Summit News

TPS '08 Follow-up: PolyFuel Readies Prototype
Jul 17, 2008 | If you attended Tech Policy Summit '08 in Hollywood earlier this year, hopefully you had a chance to hear PolyFuel Read More

Speaking at Tech Policy Summit
Jun 16, 2008 | While we haven't officially announced the dates and venue for the next Tech Policy Summit, we've received a number of Read More

Collaboration? Anyone? Anyone?
May 22, 2008 | Last week, 463 Communications' Sean Garrett wrote about a tech policy "leadership gap" in Silicon Valley. He pointed out what Read More

Tech Policy Summit '08 Podcasts Available
Apr 8, 2008 | We're happy to report that the podcasts from the 2008 Tech Policy Summit, which took place at the Renaissance hotel Read More

Who Will Get H-1B Visas for FY 2009?
Apr 8, 2008 | Yesterday was the last day to submit H-1B visa applications for FY 2009 to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Read More

PublicMarkup.org
Apr 7, 2008 | One of the highlights of this year's Tech Policy Summit was a breakout session on using social media as a Read More

Courts Reach Different Conclusions in P2P Cases
Apr 7, 2008 | "Same day, two federal courts, two different rulings on 'making available.'" That's how Fred von Lohmann, senior staff attorney for Read More

Transcript of Commissioner McDowell's TPS Keynote
Apr 2, 2008 | The team at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has posted a copy of the speech that Commissioner Robert McDowell gave Read More

Kara Swisher at Tech Policy Summit
Apr 1, 2008 | Kara Swisher of AllThingsD.com hosted two roundtables at last week's Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood. The first one featured AOL's chief Read More

Staying In Touch After The Summit
Mar 31, 2008 | We've begun the process of preparing podcasts of all of the sessions from last week's Tech Policy Summit conference. Our Read More

Big TPS Thank You
Mar 31, 2008 | While we're still getting settled in the office after a busy week in Hollywood, we wanted to thank everyone who Read More

More Coverage of Tech Policy Summit
Mar 27, 2008 | Below are additional reports on the happenings at this year's Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood: Tech Policy Summit '08 speaker Read More

From the Summit - News.com Q&A with Comcast's Joe Waz
Mar 27, 2008 | The theme for this year's Tech Policy Summit is Markets in Transition: Collaborating to Drive Technology Innovation and Adoption, and Read More

Latest Coverage of Tech Policy Summit '08
Mar 27, 2008 | Day two of Tech Policy Summit is well underway, with Summit emcee Steve Wildstrom of BusinessWeek interviewing Verizon EVP and Read More

Coverage of Tech Policy Summit '08, Day 1
Mar 26, 2008 | We're still getting caught up on our reading, but below are a few links about this year's Tech Policy Summit Read More

Tech Policy Summit '08 Opens
Mar 26, 2008 | It's always a bit surreal when a project you've been working on for many months "goes live," and that's certainly Read More

The FCC's Week, So Far
Mar 20, 2008 | We're busy finalizing plans for next week's Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood, and couldn't help noticing that it seems like Read More

U.K. Court, Patent Office at Odds Over Software Patent
Mar 20, 2008 | A recent court ruling in Britain may end up changing the way software patents are granted in the country. While Read More

Groups Clash in Compromise Over Senate Patent Reform Bill
Mar 12, 2008 | Even though the House of Representatives passed its version of the Patent Reform Act last September, the debate over patent Read More

Update: Video from AAAS Debate Between Dems' Advisors
Mar 6, 2008 | The team at New Scientist magazine created this short video about last month's debate between the science and tech advisors Read More

Who's Coming to Tech Policy Summit?
Mar 5, 2008 | It's hard to believe that, after many months of planning, Tech Policy Summit '08 will open three weeks from today. As Read More

New Data on CS Majors; Start of H-1B Season
Mar 5, 2008 | Data from the Computing Research Association (CRA) indicates that the number of undergraduates majoring in computer science at North American Read More

Net Safety In The News
Feb 29, 2008 | The fight to make the Internet a safer place for kids and teens made headlines this week. First, the European Read More

Senate's New Anti-Phishing Bill Raises Privacy Concerns
Feb 27, 2008 | Citing data from Gartner that about 3.5 million computer users were tricked by phishing scams between 2006 and 2007, resulting Read More

Tech Policy Summit Goes Hollywood
Feb 25, 2008 | There's just over a month to go until our 2nd annual Tech Policy Summit heads to Hollywood, March 26th through Read More

Peek at the Tech Policy Summit Agenda
Feb 11, 2008 | While we're still planning to announce a few additions to the program, you can now preview the agenda for next Read More

Net Safety and Cyberbanging
Feb 8, 2008 | When it comes to protecting kids online, most of the focus has been on stopping sexual predators and child pornography. Read More

Touring Tech Policy Central
Feb 6, 2008 | We're in Southern California for a planning meeting in advance of next month's Tech Policy Summit conference at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel. While we Read More

FCC Commissioner McDowell at Tech Policy Summit; Auction Update
Jan 31, 2008 | We were just about to announce that Commissioner Robert McDowell of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be participating in Read More

NTIA's Report on Pres. Bush's Broadband Pledge
Jan 31, 2008 | According to the Associated Press, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is releasing a report today called Networked Nation: Read More

