Washington, D.C. – Tom Tauke, who is Verizon’s Executive Vice President for Public Affairs, Policy and Communications and a member of Broadband for America (BfA), will address the future of Internet governance in the era of the National Broadband Plan.
 
Given the enormous advances in broadband – both wired and mobile – over the past few years, the Internet has become the most important communications platform for America and around the globe.   
 
The event, which is hosted by NDN and the New Policy Institute, will be held on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at NDN’s event space located at:
 
729 15th St. NW
First Floor
Washington, DC, 20005
 
Tom Tauke, who was a Member of Congress from Iowa, is a recognized expert in the complex intersection of telecommunications, Internet, and public policy.   The old policy framework in which the Internet developed is becoming less relevant to today’s world.  Mr. Tauke will discuss what he sees as a new policy framework for the Internet Ecosystem and why it is important to do the hard work of getting it adopted.
 
The event will be webcast live at:  http://ndn.org/livecast.
 
Broadband for America (BfA) is a growing coalition of over 200 members ranging from independent consumer advocacy groups, to content and application providers, to the companies which build and maintain the Internet. The complete BfA membership list is available at: http://www.broadbandforamerica.com/about/members  
 
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