right here.

Here's what it's all about:
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The Free Press Summit: Changing Media in Washington, D.C., tomorrow will feature keynote speeches by Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps, Vivian Schiller, president of National Public Radio, and Susan Crawford of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council.
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The one-day event will highlight the policies to reshape the future of the Internet, journalism and public media. Free Press will also release a new book, Changing Media: Public Interest Policies for the Digital Age.

Of particular interest is:

11:00 a.m. Morning Keynote

  • Michael J. Copps, Acting FCC Chairman
and...

12:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion on Changing Media

  • Ray Suarez, The NewsHour (moderator)
  • Reed Hundt, Former FCC Chairman
  • Michael Powell, Former FCC Chairman
  • Jessica Rosenworcel, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Ben Scott, Free Press
  • Ram Shriram, Sherpalo Ventures

1:00 p.m. Interactive Discussion: The Future of the Internet

2:15 p.m. Afternoon Keynote

  • Introduction: Alexandra Russell, Free Press
  • Vivian Schiller, National Public Radio

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