ACM Presents a Technology Policy Panel Discussion

The DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), in collaboration with the student ACM chapter at George Washington University, proudly presents a technology policy panel discussion.

In 2006, the political debate over “net neutrality” reached a peak in Washington among legislators and regulators. While the issue is keeping a lower profile these days, it remains inextricably linked with the question of how Americans are using high-speed Internet (broadband). Is the United States being left behind by European and Asian countries in making fast, affordable broadband widely available? Should investment in, and access to, broadband networks be driven by how much users are willing to pay? Or should the high-bandwidth content and application providers shoulder part of the burden of deploying broadband networks by paying the network owners for preferential delivery? Is traffic prioritization the solution, or will it leave even more Americans without broadband?

• Harold Feld - Vice President, Media Access Project
• David Robinson - Associate Director, The Center for Information Technology Policy
• Dr. Hal Singer - President, Criterion Economics

• Harold Feld

  Mr. Feld joined Media Access Project in August 1999 after practicing communications, Internet, and energy law at Covington & Burling. Mr. Feld served as co-chair of the Federal Communications Bar Association's Online Committee, and has written numerous articles on Internet law and communications policy for trade publications and legal journals. Mr. Feld won the 2000 Burton Award for excellence in writing by a nonacademic. Mr. Feld graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1989, and magna cum laude from Boston University Law School in 1993. Mr. Feld clerked for the Hon. John M. Ferren of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

• David Robinson

  Before joining the Center, Mr. Robinson was the founding managing editor of The American, a business magazine published by the American Enterprise Institute. He has covered the social impact of technology for The American, The Wall Street Journal, and TIME, among other venues. His work at the Center includes research and writing, strategic planning, and management of the Center’s operations. Mr. Robinson earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Princeton, magna cum laude, in 2004. He went on to study philosophy and politics at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was a Rhodes scholar.

• Dr. Hal Singer

  Dr. Singer is President of Criterion Economics. His economic areas of expertise are antitrust, industrial organization, and damages. He has applied these skills to several industries, including health care, insurance, the Internet, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, transportation, and video programming. In regulatory proceedings, he has presented economic testimony to the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. He has served as a testifying expert in several litigation matters. Before joining Criterion, he worked at an internationally recognized consulting firm. In addition, he has worked as an economist for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers, and he has taught microeconomics and international trade at the undergraduate level.