F2C: Freedom to Connect March 30, 2008

The Big Idea of F2C: Freedom to Connect updated 15Dec07

WHO: F2C is a meeting of people engaged with Internet connectivity and all that it enables, including vendors, customers, regulators, legislators, analysts, financiers, citizens and co-creators. This year, the theme of F2C is how universal connectivity and the plunging capital requirements of information production are changing our fundamental economic and social assumptions. (F2C is produced by David S. Isenberg of isen.com, LLC.)

WHAT: F2C is a two-day meeting inside the beltway where the creators of the future of the Internet meet to engage in mutual learning and exploration.

WHEN: 8:00 AM on March 31 through 5:00 PM on April 1, 2008. Program here.

WHERE: AFI Silver Theatre, Silver Spring MD. More travel, lodging and venue details here.

WHY: updated 15Dec07

It is written that Freedom of the Press is only for those with presses. Internet technology now makes Freedom of the Press available to about 1,000,000,000 people, one sixth of Earth's inhabitants. How does this change the fundamental operating assumptions of society?

Join us!

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Roster & Agenda update 22Jan08

Committed F2C speakers currently include:

* Jim Baller [bio], advocate for a US National Broadband Strategy [lots of links].
* Bas Boorsma [bio], head, Cisco's Connected Urban Development Program.
* Suw Charman, co-founder, Open Rights Group, social software expert, blogger.
* Robin Chase, founder of ZipCar, entrepreneuse and environmentalist.
* Susan Crawford, founder of OneWebDay, ICANN Board Member, blogger.
* Tom Evslin, founder ITXC, founder AT&T WorldNet, blogger, author, telecom activist.
* Reed Hundt, former chairman of the FCC.
* Gregory Miller, co-founder, Open Source Digital Voting Foundation.
* Kevin Moss, BT America's head of Corporate Responsibility [interview].
* Danny O'Brien [bio], EFF's International Outreach Coordinator.
* Andrew Rasiej, co-founder, Personal Democracy Forum
* Bruce Schneier [bio], internationally-renowned security technologist and blogger.
* Clay Shirky [bio] author, Here Comes Everybody.
* Bill St. Arnaud, Chief Research Officer CANARIE and green-broadband blogger.
* John St. Julien, grassroots champion of Lafayette, Louisiana's FTTH network.
* Brad Templeton, Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation, blogger.
* Dirk van der Woude, Program Manager of Amsterdam's world-leading FTTH offer.
* Katrin Verclas, former Exec. Director NTEN, MobileActive blogger.
* Tim Wu, Professor, Columbia Law School, Author of Wireless Carterphone (2007)

The conference will probably follow this general schedule:

March 31, 2008 (***subject to change***)

* 8:00 AM -- Registration, breakfast
* 8:45 - 10:00 AM --
* 10:00 - 10:30 AM -- Break
* 10:30 - 11:15 AM --
* 11:15 - Noon --
* Noon - 1:00 PM -- Lunch
* 1:00 - 2:30 PM --
* 2:30 - 3:00 PM -- Break
* 3:00 - 5:00 PM --
* 5:30 - 8:30 PM -- Reception -- venue TBD, probably downtown this year.

April 1, 2008 (***subject to change***)

* 8:00 AM -- Registration, breakfast
* 8:45 - 10:00 AM --
* 10:00 - 10:30 AM -- Break
* 10:30 - Noon --
* Noon - 1:00 PM -- Lunch
* 1:00 - 2:30 --
* 2: 30 - 3:00 PM -- Break
* 3:00 - 5:00 PM --
* 5:00 PM -- Adjourn

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Register Here 22Jan08

Early Bird Price $450, goes to $550 on February 15, 2008, register here.

Big Company Price $650: if your company's market cap is over $50 billion, register here.
Bigco price goes to $850 on February 15, 2008.

Prices at the door will be $1195 (smallco) and $1995 (bigco).

Prices will continue to rise as the event approaches.
Credit Cards Accepted: VISA, MasterCard, American Express
If you prefer to pay by check or bank transfer please write to [email protected]
No refunds after February 29, substitutions OK with written approval through March 24.

Official Website: http://freedom-to-connect.net/