Overview:

Offiical Announcement

The Internet’s architecture and governance structures have been designed to enable innovation, global communication and the free flow of information, but the Internet of Things presents a new range of governance challenges. An Internet embedded in the material world creates new and increased concerns around privacy, security, and the possibility of physical harm to people and disruption of material infrastructure. To what extent do the Internet’s underlying architectural and governance principles need to evolve to address these risks? What is the outlook for security and privacy in the context of ubiquitous cyber-physical systems that range from cars to medical devices to home control systems? What forms of inequality and discrimination are emerging in this environment? This panel brings together stakeholders from industry, design communities, civil society and academia to address the transformation of Internet governance in the age of cyber-physical systems.

Official Hashtag: #IoTgov

Confirmed Speakers:

Cory Doctorow, Author, Activist, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Paul Ohm, Professor Georgetown Law

Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, Coordinator Open Internet of Things Certification Mark

Gilad Rosner, Founder Internet of Things Privacy Forum

Tatevik Sargsyan, Senior Research Fellow, Ranking Digital Rights Project, New America Foundation

Adam Thierer, Senior Research Fellow, Technology Policy Program, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Derrick Cogburn, Associate Professor and Faculty Director, Internet Governance Lab at American University

Laura DeNardis, Professor and Faculty Director, Internet Governance Lab at American University

Andrew Rens, Research Fellow, Internet Governance Lab at American University