AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST FOR COPA COMMISSION HEARING

July 20-21, Richmond, VA

Thursday, July 20

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Welcome by Chairman Don Telage and Subcommittee Co-Chairs Commissioners George Vradenburg and Donna Rice Hughes
Purpose: The co-chairs will briefly provide a road map to the matters to be discussed during this hearing, including an identification of the various issues that some believe are raised by filtering, labeling and rating technologies.

9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Technical Introduction
Purpose: To provide a technical overview of the technologies that are the subject of this hearing

• Lorrie Cranor, Senior Technical staff member, AT&T Labs-Research biography testimony

9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Panel One: Client Side Filtering Technologies
Purpose: Client side filters are tools that reside on the individual's P.C.; often they can be customized to meet the individual user's needs. This panel will describe the technologies deployed in the marketplace, how they operate, their availability and extent of use.

• Gordon Ross, President and CEO, Net Nanny Software International Inc. biography testimony
• Mark Smith, President, BrowseSafe biography testimony
• Susan Getgood, Vice President and General Manager, Cyber Patrol biography testimony
• Richard Schwartz, CEO, Opportunity-America (ClickSafe.com) biography testimony

10:15 -10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 -11:45 Panel Two: Server Side Filtering Technologies
Purpose: Server side filters are tools that operate from a centralized server. This panel will describe the technologies deployed in the marketplace, how they operate, their availability and extent of use.

• Kevin Fink, Chief Technology Officer, N2H2 biography testimony
• Sunil Paul, Founder and Chairman, Brightmail Inc. biography presentation
• Stephen Boyles, Library Guardian (Swifteye) biography testimony
• Michael Stephani, President and CEO, Exotrope biography testimony
• Ginny Wydler, Director of Standards and Policy, AOL biography testimony
• Tim Robertson, Founder and CEO, FamilyClick biography testimony

11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Comment Period

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Break for Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Panel Three: Rating and Labeling Technologies
Purpose: Rating and labeling systems rely on some party's analysis of a site, and assignment of a rating or label regarding its content. This panel will describe the technologies deployed in the marketplace, how they operate, and the extent to which sites have been labeled or rated.

• Sheridan Scott, Chief Regulatory Officer/Bell Canada, ICRA biography testimony
• Joe Field, Co-founder and CTO, Pearl Software/Cyber Snoop biography testimony
• Ray Soular, Chairman, SafeSurf biography testimony
• Arthur Pober, President, Entertainment Software Rating Board biography testimony
• Mike Zimmerman, News Editor, eWeek biography testimony

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel Four: Effectiveness of Filtering, Labeling and Rating Technologies
Purpose: Exploration of the effectiveness of filtering labeling and rating tools at protecting children, including debates about overbreath and underbreath and concerns about market adoption.

• Herbert Lin, Senior Scientist, The Computer Science and Telecom Board/National Academy of Science biography testimony
• Christopher Hunter, Annenberg School for Communication biography testimony
• Zachary Britton, Founder and CEO, Front Porch Communications biography testimony
• Karen Schneider, Assistant Director of Technology, Shenendehowa Public Library biography testimony
• David Burt, Founder, Filteringfacts.org biography testimony additional testimony

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Break

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Panel Five: Impact of Filtering, Rating, & Labeling on Content Providers
Purpose: This panel will consider the impact of filtering, labeling and rating on content providers, considering motivations to self-rate, issues of cost and implementation, and the technologies' effects on distribution, reach, and content decisions

• Andrew Edmond, CEO, Flying Crocodile, Inc. biography testimony
• Scott Fehrenbacher, Vice President, Content Management, CrossWalk.com biography testimony
• Eric Aledort, Vice President, Corporate Business Development and Governmental Affairs, Disney's GO.com biography testimony

4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Comment Period

Friday, July 21

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Welcome by Chairman Don Telage and Subcommittee Co-Chairs Commissioners George Vradenburg and Donna Rice Hughes

8:45 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. Panel Six: The Consumer's Perspective
Purpose: To hear real-life stories about how families, schools and libraries make decisions about use of these technologies, what decisions they make and why, and their surfing experiences thereafter Consumers:

• David Biek, Manager, Main Library, Tacoma Public Library biography testimony presentation
• Carolyn Caywood, City of Virginia Beach Public Libraries biography testimony
• Carolyn Roberson, Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA biography testimony
• Carrie Gardner, Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA biography testimony
• Detective Mike Sullivan, Naperville, IL police department biography testimony

• Elliott from Richmond, Virginia
• Dani from Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Jon from Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Amy from Richmond, Virginia

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Panel Seven: Policy Implications of Filtering, Labeling and Rating
Purpose: To discuss the collateral implications of these technologies for privacy, law enforcement, and the First Amendment and consider the role of government vis a vis these technologies.

• Larry Lessig, Stanford University School of Law biography testimony
• Elliot Mincberg, Vice President, General Counsel and Legal Director, People for the American Way Foundation biography testimony
• Crystal Roberts, Family Research Council biography testimony
• Colby May, Director, American Center for Law and Justice biography testimony

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Comment and Questions

Hearing adjourned.