State of the (Tech) Union?
Jan 28, 2008 | President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress tonight. And if past speeches are any indication, Read More

Davos, and a Tech Policy Summit Preview
Jan 23, 2008 | Many of the world's leading power brokers, and the press that cover them, have descended on Davos, Switzerland this week Read More

Tech Policy Summit, Take Two
Jan 16, 2008 | It has been a while since we previewed the agenda for our 2nd annual Tech Policy Summit conference, taking place Read More

MySpace's Net Safety Principles
Jan 15, 2008 | After being targeted by state attorneys general for not doing enough to protect minors following a series of high-profile cases, MySpace Read More

Frontline's Closure
Jan 9, 2008 | Details are still sketchy, and news that Frontline Wireless has closed for business has led to questions about what will Read More

New Alliance, Same White Spaces
Dec 13, 2007 | Members of the White Spaces Coalition have joined forces with a number of associations and organizations, including CompTIA, TechNet, Public Read More

Ask.com: We're Serious About Privacy
Dec 11, 2007 | Today is the day that Ask.com makes good on its promise to launch its AskEraser service, which is designed to Read More

House Holding Hearing on Copyright Reform Bill
Dec 6, 2007 | The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, chaired by Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), has scheduled a Read More

Who's Responsible for Net Safety?
Dec 4, 2007 | Joe Brennan, chair of a newly-formed trade group called the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association, comes to the defense of Read More

Is Facebook's Beacon Backfiring?
Nov 23, 2007 | As you've probably heard by now, social networking site Facebook has come under fire this week because political action group Read More

Preview Tech Policy Summit's Speaker Line-up
Nov 5, 2007 | Be among the first to get a look at who will be speaking at the next Tech Policy Summit, March 26-28 in Read More

Making Tech Policy Everybody's Business
Oct 29, 2007 | We decided to get involved in tech policy in early 2006 because we were convinced that, despite years of hard Read More

ICANN Meeting Considers Privacy of Domain Reg Data
Oct 26, 2007 | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is preparing for its 30th international public meeting in Los Angeles Read More

Internet2's High-Speed Network Gets Speedier
Oct 10, 2007 | While many of us hope for ever-faster connections to the "commercial Internet," the researchers and students with access to Read More

Registration Open for Tech Policy Summit '08
Sep 18, 2007 | We've officially kicked off the registration process for the 2nd annual Tech Policy Summit, which will take place March 26-28, Read More

TPS Advisors on TV
Jul 7, 2007 | Two of Tech Policy Summit's advisors,** James Fallows of The Atlantic Monthly and New America Foundation and Dr. Robert Atkinson Read More

TPS Podcast on Patent Reform
Apr 16, 2007 | You can now listen to a podcast of the roundtable discussion on patent reform that took place on February 26th Read More

More Pix from TPS
Mar 14, 2007 | Jean-Baptiste Su of The French News Agency has posted his photos from last month's Tech Policy Summit online here, including Read More

Tech Policy Summit Podcasts and Photos
Mar 9, 2007 | Audio recordings and photos from last week's Tech Policy Summit are now available online. To listen to podcasts from several Read More

News.com Perspective on Tech's Influence in D.C.
Mar 2, 2007 | News.com executive editor Charles Cooper, one of the journalists who attended Tech Policy Summit earlier this week, wrote an op-ed Read More

Who Cares?
Feb 28, 2007 | While I'm still getting caught up on sleep and my blog reading, I've already read a dozen or so posts Read More

Blogging Tech Policy Summit
Feb 27, 2007 | A number of attendees have been blogging about Tech Policy Summit -- here are a few links to posts about Read More

Tech Policy Summit Opens
Feb 26, 2007 | After nearly a year of planning, Tech Policy Summit opens today at Dolce Hayes Mansion in San Jose, CA. While Read More

CNBC Bureau Chief to Emcee Summit
Jan 30, 2007 | We're delighted to formally announce that Jim Goldman, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief for CNBC, will serve as emcee for Tech Read More

Only 4 Weeks Left to Register
Dec 27, 2006 | Online registration for Tech Policy Summit, taking place February 26 & 27 at Hayes Mansion in San Jose, closes on Read More

MySpace's Move to Ban Sex Offenders
Dec 6, 2006 | The New York Times (free sub required) reports that social networking site MySpace.com, which has over 130 million members, is Read More

News: Tech Policy Summit update
Nov 15, 2006 | It's official. Registration for Tech Policy Summit, taking place February 26-27, 2007 in Silicon Valley, is now open for all Read More

Tech Policy Summit Registration Now Open
Oct 2, 2006 | We opened early registration for Tech Policy Summit today. Early registration is a chance to guarantee your spot at the Read More

Tech Policy Summit Update
Jul 20, 2006 | As we've mentioned previously, we're hosting Tech Policy Summit in San Jose, CA on February 26 & 27, 2007. There Read More

Tech Policy Summit's All-Star Advisory Board
May 4, 2006 | We're excited to announce the formation of Tech Policy Summit's advisory board. We're fortunate to have the support and counsel Read More

Save the Dates: Summit Set for February
Mar 30, 2006 | We've confirmed dates for the inaugural Tech Policy Summit...the invitation-only event will take place February 26 & 27, 2007 in Read More