Wikipedia
This panel will discuss the ins and outs of Wikipedia. Wikipedia shows the power of collaboration in the Internet community. How does Widipedia reconcile the right to know with potential privacy considerations? This session will explore those and other aspects of Wikipedia.

Panelists:
S J Klein
Kat Walsh, Wikipedia Arbitration Committee
Mark Pellegrini, Graduate Student, University of Delaware & Wikipedia Arbitration Committee

Organizer:
Lenny Foner, MIT

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Yacht Rock
The Internet has for years been trumpeted as a way for independent artists to find an audience on their own terms, but many have found that simply building a Web site is not enough. In this session, filmmakers, musicians and experts talk about the role that online word-of-mouth has played in their careers.

The Internet has proven to be a powerful way for independent musicians and filmmakers to develop an audience through word of mouth.

But countless bedroom poets have found that it's usually not enough to simply set up a Web site and expect the world to appreciate their genius: More than 10 years after the Internet hit the mainstream, there is no established roadmap for effective promotion.

While record labels try to stamp out file sharing, musicians like DJ Danger Mouse and the Arctic Monkeys have found that it has furthered their careers. Filmmakers like JD Ryznar give away their work for free to build their resumes, while download services like eMusic try to encourage their listeners to discover music they wouldn't hear normally.

In this panel, musicians, filmmakers and experts will talk about their own experiences in finding an audience online, and whether online measures of success (downloads) can lead to traditional measures of success (paychecks).

Panelists:
Andrew Baron, Founder and producer of the internet show, "Rocketboom" and adjunct graduate professor at Parsons School of Design in NYC.
Jenny Toomey, Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition
JD Ryznar, writer, director, and star of the internet series "Yacht Rock"
Andy Sullivan, reporter for Reuters News Service

Organizer:
Andy Sullivan, Reuters

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Openness
description coming soon

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WSIS
Among the issues of debate at the World Summit on the Information Society held in Tunisia in 2005 was the question of developing countries’ relationship to the Internet: what role should those countries have in shaping the future of the Internet and what role could the Internet have in the economic and democratic development of those countries? While much of the WSIS debate focused on the desire of some developing countries to exercise greater control over the DNS and ICANN, more relevant for developing countries may be the lack of an enabling environment for development of the Internet at the national level and barriers to the ability of individuals to engage in online commerce and expressive activity.

If the Internet is to fulfill its potential as a tool of democratization and human development, it must be widely accessible and affordable. This panel would examine the sources of the digital divide, look at the status of Internet deployment and adoption in developing countries, and discuss the challenges emerging economies face.

Panelists:
William Drake, President, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility; and Director, Project on the Information Revolution and Global Governance, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Samia Melhem, Senior Operations Officer, InfoDev, Global Information and Communication Technologies Division World Bank

Moderator:
Paula Bruening, Staff Counsel, Center for Democracy & Technology

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Cell Phone Tracking
Whenever your cell phone is turned on, your wireless provider knows where you are. This information has the potential to aid the government in law enforcement and anti-terror efforts, but also raises privacy concerns. This panel will discuss how cell phone tracking works, what wireless providers are doing with this data, and their obligations to maintain your privacy. The panel will focus on the legal implications of cell phone tracking and recent court decisions examining the legality of warrantless government tracking.

Panelists:
Orin Kerr, George Washington University
Clifford Fishman, Catholic University of America
Kevin Bankston, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Wes Clark, Drug Enforcement Administration

Moderator:
Michael Sussmann, Perkins Coie

Organizer:
Gregory Beck, Public Citizen

Vernor Vinge, Mathematician, Technologist
and Author