NPC To Host "The Future of the Internet/Shape of Things to Come" March 23

News Advisory:

Event:

THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB CyberCocktail Lecture Series Presents"The Future of the Internet/Shape of Things to Come."

Co-hosted by the DC Web Women (http://www.dcwebwomen.org)

When:

Thursday, March 23

Where:

National Press Club

National Press Building (13th Floor)

14th & F streets, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

Details:

LECTURE PANEL, 6:30-7:30 p.m. NPC Holeman Lounge

Lecture Panelists:

-- Janet Thot-Thompson, National Computational Science Alliance;

-- Richard H. Wilder, director of Advanced Internet Technology,MCI WorldCom;

-- Kimberly Jenkins, president Internet Policy Institute;

-- Chuck Davin, chief technology officer, PSINet;

-- Doug Wolford, svp-general manager, Network SolutionsRegistrar;

-- Professor Martin Irvine, director, Communication, Culture, andTechnology graduate program, Georgetown Univ.

Moderator: Shannon Henry, Washington Post technology columnist.

Talking Points: A decade ago, the Internet was an experimentalnetwork linking a relative handful of scientists around the world.The World Wide Web didn't exist. Today, hundreds of millions ofpeople around the world shop, bank, romance and trade everythingfrom Beanie Babies to stocks and bonds online. The Internet isarguably the driver of the booming knowledge-based economy. And theNet is becoming a standard tool of political campaigns. Ifpredicted just a decade ago, all these happenings might seem to havesprung from a Jules Verne-esgue scenario. Shall we make somepredictions for the next decade?

At the "The Future of the Net," forum, our panel will preview thenext-wave technology that will make a faster and more reliableInternet accessible, not only from your desktop, but also from yourwrist. They will speak to the scientific, academic and businessusage of the Net. And will look at whether the Net can streamlinegovernment and boost citizen involvement in the democratic process;and how the Net is changing the relationship between the citizen-consumer and information. Also, the panel will look at possibleInternet taxation and regulation, as well as discuss the "digitaldivide" and Net trends in the developing world.

Space is limited ($10 per attendee). NPC members free. To reservecall the National Press Club at 202-662-7501, or E-mail:pnelson(At)npcpress.org (email/phone call is consideredconfirmation.)

CYBER-COCKTAIL RECPTION/EXHIBIT, 7:30-9 p.m. First AmendmentLounge

Sponsored By: The NPC High-Technology Committee -- T.K.Maloy,chairperson. Also: The NPC Eric Friedheim Information Center, U.S.Newswire, The National Science Foundation, DCWebwomen, The MerrittGroup, Inc., MCI WorldCom, Network Solutions, Matrix Group Intl.,Advertising.com, InfoApps.com, The Internet Newsroom, StateLine.org,NewsBytes.com and WashTech.com (PNBI) and the American UniversityInteractive Journalism Program.

Event Producer: NPC member Peter West pwest(At)nsf.gov

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