Events Detail

Media Breakfast Discussion:
Hudson Institute’s Center for Economics of the Internet to Host Leading Telecom Scholars 
For an Open Discussion on Current Internet Policy 

Friday, June 17, 8:30 AM
Zenger Room
The National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, D.C., 20045

Harold Furchtgott-Roth and the Center for Economics of the Internet discussed leading policy issues related to telecommunications and the Internet at this media breakfast, which featured Dr. Furchtgott-Roth, Director and Founder of the Center for Economics of the Internet and former FCC Commissioner, as well as the following experts:

Robert Crandall, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution;

Thomas Hazlett, Professor of Law & Economics, George Mason University;

Larry Spiwak, President, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies.

This breakfast briefing marked the first in a regular series to be hosted by the Center and is designed to foster an open dialogue between reporters and leading academics to discuss the most pressing issues of the day related to Internet policy and governance.

Issues that were addressed at the June 17th breakfast included:

Broadband Competition

Spectrum Policy (Allocation, Auctions, Sources)

Privacy International

Internet Governance

For more information, please contact James Bologna at jbologna@hudson.org