---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:30:57 -0500 From: Ben Isaacson <ben@interactivehq.org> To: "'declan@well.com'" <declan@well.com> Subject: Would you consider forwarding this as well? --> WashingtonWeb Internet Policy Forum More info at http://www.washingtonweb.org and http://www.interactivehq.org Interactive Industry Leaders and Top Policy Makers to Meet at WashingtonWeb Internet Policy Forum Washington, DC -- With the mounting interest of Washington in the Internet, key policy makers and Internet industry executives will come together for a strategic discussion about the impact of politics on the Internet. Sponsored by the Association for Interactive Media, the WashingtonWeb Internet Policy Forum, February 9 and 10, 1998, is the premier top-level meeting between the Washington policy community and the leaders of the new media industry. "Internet executives and government officials come from very different backgrounds. There needs to be an on- going dialogue between the users and regulators of this powerful medium in order to ensure that businesses may continue to grow and serve the public. The WashingtonWeb Internet Policy Forum is designed to facilitate this discussion," said Andy Sernovitz, President of the Association for Interactive Media. Currently, over 300 Members of Congress have co- sponsored bills regulating interactive businesses. Federal regulatory agencies including the FCC, FTC, NTIA, Treasury, Federal Reserve, White House Office of Technology Assessment, and the Patent and Trademark Office, are considering new legislation and regulation. Commerce on the Net will be forever shaped by the dozens of bills, regulations, and policy directives that are already on the table. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with the very legislators and regulators who will make these decisions. A partial list of topics to be discussed at WashingtonWeb include: Pending Legislation and Regulation: The Industry Response; Potential Expansion of FTC and FCC Jurisdictions; Taxing the Internet; Beltway Wonks vs. Web Gurus; Consumer Concerns and Industry Self-Regulation. Speakers (to date) include: Representative Rick Boucher; Adam Theirer, Heritage Foundation; Adam Clayton Powell III, The Freedom Forum; Pete DuPont, IntellectualCapital.com.; Robin Raskin, Editor & Publisher, Family PC Magazine; Kenneth Dotson, CBS Sportsline; and Gordon Ross, NetNanny. Sponsors include: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Policy.com, CNN/Time All Politics, Net Nanny, IntellectualCapital.com, and Exodus Communications. The WashingtonWeb Internet Policy Forum will be held February 9 and 10, 1998, at the Willard intercontinental Hotel in Washington, DC. CONTACT: Andy Dotson Association for Interactive Media 202-408-0008 andy@interactivehq.org http://www.washingtonweb.org ___________________________________________________ This message was sent to you because your company is a member of the Association for Interactive Media. Visit our web site: http://www.interactivehq.org AIM never releases email addresses to third parties. To SUBSCRIBE or CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS, email a note to yasha@interactivehq.org To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: unsubscribe-members@lists.interactivehq.org [staff@interactivehq.org] ___END____________________________________________ List server provided by Lyris -- http://www.lyris.com